Zac MacGuire

When Holly was confronted by Bianca Scott (Lisa Gormley) about a graphic essay she handed in to Zac, she admitted that she had feelings for Zac and he felt the same about her.

Introduction of family

Zac's sister-in-law Hannah Wilson played by Cassie Howarth (pictured) was introduced along with their niece and nephew in late 2013.

In August 2013, further exploration of Zac's background began when his family were introduced. His sister-in-law Hannah Wilson (Cassie Howarth) came to Zac to ask for his help in rescuing their niece and nephew, Evelyn (Philippa Northeast) and Oscar (Jake Speer), from a cult that they have been inducted into by Zac's brother Ethan (Matt Minto).TV Week's Jessica Grubb that Hannah and Zac had not seen each other in years, as Zac was estranged from his brother. Hannah had been helping to look after the twins following their mother's death.

When Zac finally realised that Ethan was a member of a cult, he decided to team up with the Braxton brothers to help rescue Oscar and Evelyn. Zac knew that the lifestyle of the cult was not healthy for the twins and that they were not happy being there anymore.Nic Westaway, who plays Kyle Braxton, commented "Over the time they have known Zac, the Braxtons have learned to trust his judgement. If he says his brother is bad news, they are going to go with that and try and get the kids out."Denny (Jessica Grace Smith) arrived in town to get to know her family.

After a few months living with Hannah and the twins, Zac developed feelings for his sister-in-law and they tried to start a relationship. However, they decided to put it on hold for the sake of the twins.Andy Barrett (Tai Hara).

Relationship with Leah Patterson-Baker

In September 2014, Zac began a relationship with his friend Leah Patterson-Baker (Ada Nicodemou). Nicodemou first hinted at a romance between Zac and Leah the previous year, saying that she had received many comments from viewers asking when the characters were going to get together.Matt Page (Alec Snow) realised that Leah liked Zac, he tricked her into kissing him by telling her that Zac had not sold any kisses at the kissing booth.


Zac MacGuire

When asked what Zac thought about the kiss, Clausen told Stephen Downie from TV Week that he had not really thought of Leah in a romantic way before, so it came as a bit of a surprise to him.VJ Patterson (Matt Little), who Leah wanted to tell in her own time.

The following year, Zac decided to propose to Leah. Clausen explained, "For Zac, this proposal is about not wanting to waste any more time. He and Leah have been through so much. Leah's had two close calls, but they've weathered the worst of the storm. Now Zac wants to show her how much he loves her."Chris Harrington (Johnny Ruffo).

Shortly before the wedding, the police informed Zac that the body of his niece Denny Miller (Jessica-Grace Smith) had been found. Zac and Leah made the "difficult decision" to cancel the wedding.Hunter King (Scott Lee) were Zac's groomsmen. The ceremony was interrupted by Zac's former girlfriend Charlotte King (Erika Heynatz), who "lets rip" at the guests.Inside Soap, "She really tries her best to ruin the day, but Zac and Hunter manage to get her out of there. Zac and Leah eventually tie the knot – nothing will stop them from getting married right now!"Kat Chapman (Pia Miller) informed Denny's family that Charlotte was her killer. Clausen said Zac's feelings of guilt and anger turned the happiest day of his life into the "most terrible".

Secret son

After Zac's ex-girlfriend Charlotte King moved to the Bay, her teenage son Hunter King also turned up and it emerged that Zac was his father.

Hunter's presence later caused Zac and Leah's relationship to become strained.Inside Soap columnist, "After Leah hears that Hunter didn't want to go to hospital, she thinks it was just a plot to get his mum and dad back together."

Departure

In 2016, Clausen's management updated his online CV to indicate that the actor had finished filming on Home and Away.Samantha Webster (Cheree Cassidy). As they are finalising their divorce, Zac then learns that he is not Hunter's biological father.

Storylines


Zac MacGuire

Storylines

Zac's former girlfriend, Natalie Davison, gets in contact and asks Zac to look out for Casey Braxton when he is admitted to the Crestview Correctional Centre. Zac befriends Casey and provokes him into punching him to earn the respect of other inmates. Zac tries to help Casey when he is targeted by another inmate, but Casey ends up getting attacked, which angers his brother Darryl. Zac tells Natalie he still has feelings for her, and they begin dating. Zac helps Casey to get an early release and arranges for Jamie Sharpe (Hugo Johnstone-Burt) to be transferred, which costs him his job. Zac confronts Natalie when he believes she still has feelings for Brax, and she vows to cut ties with the Braxtons. Zac successfully applies for a teaching position at Summer Bay High. On his first day, Zac takes his class off school property and is reprimanded by principal Bianca Scott.

Zac is liked by the students and Holly Chapman develops a crush on him. Holly flirts repeatedly with Zac, but he dismisses her advances which upsets her. Natalie warns Zac about Holly's behaviour, before she leaves Summer Bay to find her mother. Holly later claims that Zac sexually harassed her and Zac is suspended while Bianca investigates. Holly threatens to throw herself off a cliff, but Zac manages to stop her. Bianca is fired after she speaks out in defence of Zac, but a student protest sees her reinstated. Zac develops feeling for Bianca, but when he learns that she almost postponed her wedding, he apologises and makes Bianca realises how much she loves her fiancé. Zac's sister-in-law, Hannah Wilson, comes to the Bay asking for Zac's help in rescuing their niece and nephew from a cult that Zac's brother, Ethan, has got them involved in.


Zac MacGuire

Zac visits the camp and is reunited with Ethan. When he realises that his nephew, Oscar, hates the camp, he gives him his phone number and tells him to call if he wants to talk. Oscar is later beaten and Zac asks the Braxton brothers to help him rescue the twins. After getting them away from the cult, Zac and Ricky Sharpe (Bonnie Sveen) attempt to de-program Evelyn. However, she manages to escape and returns to her father. Oscar struggles without his sister and having Zac as a father figure, but eventually Evelyn returns and the family move into the farmhouse. Zac and Hannah become attracted to each other. The twins disappear and Ethan is killed in a bomb explosion at the hospital. Zac and Hannah realise that Ethan kidnapped the twins and they find them in a shipping container. Zac and Hannah decide to put their relationship on hold, and Zac later learns Hannah is dating Andy Barrett.

Zac drifts apart from Hannah and begins drinking. When Oscar finds Zac passed out in the back of his car, Oscar opts to drive him home. Oscar accidentally hits Tamara Kingsley (Kelly Paterniti) when he takes his eyes off the road, and is not aware of what he has done until later when Zac believes it was his fault. Zac tries to protect Oscar by taking the blame, but Oscar eventually confesses to the police. Zac decides to move in with Leah and she kisses him at a school event. They begin dating, but decide to keep their relationship a secret from Leah's son VJ to protect him. However, Matt Page films them kissing and shows the footage to the other students and VJ. When Zac finds out VJ has a tattoo, he agrees to keep it from Leah, but she is angry with him when she does find out. Zac tries to stay out of VJ's life, but Leah asks him for help when VJ plans to leave school.


Zac MacGuire

When VJ acts up, Matt tells Zac that VJ probably feels like he has lost Zac as a friend. Zac talks to VJ and tells him he can talk to him anytime, but Leah has the final say. After Leah is seriously injured in a bus crash, Zac is forced to take care of VJ and they both struggle. They are later told that Leah may never wake from her coma. Zac thinks about giving up on her, but feels guilty when she wakes up. Leah learns that she has an aneurysm and Zac and VJ try to convince her to have the surgery, but she refuses. She then goes missing in the bush, and after she is found, agrees to have the surgery. Zac proposes to Leah, but she turns him down. She later changes her mind and proposes to him, which he accepts. Zac's ex-girlfriend Charlotte King becomes the new biology teacher at the school. When Leah's house catches fire, Zac goes inside to rescue Oscar and Matt. Billie Ashford (Tessa de Josselin) also goes inside to help to him. The house is destroyed and everyone moves into Summer Bay House. During a fundraiser for the family, Charlotte's son Hunter turns up and reveals that Zac is his father.

Charlotte dies after being shot and Zac becomes the prime suspect. He is arrested and charged with her murder. Morag Bellingham (Cornelia Frances) defends Zac, but he is sent to prison on remand. He is attacked by some of the other prisoners and stabbed, despite Tank Snelgrove's (Reece Milne) intervention. Morag finds evidence proving Zac is innocent and he is released.

When an explosion happens at the Caravan Park during the hospital fundraiser, Oscar suffers a severe head injury and dies in hospital. Hannah dies soon afterwards, causing Evie to undergo a lot of grief. Zac then consoles his niece through her pain and gives a eulogy at Hannah and Oscar's joint funeral. After he finds out Tank was involved in causing the explosion, he heads to the hospital and lashes out at Tank, having to be restrained by Leah. After Greg steps down as principal, Zac becomes acting principal again. When he finds out that Hunter altered his exam results, he initially puts the blame on Hunter despite constant claims from Hunter that Tabitha Ford (Eliza Scanlen) framed him. Hunter is proven innocent when his girlfriend Olivia comes up with evidence that Tabitha altered the exam paper.


Zac MacGuire

When Tabitha sets up a fake Twitter profile to humiliate Olivia, Zac comes to Olivia's defence and tells the other students that Olivia has been set up. When a small fire breaks out at the school, Zac initially suspects Tabitha is responsible, but Matt later reveals that his sister Ellie caused the fire. When Hunter plans to buy a stolen exam paper, Zac immediately launches an investigation into who he tried to buy it from. Zac then acts as chauffeur at his stepson VJ's wedding to Billie. Zac later goes to meet his book editor Samantha Webster (Cheree Cassidy) at Salt, under the pretence he is meeting a teacher. After a run in with Ash and being seen with Sam by Marilyn Chambers, who thinks he is having an affair, Zac comes clean to Leah and tells her he is not cheating. Leah then meets Sam but tension arouses when she finds out Zac told Sam about her history of troubled marriages. Due to Leah's discomfort with Sam, Zac calls the meeting off. During a later meeting, Sam attempts to kiss Zac who resists. Sam tries harder and disrobes in front of Zac. Zac turns her down and keeps the encounter from Leah.

Sam rejects Zac's book and Zac believes it's just a ploy for Sam to get back at him for turning her down. However, he soon realizes the truth that the publishers, and even Leah, are not interested in his book, Leah herself not being impressed after reading it. Sam then leaves the bay to move onto another novelist. Zac books an anniversary meal for him and Leah, who is in the city, at Salt, but Leah never turns up. Bianca, who is back in the bay with Heath, has a drink with him and tries to kiss him afterwards, Zac again resists. When Leah returns from the city. Zac keeps the encounter with Bianca to himself but it soon becomes common knowledge after Heath finds out and punches him.


Zac MacGuire

Zac attends Billie's funeral after she dies of untreateable cancer. Sam returns to the bay a few weeks later, much to Zac and Leah's annoyance. She constantly tries to win Zac over and even tries to kiss him and question the state his marriage is in, but fails nonetheless. Zac asks Leah for support, but she constantly pushes him away. Zac, overwhelmed and frustrated, goes to Sam to talk with her, culminating in them having a one-night stand. Zac feels guilty after the encounter and keeps it from Leah and VJ. However, the truth soon comes to mind when Matt eventually finds out. Zac then goes away from the bay to attend a teacher's conference. At the same time, Evie and Matt organise their wedding, which Zac can't make it to. However he makes it just after the ceremony and hands Evie the rings of her deceased parents. Evie and Matt leave soon after.

Zac can't handle his guilt and admits to Leah that he cheated. She then isolates herself from him and tells him not to tell VJ while she is away at her parents' house. Zac tries to make amends by phoning Leah but she hangs up every time. He tries emailing her, and she replies that she wants him to leave her alone as he cheated. Zac goes out shopping for dinner that night and VJ sees Leah's reply whilst he is out, knowing now that Zac cheated on his mother. VJ, like Leah, isolates himself from Zac and demands he moves out to the Caravan Park. Leah returns from her trip and Zac tries to make amends and he and Leah end up kissing. However, Leah breaks off after she sees the way he looks at her and demands he moves out of the house permanently. Zac rents a caravan and ends up having a chat with John Palmer (Shane Withington), whose court trial is just days away. John gives some advice on how to make amends with Leah. After VJ sees that Zac is at the Caravan Park and not with his mother, he is convinced Zac no longer cares about Leah and takes a punch at Zac, but John restrains VJ before he can do any serious damage.


Zac MacGuire

Zac tries to support Leah when the courts decide to give custody of Billie's daughter Luc to Ash. Despite his acts of goodwill, Leah is convinced their marriage is at breaking point and files for divorce, much to Zac's shock and disbelief. Zac continually tries to win her back but his attempts prove futile and he fails. After having a chat and a drink with Nate Cooper, Zac ends up drunk and heads over to Leah's. He climbs onto the roof and Roo and Leah watch him in shock. After making a heartwarming speech to Leah that he will always love her, Zac trips and falls from the roof, sustaining near fatal injuries. He is rushed into hospital afterwards and manages to make a full recovery. Hunter visits him whilst he is resting and Zac makes a remark about when he and Charlotte broke up, causing Hunter to question whether Zac is really his father. Zac eventually finds out about the test and reassures Hunter that he is his father by telling him that he and Charlotte were in an on-off relationship around the time of his conception, ridding Hunter of all doubt. Hunter bins the test but curiosity takes him over and he reads it, finding out that Zac is in fact not his father. Zac goes to leave the bay, wanting to take Hunter with him, but Hunter tells him he is not his father and convinces him to just leave the Bay. With his marriage to Leah no longer functional and hit by Hunter not being his son, Zac then leaves for his new teaching post in Vietnam to join Evie and Matt.

Reception

Holly Richards (The West Australian) observed that "Zac looks set to be one of the hottest new arrivals at the Bay".Sunday Mail reporter branded Zac "ever helpful" and thought he was "better husband material" for Bianca than Heath Braxton.Coventry Evening Telegraph observed "Zac's hardly flavour of the month at the moment".

  * Zac MacGuire at the Official AU Home and Away website
  * Zac MacGuire at the Official UK Home and Away website


Richard August Reitzenstein

Richard August Reitzenstein

Richard August Reitzenstein (2 April 1861, in Breslau – 23 March 1931, in Göttingen) was a German classical philologist and scholar of Ancient Greek religion, hermetism and Gnosticism. He is described by Kurt RudolphWilhelm Bousset, he was one of the major figures of the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule (history of religions school).

His Poimandres: Studien zur Griechisch-Ägyptischen und frühchristlichen Literatur of 1904 was a pioneer scholarly study of the Poimandres, which he compared to the Shepherd of Hermas.

In collaboration with the German Egyptologist Wilhelm Spiegelberg, Richard August Reitzenstein founded a famous collection of Greek and Egyptian papyri, purchased during an expedition in Egypt in 1898/99.

Bousset, then Reitzenstein along with Rudolf Bultmann, were notable for promoting theories of pre-Christian gnosticism, and the influence of gnosticism on the New Testament. Modern scholars now reject these theories, while acknowledging that many of the features of later Christian gnosticism can be drawn from pre-Christian Jewish and Hellenistic roots.

Selected works


Richard August Reitzenstein

* De scriptorum rei rusticae qui intercedunt inter Catonem et Columellam libris deperditis (1884)
  * Verrianische Forschungen (1887)
  * Arriani τῶν μἑτ’ Ἀλεξἁνδρου libri septimi fragmenta e codice Vaticano rescripto edita (1888)
  * Supplementa ad Procli Commentarios in Platonis De republica libros nuper vulgatos e codice Vaticano rescripto nuper iteratis curis lecto (1889)
  * Drei Vermutungen zur Geschichte der romischen Litteratur [includes: Die Abfassungszeit des ersten Buches Ciceros de Legibus; Ein litterarischer Angriff auf Octavian; Lukrez und Cicero] (1893)
  * Epigramm und Skolion : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der alexandrinischen Dichtung (1893)
  * Geschichte der griechischen Etymologika : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Philologie in Alexandria und Byzanz (1897)
  * Zwei religionsgeschichtliche Fragen nach ungedruckten griechischen Texten der Straßburger Bibliothek (1901)
  * M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita : eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft (1901)
  * Poimandres : Studien zur griechisch-ägyptischen und frühchristlichen Literatur (1904)
  * Hellenistische Wundererzählunge (1906)
  * Der Anfang des Lexikons des Photios (1907)
  * Werden und Wesen der Humanität im Altertum (1907)
  * Studien zu Quintilians größeren Deklamationen (1909)
  * Die hellenistischen Mysterienreligionen : ihre Grundgedanken und Wirkungen (1910). 3rd enlarged edition: 1927


Richard August Reitzenstein

* Das Märchen von Amor und Psyche bei Apuleius (1912)
  * Zur Sprache der lateinischen Erotik (1912)
  * Die Nachrichten über den Tod Cyprians : ein philologischer Beitrag zur Geschichte der Märtyrerliteratur (1913)
  * Des Athanasius Werk über das Leben des Antonius : ein philologischer Beitrag zur Geschichte des Mönchtums (1914)
  * Bemerkungen zu den kleinen Schriften des Tacitus (1914)
  * Eros und Psyche in der ägyptisch-griechischen Kleinkunst (1914)
  * Bemerkungen zur Martyrienliteratur. I, Die Bezeichnung Märtyrer (1916)
  * Die Formel Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung bei Paulus (1916)
  * Historia Monachorum und Historia Lausiaca : eine Studie zur Geschichte des Mönchtums und der frühchristlichen Begriffe Gnostiker und Pneumatiker (1916)
  * Die Göttin Psyche in der hellenistischen und frühchristlichen Literatur (1917)
  * Die Idee des Principats bei Cicero und Augustus (1917)
  * Bemerkungen zur Märtyrerliteratur. II, Nachträge zu den Akten Cyprians (1919)
  * Das mandäische Buch des Herrn der Größe und die Evangelienüberlieferung (1919)
  * Das iranische Erlösungsmysterium : religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen (1921)
  * Alchemistische Lehrschriften und Märchen bei den Arabern [in: Heliodori carmina quattuor ad fidem codicis Casselani edidit Günther Goldschmidt] (1923)
  * Die griechische Tefnutlegende (1923)
  * Weltuntergangs-Vorstellungen : eine Studie zur vergleichenden Religionsgeschichte (1924)


Richard August Reitzenstein

* Studien zum antiken Synkretismus aus Iran und Griechenland [with Hans Heinrich Schaeder] (1926)
  * Die hellenistischen Mysterienreligionen (1927). English translation by J.E. Steely (1978) as: Hellenistic mystery-religions : their basic ideas and significance
  * Die Vorgeschichte der christlichen Taufe (1929)
  * Eine wertlose und eine wertvolle Überlieferung über den Manichäismus (1931)
  * Antike und Christentum : vier religionsgeschichtliche Aufsätze [papers originally published in the Vorträge der Bibliothek Warburg, 1922-1925. Includes: Alt-griechische Theologie und ihre Quellen; Plato und Zarathustra; Augustin als antiker und als mittelalterlicher Mensch; Die nordischen, persischen und christlichen Vorstellungen vom Weltuntergang] (1963)
  * Aufsätze zu Horaz : Abhandlungen und Vorträge aus den Jahren 1908-1925 (1963) [includes 7 essays]
  * Aufsätze zu Tacitus [includes: Zur Textgeschichte der Germania (1898); Das deutsche Heldenlied bei Tacitus (1913); Bemerkungen zu den kleinen Schriften des Tacitus (1914); Tacitus und sein Werk (1926)] (1967)
  * Festschrift Richard Reitzenstein [pp.160-168: Richard Reitzensteins Schriften] (1931)
  * Anthony Grafton (1990), Forgers and critics: creativity and duplicity in western scholarship ISBN 0-691-05544-0, Ch. 3
  * S. Marchand, From liberalism to neoromanticism : Albrecht Dieterich, Richard Reitzenstein, and the religious turn in fin-de-siècle German classical studies, in : Out of Arcadia : classics and politics in Germany in the age of Burckhardt, Nietzsche and Wilamowitz, ed. by I. Gildenhard and M. Ruehl, London, 2003, pp. 129–160


Richard August Reitzenstein

* Works by or about Richard August Reitzenstein at Internet Archive
  * Klaus-Gunther Wesseling (1999). "Reitzenstein, Richard August". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 16. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1329–1339. ISBN 3-88309-079-4.


Schalks, New Jersey

Schalks or Schalks Station is an unincorporated community located within Plainsboro Township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.County Route 683) at its junction with the Northeast Corridor railroad tracks, the area contains single-family homes, forested areas, a former research nuclear reactor built by Industrial Reactor Laboratories,Princeton Forrestal Center.


Randall Kenan Prize

The Randall Kenan Prize for Black LGBTQ Fiction is an annual literary award presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation, established in 2021 in honor of Randall Kenan.

Recipient

Year  Recipient         Ref.
2021  Ana-Maurine Lara


Pětipsy

Pětipsy (German: Fünfhunden) is a municipality and village in Chomutov District in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Pětipsy lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Chomutov, 62 km (39 mi) south-west of Ústí nad Labem, and 80 km (50 mi) west of Prague.

Administrative parts

The village of Vidolice is an administrative part of Pětipsy.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pětipsy.


Scandinavian and Russian taiga

The Scandinavian and Russian taiga is an ecoregion within the taiga and boreal forests biome as defined by the WWF classification (ecoregion PA0608).Northern Europe between tundra in the north and temperate mixed forests in the south and occupies about 2,156,900 km2 (832,800 sq mi) in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the northern part of European Russia, being the largest ecoregion in Europe. In Sweden the taiga is primarily associated with the Norrland terrain.

Description

The Scandinavian and Russian taiga consists of coniferous forests dominated by Pinus sylvestris (in drier locations), often with an understory of Juniperus communis, Picea abies and Picea obovata and a significant admixture of Betula pubescens and Betula pendula. Larix sibirica is characteristic of the eastern part of the ecoregion. Geobotanically, it belongs to the Northeastern European floristic province of the Circumboreal Region of the Holarctic Kingdom.

There are a number of special status mammals and birds within the Scandinavian and Russian taiga, as well as one reptilian taxon.

Growing season in taiga areas is generally considered to be measured as the number of days for which average daily temperature exceeds 5 °C (41 °F). The longest growing season for the Scandinavian and Russian taiga occurs in the locales with marine influence from the North Sea and Baltic Sea: in coastal areas of Norway, Sweden and Finland the growing season of the closed boreal forest can reach as high as 145 to 180 days per annum. The shortest growing season of the ecoregion is found in continental Russia and at the far northern part of the ecoregion at the ecotone with tundra.

Soil nutrient levels are generally poor, but diversity of soil organisms can attain high levels, particularly in the southern reaches of the ecoregion. In these southern elements of the ecoregion, closed canopy boreal forest with some temperate deciduous tree species interspersed among the dominant conifers, including maple, elm and oak. In some areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and western Russia, this zone is exploited for agriculture. Some of the elements of the ecoregion are rich in wetlands, as exemplified by the Femundsmarka National Park in Norway, which is replete with marshes and lakes.

Biodiversity


Scandinavian and Russian taiga

Biodiversity

Taiga forest near Arkhangelsk

There are a total of 368 native vertebrate species in the Scandinavian and Russian taiga according to WWF tabulation; when all migratory bird species are included, this number is somewhat larger.

This ecoregion supports the following native non-endemic threatened mammals:

  * European mink (Mustela lutreola, Endangered)
  * European otter (Lutra lutra, Near Threatened)
  * garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus, Near Threatened)
  * Greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus, Near Threatened)
  * pond bat (Myotis dasycneme, Near Threatened)
  * western barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus, Vulnerable)
  * Russian desman (Desmana moschata, Vulnerable)

The Scandinavian and Russian taiga has only a single non-endemic special status native reptile: the Lower Risk grass snake (Natrix natrix).

Native non-endemic threatened avian species in the ecoregion are:

  * aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola, Vulnerable)
  * black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa, Near Threatened)
  * Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata, Near Threatened)
  * European roller (Coracias garrulus, Near Threatened)
  * great snipe (Gallinago media, Near Threatened)
  * greater spotted eagle (Aquila clanga, Vulnerable)
  * lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus, Vulnerable)
  * pallid harrier (Circus macrourus, Near Threatened)
  * red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus, Near Threatened)
  * yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola, Vulnerable)

Protected areas

There are many rivers and lakes in the Taiga. Norwegian closed-canopy boreal forest at the Arctic Circle in Rana.

The following is a partial list of protected areas lying within the Scandinavian and Russian taiga:


Scandinavian and Russian taiga

* Björnlandet National Park, Sweden
  * Femundsmarka National Park, Norway
  * Helvetinjärvi National Park, Finland
  * Isojärvi National Park, Finland
  * Koli National Park, Finland
  * Liesjärvi National Park, Finland
  * Muddus National Park, Sweden
  * Paanajärvi National Park, Russia
  * Skuleskogen National Park, Sweden
  * Vodlozersky National Park, Russia
  * Butzin, Bernhard (1991). "Helsinki — aspects of urban development and planning". GeoJournal. 2 (1): 11–26.
  * Moen, A. (1998). Nasjonalatlas for Norge: Vegetasjon (in Norwegian). Hønefoss: Statens Kartverk. ISBN 978-82-90408-26-3.
  * Sayre, AP (1994). Taiga. Twenty-First Century Books. ISBN 978-0-8050-2830-0. "Taiga."
  * Bolub Bohn, UG; Hettwer, C (2000). Reduced general map of the natural vegetation of Europe (Map). 1:10,000,000. Bonn: Bonn-Bad Godesberg.
  * Sjors, H (1999). "Swedish plant geography: The background: Geology, climate and zonation". Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 84: 5–14.


Niederdorf district

The Niederdorf district refers to an area in Zürich's old town across and along the river from the train station. It is known as being a main destination for the city's nightlife, as well as many shops and beautiful alleyways. It gets its name from Niederdorfstrasse, which is the bustling main strip where you'll find the many trendy clothes stores and fast food joints


Six Days of Grenoble

The Six Days of Grenoble (French: Six jours cyclistes de Grenoble) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Grenoble, France. Since 2012, the competition is called Four Days of Grenoble.

It takes place in the Palais des Sports in Grenoble since 1971.

Traditionally, the event took place the last week in October, the last edition was held in 2014.

Winners


Six Days of Grenoble

Year      Winners                         Year  Winners                           Year  Winners
1971 (1)  [Netherlands] Peter Post        1986  [Italy] Francesco Moser           2001  [Switzerland] Franco Marvulli
          [France] Alain van Lancker            [United Kingdom] Anthony Doyle          [Switzerland] Alexander Äschbach
1971 (2)  [France] Alain van Lancker      1987  [France] Charly Mottet            2002  [Italy] Adriano Baffi
          [France] Jacky Mourioux               [France] Bernard Vallet                 [Italy] Marco Villa
1972      [France] Alain van Lancker      1988  [France] Charly Mottet            2003  [Switzerland] Franco Marvulli
          [France] Cyrille Guimard              [Liechtenstein] Roman Hermann           [Switzerland] Alexander Äschbach
1973      [Belgium] Patrick Sercu         1989  [France] Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle  2004  [Switzerland] Franco Marvulli
          [Belgium] Eddy Merckx                 [Australia] Danny Clark                 [Switzerland] Alexander Äschbach
1974      [France] Alain van Lancker      1990  [France] Laurent Biondi           2005  [Belgium] Matthew Gilmore
          [France] Jacky Mourioux               [France] Laurent Fignon                 [Belgium] Iljo Keisse
1975      [Belgium] Patrick Sercu         1991  [France] Jean-Claude Colotti      2006  [Switzerland] Franco Marvulli
          [Belgium] Eddy Merckx                 [France] Philippe Tarantini             [Switzerland] Alexander Äschbach
1976      [West Germany] Günther Haritz   1992  [France] Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle  2007  [Denmark] Michael Mørkøv
          [France] Bernard Thévenet             [Italy] Pierangelo Bincoletto           [Denmark] Alex Rasmussen
1977      [Netherlands] René Pijnen       1993  [France] Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle  2008  [Denmark] Michael Mørkøv
          [Italy] Francesco Moser               [Italy] Pierangelo Bincoletto           [Denmark] Alex Rasmussen
1978      [Belgium] Patrick Sercu         1994  [Australia] Dean Woods            2009  [Switzerland] Franco Marvulli
          [West Germany] Dietrich Thurau        [France] Jean-Claude Colotti            [Australia] Luke Roberts


Six Days of Grenoble

1979      [Netherlands] René Pijnen       1995  [Italy] Marco Villa               2010  [Switzerland] Alexander Äschbach
          [Italy] Francesco Moser               [Italy] Silvio Martinello               [Switzerland] Franco Marvulli
1980      [Australia] Danny Clark         1996  [Italy] Adriano Baffi             2011  [Belgium] Iljo Keisse
          [France] Bernard Thévenet             [Italy] Giovanni Lombardi               [France] Morgan Kneisky
1981      [Belgium] Patrick Sercu         1997  [Denmark] Tayeb Braikia           2012  [Belgium] Kenny De Ketele
          [Switzerland] Urs Freuler             [Denmark] Jakob Piil                    [Belgium] Iljo Keisse
1982      [France] Bernard Vallet         1998  [Italy] Adriano Baffi             2013  [France] Morgan Kneisky
          [Denmark] Gert Frank                  [Italy] Andrea Collinelli               [France] Vivien Brisse
1983      [Switzerland] Daniel Gisiger    1999  [Italy] Adriano Baffi             2014  [France] Morgan Kneisky
          [France] Patrick Clerc                [Italy] Andrea Collinelli               [France] Thomas Boudat
1984      [France] Bernard Vallet         2000  [Spain] Joan Llaneras
          [Denmark] Gert Frank                  [Spain] Isaac Gálvez
1985                 No race


Six Days of Grenoble

* Official site

45°11′08″N 5°44′28″E / 45.18550°N 5.74102°E


McCord, Wisconsin

McCord is an unincorporated community in Lincoln and Oneida counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Lincoln County portion of McCord is in the town of Wilson, while the Oneida County portion is in the town of Little Rice. McCord is on U.S. Route 8 10 miles (16 km) west-northwest of Tomahawk. The community was named after Myron H. McCord, a territorial governor of Arizona and member of the Wisconsin State Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.


Paul Grøstad

Paul M. Grøstad (21 September 1933 – 4 April 2011) was a Norwegian businessperson.

He took the cand.jur. degree, and worked in Norske Shell (Royal Dutch Shell in Norway) from 1960 to 1993. He is best known as the chairman of the company, from 1997 to 2003.

During his time in Norske Shell, he was involved in both building up and closing down the oil refinery in Sola. The company also became involved in the Ormen Lange gas field, eventually becoming the field operator. Grøstad also handled a boycott of Shell, which started because of alleged corporation with apartheid-era South Africa.


Zac Olejarnik

Zac Olejarnik is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers in the NSWRL premiership. He played as a five-eighth and later on in his career at lock.

  * Zac Olejarnik stats
  * Mighty Panthers profile


Richard Atkins

For other people named Richard Atkins, see Richard Atkins (disambiguation).

Richard Atkins (1559?–1581), was an English Protestant martyr.

Atkins was born at Ross in Herefordshire. Until he was nineteen years old he was a Catholic, after that a Protestant, but for how long is uncertain. About Midsummer 1581 he was at Rome armed with his New Testament. For his language towards the clergy on the 'misorder of their lives,' and his denunciations against the Church, he was imprisoned for a short time by the Inquisition. Upon his release he proceeded to a series of acts that finally brought him to torture and the stake.

He was charged with exclaiming against (western) Christianity as it then stood and in particular against the Pope in public places of resort, and with an act of sacrilege in attempting to throw down the sacrament while being carried through the streets by a priest. It was stated that a few days later, he had gone to St Peter's Basilica once again, while diverse gentlemen and others were hearing mass, he stepped forward to the altar 'and threw down the chalice with the wine,' and strove to pull the host out of the priest's hand before its consecration. Being committed to prison a second time and examined, his reply was 'that he came purposely to rebuke the popes' wickedness and their idolatry.' After many exhortations by his countrymen to recant, but in vain, he was brought to the stake with many tortures and burned before St. Peter's, 2 August 1581.

"Atkins, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.


Schalkau

Schalkau is a town in the district of Sonneberg, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated 13 km west of Sonneberg, and 15 km north of Coburg. The former municipality Bachfeld was merged into Schalkau in December 2019.

History

From 1680 to 1920, Schalkau was part of Saxe-Meiningen, from 1920 to 1952 of the State of Thuringia, from 1952 to 1990 of the Bezirk Suhl of East Germany and since 1990 again of Thuringia.

Transportation

Schalkau has two train stations, Schalkau and Schalkau Mitte, on the Hinterland Railway (Hinterlandbahn) from Sonneberg Hauptbahnhof to Eisfeld.

Education

There is one secondary school, educating pupils 11-16 (ordinarily) which falls into the 'Realschule' category. The school is named after the famous German writer, Goethe. There is a post office and a few other facilities.

Schalkau

St. Johannis Lutheran church

Schalkau Town hall

Town division

The town has 10 districts:

  * Almerswind with Selsendorf               * Mausendorf with Neundorf
  * Bachfeld with Gundelswind                * Roth
  * Ehnes                                    * Schalkau
  * Emstadt with Truckendorf and Görsdorf    * Theuern
  * Katzberg                                 * Truckenthal

Inhabitants

Number of inhabitants (as of 31 December):

  * 1994: 3765    * 2002: 3463    * 2010: 3202
  * 1996: 3689    * 2004: 3417    * 2012: 3049
  * 1998: 3689    * 2006: 3338    * 2014: 2980
  * 2000: 3498    * 2008: 3286    * 2015: 2982

Source since 1994: Thuringia statistical office Erfurt

Personalities

  * Jan Eichhorn (born 1981), luger
  * Maximilian Mörlin (1516-1584), Protestant theologian and reformer
  * David Möller (born 1982), luger
  * Fritz Mueller (1907-2001), aerospace engineer


Randall Junior High School

Randall Junior High School is a historic building at 65 I Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C.

History

The school opened in 1906 as Cardozo Elementary School and expanded to its 80,000 sq ft (7,400 m2) size in 1927 in the process of becoming Randall Junior High School.Marvin Gaye attended Randall and graduated in 1954.Millenium Arts Center.

Randall Junior High School in 2011, prior to renovation

In 2006, the Corcoran Gallery of Art purchased the building from the City of Washington for $6.2 million.

The District had the option to reacquire the property in 2018,

In 2022, the Rubell Museum, a Miami-based private contemporary art museum, announced the opening of a second museum location, to be sited in the Randall School building. The museum owners purchased the property and renovated the main school building for the new museum, adding a multi-story apartment building next to the original structure.

  * ReadysetDC | Creative. Urban. Lifestyle.
  * New Development Potential for Corcoran's Randall School
  * The Millennium Arts Center


Pěčnov

Pěčnov is a municipality and village in Prachatice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

Pěčnov lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-west of Prachatice, 40 km (25 mi) west of České Budějovice, and 120 km (75 mi) south of Prague.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pěčnov.


List of LGBT ambassadors of the United States

This list of LGBT ambassadors of the United States includes ambassadors of the United States who publicly identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or otherwise part of the LGBT community at the time of their appointment. This list includes ambassadors to individual nations of the world, to international organizations (also known as permanent representatives), and ambassadors-at-large.

Ambassadors are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate.at the pleasure of the president", meaning they can be dismissed at any time.

List


List

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Name                           Accreditation                                         Credentials presented  Mission end         President(s)    Ref
James Hormel                   [Luxembourg] Luxembourg                               September 8, 1999      January 1, 2001     Bill Clinton
Michael Guest                  [Romania] Romania                                     September 24, 2001     July 8, 2004        George W. Bush
Mark Dybul                     President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief            August 11, 2006        January 20, 2009    George W. Bush
David Huebner                  [New Zealand] New Zealand                             December 4, 2009       January 17, 2014    Barack Obama
Samoa                          February 23, 2010                                     January 17, 2014
Dan Baer                       Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe  September 10, 2013     January 20, 2017    Barack Obama
James Costos                   [Spain] Spain                                         September 24, 2013     January 18, 2017    Barack Obama
Andorra                        April 4, 2014                                         January 18, 2017
Rufus Gifford                  [Denmark] Denmark                                     September 13, 2013     January 20, 2017    Barack Obama
Wally Brewster                 [Dominican Republic] Dominican Republic               December 9, 2013       January 20, 2017    Barack Obama
John Berry                     [Australia] Australia                                 September 25, 2013     September 20, 2016  Barack Obama
Ted Osius                      [Vietnam] Vietnam                                     December 16, 2014      November 4, 2017    Barack Obama
Donald Trump
Ric Grenell                    [Germany] Germany                                     May 8, 2018            June 1, 2020        Donald Trump
Randy Berry                    [Nepal] Nepal                                         October 25, 2018       October 2, 2022     Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Eric Nelson                    [Bosnia and Herzegovina] Bosnia and Herzegovina       February 19, 2019      February 1, 2022    Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Jeff Daigle                    [Cape Verde] Cape Verde                               September 10, 2019     present             Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Robert Gilchrist               [Lithuania] Lithuania                                 February 4, 2020       present             Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Scott Miller                   [Switzerland] Switzerland                             January 11, 2022       present             Joe Biden
[Liechtenstein] Liechtenstein  February 16, 2022
Erik Ramanathan                [Sweden] Sweden                                       January 20, 2022       present             Joe Biden
Christopher Lamora             [Cameroon] Cameroon                                   March 21, 2022         present             Joe Biden
David Pressman                 [Hungary] Hungary                                     September 14, 2022     present             Joe Biden

  * List of the first LGBT holders of political offices in the United States
  * America's LGBT Ambassadors: Global Trade Will Lift Up LGBT Lives, The White House


Niederglatt

Niederglatt is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Niederglatt

History

Niederglatt is first mentioned in 1149 as Niderunglatto. Between 1153 and 1155 it was mentioned as Nidrunglate.Niederhasli.

Geography

Niederglatt has an area of 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi). Of this area, 58.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while 6.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 30.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (4.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located on both banks of the Glatt river. It includes the villages of Niederglatt and Nöschikon.

Aerial view (1964)

Demographics

Niederglatt has a population (as of 31 December 2020) of 4,938.As of 2007, 20.9% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 26.1%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (87.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.7%) and Albanian being third ( 1.7%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 50% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (12.5%), the FDP (10.8%) and the CVP (8.3%).

The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 23.3% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 65.1% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 11.6%. In Niederglatt about 77.4% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule).


Niederglatt

Niederglatt has an unemployment rate of 2.58%. As of 2005, there were 62 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 317 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 31 businesses in this sector. 716 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 107 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

year  population
1467  9 Households
1634  229
1850  580
1900  524
1950  872
1970  2,421
2000  3,737
2010  4,570
2020  4,937

Transport

Niederglatt railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the line S9. Its train station is a 20 minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Niederglatt.
  * Official website (in German)


Shusaku Hirasawa

Shusaku Hirasawa (平沢 周策, Hirasawa Shusaku, born March 5, 1949) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Hirasawa was born in Akita Prefecture on March 5, 1949. After graduating from high school, he joined Hitachi in 1967. In 1972, the club won the champions at Japan Soccer League and Emperor's Cup. The club won 1975 Emperor's Cup and 1976 JSL Cup. He retired in 1978. He played 160 games and scored 20 goals in the league.

National team career

On August 4, 1972, Hirasawa debuted for Japan national team against the Philippines. In 1973, he was selected by Japan for the 1974 World Cup qualification. He also played in the 1974 Asian Games. He played 11 games and scored one goal for Japan until 1974.

Club statistics

Club performance  League
Season            Club     League          Apps  Goals
Japan             League
1967              Hitachi  JSL Division 1  11    4
1968              13       3
1969              13       2
1970              14       1
1971              11       1
1972              14       2
1973              17       2
1974              15       2
1975              18       1
1976              17       2
1977              7        0
1978              10       0
Total             160      20

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year                 Apps  Goals
1972                 2     0
1973                 4     1
1974                 5     0
Total                11    1

  * Shusaku Hirasawa at National-Football-Teams.com
  * Japan National Football Team Database


McCoppin

McCoppin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  * Frank McCoppin (1834–1897), American politician
  * George Washington McCoppin (1904–1993), American politician
  * Peter McCoppin (born 1948), Canadian conductor and organist
  * Suzy McCoppin (born 1978), American actress and columnist


Paul Guidé

Paul Guidé (March 18, 1884 – October 16, 1940) was a French film actor of the silent era. Guidé appeared in more than sixty films before 1930 including La dame de Monsoreau (1913) in which he played Henry III of France.

Filmography

Year  Title                             Role                      Notes
1912  Zigomar contre Nick Carter
1912  Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth  Shakespeare
1913  Zigomar, peau d'anguille          L'inspecteur              Episode: 1
1913  La rose du radjah
1913  La dame de Monsoreau              Henri III
1913  L'aiglon
1914  Trompe-la-Mort                    Lucien de Rubempre
1914  The Thumb Print                   Le Marquis Primo
1915  Sadounah
1917  L'imprévu                         Jacques d'Amblize
1917  Maryse
1917  Le lotus d'or                     Ramsey
1917  Le devoir                         Le docteur Pierre Roland
1917  L'orage
1917  Anguish                           Jacques de Lucigny
1918  Renoncement
1920  Quand on aime                     Maxime Quevilly
1921  Tout se paie                      Jacques Nersac
1921  Gigolette
1921  L'inconnue
1922  The Mysteries of Paris            Le marquis d'Harville
1922  Destinée
1923  La brèche d'enfer                 Jacques de Pont-Hébert
1923  Un coquin                         Paul Miriel
1924  Mandrin                           Bouret d'Erigny
1924  L'aventurier                      Jacques Guéroy
1924  The Man Without Nerves            Hector Marcel
1924  The Two Boys                      Saint-Hyriex
1925  Swifter Than Death                Le duc de Frontignac
1925  Fanfan la Tulipe                  Chevalier de Lurbeck
1925  Les Misérables                    Enjolras
1927  The Loves of Casanova             Gregori Orloff
1927  Antoinette Sabrier                Roger Dangenne
1927  Princess Masha                    Colonel Goubiesky
1928  L'occident                        Le commandant Linières
1928  Prince Jean                       Robert d'Arnheim
1929  The Wedding March
1930  Toute sa vie                      Mr. Asmore                (final film role)

  * Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.
  * Paul Guidé at IMDb


Orchis spitzelii

Orchis spitzelii is a species of orchid found from Sweden (Gotland), eastern Spain to the Caucasus and northwestern Africa.

Specifically, it is native to northern Europe (Sweden), central Europe (Austria and possibly extirpated in Germany), southwestern Europe (the Balearic Islands, Corsica, France, and Spain), southeastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Crete, and countries of the former Yugoslavia), northern Africa (Algeria and Morocco), western Asia (Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey), and both the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia.

  * Media related to Orchis spitzelii at Wikimedia Commons


Keith O'Connell

Keith O'Connell (24 November 1923 — 28 November 2006) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1984, representing Gosford until 1973 and Peats thereafter.

O'Connell was born in East Greta and attended government schools at Morisset East and Newcastle before becoming an electrical fitter. In 1952 he became a storekeeper at Toukley. He was elected to Wyong Shire Council in 1959, where he served until 1971. He was chairman of Brisbane Water County Council from 1960 to 1971 and a member of the local government electricity association from 1960 to 1971, becoming President in his last year. He was also a member of the New South Wales Electricity Authority (1961–1971).

In 1971, O'Connell was selected as the Labor candidate for Gosford and defeated sitting Liberal MP Ted Humphries.Peats left Gosford with a Liberal majority, and O'Connell contested the new seat instead. He held the seat easily until his retirement in 1984, which allowed Paul Landa, Labor's leader in the Legislative Council, to shift to the Assembly.

O'Connell died in 2006.


Schalk Burger (rugby union, born 1955)

Schalk Willem Petrus Burger Snr. (born 6 October 1955) is a South African former rugby union player.

Playing career

Burger was born in Cape Town and received his schooling in Paarl, at Paarl Gimnasium. In 1973 het represented the Western Province schools rugby team at the Craven Week tournament. He made his senior provincial debut in 1974 for North Western Cape and in 1975 he enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch for a BCom degree, representing the Maties on the rugby field. Burger made his debut for Western Province in 1977 and after the 1978 season he moved to Eastern Province. During the period 1979 to 1983, Burger played 72 matches for Eastern Province, including 40 as captain. In 1984 he returned to Western Province.

Burger made his test match debut for the Springboks against the visiting England team on 2 June 1984 in Port Elizabeth. In 1986 he played in the four test matches against the New Zealand Cavaliers. Burger was capped 6 times for the Springboks.

Test history

No.  Opponents              Results   Position  Points  Dates        Venue
                            (SA 1st)
1.   England                 33–15    Lock              2 June 1984  Boet Erasmus Stadium, Port Elizabeth
2.   [England] England        35–9    Lock              9 June 1984  Ellis Park, Johannesburg
3.   New Zealand Cavaliers   21–15    Lock              10 May 1986  Newlands, Cape Town
4.   New Zealand Cavaliers   18–19    Lock              17 May 1986  Kings Park, Durban
5.   New Zealand Cavaliers   33–18    Lock              24 May 1986  Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
6.   New Zealand Cavaliers   24–10    Lock              31 May 1986  Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Personal

Burger is the father of Schalk Burger, a former Springbok Loose-forward and Springbok Captain.

Accolades

Burger was one of the five nominees for 1985 SA Rugby player of the Year award. The other nominees for the award were Jannie Breedt, Gerrie Sonnekus, Danie Gerber and the eventual winner of the award, Naas Botha.

  * List of South Africa national rugby union players – Springbok no. 535


Randall Morris

Randall Morris (born April 22, 1961) is a former American football running back who played 64 games over 5 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with two teams.


Pınar Saka

Pınar Saka (born 5 November 1985) is a Turkish female track running athlete in the sprint discipline competing in the categories 100 m, 200 m and 400 m. She is the Turkish national record holder for 400 m.

Saka was born in Üsküdar, Istanbul. She studied international business at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in the USA.163 cm (5 ft 4 in) tall athlete at 53 kg (117 lb) is a member of Enkaspor in Istanbul, where she is coached by Öznur Dursun.

Saka participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain in the categories 4x100 m relay, 400 m and 4x400 m relay. She ran bronze medal in the 4x400 m relay in 3:40.75 with her teammates Birsen Bekgöz, Özge Gürler and Binnaz Uslu.

In 2011 Saka won the silver medal at the 26th Summer Universiade in Shenzhen together with a team consisting of Nagihan Karadere, Merve Aydın and Meliz Redif, with a time of 3.31.05.

Saka qualified for participation in the 400 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

She is doing her MBA degree at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul.

Doping

Pınar Saka was in 2013 sanctioned as a result of abnormalities detected in her biological passport. She was disqualified from 18 June 2010 and got three years ineligibility ending 23 May 2015.

Achievements

Her personal best performances are:

  * 100 m 11.93 (2003)
  * 200 m 23.97 (2003)
  * 200 m Indoor 23.90
  * 400 m 51.53 (2011) NR
  * 400 m Indoor 52.99 (2011) NR

NR: Turkish national record


Sant Quirze

Sant Quirze, Catalan for Saint Cyriacus, may refer to:

  * Sant Quirze de Besora, municipality in the comarca of Osona
  * Sant Quirze de Colera, Benedictine monastery in Rabós
  * Sant Quirze del Vallès, town in the comarca of the Vallès Occidental
  * Sant Quirze Safaja, municipality in the comarca of the Vallès Oriental


New Forces

New Forces may refer to:

  * Forces Nouvelles de Côte d'Ivoire
  * New Democratic Force
  * New Democratic Forces
  * New Force (disambiguation)


Shush!

Shush! is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom written by and starring Rebecca Front and Morwenna Banks. It follows child prodigy Alice and hapless Snoo as two librarians, trying desperately to keep their local library afloat. The first series was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015, with the second series broadcast in May 2017.

The idea was originally developed with Armando Iannucci as a television programme,Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews. The series also stars Ben Willbond as local library inspector Simon Neilson, and Michael Fenton-Stevens as morally bankrupt celebrity surgeon Dr Cadogan. Guest stars so far have included Geoffrey Whitehead, Frances Barber and Laurence Fox and the show is produced by Pozzitive Television.

Episode List

Series one

No.                                                                                Episode no.  Title             Original broadcast date
1                                                                                1            "Top Shelf"       23 February 2017
Alice and Snoo have to resort to some rather unconventional means to get people into the library. A very low shelf, a book about zombies, a hosepipe ban and some hummingbirds bring the public flocking in.
2                                                                                2            "Mobile Library"  18 July 2018
An intruder, an ice-cream van and Daniel Barenboim make life difficult for Snoo and Alice as Simon constructs a deadly cornflakes-based trap.
3                                                                                3            "Tome Raider"     25 July 2018
Alice and Snoo have to elicit the help of Alice's father to save Dr Cadogan from disgrace. Meanwhile, Simon's feelings for Alice face an unexpected obstacle.
4                                                                                4            "New Romantics"   1 August 2018
A wandering poet, a bottle of Calpol and some Roman bathing techniques cause trouble for Snoo and Alice. And just what is Dr Cadogan's unexpected skill?

Critical reception

Both series of Shush! have so far been very well received. David Hepworth, writing in The Guardian, praised its "lovely" moments,Radio Times, wrote that "any comedy based upon an idea by Armando Iannucci has quality written all over it and this is no exception. Written by Morwenna Banks and Rebecca Front, who both star as socially challenged librarians, this is a rare Radio 4 sitcom grower.".


McCool (disambiguation)

Look up McCool or MacCool in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

McCool is a surname.

McCool, MacCool, or variation, may also refer to:

Places

  * McCool, Mississippi, USA; a town in Attala County
  * McCool Junction, Nebraska, USA; a village in York County
  * McCool, Ontario, Canada; an unincorporated community in Timiskaming District, Northeastern Ontario
  * McCool (crater), a crater on the Moon

Other uses

  * USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) (aka USS McCool), a U.S.Navy San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship
  * McCool Stadium, Cleveland, Mississippi, USA; an American football field
  * McCool Junction Public Schools, York County, Nebraska, USA; a school board
  * McCool Junction Elementary School, McCool Junction Public Schools, York County, Nebraska, USA
  * MCOOL (mandatory country of origin labeling)
  * One Night at McCool's, 2001 film
  * Cool McCool, 1966 animated TV show
  * Cool (disambiguation)
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Priori

Look up priori in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Priori may refer to:

  * Priori, members of the government of Renaissance Florence and other Italian cities, or Prioria, or Signoria, elected by picking eligible names out of a leather bag, or borse, -- at random, for a term of two months.
  * A priori


Nissan Outboard Motors

Nissan outboard motors are produced by Tohatsu Corporation of Tokyo, Japan. They are the second largest producer of outboard motors in the world and produce environmentally conscious TLDI series of two-stroke low pressure direct injection outboards that meet current United States Environmental Protection Agency regulations for the US. Mercury outboards from 30 hp and below are rebadged Tohatsus and all Nissan outboard engines in the US and Canada are Tohatsu's with a Nissan decal.

  * Tohatsu outboards
  * Nissan Outboard Technical Information
  * Nissan Outboard Russia Home page


Khan Bari

Khan Bari is a town and union council of Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.


MAA Certificate of Merit

The MAA Certificate of Merit is awarded at irregular intervals by the Mathematical Association of America for special work or service to mathematics or the broader mathematics community.

Recipients

The recipients of the MAA Certificate of Merit are:

  * 1977: Henry M. Cox
  * 1978: Samuel L. Greitzer
  * 1978: Murray S. Klamkin
  * 1978: Nura D. Turner
  * 1983: Hope Daly
  * 1986: Raoul Hailpern
  * 1988: Walter E. Mientka
  * 1994: I. Edward Block
  * 2021: Mary W. Gray
  * List of mathematics awards


Randall Museum

The Randall Museum is a museum in central San Francisco, California, owned and operated by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department with the support of the Randall Friends. The museum focuses on science, nature and the arts. On exhibit are live native and domestic animals and interactive displays about nature. Other facilities include a theater, a wood shop, and art and ceramics studios.

Its permanent location is in Corona Heights Park, on a large hill between the Castro and Haight-Ashbury districts of San Francisco. The Corona Heights location features views of the city, downtown financial district and the San Francisco Bay.

History

View of downtown San Francisco from the Randall Museum

Originally named the "Junior Museum", the facility was established in 1937 in an old city jail on what is now the campus of City College of San Francisco.Elmer Robinson on September 23 of that year

Josephine Randall first visited Corona Heights in 1928. Prior to its acquisition and use for the namesake museum, it had been used as a rock quarry until the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; kilns on the slope of the hill exploded and collapsed in the wake of the earthquake, and the quarries were subsequently abandoned.

Renovations

In 2003, the museum dedicated its Outdoor Learning Environment, which replaced a parking lot and driveway. The museum's director, Amy Dawson, characterized the prior structures as "an asphalt moat".Beniamino Bufano were temporarily moved to the Randall Museum from 2004 to 2006 while their permanent home, the Valencia Gardens housing project in The Mission, was demolished and rebuilt.

Plans were announced in 2013 for a $6 million makeover to double the space available for exhibits and programs,

The museum held a grand reopening for the remodeled space on February 11, 2018.Mister G was scheduled to provide live music at the reopening.

Name


Randall Museum

Name

The Randall Museum takes its name from Josephine Dows Randall, a Stanford University master's degree graduate in zoology in 1913. After graduating she traveled to the Midwest and organized one of the first Girl Scout troops in the United States as well as one of the first Camp Fire Girls troops. When she returned to California she became the first Superintendent of Recreation for San Francisco's Recreation Department, creating the Junior Museum and bringing national recognition to the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department for its outstanding services between the years 1926 and 1952. During her tenure as the San Francisco Recreation Department Superintendent she secured hundreds of acres of open space for playgrounds and consequently, sports and artistic programming for the children and families of San Francisco.

Overview and features

The museum charges no admission and offers events, movies, plays, lectures, exhibits, and classes for ages 3–adult, but is geared mostly toward children and educational field trips. Child and adult classes are available in the wood shop and pottery studio. The museum has special topic days, such as Bug Day, Mushroom Day, and Water & Sun Day, during which interested clubs and sponsors participate.

The museum's theater is home to the performances of the Young People's Teen Musical Theatre Company, a Recreation and Parks Department program closely tied to the museum.

The Golden Gate Model Rail Road Club (GGMRC)600 feet (180 m).

Charles Sowers was commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) to create "Windswept", a kinetic sculpture installed on the facade of the Randall Museum in 2012. The piece took four years to create and test.Ben Trautman was commissioned by SFAC to create a mobile of a stylized bird entitled "Wingspan", which was installed in the lobby.

  * San Francisco
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Randall Museum.
  * Randall Museum website
  * Golden Gate Model Rail Road Club (GGMRC) website
  * Windswept from Charles Sowers on Vimeo
  * Trautman, Ben (20 April 2016). "Bird Sculpture for The Randall Museum" (PDF). City of San Francisco


Juan José Carbó

Juan José Carbó Gatignol (March 19, 1927 – May 15, 2010) was a Spanish cartoonist and one of the great masters of Spanish comics,Universidad de Alicante "premio Notario del Humor" ("Notary of Humor Award"), and signed all his Illustrations with his pseudonym, Carbó. Carbó drew in the mediums of newspapers, journals, children's magazines and even an adult magazine called Reseo (Cattle Magazine).

Early life and education

Juan José Carbó Gatignol, known primarily by his autographed signature of Carbó on his artwork, was born in Sueca, Spain on March 19, 1927.tutelage from his art teacher Alfredo Carlos, who also was a painter.

In 1939 near the end of the Spanish Civil War, Carbó moved with his family to Valencia where his father died.Fine Arts).security guard and continued taking free night classes.

Comic strip career

In 1949, Carbó began his career as a cartoonist with the protagonist, Don Homobono, who appeared in Cubilete, a magazine published by Gong.supplement.military service, he caught on with the Editorial Valenciana newspaper where Carbó created characters Robustiano Fortachón and the surrealistic El Penado 113.didactic method.José Sanchis Sinisterra, Soriano Izquierdo, Enrique Cerdán and others.

Carbó started drawing cover arts and specialized in "¿Cuánto sabes?" ("How much do you know?"), "¡Ocurre cada cosa!" ("Everything occurs"), and sports biographies.thumbnailed section of the Editorial Bruguera publishing house.Ivanchito, appeared in the pocket-sized paperback cartoon Jaimito.

During the 1970s, Carbó drew Plácido Guerra. After getting weary of work at Editorial Bruguera, he left for Diario de Valencia daily where he continued drawing his Placido Guerra for its in-house supplement.falles journal, El Coet, and adult magazine, Reseo (Cattle Magazine).

From 1993 to 1994, Carbó drew Tonet as a comic strip character in the Education Journal of the Spanish Consellería de Cultura (Ministry of Culture).

Later life and death


Juan José Carbó

Later life and death

Throughout his life, Carbó stayed active with a Spanish group known as "Asociación de Autores de Cómic de España", AACE (literally Association of Authors of Comics in Spain).daily schedule and regularly attended its meetings.exhibited his illustrations at the "TebeoSpain" at the Biblioteca Nacional de San Miguel de los Reyes (National Library of St. Michael the Archangel) in Valencia.

Carbó remained a painter and continuously worked as a security clerk from age 17 to 65.St. Joseph's day.

Carbó died at the age of 83 on May 15, 2010.

The following is a list of Carbó's various comic strips in order of their appearance:

  * Don Homobono
  * Robustiano Fortachón
  * El Penado 113
  * Ivanchito
  * Plácido Guerra
  * Tonet

Awards

In March 2005, the Universidad de Alicante awarded Carbó with "el premio Notario del Humor" ("the Notary of humor" Award)) in recognition of his entire career, along with Marin Xaquín who was another honoree.


Sant Pere de Vilamajor

Sant Pere de Vilamajor is a village in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 13.8 square kilometres (5.3 sq mi) and the population in 2014 was 4,248.

  * Government data pages (in Catalan)


New Forest Act 1800

The New Forest Act 1800 (39 & 40 Geo. 3. c. 86) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain.

So much of this Act as subjected certain officers therein mentioned to forfeiture and deprivation of their offices for the offences in this Act mentioned was repealed and made void by section 6 of the Dean Forest Act 1819 (59 Geo 3 c 86).

The marginal note to that section said that the effect of this was to repeal section 23 of the New Forest Act 1800. This repeal was subject to a proviso.

The whole Act was repealed by section 1(4) of, and the Schedule to, the Wild Creatures and Forest Laws Act 1971.

  * Halsbury's Statutes,


Shurugwi Rural Areas

Shurugwi Rural Areas, also known as Shurugwi District, is a rural area around Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, mainly to the east, beginning 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the town centre. The area between the town and the rural areas was mainly occupied by white commercial farmers. It is thought that at one time, these farms were owned by three families who were all related. The total area of these farms is approximately 60 km x 40 km similar to an area that was occupied by more than 4,000 African families. Most of the black families are subsistence farmers. Maize is generally grown by the majority.

Education

Primary schools

There are a number of primary schools in Shurugwi Rural. Most of them, like Vungwi Primary School, were built as far back as 1905. The list includes: Banga, Bokai, Chekenyu, Dhlemiti, Chikato, Dombwe, Hanke, Makonde (St Monica), Makotore, Matamba, Mavedzenge (St Peter), Mhangami (St Pius), Ndaora (St Paul), Nhema (St Francis), Pakame, Rusike Shamba, Tumba, Vungwi, Gundura, Banga, Wida, Sibolise, Charles Wreath and Zvishazha.Zvamatenga, Dhlodhlo, New Gato, Old Gato, Jongwe, Gamwa.

Secondary schools

There are a number of secondary schools in Shurugwi Rural, most notably Sibolise Secondary School, Mupangai Secondary School, Chivakanenyanga Secondary School, Batanai Secondary School, Rusungunuko Secondary School, Dombotombo Secondary School, Chironde-Kwagweya Secondary School, and Bokai Secondary School. The academic results from year to year are poor, which is generally blamed on the teachers.

High schools

There are only three boarding schools in Shurugwi which are all in rural areas:


Shurugwi Rural Areas

Hanke Adventist High School, a Seventh-day Adventist school which traditionally offered up to 0-Levels and was called Hanke Adventist Secondary School. It was recentlyA-Levels and changed its name to reflect that. As it is a mission school, both the primary school and the high school are on the same campus which can cause confusion between them.

Tongogara High School, only 10 km from Hanke, is a government-run high school. The boarding facilities are generally reserved for A-Levels students while the Form 1s to Form 4s are general day-schoolers (although a limited number of lower grade students have been admitted into boarding since 1990). Tongogara was founded as a secondary school in the early 1980s, and A-Level was only introduced in 1989. It is the biggest high school in Shurugwi by student population.

Pakame Mission, about 40 km to the southwest, is a Methodist-run mission. Like Hanke, it traditionally offered classes up to form 4 (O-Levels), but was recently upgraded to offer up to A-Levels. Pakame is considered the best of the three in terms of O-Level pass rate. Rusununguko is now a high school offering A levels as well.

Rusununguko High School which is 4 km was of late upgraded to offer A levels; this is the only non boarding high school in Shurugwi. This schools caters for talented students from disadvantaged families mainly from its neighboring secondary schools such as Mupangai, Bokai. The pass rate from Rusununguko is not bad, most students walk +/- 15 km to and from school. Most students who come through these walls normally fails to progress with their education because of university fees challenges

Health

Hospitals

Zvamavande Rural Hospital is the only hospital in Shurugwi Rural. It is located 2 km southeast of Cha Cha Cha Township, 2 km southwest of Vungwi Primary School and 7 km northeast of Rusununguko Secondary School.

Clinics


Shurugwi Rural Areas

Clinics

There are a number of rural clinics in Shurugwi Rural. Notable clinics include Hanke Clinic, on the same campus as Hanke Mission; Saint Francis Clinic, near the residence of Chief Nhema and facilitated by his politician son, Francis Nhema, about 40 km northeast of Cha Cha Cha Township and 20 km northeast of Hanke Adventist Secondary School; and Tongogara Clinic, situated at Tongogara Shopping Centre. There is also Gundura clinic, about 5 km from Pakame Mission. There is also Rusike clinic about 15 km south of Cha Cha Cha.

Zvamavande Hospital is the referral centre for all other clinics in the region which often transfers patients to Shurugwi Hospital in Shurugwi.

People still walk long distances to health centres. Serious cases are sometimes transported up to 10 km by ox-drawn carts. This happens especially to those that are from areas that are not easily accessed by cars such as resettlement areas commonly known as "minda murefu" (literally, "long fields").

HIV and AIDS

Like other rural areas, Shurugwi Rural Areas has suffered the wrath of HIV and AIDS, partly because of unawareness and poverty. Sex is considered the only form of entertainment in rural areas, given that many families do not have televisions and there are no cinemas to watch movies. Due to an unexpected number of deaths between the middle 1990s and the early 2000s, people have been frightened by the consequences of AIDS and the HIV rate in the area has recently declined.

Resettlement areas

There has been considerable resettlement, since 80% of the area around Shurugwi was owned by commercial farmers (generally Caucasians) who lost their farms because of the domestic land policy of President Mugabe. The people who claimed these farms (mostly black families without land) have struggled to survive due to lack of knowledge regarding good agricultural methods. Most of the beneficiaries are not originally from Shurugwi.

Politics


Shurugwi Rural Areas

Politics

Home to the late freedom fighter and Commander in Chief of Zanla forces, Josiah Magama Tongogara, other notable politicians include late Midland governor and resident minister Herbert S.M Mahlaba, Francis Nhema, the Minister of Tourism in the Mugabe cabinet and an MP of Shurugwi, first Shurugwi MP at independence and now Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Dr Lucia Matibenga, and Emmerson Mnangagwa, by virtue of marriage to Tongogara's sister and coming from Chirumhanzu, and Dr Frank Mbengo.

Due to patronage, MPs have since independence come from the north (15 km north of Cha Cha Cha Township), an area under the guardianship of Chief Nhema, as opposed to the south which is under Chief Ndanga. David Ruzive, a former MP who has been heavily criticized, was also from Nhema. This has caused more development in the Nhema area than in the Ndanga Area.

Cha Cha Cha Township is the best-located township in Shurugwi Rural because it is where major roads meet. Unfortunately it has been neglected and the growth point was placed at Tongogara Township. For the growth of Shurugwi Chachacha must be upgraded for it to get government funding to provide work for the local community

Natural resources


Shurugwi Rural Areas

Natural resources

The district is located on the mineral-rich belt, commonly known as the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe, known locally as Chironde Mountain range, making it one of the most mineral-rich areas in the country. Chromite, Platinum, Gold and Nickel are all mined around Shurugwi. This mountain range stretches all the way from Cape Town through to the copper belt regions of Zambia. Places of interest include Wolfshall Pass, commonly known as Boterekwa due to the winding of the road as it negotiates its way up and between mountains. Midway through Boterekwa, there is Dun raven Falls which is about 100m from the road. Boterekwa is very similar to the pass close to Louis Trichardt in South Africa since both were constructed by an Italian firm, the difference only being there are tunnels in Louis Trichardt. It has been a scene of many road accidents with most of them fatal. The most notable of these accidents occurred in 1976 when a bus load of students from Chrome Secondary School overturned. Only three teachers survived the crash. Almost every year, a serious accident do occur at Boterekwa, this is attributed to the narrow road, steep slopes and sharp curves.

Another place of interest can be the Guruguru (which means very huge) mountain, the mountain is a bare granite rock which a few kilometers east of Pakame High School. Getting to the top of this mountain can be a mission due to the absence of supporting trees and slippery rock surfaces.

Generally, Shurugwi is very scenic districts which a sizeable hills all over the place, this include Bokai, Chikomo Chirefu, Magomana, Shamba, Rasha close to Chachacha and Gururuguru. Unfortunately due to resettlement in the area, most of wild animals have been driven away or killed.

  * Geography of Zimbabwe


McCook Army Air Field

McCook Army Airfield, 1944, looking northeast

McCook Army Airfield, 1944, looking northwest

McCook Army Airfield was activated on 1 April 1943. It is located nine miles (14 km) northwest of McCook, a city in Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States and is southwest of North Platte, Nebraska. It was constructed in 1943 . The 2,100-acre (8.5 km2) site is bordered on all sides by level farm ground.

History

McCook AAF was one of eleven United States Army Air Forces training bases in Nebraska during World War II. The 2,100-acre (8.5 km2) base included three 150 by 7,500-foot (2,300 m) concrete runways, five hangars, and barracks for 5,000 men. It operated with three divisions: Base Services (hospital, chapel, theater, band, gymnasium, fire station, post office, photo lab, library, and military police); Maintenance and Supply (air service groups, post engineers, machine shop, warehouses); and Training (celestial navigation, gunnery and bombing, communications, radar, and aircraft maintenance). Approximately 110 buildings and structures were constructed.

The airfield was activated on 1 April 1943, under the command of Second Air Force Headquarters, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The host unit at the airfield was the 520th Operational Training Unit as part of Air Technical Service Command. The 520th was assigned to the 16th Bombardment Operational Training Wing (August 1943 - March 1944), then transferred to the 17th Bombardment Training Wing in March 1944 for B-29 training.

McCook provided final training of heavy bomber crews for the B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and Boeing B-29 Super Fortress. Some 15,000 servicemen and 500 civilians were stationed at McCook. Bomber crew members received final proficiency training at the field before deployment in North Africa, Europe, and Pacific Theater of Operations.

Among the bomb groups trained at McCook were elements of the 8th, 15th, and 20th Air Forces. These bomb groups saw combat in the European, Mediterranean, and Pacific Theaters.

The following USAAF Groups were stationed at McCook:


McCook Army Air Field

The following USAAF Groups were stationed at McCook:

  * 454th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (July - October 1943)
736th, 737th, 738th and 739th Bombardment Squadrons Deployed to Fifteenth Air Force in Italy (B-24 Liberator)
  * 486th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (September - November 1943)
832nd, 833rd, 834th and 835th Bombardment Squadrons Deployed to Eighth Air Force in England (B-24 Liberator)
  * 465th Bombardment Group (Heavy) (October 1943 - February 1944)
780th, 781st, 782nd and 783rd Bombardment Squadrons Deployed to Fifteenth Air Force in Italy (B-24 Liberator)
  * 493d Bombardment Group (Heavy) (November 1943 - January 1944)
860th, 861st, 862nd and 863rd Bombardment Squadrons Deployed to Eighth Air Force in England (B-17 Flying Fortress)
  * 9th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) (May - November 1944)
1st, 5th, 99th and 430th Bombardment Squadrons Deployed to Twentieth Air Force in Tinian (B-29 Superfortress)
  * 331st Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) (November 1944 - April 1945)
355th, 356th, and Bombardment 357th Squadrons Deployed to Twentieth Air Force in Guam (B-29 Superfortress)
  * 98th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) (25 June-1- November 1945)
343rd, 344th, 345th and 415th Bombardment Squadrons (B-29 Superfortress) Inactivated 18 November 1945
  * 448th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) (8 September- 4 December 1945)
712th, 713th, 714th, and 715th Bombardment Squadrons Inactivated 4 December 1945

With the inactivation of the 448th Bomb Group, McCook AAF was inactivated and placed in reserve status under supervision of the 2347th Air Force Reserve Training Center. The Airfield closed on 31 December 1945, and was acquired by the state of Nebraska from the War Assets Administration in 1947.

[Large low building with plowed fields in foreground; two small grain bins in front of hangar; farmer working on tractor in hangar entrance]

Hangar at McCook AAF, now used for farm storage


McCook Army Air Field

Hangar at McCook AAF, now used for farm storage

In 1950, the city of McCook took possession of the airfield for a municipal airport, however, found that its distant location from the city made it inconvenient. The city of McCook turned the McCook airfield back to the State of Nebraska in 1952.

Today the land is owned primarily by farmers and the Nebraska Bureau of Land Management. Most of the concrete runways have been removed except for a 20' strip on the E-W and SW-NE runways. About a dozen World War II-era buildings still exist at the former airfield in various states of deterioration including all the hangars.

  * Nebraska World War II Army Airfields

[Public Domain] This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency.

  * Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
  * Nebraska's Army Airfields
  * Rural bases
  * Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Western Nebraska
  * Image of McCook Army Airfield on Google Maps
  * Webpage of 2Lt. David V. Moll
  * Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary


Prior review

Prior review occurs when executive persons read and review materials before they have been made available to the public.

Prior review is distinct from prior restraint,


Nissan Parkway

Nissan Parkway is a short divided highway in central Mississippi. The road starts at Mississippi Highway 22 (MS 22). It travels east to an interchange with Interstate 55 (I-55) and intersects a road leading to a Nissan assembly plant. The parkway then continues eastward to its eastern terminus at U.S. Route 51 (US 51) and MS 16. Nissan Parkway was constructed in 2002 from MS 22 to I-55, after being proposed in one year before. The road was extended to its current eastern terminus by 2003.

Description

All of the road is inside Madison County and is a divided highway.Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT).annual average daily traffic (AADT), a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year.

Nissan Parkway starts at MS 22 southwest of Canton, and travels southeastward. The road soon turns east at Old Jackson Road, and trees soon clears up. Nissan Parkway then curves to the northeast, near a road to a medical center. The parkway later turns east at Mississippi Parkway, which leads to a Mississippi State University extension center. Nissan Parkway soon intersects Interstate 55 (I-55) at a cloverleaf interchange. The road then meets the northern terminus of Nissan Drive (MS 857), linking to a Nissan assembly plant. The parkway travels near a pond,Canadian National Railway.one mile (1.6 km) later, Nissan Parkway ends at US 51 and MS 16. The road continues east as MS 16 and Canton Parkway.

History

In November 2001, Nissan announced plans to build an assembly plant near Canton,bonds and allocated $65 million respectively for roads, bridges, and interchanges.Mississippi Legislature investing $363 million into the facility.MS 43, with MS 16 being rerouted onto both Nissan Parkway and Canton Parkway at that time between I-55 and MS 43.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Madison County.


Nissan Parkway

Major intersections

The entire route is in Madison County.

Location                                  mi                       km    Destinations                                       Notes
                                         0.0                      0.0   MS 22 – Canton, Flora                              Western terminus
Canton                                    1.3–                     2.1–                                                     Cloverleaf interchange; I-55 exit 118 A/B; western end of MS 16
                                          1.9                      3.1   I-55 / MS 16 west – Grenada, Jackson
                                         2.0                      3.2   MS 857 south (Nissan Drive)                        Northern terminus of MS 857
Canton                                    2.9                      4.7   US 51 (South Liberty Street) – Canton, Gluckstadt  Eastern terminus
                                          Road continues as MS 16
MS 16 east (Canton Parkway)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  * Concurrency terminus

  * Magnolia Way – State maintained road linking to a Toyota manufacturing facility
  * List of state highways in Mississippi
Template:Attached KML/Nissan Parkway
KML is from Wikidata
  * Nissan at Canton, Mississippi


Khan Chong

Khan Chong (Thai: คันโช้ง) is a subdistrict in Wat Bot District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.

Geography

Khan Chong lies in the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed.

Administration

Khan Chong is administered by a tambon administrative organization (TAO) and is subdivided into 10 smaller divisions called villages (muban). The villages in Khan Chong are as follows:

No.  Romanization       Thai
1    Ban Khan Chong     บ้านคันโช้ง
2    Ban Nong Luak      บ้านหนองลวก
3    Ban Huai Chiang    บ้านห้วยเจียง
4    Ban Nam Chon       บ้านน้ำโจน
5    Ban Nong Krabak    บ้านหนองกระบาก
6    Ban Pak Phan       บ้านปากพาน
7    Ban Kaeng Khan Na  บ้านแก่งคันนา
8    Ban Nong Bon       บ้านหนองบอน
9    Ban Sam Sao        บ้านสามเส้า
10   Ban Prong Khae     บ้านโปร่งแค

Khwae Noi National Reserved Forest

Main article: Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park

The Khwae Noi National Reserved Forest, recently made part of Kaeng Chet Khwae National Park, covers a significant portion of the land in Khan Chong.

Sufficiency Economy Village Project

A Sufficiency Economy Village Project is at Ban Nam Chon. Part of the project is a Handicraft Village Project, which produces carved works, furniture, and other products from the wood gathered from the newly flooded area of the Khwae Noi Dam Project. It is a community project aimed at increasing local family income.

Temples

The following is a list of active Buddhist temples in Khan Chong:

  * Wat Khan Chong Wanaram (Thai: วัดคันโช้งวนาราม) in Ban Khan Chong
  * Wat Nong Luak (Thai: วัดหนองลวก) in Ban Nong Luak
  * Wat Huai Chiang (Thai: วัดห้วยเจียง) in Ban Huai Chiang
  * Wat Nam Chon (Thai: วัดน้ำโจน) in Ban Nam Chon
  * Wat Ta-khian Tia (Thai: วัดตะเคียนเตี้ย) in Ban Nong Krabak
  * Wat Nong Bon (Thai: วัดหนองบอน) in Ban Nong Bon


MAB Paints

M.A.B. Paints (officially M.A. Bruder & Sons Inc.) was a regional manufacturer of architectural, commercial and industrial coatings for the professional and do-it-yourself markets. Founded in 1899 in South Philadelphia by Michael A. Bruder, M.A.B. Paints grew to over 230 stores in 17 states.

History

From 1967, M.A.B. was run by Thomas A. Bruder, and was privately held until it was purchased by Sherwin-Williams in 2007.Philadelphia metropolitan area because of their Make America Beautiful campaign and their sponsorship of local professional and amateur sports teams and charities, including the 2007 United States Club Lacrosse Association (USCLA) Champions, Philadelphia "M.A.B. Paints" Lacrosse Club.

The company's service motto was "On Time As Promised, Or We Pay," which was displayed in M.A.B. stores and facilities, and on M.A.B. business cards.

  * MAB Paints (Archived)
  * Tavaco Paint Website


Keith Park (footballer)

Keith Charles Park (29 May 1920 – 9 April 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Park served in the Australian Army during World War II prior to playing with Geelong.

  * Keith Park's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  * Keith Park at AustralianFootball.com


Juan José Cuevas García

Juan José Cuevas García (born 2 April 1965) is a Mexican politician from the National Action Party. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Jalisco.


Sant Ramon

Sant Ramon is a municipality in the county of Segarra, in Catalonia. It includes the villages of Gospí, Portell and Viver de Segarra. The name references Saint Raymond Nonnatus because he was born in Portell.

Demographics

Demographic evolution
1900  1930  1950  1970  1981  1986
1113  1028  962   700   652   616

  * Government data pages (in Catalan)


New Feldtmann Fire Tower

The New Feldtmann Fire Tower is a fire tower located on Feldtmann Ridge in Isle Royale National Park. The tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

History

In 1936, soon after Isle Royale was designated a national park, the large Greenstone Ridge Fire swept through a portion of the island. In response, the National Park Service constructed two fire towers on the island, one on Mount Ojibway, and one near this location, referred to as the "Old Feldtmann Fire Tower." These towers were constructed of wood, and by the 1950s were badly deteriorating. Plans were in place by 1961 to replace them, but funds were not available until two years later. In 1963, the Old Feldtmann Fire Tower was torn down, and in 1964 construction began on a new tower, located in a slightly different location so as to better cover the portions of the park that were most used. The tower was completed in 1965.

By 1968, however, the fire management strategies in the park had changed, and the tower was abandoned.

Description

The New Feldtmann Fire Tower is located on Feldtmann Ridge, a prominent rock ridge. It is surrounded by evergreen trees and shrubs, and is accessible by the Feldtmann Ridge Trail. The tower itself is constructed of pre-fabricated angle steel, bolted together to form a tower 41' 3" tall. The tower sits on four concrete piers spaced about 20' apart. A metal stairway runs from a concrete pad at the base of the tower to an access hatch for the balcony at the top. A pre-fabricated cab, measuring about 14' by 14' and 14' high, is located at the top of the tower. The exterior of the cab is built from steel panels with metal frame windows on all four sides. The windows covered with steel plates for protection. The cab has a flat, corrugated metal roof, and a metal entrance door on one side.

  * Feldtmann Tower, Isle Royale National Park


Shusha FK

Shusha FK (Azerbaijani: Şuşa Futbol Klubu) was an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku. It represented the city of Shusha.

History

The club was founded on 1 September 2009 as Shusha, then changed its name to Shusha 09. In 2010, club once again returned to its old name and immediately admitted to the Azerbaijan First Division in 2010.

Shusha FK was dissolved on 18 July 2015, after main sponsors SOCAR stopped funding the club.

League and domestic cup history

As of 16 March 2012: Season   Div.  Pos.  Pl.  W   D  L   GS  GA  P   Domestic Cup
2010–11  2nd    12   26   3   8  15  20  41  17   1/8 Finals
2011–12  2nd    11   26   7   8  11  21  23  29   1/16 Finals
2012–13  2nd    9    24   7   2  15  29  40  23   1/16 Finals
2013–14  2nd    6    30   15  9  6   60  26  54  Second Round
2014–15  2nd    8    30   14  4  12  49  31  46  Did not enter

Managers

  * [Azerbaijan] Evez Mamedov (2009–2010)
  * [Turkey] Metin Demirkiran (2010)
  * [Azerbaijan] Nadir Gasymov (2010–2015)
            Guleli Bagirov prezident (23.05.2016)
  * FC Shusha at PFL.AZ


Muellerina bidwillii

Muellerina bidwillii, common name Cypress-pine mistletoe,hemiparasitic aerial shrub in the family Loranthaceae.

Description

M. bidwillii is an erect to spreading plant, the branches and leaves of which are smooth (or having a few scattered hairs on the inflorescence axes). cm long and 1.5 to 3 mm wide, with obscure venation and an obscure petiole. mm long. The corolla in the mature bud is 20–27 mm long, and the flower has anthers 1–1.5 mm long, with the free part of filament being 8–10 mm long. mm long.

Ecology

The main hosts on which M. bidwillii grows are Callitris species, in particular Callitris glaucophylla.Muellerina bidwillii spp. is given by Downey.

Muellerina bidwillii is not known to host any butterflies.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by George Bentham in 1867 as Loranthus bidwillii.B.A.Barlow in 1962 as Muellerina bidwillii, with the current description of the species being that of Barlow in 1984.

Gallery

  * [Haustorium on Callitris glaucophylla]
    Haustorium on Callitris glaucophylla
  * [plant on Callitris glaucophylla]
    plant on Callitris glaucophylla
  * PlantNet:Description of Muellerina bidwillii (Quirico, A.L. 1992. Flora of NSW 3)
  * AVH: Occurrence data for Muellerina bidwillii
  * ANBG: Photograph (M.Fagg) Muellerina bidwillii flower


Raffaele de Palma

Raffaele de Palma, O.F.M. Conv. (died 1674) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Oria (1650–1674).

Biography

Raffaele de Palma was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual.Pope Innocent X as Bishop of Oria.Francesco Maria Brancaccio, Bishop of Viterbo e Tuscania.


Wreck Island

Wreck Island is a small coral cay. It is located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 93 km due north east of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, and 460 km north of the state capital Brisbane.

The island is part of the Great Barrier Reef chain of islands, and is part of the Capricorn and Bunker Group of island and forms part of the Capricornia Cays National Park. It is also part of the Capricornia Cays Important Bird Area.

General

Wreck Island is mainly formed from beach rock which is well developed along the southern beach. The island is situated on the south west end of a coral reef platform which is about 3.5 km by 1.5 km in size. The vegetation is similar to that on Tryon Island except that the Pisonia grandis forest is less well developed.

Geomorphology and landscape

The Capricorn and Bunker Cays form part of a distinct geomorphic province at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.cays and their reefs lie on the western marginal shelf, and are separated from the mainland by the Curtis Channel. The cays are not generally visible from the mainland, although Masthead Island may be viewed from Mount Larcom on a clear day.

Geologically the cays are young, having developed during the Holocene period; they are mostly around 5000 years old. The sea level was much lower during the last ice age (at the end of the Pleistocene period) and the coastal plain on which today's reefs and cays developed was completely exposed. Early in the Holocene (around 10,000 years ago) the sea level began to rise, until it stabilised at its present level around 6000 years ago. Once the sea level stabilised, it was possible for reef flats to expand and provide potential sites for the formation of cays.

Wreck Island is a shingle cay and part of a platform reef.

History

Discovery


Wreck Island

History

Discovery

In 1803, Captain Eber Bunker of the whaling ship Albion was the first European to discover the region and gave his name to the southern group. Wreck Island itself was discovered at a similar date by Mathew Flinders when the ship he was in and one other sailed into it and were both wrecked. A third ship sailed on making no rescue attempt. Flinders, several officers and 12 sailors then rowed a small ship's boat down to Fraser Island and then down the coast to Sydney to summon help.

During a second whaling voyage from England in Albion, he discovered the Bunker Islands off the Queensland coast.

The southern cays and reefs were first chartered between 1819 and 1821 by Lieutenant Phillip Parker King RN initially in the Mermaid and later in the Bathurst. The main charting exercise for all the islands and reefs was carried out in 1843 under the command of Captain Francis Price Blackwood in HMS Fly which was accompanied by the Bramble. The naturalist, Professor J. Beete Jukes, was on board the Fly and his published journal provides valuable information on some of the cays.

Other uses

Wreck Island has been used for oil exploration and has a capped drill-hole dating from oil exploration activities which occurred over 30 years ago

There is also a derelict hut at Wreck Island from when the island was used as a private residence.

Current uses

Ecology

Natural

Green turtle rookeries are located at Wreck Island, West Fairfax Island, and West Hoskyn Islands; these are maintained in a natural condition, free from human disturbance.

Up to eight seabird species breed on Masthead Island, One Tree Island and Wreck Island, and seven species are recorded from Tryon Island, Erskine Island and West Fairfax Islands. The Capricorn silvereye, a small bird endemic to the southern Great Barrier Reef, is present.

White-bellied sea eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster breeds during the winter months on Wreck Island. While this species once nested on most of the cays of the Capricorn and Bunker Group but nest sites are now restricted to Tryon, North West, Wilson, Wreck, East Fairfax and West Hoskyn Islands.

Pests

A population of black rats Rattus rattus was eradicated from Wreck Island in the late 1980s


Wreck Island

Known shipwrecks on the reef

America a ship of 391 tons. The vessel was built Quebec, Canada, in 1827. Captain Robert Donal. The vessel America had taken convicts to Sydney in 1829 and to Hobart in 1831. En route from Sydney to Batavia, the vessel struck a reef near Bunker Island and was wrecked on 20 June 1831. The crew launched two boats and eventually reached Morton Bay. The whaling barque Nelson and the Caledonia were involved in salvage.

The Governor Philip, which arrived on Saturday last, from Moreton Bay and Port Macquarie, has brought up the crew of the ship America, bound from Hobart Town to Batavia, which was unfortunately wrecked on a coral reef, on the Northern Loo Islands. This disastrous occurrence took place about 1 o'clock in the morning of the 20th of June, when the vessel was running under three topsails and a foresail, in the midst of a black showery squall. All the sails were immediately clewed up and stowed, the stream anchor stocked, and every exertion made to endeavour to heave off, but without effect; particularly as the darkness of the night and the heavy sea, rendered it quite impossible to lower a boat. The ship, meanwhile, continued heavily beating on the reef, and in about an hour after she struck, began to fill very fast. At 3 o'clock, there was about four-feet-water in the hold, and all the rudder-bands, the rudder-trunk, and part of the counter had been carried away. At day light, it was found that the ship had bilged, as the fore-hold was nearly half full of water. With considerable difficulty the long-boat and pinnace were got out, together with some provisions and other necessaries with which the crew made for a small island, on the same reef, about two miles N.N. W. of the wreck, where they remained until the boats were rigged, when they set sail for Moreton Bay, which place they reached on the 27th of June.

The following are some interesting particulars of the proceedings of the crew, from the time the vessel struck up to their safe arrival at Moreton Bay: