Kontich

Kontich (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkɔntɪx], old spelling: Contich) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Kontich proper and Waarloos. In 2021, Kontich had a total population of 21,260. The total area is 23.67 km³.

Kontich exists of three parts: Kontich Centrum, Waarloos and Kontich Kazerne. Kontich Kazerne has a big industrial center and a train station on the line between Antwerp and Mechelen. The barracks (kazerne in Dutch) which gave the name to the settlement have closed however.

The Centrum part of Kontich has the town center.

The E19 highway between Antwerp and Brussels passes through Kontich.

"Kontich" comes from the Latin word condacum which means confluence of 2 streams.

Famous inhabitants

  * Marthe De Pillecyn, singer (b. 1996)
  * Timo Descamps, actor (b. 1976)
  * Martinus Dom, first abbot of the Trappist abbey of Westmalle (1791-1873)
  * Benedict Neefs, Abbot of Hemiksem (1741-1790)
  * Matz Sels, footballer (b. 1992)
  * Albert Thys, painter (1894-1976)
  * Yasmine, singer (1972-2009)
  * Bart De Wever, politician (b. 1970)

Gallery

  * [Sint-Martinuskerk]
    Sint-Martinuskerk
  * [Former town hall]
    Former town hall
  * [Postcard picturing"Chaussée de Malines, Mechelsesteenweg"from around 1900]
    Postcard picturing
    "Chaussée de Malines, Mechelsesteenweg"
    from around 1900
  * [Municipal church Sint-Michiel in Waarloos]
    Municipal church Sint-Michiel in Waarloos
  * [Former De Sleutel Brewery]
    Former De Sleutel Brewery
  * Media related to Kontich at Wikimedia Commons
  * (in Dutch) Official website


Eşme, Sungurlu

Eşme is a village in the Sungurlu District of Çorum Province in Turkey.


Bill Eaton (politician)

For the former British Prime Minister, see Anthony Eden.

Andrew George "Bill" Eaton (29 November 1931 – 22 May 2011) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Eaton was born in Gilgandra in New South Wales to Cyril Allan Dudley Eaton and Mary Catherine, née O'Donohue. He attended Dobies Bight State School and St Mary's Convent in Casino. In 1931 he married Shirley Daw Boothman; they had four children, but Shirley died of leukaemia shortly after their fourth child's birth. Eaton worked as a labourer, fencer, timber cutter, stationhand and machinery operator, and from 1963 he was the leading hand of a live-line gang with the Far North Queensland Electricity Board.

Politics

In 1980, Eaton was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Mourilyan. In 1983 he was promoted to the front bench as Opposition Spokesman for Water Resources and Maritime Services, and upon Labor's victory in 1989 he became Minister for Land Management.National-held seat of Hinchinbrook. The merged seat was notionally Labor-held, but Eaton lost a close contest to National's Marc Rowell.

Later life

Eaton died on 22 May 2011 in Cairns.


Little Green Island (disambiguation)

Little Green Island is an island in southeastern Australia.

Little Green Island may also refer to:

  * Little Green Island, adjacent to Green Island, Hong Kong
  * Little Green Island (Alaska)
  * Little Green Islands, in Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, Canada, near Green Island
  * Green Island (disambiguation)
  * Big Green Island


Josefine Lauterbach

Josefine Lauterbach (22 March 1909 – 4 November 1972middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 1928 Summer Olympics.


Hugh Butler

Hugh Butler may refer to:

  * Hugh Butler (footballer) (1875–1939), Scottish footballer
  * Hugh A. Butler (1878–1954), Nebraska politician
  * Hugh Ernest Butler (1916–1978), Welsh-born astronomer
  * Hugh Butler (MP), British politician
  * Hugh Butler Lake, the reservoir created by Red Willow Dam


Galeran V de Beaumont, Count of Meulan

Waleran de Meullent (or de Meulan) was the eldest son and associate count of Robert II of Meulan. He married Marguerite de Fougères, daughter of Raoul II de Fougères and widow of William Bertran in 1189. He died at the siege of Acre in 1191 during the Third Crusade in the service of his overlord Richard I, King of England. Galeran's younger brother, Pierre of Beaumont-le-Roger also predeceased their father Count Robert which set up a succession problem for the honor of Meulan when Count Robert eventually died.


Cathalistis

Cathalistis is a genus of moths in the family Eriocottidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.

Species

  * Cathalistis bispinosa Mey, 2011
  * Cathalistis orinephela Meyrick, 1917
  * Cathalistis secularis (Meyrick, 1918)

Taxonomy

László Anthony Gozmány and Lajos Vári transferred the genus to Psychidae, subfamily Taleporiinae in 1973. Wolfram Mey transferred it to Eriocottidae, subfamily Compsocteninae in 2011.


The Estonian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in Estonia. They are held since the season 1965.

Past winners


Year  Men's singles       Women's singles     Men's doubles      Women's doubles     Mixed doubles
1965  Jüri Tarto          Hele-Mall Pajumägi  Jüri Tarto         Hele-Mall Pajumägi  Ülo Nurges
                                              Raivo Kristianson  Malle Mõistlik      Hele-Mall Pajumägi
1966  Reet Valgmaa        Jaak Nuuter         Reet Valgmaa       Heino Aunin
                          Ülo Nurges          Tiina Gens         Reet Valgmaa
1967  Jaak Nuuter         Jaak Nuuter         Reet Valgmaa
                          Toomas Sander       Riina Valgmaa
1968  Jaak Nuuter         Alar Kivilo
      Alar Kivilo         Reet Valgmaa
1969  Jaak Nuuter         Boris Bogovski
      Urmas Pau           Reet Valgmaa
1970  Boris Bogovski      Reet Valgmaa
      Alar Kivilo         Marika Lemming
1971  Jüri Tarto          Riina Valgmaa       Jaak Nuuter        Reet Valgmaa        Jaak Nuuter
                                              Heino Aunin        Mariann Siliksaar   Mare Matsalu
1972  Boris Bogovski      Jaak Nuuter         Reet Valgmaa       Boris Bogovski
                          Boris Bogovski      Tiina Staak        Reet Valgmaa
1973  Jüri Tarto          Reet Valgmaa        Reet Valgmaa       Alfred Kivisaar
                                              Skaidrite Nurges   Riina Valgmaa
1974  Jaak Nuuter         Reet Valgmaa        Boris Bogovski
                          Marika Dolotova     Reet Valgmaa
1975  Alfred Kivisaar     Marika Dolotova     Alfred Kivisaar    Alfred Kivisaar
                                              Toivo Raudver      Riina Valgmaa
1976  Reet Valgmaa        Reet Valgmaa        Mart Siliksaar
                          Riina Valgmaa       Reet Valgmaa
1977
1978  Peeter Pajumägi
1979  Aleksander Adojaan  Mare Reinberg       Jüri Tarto         Mare Reinberg       Alfred Kivisaar
                                              Peeter Ärmpalu     Marina Rajevskaja   Mare Reinberg


Peeter Ärmpalu     Marina Rajevskaja   Mare Reinberg
1980  Tiit Vapper         Alfred Kivisaar     Katrin Paeväli     Argo Aru
                          Toivo Raudver       Ann Avarlaid       Katrin Paeväli
1981  Henry Aljand        Henry Aljand        Mare Reinberg      Alfred Kivisaar
                          Peeter Sepma        Marina Rajevskaja  Mare Reinberg
1982  Tiit Vapper         Henry Aljand        Kalle Kaljurand
                          Peeter Munitsõn     Ann Avarlaid
1983  Peeter Munitsõn     Ann Avarlaid        Ain Matvere
                                              Peeter Munitsõn
1984  Ain Matvere         Mare Reinberg       Kalle Kaljurand    Mare Reinberg       Peeter Ärmpalu
                                              Ivar Kask          Ann Avarlaid        Mare Reinberg
1985  Kalle Kaljurand     Terje Lall
                          Anneli Lambing
1986  Andres Ojamaa       Peeter Munitsõn     Mare Reinberg      Peeter Munitsõn
                          Andres Ojamaa       Marina Kaljurand   Mare Reinberg
1987  Terje Lall          Andres Ojamaa       Terje Lall
                          Peeter Lust         Anneli Lambing
1988  Anneli Lambing      Andres Ojamaa       Kalle Kaljurand
                          Peeter Munitsõn     Marina Kaljurand
1989  Anneli Lambing      Ain Matvere
      Maili Karindi       Anneli Lambing
1990  Ain Matvere         Ain Matvere
                          Kalle Kaljurand
1991  Andres Ojamaa       Marina Kaljurand    Liia Dubkovskaja   Ain Matvere
                                              Marju Velga        Terje Lall
1992  Kairi Viilup        Einar Veede         Terje Lall         Andres Ojamaa
                          Raul Tikk           Margit Nahk        Kairi Viilup
1993  Heiki Sorge         Terje Lall          Marju Velga
                                              Liia Dubkovskaja
1994  Liia Dubkovskaja    Mari Toomingas      Raul Tikk
                          Kairi Viilup        Anneli Parts
1995  Mari Toomingas
      Liia Dubkovskaja


Liia Dubkovskaja
1996  Kelli Vilu          Kelli Vilu          Einar Veede
                          Kati Kraaving       Mare Pedanik
1997  Heiki Sorge         Piret Kärt
      Meelis Maiste       Liia Dubkovskaja
1998  Kairi Saks          Meelis Maiste       Kelli Vilu         Meelis Maiste
                          Indrek Kuuts        Kati Kraaving      Kairi Saks
1999  Piret Hamer         Heiki Sorge         Kairi Saks
                          Peeter Munitsõn     Eve Jugandi
2000  Kati Tolmoff        Ulla Helm
                          Eve Jugandi
2001  Meelis Maiste       Piret Hamer         Heiki Sorge
      Indrek Kuuts        Helen Reino         Kati Tolmoff
2002
2003  Helen Reino         Heike Sorge         Kati Tolmoff       Indrek Küüts
                          Andres Aru          Kai-Riin Saluste   Kati Tolmoff
2004  Kati Tolmoff        Indrek Küüts        Piret Hamer        Indrek Küüts
                          Meelis Maiste       Helen Reino        Piret Hamer
2005  Raul Must           Andres Aru
      Ants Mängel         Kati Kraaving
2006  Raul Must           Kati Tolmoff        Ants Mängel
                          Sandra Kamilova     Karoliine Hõim
2007  Helen Reino
      Kai-Riin Saluste
2008  Indrek Küüts        Kati Tolmoff        Heiki Sorge
      Meelis Maiste       Ana Linnamägi       Helen Reino
2009  Raul Must           Kati Tolmoff        Ants Mängel
      Ants Mängel         Helen Reino         Karoliine Hõim
2010  Karoliine Hõim      Karoliine Hõim
                          Laura Vana
2011  Raul Must
      Ingmar Seidelberg
2012  Kati Tolmoff        Kristjan Kaljurand  Kati Tolmoff       Raul Must
                          Robert Kasela       Laura Vana         Kati Tolmoff
2013  Karoliine Hõim      Karoliine Hõim      Mihkel Laanes


Laura Vana          Kristin Kuuba
2014  Kati Tolmoff        Karl Kivinurm       Kristin Kuuba      Raul Must
                          Vahur Lukin         Helina Rüütel      Kati Tolmoff
2015  Kristjan Kaljurand  Karoliine Hõim
      Raul Käsner         Kati Tolmoff
2016  Kati-Kreet Marran   Raul Käsner
      Sale-Liis Teesalu   Helina Rüütel
2017  Kristin Kuuba       Kristin Kuuba       Mihkel Laanes
                          Helina Rüütel       Helina Rüütel
2018  Kati-Kreet Marran   Kristjan Kaljurand
      Kristin Kuuba       Hannaliina Piho
2019  Kristin Kuuba
      Helina Rüütel
2020  Kati-Kreet Marran   Mihkel Laanes
      Kristin Kuuba       Kristin Kuuba
2021  Kristin Kuuba       Raul Must
      Kati Tolmoff        Kristin Kuuba
2022  Kati-Kreet Marran   Raul Käsner
      Helina Rüütel       Kati-Kreet Marran


* Badminton Europe - Details of affiliated national organisations


Caroona Creek Conservation Park

Caroona Creek Conservation Park is a protected area located in the Australian state of South Australia in the localities of Collinsville and Mount Bryan East about 173 kilometres (107 mi) north-east of the state capital of Adelaide and about 19 kilometres (12 mi) east of the town of Hallett.

It came into existence on 18 February 2010 by proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972. Its name which is derived from the Caroona Creek, a stream flowing within its boundaries, was approved by the Surveyor General of South Australia on 14 June 2005.54.22 square kilometres (20.93 sq mi).

A separate proclamation on 18 February 2010 ensured the continuation of “existing rights of entry, prospecting, exploration or mining” regarding the land under the Mining Act 1971 and the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000.

The conservation park consisted of the following land in the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Tomkinson at proclamation in 2010:

 1. Sections 49, 56 to 65, 107 to 109, 112 to 113, 115 to 123, 174 to 176, 313 to 316, 324 and 325.
 2. Allotments 100 and 101 of Deposited Plan 68352.
 3. Allotment 1 of Deposited Plan 58696.

Land added in 2014 consisted of sections 53, 54 and 55 in the Hundred of Tomkinson, and sections 56, 191 and 538 in the Hundred of Hallett.

The Heysen Trail, the long distance walking trail, passes through the conservation park as a loop entering from the south and exiting in the west.

In 2011, it was described by its managing authority as follows:

Situated on the western edge of the Olary Plain, this park contains a range of landforms from steep rocky ridges and calcrete hills extending to alluvial plains. The park conserves a representative sample of the transitional zone between the rounded hills of the Mid North to the beginning of the rocky gorge country of the Flinders Ranges. The northern area contains the beautiful Tourilie Gorge and its surrounding rugged hilly terrain.

The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category VI protected area.

  * Protected areas of South Australia
  * Caroona Creek Conservation Park webpage on the Protected Planet website
  * Caroona Creek Conservation Park webpage on the BirdsSA website


Konter Cliffs

The Konter Cliffs ( 75°6′S 137°48′W / 75.100°S 137.800°W) are a line of cliffs, 360 metres (1,180 ft) high, which surmount the east side of the terminus of Frostman Glacier, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy tricamera aerial photographs, 1959–65 and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Richard W. Konter, a member of the ship's party on board the City of New York during the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30.

[Public Domain] This article incorporates public domain material from "Konter Cliffs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


Eğrikavak, Ovacık

Eğrikavak (Kurdish: Kalik) is a village in the Ovacık District, Tunceli Province, Turkey.Kurds of the Şaman tribe and had a population of 21 in 2021.

The hamlet of Bektaşuşağı is attached to the village.


Golaš

Golaš is a mountain near Bela Palanka, Serbia. It has an elevation of 1,389 metres (4,557 ft) above sea level.

  * List of mountains in Serbia


Fallos Channel

Fallos Channel

Fallos Channel (Spanish: Canal Fallos) is a waterway in the Aisen Region of Chile that runs north of Ladrillero Channel between the Little Wellington Island and Prat Island at the east and Campana Island at the west.

It forms with the Ladrillero and Picton Channel an optional route to the Messier Channel-Grappler Channel-Wide Channel. It has several arms or fiords. It joins the Adalberto Channel and the Castillo Channel, which are at this latitude the borderline between the Aisen Region and the Magallanes Region.

The United States Hydrographic Office, South America Pilot (1916) states:


Fallos Channel

Fallos Channel has an average breadth of from 1½ to 2 miles, is deep and clear of rocks, and abounds in anchorages for small vessels. From The Knick, where Ladrillero Channel terminates, Fallos Channel trends in a northerly direction for 65 miles, where it joins the Gulf of Penas. It has the great disadvantage of having no anchorage for large vessels near the entrance from that gulf, in case of meeting a northwest gale. The esteros of Don Jose, Artigas, Sofia, Corto, and Triple have their mouths in Fallog Channel. They are navigable for any class of ships, but near their heads narrow down so as to make the working of a ship difficult. They are unimportant to navigation, having no practical anchorage. Dona Elvira Bay, in Estero Don Jose, is spacious and perfectly sheltered against the winds, but so deep that it can not be used as an anchorage. The Chilean steamer Toro found no bottom at 40 fathoms in the center of the bay. Machado Channel branches from Fallos Channeal near The Knick and separates Angamos Island from the continent. It runs in a southerly direction for nearly 30 miles, diminishing in width as it reaches farther south. In its narrow part it is perfectly straight and not difficult to navigate. The five esteros emptying on its east side are unimportant and without anchorage. On the western side of its southern end is Port Abrigado, with excellent anchorage in about 10 fathoms, muddy bottom, and good holding ground. Preussische Bay is on the western shore of The Knick, and is divided into three arms, named, respectively, Konigs Harbor, Bachem Bay, and Deep Bay. The Albatross steamed up Bachem Bay, which was found obstructed by rocks.
  * List of islands of Chile
  * List of fjords, channels, sounds and straits of Chile
  * List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands
  * List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Chile


Fallos Channel

* List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Chile
  * Williams, Richard S.; Ferrigno, Jane G., eds. (1998). "Past Glaciations and 'Little Ice Ages'". Glaciers of South America: Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 198–201. ISBN 978-0-607-71454-8.
  * Latorre, Guillermo (1998). "Multilingual substratum and superstratum in the toponymy of the south of Chile" [Multilingual substratum and superstratum in the toponymy of the south of Chile]. Estudios Filológicos (in Spanish) (33): 55–67. doi:10.4067/S0071-17131998003300004.


Fallos Channel

48°30′S 75°03′W / 48.50°S 75.05°W


Josefina Scaglione

Josefina Scaglione (born September 5, 1987) is an Argentinian musical theatre actress and singer, best known for her performance as Maria in the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story, for which she received a Tony Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.

Biography

Scaglione was raised in Rosario, Santa Fe, and became interested in performing as a child. While in high school, she received a scholarship to attend a summer arts program at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Upon graduating from high school, Scaglione moved to Buenos Aires and began working as a musical theatre actress. In Buenos Aires, she performed in Cinderella, and as Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray.

In 2008, director Arthur Laurents, unable to find an actress in the United States appropriate for the part of Maria in a Broadway revival of West Side Story, discovered Scaglione after friends in Buenos Aires directed him to a YouTube clip of her performing Ástor Piazzolla's composition Libertango.New York City to audition, where she immediately received the role, despite the fact that she was unknown in the United States.National Theatre in Washington, DC, Scaglione made her Broadway debut in West Side Story at the Palace Theatre on March 19, 2009. As Maria, Scaglione won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical and a Theatre World Award, and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, becoming the first actress portraying Maria to receive a Lead Actress nomination (Carol Lawrence and Josie de Guzman each received nominations in the Featured Actress category for their portrayals of Maria in the original 1957 production and 1980 revival). She was in the Nickelodeon Latin American show Kally's Mashup as Professor Abrankhausen in 2017. She was recently on the USA network's "Fairly Legal" as singer Claudia Alves in the episode named "Force Majeure" as well.


Carroll Thackston

Carroll Thackston (June 20, 1933 – February 17, 2013) was a United States Army major general and former Adjutant General of Virginia.

Early life and education

Thackston was born on June 20, 1933, in Concord, Virginia, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Thackston.Virginia Military Institute and graduated in 1955 with a degree in history.

Dates of promotion

  * 2LT USAR 7 Jun 55
  * 1LT USAR 6 Jun 58
  * 1LT ARNG 22 Apr 63
  * CPT ARNG 27 Jan 70
  * MAJ ARNG 4 Aug 65
  * LTC ARNG 11 Jun 76
  * COL ARNG 24 Nov 82
  * BG (AGC) ARNG 15 Sep 89
  * MG (AGC) ARNG 22 Jun 95


Gratsian Botev

Gratsian Botev (12 December 1928 – 16 August 1981) was a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, he won two medals with a gold in the C-2 10000 m and a silver in the C-2 1000 m events.

  * Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gratsian Botev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06.


Halielloides fragilis

Halielloides fragilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk of the family Eulimidae. This species, along with Halielloides nitidus and Halielloides verrilliana, belongs in the genus Halielloides.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

  * European waters (ERMS scope)
  * United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
  * To World Register of Marine Species


Estonian Olympic Committee

Flag of Estonian Olympic Committee

The Estonian Olympic Committee (Estonian: Eesti Olümpiakomitee) (EOK) is responsible for the Estonia's participation in the Olympic Games.

History

The Estonian Sports Federation (Estonian: Eesti Spordi Liit) decided to form the Estonian Olympic Committee in the First Estonian Sport Congress (Estonian: Eesti I Spordikongress) on 30 November 1919, one and a half years after the proclamation of the independence of Estonia, but it was officially founded on 8 December 1923. The first chairman of the committee dr. Karl Friedrich Akel, was elected on 5 May 1924. An independent Estonian team took part in the Olympic Games over the period of 1920–1936. As Estonia was invaded and occupied in 1940, and reoccupied by the Soviet Union in 1944, the Estonian Olympic athletes competed as part of the USSR delegations at the Olympic Games from 1952 until 1988.

The NOC was renewed on 14 January 1989 when the Estonian Olympic Sports Conference passed the following resolution: "to resume the activity of the Estonian Olympic Committee founded in 1923". The continuity concept became the foundation of the activity of the restored Estonian Olympic Committee since, although it could not act 'de facto' for 50 years, it never ceased its activity 'de jure'. On the same day, the first members of the renewed NOC were elected, Arnold Green and Atko Viru. On 20 August 1991 the independence of the Republic of Estonia was proclaimed and by decision of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee, at the board session in Berlin on 18 September 1991, the EOK was reintegrated into the Olympic Movement on 11 November 1991.

In 1992 the IOC delegation led by president Juan Antonio Samaranch visited Estonia. Delegation members included Vice President of the IOC and Russian Olympic Committee president – Vitali Smirnov, IOC and Swedish Olympic Committee member – Gunnar Ericsson, President of the EOC – Jacques Rogge and Secretary General of the EOC and Italian National Olympic Committee – Mario Pescante.

The 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France was the first time since 1936 that the nation had competed as an independent nation at the Olympic Games. In the Games between, the Estonian athletes competed under the flag of the Soviet Union.

Structure

Members


Estonian Olympic Committee

Structure

Members

Updated 15 April 2016. Members of the Estonian Olympic Committee are:

  * 102 legal persons under private law:
      + 66 National Sports Federations
      + 19 Regional Sports Associations
      + 17 All-Estonian Sports Associations
  * 19 natural persons:

Mati Alaver, (EOK member since 1999) Jüri Jaanson Gerd Kanter Tõnu Laak, (1989) Andres Lipstok, (1994) Erki Nool Neinar Seli Tiit Nuudi, (1992) Gunnar Paal (:et), (1989) Indrek Pertelson, (2000) Cardo Remmel, (1999) Erika Salumäe, (1997) Mart Siimann, (1999) Kristina Šmigun Jaan Talts, (1989) Mart Tarmak, (1989) Toomas Tõnise, (1992) Jaak Uudmäe, (1989) Andrus Veerpalu, (2000)

Former natural members
  * Mikk Mikiver (1937–2006) (EOK member 1989–2006)
  * Aado Slutsk (1918–2006) (EOK member 1989–2006)

Current NOC leadership

Updated 15 April 2016.

President
  * Urmas Sõõrumaa
Vice President
  * Jüri Tamm
  * Tõnu Tõniste
Secretary General
  * Siim Sukles
Executive Committee

17 members incl. EOK President, 2 Vice Presidents and Secretary General.


Estonian Olympic Committee

* Urmas Sõõrumaa – EOK President
  * Jüri Tamm – Vice President
  * Tõnu Tõniste – Vice President
  * Urmas Paet – President of the Estonian Paralympic Committee
  * Anne Rei – General Secretary of the Estonian Football Association
  * Karol Kovanen – President of the Estonian Badminton Federation and Estonian Swimming Federation
  * Oliver Kruuda – President of the Estonian Handball Association
  * Toomas Tõnise – Vice-President 2012–2016, General Secretary 2000-2012 of the Estonian Olympic Committee
  * Marko Kaljuveer – President of the Estonian Golf Association
  * Riho Terras – Commander-in-Chief of the Estonian Defence Forces
  * Reet Hääl – Member of the Board of the Estonian Ski Association and Estonian Tennis Association
  * Hanno Pevkur – President of the Estonian Volleyball Federation
  * Mati Alaver – Member of the Board of the Estonian Trainers' Association
  * Helir-Valdor Seeder – President of the Estonian Sports Association Jõud and member of the Board Estonian Handball Association
  * Mihhail Kõlvart – President of the Estonian Taekwondo Federation and Estonian Fighting Sports Association (Estonian: Eesti Võitlusspordi Ühendus)
  * Erki Nool – President of the Estonian Olympic Champions Network
  * Kristjan Järvi – Conductor and pianist. Advisor to the Kammerorchester Basel and the conductor and founder of the Baltic Youth Philharmonic. Since 2011 chief conductor of the MDR Symphony Orchestra
  * Gerd Kanter – Leader of the Estonian Athletes' Commission

List of presidents

  * Karl Friedrich Akel (1924–1931) – EOK Chairman
  * Johan Laidoner (1931–1934) – EOK Cochairman
  * Johan Laidoner (1934–1940) – EOK Chairman
  * Arnold Green (1989–1997) – EOK President
  * Tiit Nuudi (1997–2001) – EOK President
  * Mart Siimann (2001-2012) – EOK President
  * Neinar Seli (2012–2016) - EOK President
  * Urmas Sõõrumaa (2016–present) - EOK President

IOC members

  * Karl Friedrich Akel (1927–1932)
  * Joakim Puhk (1936–1942)

Honorary members


Estonian Olympic Committee

Honorary members

  * Arnold Green – Honorary president, former EOK member (1989–1999) and President of the EOK (1989–1997)
  * Tiit Nuudi – Honorary president, former EOK member (1992– ) and President of the EOK (1997–2001)
  * August Englas – sportwrestling world champion 1953 & 1954
  * Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja – Olympic champion 1968
  * Aavo Pikkuus – Olympic champion 1976
  * Mait Riisman – Olympic champion 1980
  * Erika Salumäe – Olympic champion 1988 & 1992
  * Oleg Sapožnin – former EOK member (1992–2001) and member of the Executive Committee
  * Heino Sisask – former EOK member (1992–1999)
  * Tiit Sokk – Olympic champion 1988
  * Ivar Stukolkin – Olympic champion 1980
  * Jaan Talts – Olympic champion 1972
  * Jüri Tarmak – Olympic champion 1972
  * Jaak Uudmäe – Olympic champion 1980
  * Lembit Vahesaar – former EOK member (1992–2000)
  * Sven Kolga
  * Rein Haljand – former EOK member (1992–2000)
Former honorary members
  * Johannes Kotkas (1915–1998)
  * Heino Lipp (1922–2006)
  * Ruudi Toomsalu (1913–2002)
  * Bruno Junk (1929–1995)
  * Heino Lind (1931–2008) – former EOK member (1992–2001 ) and member of the Executive Committee
  * Viljar Loor (1953-2011), Olympic champion 1980
  * Ants Antson (1938-2015), Olympic champion 1964
Other notable members

Juhan Aare 1992–1997, Are Eller 1992–1993, Peeter Mardna 1992–2001, Mati Mark 1992–2001, Even Tudeberg 2000–2001, Ants Veetõusme 1992–2001, Priit Vilba 1994–2000, Atko Viru 1989–2007

  * Estonia at the Olympics
  * Estonian Olympic Committee Official Site
  * IOC-s information page of the NOC
  * Estonian Olympic Academy
  * Old official site of the Estonian Olympic Committee


Hannover Concerts

Hannover Concerts is a concert agency from Hanover. The company is considered one of the largest concert promoters in northern Germany.

History

Hannover Concerts was founded in 1979KuppelsaalRolling Stones to Hanover, beating Hamburg. The concert by the English rock band was also the first open-air concert in the old Niedersachsenstadion.

In 1986, Lohmann and Besemer converted the Capitol from a cinema into a concert and party venue. In 2001, the concept of an open-air stage, the Gilde Parkbühne HannoverSwiss Life Hall, where the company's headquarters are also located.Football World Cup 2006, the agency hosted the public and private screening at Waterlooplatz

Activities

The agency organises more than 400 events annually and operates, among others, the Theater am Aegi, the Capitol, the Gilde Parkbühne Hannover and the Swiss Life Hall. Until 2016, Hannover Concerts was responsible for concerts and catering at the LöwenbastionMaschseefestPapenburg Festival on the grounds of the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, the Mercedes Benz Open-Air in Bremen and other open-air concerts in Rostock, Wolfsburg, Hildesheim or Braunschweig.

Performances organised by Hannover Concerts have included Genesis, Michael Jackson, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Tina Turner, Madonna, Pink Floyd Coldplay, Bruce Springsteen, U2, AC/DC, Rammstein, Guns n' Roses, Eminem, Helene Fischer, Depeche Mode, Pink, David Guetta and Robbie Williams.

In 2014, Nico Röger joined the management after the unexpected death of Wolfgang Besemer.

  * Official website
  * Eintrag in der Unternehmensdatenbank der Region Hannover
  * Artikel zum Tod Wolfgang Besemers mit Angaben zur Firmengeschichte auf rockszene.de


Kontakt TV

Kontakt TV or Kontakt is a local commercial cable television channel based in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.Serbian. The TV station was established in 2015. Kontakt TV broadcasts a variety of programs such as local news, sports, music, and documentaries.

Radio Kontakt is also part of the company.

  * www.mojkontakt.com
  * Communications Regulatory Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina


Bakhtiari, Yazd

Bakhtiari (Persian: بختياري, also Romanized as Bakhtīārī and Bakhtiyari; also known as Bāgh-e Bakhtīārī and Bagh-i-Bakhtīāri)Chahak Rural District, in the Central District of Khatam County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 313, in 78 families.


Epicephala spumosa

Epicephala spumosa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Queensland, Australia.


Fallout (The Mayfield Four album)

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Fallout was the debut album released by the Mayfield Four, an American rock band. The album spawned two singles: "Don't Walk Away" and "Always." "Inner City Blues" is a cover of a Marvin Gaye song, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)."

This album features a much more soul-influenced sound than their second album, Second Skin, which moved the band's music into a more hard rock direction. The themes explored on this album touch upon love, heartbreak and redemption.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Myles Kennedy except where noted.

No.            Title               Writer(s)                         Length
1.             "Shuddershell"      Johnson, Kennedy, Meisner, Uddin  4:06
2.             "Suckerpunch"                                         2:53
3.             "Forfeit"           Johnson, Kennedy, Meisner, Uddin  4:07
4.             "Always"                                              4:36
5.             "No One Nothing"                                      3:44
6.             "12/31"                                               5:55
7.             "Fallout"                                             4:25
8.             "Big Verb"                                            5:30
9.             "Realign"                                             4:37
10.            "Don't Walk Away"                                     5:27
11.            "Overflow"          Johnson, Kennedy, Meisner, Uddin  6:58
12.            "Inner City Blues"  Marvin Gaye, James Nyx Jr.        5:04
Total length:  58:28

Japanese version
No.            Title                             Length
13.            "10K (live version from Motion)"  2:36
Total length:  61:04


Jalabiro Forest Park

Jalabiro Forest Park is a forest park in the Gambia. Established on January 1, 1954, it covers 59 hectares.

It Is located in North Bank, the estimate terrain elevation above sea level is 12 metres.


Chelegnophos

Chelegnophos is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.

Species

  * Chelegnophos alaianus Viidalepp, 1988
  * Chelegnophos badakhshanus (Wiltshire, 1967)
  * Chelegnophos fractifasciata (Püngeler, 1901)
  * Chelegnophos orbicularia (Püngeler, 1904)
  * Chelegnophos puengeleri (Bohatch, 1910)
  * Chelegnophos ravistriolaria (Wehrli, 1922)
  * Chelegnophos tholeraria (Wehrli, 1922)
  * Chelegnophos at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  * Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database


Gratiot Military Prison

The Gratiot Military Prison, commonly known as the Gratiot Street Prison, was a military prison located in St. Louis, and the largest in Missouri at the time.

History

Managed by the United States Army, the Gratiot Military Prison housed Confederate prisoners of war (POW), sympathizers, guerrillas, spies, and federal soldiers accused of crimes. It is well known for being the site of a daring breakout in the last days of the American Civil War. The prison building was previously a medical school named McDowell's College, which was confiscated by the Army and converted to a prison in December 1861. Its official capacity was 1,200 but at times it had 2,000 prisoners. It was used mostly as a transfer point for prisoners going to other U.S. military prisons. It was located at the corner of Gratiot and 8th Streets in St. Louis, and demolished in 1878.

The location is now the site of the Nestlé Purina PetCare corporate headquarters.

  * List of Prisoner of War Camps in the American Civil War
  * CivilWarStLouis.com website


Halidae

The Halidae were a tiny spider family with only three described species in two genera. As of 2006, this family was no longer considered valid; the two genera are instead grouped in the family Pisauridae.

Distribution

This family is endemic to Madagascar.

Species

Hala Jocqué, 1994

  * Hala impigra Jocqué, 1994 (Madagascar)
  * Hala paulyi Jocqué, 1994 (Madagascar)

Tolma Jocqué, 1994

  * Tolma toreuta Jocqué, 1994 (Madagascar)
  * List of Pisauridae species
  * Jocqué, R. (1994b). Halidae, a new spider family from Madagascar (Araneae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 9: 281-289.
Wikispecies has information related to Halidae.
  * Picture of unidentified Halidae species


Estonian National Opera

The Estonian National Opera

Estonian National Opera (Rahvusooper Estonia) is the national opera company of Estonia. The company is based at the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn. The theatre has had several names throughout its existence. The latest one being "The Estonian National Opera", which was adopted in 1998. The company produces a lively and varied season which includes operas, ballets and operettas/musicals with over 500 people currently working at the Estonian National Opera.

History

The song and drama society "Estonia" was founded in 1870. This was the beginning of what has become the current-day Estonian National Opera (Estonian: Rahvusooper Estonia).

Play-acting was taken up in 1871, although theatre as a tradition did not really come into being until 1895, when the society began to direct song plays, folk plays and comedies, usually with singing and dancing. By the start of the 20th century more serious drama was being staged.

In 1906, the society became the basis for the professional theatre called "Estonia" founded by the directors and actors Paul Pinna and Theodor Altermann. This remained tied to the "Estonia" society and the Estonian Theatre "Estonia" Limited Liability Company, founded in 1908, until 1940, at which time they were disbanded under the Soviet rule in Estonia as part of "the bourgeois remnant" and the theatre was nationalized.

Night view of the Estonia Theatre

  * 1907 – first operetta staged, Hervé's Mam'zelle Nitouche
  * 1908 – first opera staged, Kreutzer's Das Nachtlager in Granada
  * 1911 – the first Estonian operetta staged, Adalbert Wirkhaus's St John's Night
  * 1922 – the first full evening ballet performance, Léo Delibes's Coppélia
  * 1928 – the first Estonian opera, Evald Aav's Vikerlased (The Estonian Vikings)
  * 1944 – the first Estonian ballet, Eduard Tubin's Kratt

The opera company is also known as the Estonia Theatre after the building it occupies in downtown Tallinn. This was built as a national effort under the leadership of the "Estonia" society in 1913 and was opened to the public on 24 August of the same year.


Estonian National Opera

The opera house itself was bombed by Soviet air raids on 9 March 1944. It was reopened after the war in 1947. Estonian painters Richard Sagrits, Elmar Kits and Evald Okas painted the ceiling in tempera in the style of Socialist Realism.

Plays were staged in "Estonia" until 1949 when the drama troupe was disbanded, after which "Estonia" continued purely as a musical theatre. The company celebrated its centenary in 2006. The celebration was carried out in a newly renovated opera house.

Directors                            * Raimund Kull (1912–1942)    * Neeme Järvi (1963–1975)
                                     * Juhan Aavik (1925–1933)     * Eri Klas (1975–1994)
  * Aarne Viisimaa (1927–1944)       * Verner Nerep (1942–1944)    * Paul Mägi (1995–2002)
                                     * Priit Nigula                * Jüri Alperten (2002–2004)
Chief conductors                     * Kirill Raudsepp             * Arvo Volmer (2004–2012)
                                                                   * Vello Pähn (2012–2019)
  * Otto Hermann                                                   * Arvo Volmer (2019–)
  * Adalbert Wirkhaus (1908–1912)

  * List of concert halls
  * Official website [Edit this at Wikidata]


Hannoverscher SC

Hannoverscher Sport-Club von 1893 e.V., commonly referred to as Hannoverscher SC or HSC Hannover, is a German association football club from Hanover, Lower Saxony. Hannoverscher SC play in the Regionalliga Nord, the fourth tier in the German football league system, having been promoted from the Oberliga Niedersachsen in 2019.

History

On 1 September 1897, pupils founded the Fußsport-Verein 1897, which was a pure rugby club. This club was joined in 1910 by Herta 1910 Hannover and in 1913 by SuS 1911 Hannover. In 1918, the Fußsport-Verein merged with VfR Hannover to form Hannoverscher SC 02. VfR Hannover was formed through the merger of the clubs Hannoverscher SC and Germania Hannover. In 1927, the hockey club Hockeyklub Elite Hannover joined the HSC, before it merged with the football club Sport Rot-Weiß 1899 Hannover to form the Spielvereinigung Hannover 1897 one year later. FV Sport Rot-Weiß was founded in 1924 through the merger of FV Sport Hannover and SV Rot-Weiß Hannover.

On 15 January 1946, the Spielvereinigung and the members of the Freie Turnerschaft 1893 Hannover, which was dissolved in 1933, merged to form the HSC Hannover. The club grounds are located in the List district south of the Mittelland Canal. In the post-war period, a clubhouse was built in 1947 as an extension to an existing half-timbered house. Today's clubhouse was inaugurated in 1963 and expanded in 1968.

Men's football

The predecessor clubs


Hannoverscher SC

Men's football

The predecessor clubs

After the end of World War I, Hannoverscher SC 02 reached the highest league, the Südkreisliga. In 1924 and 1925, the team was runner-up behind Arminia Hannover and Eintracht Braunschweig. One year later, the HSC 02 won its division, but lost the championship match against Arminia Hanover 1–2. As runner-up, a qualification match for the North German final round was played, which was won 6–2 against Bremer SV. In the final round of the North German Championship, after a 1–2 opening defeat against Hamburger SV, they won 2–1 against Altona 93 and were chosen by the sports press as the secret favorite. After two more defeats against Arminia Hannover and Holstein Kiel, the team finished fourth.

FV Sport Hannover also belonged to the founding members of the Südkreisliga in 1919, but mostly played against relegation. After the merger with SV Rot-Weiß, who did not make it into the highest league, the team was able to establish itself in the midfield of the league. In 1926 and 1927 FC Sport reached fourth place. In the first season under the new name Spielvereinigung in 1897, the team achieved the North German Championship. After a close 3–2 victory at Eimsbütteler SV, they had to accept a 0–8 defeat against Holstein Kiel in the quarter-finals. One year later, the team lost to Kiel with the same result. In 1932, the Spielvereinigung retired from the Oberliga Südhannover-Braunschweig.

Two years later, together with Borussia Harburg, the club was promoted to the Gauliga Niedersachsen, which was introduced in 1933. After one season, they were relegated from the first league again. In the first attempt at promotion in 1940, the team failed against I. SC Göttingen. Two years later, Nebeltruppe Celle landed ahead of them. Only in the third attempt in 1943 were they successfully promoted to the Gauliga Südhannover-Braunschweig, to which they belonged until the end of the war.

Hannoverscher SC


Hannoverscher SC

Hannoverscher SC

After World War II, the club settled at Constantinstraße, where the sports field was located between a gasometer and a rubbish dump. The HSC's reputation as the "Eleven of the Gasometer" dates back to this period. In 1946, the HSC had to play qualifying matches for a place in the Oberliga Niedersachsen-Süd against the local rival Werder Hannover, which the HSC lost. Three years later, they belonged to the founding members of the Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen-West. After they had to transfer to the eastern division in 1951, they were promptly relegated. At this time, financial worries plagued the association. According to legend, the treasurer of the club fled with the income from a friendly match against Arminia Hannover to save the money from the bailiff.

In 1956, the HSC won the Amateurliga Hannover and managed to be promoted to the second-tier Amateuroberliga. They did not get past midfield positions or relegation matches. By the league reform of 1964, the new Verbandsliga was missed, before being relegated back to the Bezirksliga in 1969. Under the leadership of coach Werner Müller, they were promoted in 1970 to the Verbandsliga Süd. There they were runners-up after losing 0–2 to Preußen Hameln in Stadthagen. In 1972, the championship was won and the HSC made it into the then third-tier Landesliga Niedersachsen. With Volker Finke, a future Bundesliga coach played for the HSC team. In the Lower Saxony top-tier league they played against relegation. In 1974, relegation was avoided in second-to-last place only because three teams were promoted into the Oberliga Nord.


Hannoverscher SC

For three years, they fought against relegation with a young team, before being relegated in 1977. One year later, the HSC was passed through to the Bezirksliga with only five points and 104 conceded goals. In 1991, the HSC was promoted to the Landesliga West and three years later they qualified for the Niedersachsenliga West. In the 1995–96 season, the HSC had chances of promotion to the Oberliga, but only finished third at the end of the season. Two years later, the team was relegated from the Niedersachsenliga and was promptly passed on down to the Bezirksliga. In 2012, the team lost their promotion to the Landesliga to TuS Kleefeld with a 1–1 draw on the last matchday; promotion was achieved in the following season. In 2016, the HSC secured its promotion to the Oberliga Niedersachsen two matchdays before the end of the season, but were relegated after only one year. In 2018, the HSC was able to directly rejoin the Oberliga before being promoted to the fourth-tier Regionalliga Nord one year later.

Honours

  * Oberliga Niedersachsen
      + Champions: 2019
  * Landesliga Hannover
      + Champions: 1991, 2016, 2018
  * Amateurliga Hannover
      + Champions: 1956
  * Hannover District Cup
      + Champions: 1995

Current squad

As of 18 May 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


Hannoverscher SC

No.  Pos.  Nation         Player                    No.  Pos.  Nation             Player
1    GK    [Germany] GER  Sascha Algermissen        14   MF    [Germany] GER      Servet Kizilboga
3    DF    [Germany] GER  Dominic Vilches-Bermudez  15   DF    [Germany] GER      Gianluca Vinals-Ziegler
4    DF    [Germany] GER  Fabian Weigel             16   FW    [Ivory Coast] CIV  Ladji Doumbia
5    DF    [Germany] GER  Maurice Kleinert          17   FW    [Germany] GER      Onur Capin
6    MF    [Turkey] TUR   Ferhat Bıkmaz             18   DF    [Germany] GER      Deniz Tayar
7    MF    [Germany] GER  Niklas Kiene              19   MF    [Montenegro] MNE   Gianluca Kasumović
8    MF    [Germany] GER  Sirk Ruben Kisch          20   MF    [Croatia] CRO      Igor Antunović
9    FW    [Germany] GER  Björn Masur               21   DF    [Germany] GER      Yannick Bahls
10   MF    [Germany] GER  Steffen von Pless         22   FW    [Germany] GER      Bugra Yaya-Ayalti
11   FW    [Germany] GER  Christopher Schultz       29   GK    [Germany] GER      Benjamin Ortner
12   MF    [Germany] GER  Marvin-Kann Berse         30   GK    [Germany] GER      Julian Wenzl
13   DF    [Germany] GER  Atilay Adnan Batbay

  * Official website (in German)


Kontil

Kontil is a village in Dzhebel Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.

41°30′00″N 25°11′00″E / 41.5000°N 25.1833°E


Bakhtiari River

The Bakhtiari River is a river in Iran and a tributary of the Dez River in southwestern Iran. Before forming the Dez, the Bakhtiari has a confluence with the Sezar River.

32°56′33″N 48°45′48″E / 32.94250°N 48.76333°E


Australian Reform Party

The Australian Reform Party was a minor Australian political party that was registered federally from 1997 to 2002.gun rights, and was associated with the right wing. Although approached by One Nation for preference deals in 1997, the party's leader Ted Drane claimed that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson had destroyed the chance to unite the right through unprofessionalism and prejudice.


Fallon National Wildlife Refuge

Fallon National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in western Nevada. It was established in 1931 as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and other wild animals.

The refuge comprises over 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) of playa and wetland habitat in the Carson Sink. This area, in the Lahontan Valley, is at the terminus of the Carson River. In years of high water flows down the river, the refuge is important for migratory shorebirds and waterfowl. However, due to diversions, in most years there is not enough flow for the river to even reach the refuge lands.

The refuge is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, but there are no facilities on the refuge. Roads are primitive and passable only during those periods of dry weather.

  * Refuge website

[Public Domain] This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.


Jal R. Patel

Jal Ratanji Patel was an Indian physician, who attended to Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan,Partition of India. In his book Freedom at Midnight, Dominique Lapierre claimed that Patel had handed over a confidential file pertaining to Jinnah,Government of India awarded Patel Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award, in 1962.


Chelforó

Chelforó is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina.

39°04′S 66°32′W / 39.067°S 66.533°W


Gratiot County, Michigan

Gratiot County (/ˈɡræʃɪt/ GRASH-it) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 41,761.county seat is Ithaca,Alma.

Gratiot County comprises the Alma, MI Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also part of the Mount Pleasant-Alma, MI Combined Statistical Area. The Gratiot County Courthouse was designed in the classical revival style by Claire Allen, a prominent southern Michigan architect. It is one of seven sites in the county listed on the National Register of Historic Places (No. 76002291 added 1976).wind power installation in the state.

History

Gratiot County, Michigan is named for Captain Charles Gratiot, who supervised the building of Port Huron's Fort Gratiot.Territorial Legislature in 1831. By 1837, the Territory had been admitted to the Union as a state; in 1855 the State Legislature authorized the organization of Gratiot County – the death year of the county's namesake.

Gratiot County was a New England settlement. The original founders of Ithaca and of Alma were settlers from New England, "Yankees", descended from the English Puritans who settled the northeastern coast of the new continent in the 1600s. The Gratiot County settlers were farmers who headed west into what was then the wilds of the Northwest Territory during the early 1800s. Most of them arrived as a result of the completion of the Erie Canal as well as the close of the Black Hawk War. They arrived to virgin forest and wild prairie, but laid out farms, constructed roads, erected government buildings and established post routes. They maintained their customs, such as passion for education, and abhorrence of the existing slave trade. They were members of the Congregationalist Church or the Episcopal Church.

In the 1890s, German immigrants began settling in Gratiot County.See List of Michigan county name etymologies. Emil Lockwood, a noted Michigan legislator, represented Gratiot County in the Michigan Senate from 1963 to 1970, much of the time as Senate Majority Leader.

There are six Michigan historical markers in Gratiot County:


Gratiot County, Michigan

There are six Michigan historical markers in Gratiot County:

  * Alma College
  * Gratiot County
  * Jackson Weller House
  * Lumberjack Park
  * Michigan Masonic Home
  * Saginaw and Gratiot County State Road / Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 572 square miles (1,480 km2), of which 568 square miles (1,470 km2) is land and 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2) (0.6%) is water.Central Michigan.

Adjacent counties

  * Midland County – northeast
  * Isabella County – northwest
  * Saginaw County – east
  * Montcalm County – west
  * Shiawassee County – southeast
  * Clinton County – south
  * Ionia County – southwest

Major highways

  * US 127 – runs north to I-75 and south to Lansing.

  * Bus. US 127 – business loop through downtown Alma.

  * Bus. US 127 – business loop through downtown Ithaca.

  * Bus. US 127 – business loop through downtown St. Louis.
  * M-30 – a north–south highway that runs north into Midland County; runs north to West Branch.
  * M-46 – cross-peninsular highway that runs east to Saginaw and Port Sanilac; runs west to Muskegon.
  * M-57 – runs east to Flint; runs west to US 131 near Grand Rapids.

Demographics

Historical population
Census               Pop.    Note  %±
1860                 4,042         —
1870                 11,810        192.2%
1880                 21,936        85.7%
1890                 28,668        30.7%
1900                 29,889        4.3%
1910                 28,820        −3.6%
1920                 33,914        17.7%
1930                 30,252        −10.8%
1940                 32,205        6.5%
1950                 33,429        3.8%
1960                 37,012        10.7%
1970                 39,246        6.0%
1980                 40,448        3.1%
1990                 38,982        −3.6%
2000                 42,285        8.5%
2010                 42,476        0.5%
2020                 41,761        −1.7%
US Decennial Census
1790-1960
1990-2000


Gratiot County, Michigan

As of the 2000 United States Census,population density was 74 people per square mile (29 people/km2). There were 15,516 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile (10/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 92.01% White, 3.72% Black or African American, 0.55% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.76% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races. 4.43% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 29.8% were of English ancestry, 24.4% were of German ancestry and 6.9% Irish ancestry, 96.1% spoke English and 2.7% Spanish as their first language.

There were 14,501 households, out of which 34.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.60% were married couples living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.30% were non-families. 23.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.02.

The county population included 23.80% under the age of 18, 11.60% from 18 to 24, 29.50% from 25 to 44, 21.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 108.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,262, and the median income for a family was $43,954. Males had a median income of $32,442 versus $22,333 for females. The per capita income for the county was $17,118. About 7.30% of families and 10.30% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.70% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.

Religion

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw is the controlling regional body for the Catholic Church.

Government


Gratiot County, Michigan

Government

Gratiot County has been reliably Republican from the beginning. Since 1884, the Republican Party nominee has carried the county vote in 76% of the elections (26 of 34 elections).


Gratiot County, Michigan

United States presidential election results for Gratiot County, Michigan
Year  Republican  Democratic  Third party
No.   %           No.         %            No.     %
2020  12,102      63.20%      6,693        34.95%  353    1.84%
2016  9,880       60.01%      5,666        34.41%  919    5.58%
2012  8,241       51.39%      7,610        47.46%  184    1.15%
2008  8,322       46.92%      9,105        51.33%  311    1.75%
2004  9,834       56.59%      7,377        42.45%  168    0.97%
2000  8,312       54.76%      6,538        43.07%  329    2.17%
1996  6,214       41.77%      6,793        45.67%  1,868  12.56%
1992  6,280       39.55%      5,678        35.76%  3,921  24.69%
1988  8,447       59.36%      5,719        40.19%  64     0.45%
1984  10,456      72.08%      4,000        27.57%  50     0.34%
1980  9,294       59.30%      4,916        31.37%  1,462  9.33%
1976  9,526       63.01%      5,429        35.91%  163    1.08%
1972  9,904       68.41%      4,370        30.18%  204    1.41%
1968  8,404       62.68%      4,040        30.13%  964    7.19%
1964  5,369       42.02%      7,383        57.78%  26     0.20%
1960  9,854       71.75%      3,859        28.10%  21     0.15%
1956  10,319      75.71%      3,267        23.97%  44     0.32%
1952  10,034      77.06%      2,887        22.17%  100    0.77%


Gratiot County, Michigan

1948  7,035       70.16%      2,659        26.52%  333    3.32%
1944  7,987       71.03%      3,160        28.10%  97     0.86%
1940  8,661       69.01%      3,825        30.48%  65     0.52%
1936  5,322       47.11%      5,457        48.30%  519    4.59%
1932  5,123       44.40%      6,124        53.08%  291    2.52%
1928  8,823       82.14%      1,854        17.26%  64     0.60%
1924  6,720       76.09%      1,839        20.82%  273    3.09%
1920  6,578       77.41%      1,846        21.72%  74     0.87%
1916  3,434       52.16%      2,960        44.96%  190    2.89%
1912  1,809       30.64%      1,835        31.08%  2,261  38.29%
1908  4,158       61.65%      2,372        35.17%  214    3.17%
1904  4,530       67.59%      1,863        27.80%  309    4.61%
1900  4,263       55.49%      3,202        41.68%  218    2.84%
1896  3,380       44.97%      3,971        52.83%  165    2.20%
1892  3,037       48.83%      1,661        26.70%  1,522  24.47%
1888  3,667       52.35%      2,854        40.74%  484    6.91%
1884  2,676       46.99%      2,736        48.04%  283    4.97%


Gratiot County, Michigan

The county government operates the jail, maintains rural roads, operates the major local courts, records deeds, mortgages, and vital records, administers public health regulations, and participates with the state in the provision of other social services. The county board of commissioners controls the budget, and has limited authority to make laws or ordinances. In Michigan, most local government functions — police and fire, building and zoning, tax assessment, street maintenance, etc. — are the responsibility of individual cities and townships.

Elected officials

  * Prosecuting Attorney: Laura Bever
  * Sheriff: Mike Morris
  * County Clerk: Angie Thompson
  * County Treasurer: Terri Ball
  * Register of Deeds: Kimberlee VanHoose
  * Drain Commissioner: Bernard J. Barnes

Communities

Cities

  * Alma
  * Ithaca (county seat)
  * St. Louis

Villages

  * Ashley
  * Breckenridge
  * Perrinton

Unincorporated communities

  * Bannister
  * Beebe
  * Edgewood
  * Elm Hall
  * Elwell
  * Forest Hill
  * Galloway
  * Middleton
  * Newark
  * New Haven Center
  * North Star
  * Pompeii
  * Rathbone
  * Riverdale
  * Sethton
  * Sickles
  * Sumner
  * Wheeler

Ghost towns

  * Bridgeville
  * Langport
  * Ola

Townships

  * Arcada Township
  * Bethany Township
  * Elba Township
  * Emerson Township
  * Fulton Township
  * Hamilton Township
  * Lafayette Township
  * New Haven Township
  * Newark Township
  * North Shade Township
  * North Star Township
  * Pine River Township
  * Seville Township
  * Sumner Township
  * Washington Township
  * Wheeler Township

Education

The Gratiot–Isabella Regional Education Service District, based in Ithaca, services the students in the county. The intermediate school district offers regional special education services, early education programs, and technical career pathways for students of its districts.

Gratiot County is served by the following regular public school districts:

  * Alma Public Schools
  * Ashley Community Schools
  * Breckenridge Community Schools
  * Fulton Schools
  * Ithaca Public Schools
  * St. Louis Public Schools

Gratiot County has the following private schools:


Gratiot County, Michigan

Gratiot County has the following private schools:

  * Countryside Christian School (Mennonite)
  * Ithaca SDA School (Seventh-day Adventist)
  * St. Mary School (Roman Catholic)
  * List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Gratiot County, Michigan
  * National Register of Historic Places listings in Gratiot County, Michigan
  * Gratiot County Government
  * Gratiot County Area Chamber of Commerce
  * Greater Gratiot Development
  * Gratiot County Community Connection
  * Gratiot County Community Foundation
  * "Bibliography on Gratiot County". Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.

43°17′N 84°36′W / 43.29°N 84.60°W


Carroll Thayer Berry

Carroll Thayer Berry (September 4, 1886 – January 20, 1978) was an American artist who grew up in Maine, and whose work is often said to be emblematic of New England, especially the seacoast. In addition, he was one of the first U.S. artists to be assigned to camouflage in World War I.

Early life

Berry was born and raised in New Gloucester, Maine, where his father was a dairy farmer. In 1905, reluctant to follow a farming career, he enrolled at the University of Michigan, with the intention of becoming a marine engineer. After completing his undergraduate work, he moved back to New England, where he worked as a mechanical draftsman for an engineering firm in Massachusetts.

Panama Canal

In 1910, Berry joined an architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, and was sent to Panama to participate in the construction of the Panama Canal. After a year, however, he contracted malaria and was sent back to the United States to recuperate. While in the U.S., he began to take art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Subsequently, when Berry was sent back to Panama as an inspector of construction, government officials were so impressed by his artistic abilities that they commissioned him instead to paint a series of large murals of the Canal's construction for the walls of the administrative building.

Camouflage

When Berry returned to the U.S. in 1915, he moved to New York City, where he earned his living as a commercial artist. Soon after, he married, and he and his wife raised a son. In 1917, when the U.S. entered World War I, he volunteered for service. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant, and assigned to camouflage. According to Rickard (1942, p. 190), Berry was one of the first seven officers (nearly all of whom were either artists or architects) attached to the American Camouflage Corps, along with Homer Saint-Gaudens, Evarts Tracy, Aymar Embury, Andre Smith, Lawrence Hitt and Victor White. In December 1918, he and his unit were shipped to France (Behrens 2009), where they spent the remainder of the war.

Between the wars


Carroll Thayer Berry

Between the wars

After World War I, Berry settled in Chicago, where he worked as a designer of installations and interiors for office buildings. He also met his second wife, Janet Laura Scott, a successful illustrator, who later designed Raggedy Andy dolls and books about the Bobbsey Twins.

During the Depression, Berry and his wife left Chicago and moved back to New England, where they bought a house in Wiscasset, Maine. Their home became a meeting place for craftsmen and artists of the region. Meanwhile, with World War II on the horizon, the Bath Iron Works commissioned Berry to document (through a series of paintings) their construction of fighting ships for the U.S. Navy. These oil paintings depict the shipyard in full production, at a time when the phrase “the delivery of a destroyer every other Friday” was a common slogan (Hammond).

Artistic life

The Berrys sold their house in Wiscasset following World War II. They bought a home in Rockport, Maine, as well as an old three-story brick building on Main Street (just a short walk from their home), which served as Berry's studio for the rest of his life. It was there, equipped with a 19th-Century printing press, that Berry perfected his printmaking skills, in the process of which he made use of wood engraving, woodcut and linoleum block.

Woodcut is a relief printing process in which carved raised shapes of wood are inked and then printed on paper. Berry would sometimes carve multiple wood blocks for a single print, each block being inked with a different color, such as a beige, blue, orange and so on. Realizing the great demand for some of his prints, he sometimes produced large editions, or returned to reprint the editions. Other works, in less demand, were never reprinted after the first run.

Berry's work is sometimes said to fall within three distinct periods: His early linocuts and oil paintings are experimental, and reflect the changing artistic trends of the early 1900s. In the era of the Depression, he turned to the more affordable medium of the woodblock, which eventually evolved into the iconic style of his wood engravings. Finally, around 1973, his interests shifted to Jay Hambidge's theory of dynamic symmetry, a system of proportion and natural design that promoted the use of geometry in artistic compositions.


Carroll Thayer Berry

In 1978, at age 90, Berry died in a Rockport hospital. He had led an active, fruitful life, and thereby left the people of Maine with a body of work “created with consummate skill and fidelity to their subjects” (Hammond).

  * "Carroll Thayer Berry" in Roy R. Behrens, Camoupedia: A Compendium of Research on Art, Architecture and Camouflage. Dysart, Iowa: Bobolink Books, 2009, p. 53. ISBN 978-0-9713244-6-6.
  * Hammond, Lewis H., “The Romantic World of Carroll Thayer Berry” in Downeast Magazine.
  * Rickard, Grenville, "Camouflage: Then and Now" in The Military Engineer, Vol 34 (April 1942), pp. 189–197.
  * Elwyn Dearborn, The Downeast Print Maker, Carroll Thayer Berry, Downeast Books, Camden Maine 1983
  * Barry Faulkner
  * Sherry Edmundson Fry
  * Camouflage


Estonian Orienteering Federation

The Estonian Orienteering Federation (Estonian: Eesti Orienteerumisliit) is the national Orienteering Federation of Estonia. It is recognized as the orienteering federation for Estonia by the International Orienteering Federation, it became a member on 27 September 1991.

  * Estonian orienteers
  * Official website


Hannover 96 II

Hannover 96 II is a German association football team from the city of Hannover, Lower Saxony. It is the reserve team of Hannover 96. The team's greatest success has been winning the now defunct German amateur football championship on three occasions, in 1959–60, 1963–64 and 1964–65.

The team also participated in the first round of the German Cup, the DFB-Pokal, on five occasions, in 1966–67, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 2004–05, without ever advancing further.

History

The team, playing as Hannover 96 Amateure, first appeared in the highest league of Lower Saxony, the tier two Amateuroberliga Niedersachsen West, after promotion in 1959. The team won the league in its first season there but was than moved to the eastern division which it won in 1963–64. The Amateurliga Niedersachsen became a unified league from 1964 onwards and Hannover 96 took out the first three league titles from 1964 to 1967.

Hannover 96 II became the first reserve team to reach the final of the German amateur championship when it defeated BV Osterfeld 3–0 in the replay of the 1959–60 final. It took out two more titles in 1963–64 and 1964–65, on both occasions defeating SV Wiesbaden in the final. After this two unsuccessful final appearances followed in 1965–66 and 1966–67, losing to SV Werder Bremen Amateure and STV Horst Emscher. The 1966 final was to be the only one contested by two reserve sides while the 1967 was the last for the team.

After the 1966–67 season the team declined somewhat, still a strong side in the Amateurliga but not winning another title. At the end of the 1973–74 season Hannover failed to qualify for the new Oberliga Nord, finishing fourth when a top-three finish was required. In 1984–85 the team was relegated from what had now become the Verbandsliga Niedersachsen, made an immediate return the following season but suffered another relegation in 1990. Hannover once more returned to the Verbandsliga and, in 1993–94, qualified for the new tier four Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen, finishing 14th, the lowest-possible spot to qualify. The team played in the Oberliga for three seasons as a lower table side until relegation in 1997.


Hannover 96 II

Back in the western division of the Verbandsliga, once more divided, Hannover finished low in the table in 1998 and 1999 but won the league in 1999–2000 and returned to the Oberliga. Another relegationin 2001 was followed by promotion in 2003. A fifth place in the league in 2003–04 qualified the team for the re-formed Oberliga Nord where it played for the next four seasons. A league reform in 2008, when the 3. Liga was introduced, took Hannover up to the Regionalliga Nord, where it has been playing since.

Hannover 96 II also participated in the first round of the German Cup, the DFB-Pokal, on five occasions, in 1966–67, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83 and 2004–05. On each occasion the team was knocked-out in the first round, by Borussia Neunkirchen, FC Bayern Munich, VfB Eppingen, Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

Honours

The club's honours:

  * German amateur championship
      + Champions: 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65
      + Runners-up: 1965–66, 1966–67
  * Amateurliga Niedersachsen
      + Champions: 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67
  * Verbandsligas Niedersachsen-West
      + Champions: 1999–2000, 2002–03
  * Lower Saxony Cup
      + Winners: 1981–82

Recent seasons

The recent season-by-season performance of the club:

Season   Division                         Tier   Position
2003–04  Oberliga Niedersachsen/Bremen    IV     5th
2004–05  Oberliga Nord                    11th
2005–06  Oberliga Nord                    5th
2006–07  Oberliga Nord                    6th
2007–08  Oberliga Nord                    4th ↑
2008–09  Regionalliga Nord                6th
2009–10  Regionalliga Nord                8th
2010–11  Regionalliga Nord                9th
2011–12  Regionalliga Nord                6th
2012–13  Regionalliga Nord                4th
2013–14  Regionalliga Nord                11th
2014–15  Regionalliga Nord                14th
2015–16  Regionalliga Nord                12th
2016–17  Regionalliga Nord                11th
2017–18  Regionalliga Nord                8th
2018–19  Regionalliga Nord                6th
2019–20  Regionalliga Nord                12th
2020–21  Regionalliga Nord – "Süd" group  6th
2021–22  Regionalliga Nord


Hannover 96 II

* With the introduction of the 3. Liga in 2008 as the new third tier, below the 2. Bundesliga, all leagues below dropped one tier.
↑ Promoted  ↓ Relegated

Players

Current squad

As of 17 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.  Pos.  Nation               Player                No.  Pos.  Nation                        Player
1    GK    [Germany] GER        Pascal Fabian Kokott  17   FW    [Germany] GER                 Daniel Eidtner
2    DF    [United States] USA  Stuart Ritchie        20   FW    [Bosnia and Herzegovina] BIH  Marin Popovic
3    DF    [Germany] GER        Rene Rüther           21   DF    [Germany] GER                 Jan-Erik Eichhorn
4    DF    [Germany] GER        Moritz Dittmann       22   GK    [Germany] GER                 Thomas Kuballa
6    DF    [Germany] GER        Jonas Weimann         23   DF    [Germany] GER                 Kevin Kalinowski
7    MF    [Germany] GER        Lawrence Ennali       24   DF    [Germany] GER                 Pascal Schmedemann
8    MF    [Germany] GER        Louis Oppie           25   FW    [Germany] GER                 Victor Grony
9    FW    [Germany] GER        Thilo Töpken          26   DF    [Tunisia] TUN                 Marc Lamiti
10   FW    [Germany] GER        Mick Gudra            27   MF    [Germany] GER                 Grace Bokake
11   FW    [Germany] GER        Monju Monmoluh        29   FW    [Guinea] GUI                  Moussa Doumbouya
12   GK    [Germany] GER        Marco Pinkernelle                                              Marlon Sündermann
14   DF    [Germany] GER        Frederik Trümner      30   GK    [Germany] GER
15   MF    [Germany] GER        Tim Walbrecht
16   MF    [South Korea] KOR    Eun-sa Jeong

  * Official club site (in German)


Kollanaikanoor

Kollanaikanoor is a village near Uthangarai, Krishnagiri district, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The village is filled with coconut and mango trees, and contains the Adhiparasakthi Temple.

Education

Om Sakthi

Schools in this area are Adhiyaman Matric Higher Secondary School and Kollanaikanoor Public School.

Transport

The nearest railway station is at Samalpatti (7 km from Uthangarai), on the NH-66 to Krishnagiri. There are two regular passenger trains, one running between Erode and Jolarpet and the other between Salem and Katpadi. Some Express trains such as the Yercaud express and Bokaro mail also stop here. The nearest railway junction is Jolarpettai Junction railway station which is 30 km away from Uthangarai. Most Express trains stop here.

The National Highway 66 passes through Kollanaikanoor. Uthangarai is at the junction of the main routes from Pondichery to Bangalore & Chennai to Salem.

The nearest airports are Salem Airport and Bangalore International Airport.

Climate and rainfall

The seasonal climate conditions are moderate. The weather is colder during winter and hotter in the summer due to the hills and fields surrounding the village.

The average maximum and minimum temperature are 42 °C and 13 °C. The town typically receives a maximum rainfall of 35 cm, 37 cm during September, October and November. Light moderate rainfall of 10 cm to 32 cm occurs during the months of June, July & August.

The wind direction from April to September is southwest. September is usually a still cold month, with light and varying winds. By October the winds shifts to northeast succeeded by north-east monsoon and winter season begins. The south-west wind begins to carry on the southwest monsoon with occasional showers up to August.


Frederik Böhm

Frederik Böhm (born 27 November 1985) is a German coxswain. He won a gold medal at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam with the lightweight men's eight.


Australian Reward Investment Alliance

The Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA) is a superannuation trustee for Australian Government employees. It manages three superannuation schemes, the Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme (CSS), the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme (PSS) and the Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSap). It was set up under the Australian Government Superannuation Act 1990 and is a statutory corporation.

The current ARIA Board is an amalgamation of the PSS Board and the CSS Board which were, respectively, the individual Trustees for the PSS and CSS. ARIA is trustee for over A$18 billion of funds under management,

  * Australian Government Future Fund, funding vehicle for future superannuation liabilities


Fastnacht (Pennsylvania Dutch)

Look up Fastnacht or Fasnacht in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Fastnacht Day (also spelled Fasnacht, or in Pennsylvania German: Faasenacht) is an annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration that falls on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. The word translates to "Fasting Night" or “Almost Night” in English. The tradition is to eat the very best foods, which are part of the German tradition, and much of them, before the Lenten fast. Fastnachts (pronounced /ˈfastnaxt/ in German) are similar to doughnuts. There are three types of Fasnacht, one made with yeast, one made with baking powder, and one made with potatoes and yeast. All are slightly crispy on the outside and not as sweet as doughnuts.

History

Traditionally, fastnachts are made to use up the lard, sugar, butter, eggs and other rich foods in a house before the austere diet of Lent begins. In Catholic and Protestant countries, Fastnacht Day is also called "Fat Tuesday," or "Mardi Gras," a name which predates the Reformation and referred to the Christian tradition of eating rich foods before the Lenten fast began. In some South American countries, the day is associated with Carnival, a festival of dancing, drinking and debauchery. "Carnival," which is the English spelling, derives from the words "carne levar," or "meat takeaway," another Lenten tradition.

Traditional celebrations


Fastnacht (Pennsylvania Dutch)

Traditional celebrations

One popular recipe is the one that calls for mixing the dough with mashed potatoes, which gives the yeast raised fastnachts a flavor all its own, not be confused with commercial donuts. Since Pennsylvania Dutch farm families were quite large, when the "Haus Frau" (housewife) began to fry the raised fastnachts in her warm kitchen the tantalizing smell of these raised donut-like cakes lingered throughout the farmhouse. Naturally, the wiser members of the family were awoken, and realized that if they got up early they could share in Mother's fastnacht treats. But the less wise ones or lazy ones may have continued in their slumber, while the siblings enjoyed fresh fastnachts with a beverage. The last person up on Shrove Tuesday was called the "Fastnacht" and kidded all day long for being late for this wonderful breakfast. In the same way, the last person up on Ash Wednesday was also teased, and called the "Ashepuddle", whose chore for the day was to carry the ashes in the stoves and ovens outside to the ash pile. Fastnachts were a winter staple of the Dutch housewife and could be eaten long past Ash Wednesday, even though originally fried in pork lard, the day before Lent. Shrove Tuesday fastnacht baking was a way of life in which the Pennsylvania Dutch people celebrated its ethnicity, more than going to church; it was a folk-life practice that was more personal. These yeast raised cakes had been rolled out and then cut into squares, triangles, or rectangles to rise near an old cast iron kitchen stove. Older Church congregations in the East Penn Valley still have Fastnacht Church Socials or suppers in which natives gather for fellowship, enjoying their Pennsylvania Dutch heritage.Coca-Cola recipe of the fastnacht.condiments such as jelly, and butter. Some cultures add molasses (king syrup) or "Turkey Brand" syrup to enhance the flavor.

Date

Fastnacht dates:

  * February 21, 2023
  * February 13, 2024
  * March 4, 2025
  * February 17, 2026
  * Swabian-Alemannic Fastnacht
  * Nuremberg Shrovetide Carnival


Jaladeran

Jaladeran (Persian: جلادران, also Romanized as Jalāderān and Jalādarān; also known as Jalālābād)Qahab-e Jonubi Rural District, in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 301, in 75 families.


Chelford rail accident

The Chelford rail accident occurred on 22 December 1894 at Chelford railway station.LNWR Waterloo Class 2-4-0 No 418 Zygia and Experiment Class No 518 Express.Zygia derailed and fell on her side whilst her tender ran up the platform ramp. Express remained upright but the first carriage demolished the front of a signalbox. In all, 14 passengers were killed and 48 injured.

The inquiry had little comment to make as this seemed to be a freak accident but advised that, in future, the brakes of all shunted wagons should be immediately pinned down.

A contemporary photo supposedly shows the re-railed damaged locomotive Zygia shortly after the accident.

  * List of wind-related railway accidents
  * Rolt, L.T.C.; Kichenside, Geoffrey (1982) [1955]. Red for Danger (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 184–186. ISBN 0-7153-8362-0.
  * Marindin, Major F.A. (18 January 1895). BOT Accident Report Chelford 1894 (PDF). London: Board of Trade

53°16′19″N 2°16′42″W / 53.27198°N 2.27834°W


Gratonite

Not to be confused with Graftonite.

Gratonite is a lead-arsenic sulfosalt mineral, with the chemical composition Pb9As4S15. Gratonite was discovered in 1939 at the Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru. It is named in honor of geologist L. C. Graton (1880–1970), who had a long-standing association with the Cerro de Pasco mines.

  * Mineral Data Publishing
  * Webmineral
  * Mindat
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Historical sizes of railroads

North America

By 1948, there were 14 railroads in North America with more than 1000 locomotives in service each. Twelve were located in the US and two were in Canada. The total number of steam locomotives and the number of route miles for each railroad in 1948 are given by Bruce (1952).

North American Railroads with 1,000 or more Locomotives in Service, 1948
                                                   Number of Steam Locomotives  Number of Route
Railroad
                                                   in Service, Early 1948       Miles of Track

Pennsylvania Railroad                                                     4467             9736
New York Central Railroad                                                 3473            10534
Canadian National Railway                                                 2300            23000
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad                                               2030             6192
Canadian Pacific Railway                                                  1800            17000
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway                                     1730            13081
Southern Pacific Railroad                                                 1554             8195
Southern Railway                                                          1509             7705
Illinois Central Railroad                                                 1324             6581
Union Pacific Railroad                                                    1323             9756
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad                         1213            10359
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad                                              1208             5076
Chicago and North Western Railway                                         1042             8058
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad                                   1030             8867

Color Key  Canadian Railroad  US Railroad

Bruce (1952) also reports that by the end of 1949 a total of approximately 29,000 steam locomotives were left on Class I railroads in the United States.

  * Timeline of United States railway history
  * History of rail transport in the United States
  * 1948 in rail transport
  * Bruce, Alfred W. (1952) The Steam Locomotive in America: Its Development in the Twentieth Century, New York, Bonanza Books, Table 6, plus additional material from text for Canadian Railroads.


Lister Costin

Lister-Jaguar Costin

The Lister Costin is a lightweight sports racing car, designed by British engineer and designer Frank Costin, and developed and built by British manufacturer Lister, between 1958 and 1959.Jaguar straight-6 engine, or a Chevrolet V8 engine.


Hannover-Kleefeld station

Hannover-Kleefeld is a railway station located in Kleefeld (de), Hannover, Germany. The station is located on the Hanover–Brunswick railway.

Overview

The station has one side platform, which is partly covered. The platform can be reached by stairs and an elevator from a small square on the north side of the tracks. This square is used to drop people off and connects to Berckhusenstraße, where the station's bus stop is. Uhlhornstraße, on the south side of the tracks, is also accessible from the station via a pedestrian tunnel. Around the station there are a couple of bicycle sheds.

Train services

The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn as part of the Hanover S-Bahn. Hannover-Kleefeld is served by the S3 and S7.

52°22′24″N 9°47′28″E / 52.37333°N 9.79111°E


Kollam Bypass

Kollam Bypass (Malayalam: കൊല്ലം ബൈപ്പാസ്) is a part of NH 66 that bypasses CBD of Kollam city in Kerala, India. The busy 13.141 km long bypass starts at Mevaram in the south to Kavanad in the north, via Ayathil, Kallumthazham, Kadavoor and Kureepuzha in Kollam city.Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

History

Government of Kerala had proposed Kollam bypass project in 1972. The then Public Works Department minister Mr. T. K. Divakaran was the man behind Kollam bypass project. The earlier plan was to construct a bypass road through Kollam city via Olayil, Thevally, Vellayittambalam. But T. K. Divakaran denied that proposal and asked to re-draw the plan through Mevaram. Ayathil, Kallumthazham, Kavanad route and then mooted the bypass plan as per the new route. km from Mevaram to Ayathil was completed and 1.5 km Ayathil-Kallumthazham stretch was completed in 1999 and the remaining Kallumthazham-Kavanad stretch completed in 2019.Ashtamudi Lake. The road includes a seven-metre two-lane carriageway, paved shoulders and earthen shoulders. The importance of the Kollam bypass is that it touches 3 major National Highways(NH 66(Formerly known as NH 47), NH 183 (Formerly known as NH 220), NH 744 (Formerly known as NH 208)) passing through the state of Kerala.

The two-lane Kollam Bypass road was inaugurated on 15 January by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The road is witnessing heavy traffic congestion since its opening. In January 2019, the Government of Kerala and NHAI have decided to widen the road into 45 meters. As per the plan, Kollam Bypass would become a four-lane road with overbridges at Mevaram, Kavanad and underpassages at Ayathil, Kallumthazham and Kadavoor junctions.

Timeline

Year  Events


Kollam Bypass

Timeline

Year  Events

1972  Proposal for constructing NH Bypass road at Kollam and stone laid in February at Kavanad
1975  Token amount allotted for Kollam Bypass project
1978  Permission received from Central Road Ministry on 3 May to construct NH Bypass in Kollam city
1993  3 km long Mevaram-Ayathil stretch of Kollam Bypass completed (Phase-I - Construction cost: ₹3.75cr)
1999  1.5 km long Ayathil-Kallumthazham stretch of Kollam Bypass completed (Phase-II - Construction cost: ₹2.75cr)
2015  Works on 8.6 km long Kallumthazham-Kavanad stretch started on 27 May 2015 (Phase-III - Construction cost: ₹277.24cr)
2019  Kollam Bypass inaugurated on 15 January by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Project Details

  * Length: 13.14 km
  * Total Construction Cost: ₹3,520,000,000 (US$44 million) (Phase-III: ₹2,772,435,655 (US$35 million))
  * Construction Mode: Engineering Procurement Construction(EPC)
  * South End: Mevaram
  * North End: Kavanad
  * Major Bridges: 3 nos (Kadavoor, Neeravil, Kavanad)
  * Underpass: 1 nos (Neeravil)*
  * ROB: 1 nos (Kallumthazham)*
  * No of Pilings: 190 nos
  * Piers: 46 nos
  * Culverts: 7 nos

*Included in the plan. Not yet started/completed

Junctions

  * Kavanad (Towards Mumbai through NH 66)
  * Kadavoor (Towards Theni through NH 183 )
  * Kallumthazham (Towards Tirumangalam through NH 744)
  * Ayathil (Towards Kulathupuzha through State Highway)
  * Mevaram (Towards Trivandrum through NH 66)

Latest developments on bypass project

Kia Showroom beside Kollam Bypass


Kollam Bypass

Kia Showroom beside Kollam Bypass

  * 18 bidders have qualified for the bypass tender process - April 2014
  * Government of India and Government of Kerala have decided to share the cost of Kollam bypass project equally - May 2014
  * National Highway Authority of India is planning to re-tender the work with a change in estimate cost.
  * Government of India has granted approval for Kollam bypass, a joint venture of the State and the Central governments in January 2015.
  * Chief Minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy signed an agreement with a private company on 11 February 2015 to complete the works within 30 months. The total cost for works would be Rs. 352 crore. The Government of Kerala has added the Kollam bypass project to its list of mega projects.
  * Cherian Varkey Construction Company(CVCC)-RDS is the contractor for the project. Same company is responsible for the execution of Alappuzha Bypass also. It was an EPC Contract for the construction of 2 Lane Bypass.
  * Preliminary works for Kollam bypass has been commenced again on 4 March 2015 after a long gap. Currently, clearing of the way for bypass is going on here. Re-aligning of telephone cables, water pipelines and KSEB feeder lines will commence soon as part of this work.
  * Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Kerala Chief Minister Mr. Oommen Chandy have jointly inaugurated the third phase construction work of Kollam bypass on 10 April 2015.

Travancore Medical College Hospital entrance beside Kollam Bypass


Kollam Bypass

Travancore Medical College Hospital entrance beside Kollam Bypass

  * 26 November 2017 is the final deadline for the completion of Kollam Bypass. If the construction company fails to meet the deadline, a fine will be imposed on the company based on the delayed days.
  * The construction work comes to a standstill due to the insufficiency of gravel. - October 2016
  * In July 2017, Central Minister Pon Radhakrishnan announced that Kollam Bypass work would be completed only by August 2018 due to the scarcity of construction materials and soil to fill the land.N. K. Premachandran announced that the bypass road will be commissioned in August 2018.
  * Government of Kerala hopes to open Kollam Bypass by September 2018.
  * Kollam bypass will be ready in a month. Street lights would be installed throughout the stretch. - 25 October 2018
  * The inauguration of Kollam Bypass will be on 2 February 2019 by Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala. - 24 December 2018
  * Prime Minister's office confirmed with Kollam MP N. K. Premachandran that Narendra Modi will inaugurate Kollam Bypass on 15 January 2019 - 9 January 2019
  * Government of Kerala asked toll exemption to Central Ministry for Kollam bypass - 9 January 2019
  * Union Minister Nitin Gadkari gave assurance to Kollam MP N. K. Premachandran regarding Kollam Bypass widening into four lane as a standalone project soon - 1 August 2020

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Kollam Bypass

Gallery

  * [Kollam Bypass at Mevaram]
    Kollam Bypass at Mevaram
  * [Construction of Kollam Bypass near Thrikkadavoor]
    Construction of Kollam Bypass near Thrikkadavoor
  * [100m long Neeravil bridge under construction]
    100m long Neeravil bridge under construction
  * [Bypass construction towards Kallumthazham]
    Bypass construction towards Kallumthazham
  * [900m long Kandachira bridge under construction]
    900m long Kandachira bridge under construction
  * [Neeravil bridge]
    Neeravil bridge
  * [Neeravil bridge]
    Neeravil bridge
  * [Neeravil bridge]
    Neeravil bridge
  * [View of Kallumthazham Junction from bypass]
    View of Kallumthazham Junction from bypass
  * [Culvert under construction near Kallumthazham]
    Culvert under construction near Kallumthazham
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Barmera (disambiguation)

Barmera is a town and locality in South Australia.

Barmera may also refer to.

  * Barmera is the official alternative name for Lake Bonney Riverland, a lake in South Australia
  * District Council of Barmera, a former local government area in South Australia
  * Barmera railway line, a former railway line in South Australia
  * Berri Barmera Council
  * Barmera-Monash Football Club


"ARIA" redirects here. For other uses, see ARIA (disambiguation).

The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.

The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a board of directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small.

History

In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies.EMI (now part of Universal Music Group), Festival Records, CBS (now known as Sony Music), RCA (now part of Sony Music), WEA (now known as Warner Music Group) and Polygram (now known as Universal).

ARIA charts

Main article: ARIA Charts

The ARIA Charts is the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres. All charts are compiled from data of both physical and digital sales from retailers in Australia.

The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the Countdown chart, was dated the week ending 10 July 1983.

ARIA began compiling its own charts in-house from the chart survey dated 13 June 1988, corresponding with the printed top 50 chart dated week ending 26 June 1988, at which time it became the official Australian chart.

ARIA certifications

Current Accreditation Levels

A music single or album qualifies for a platinum certification if it exceeds 70,000 copies shipped to retailers and a gold certification for 35,000 copies shipped. The diamond certification was created in November 2015 to mark 500,000 sales/shipments.

For music DVDs (formerly videos), a gold accreditation originally represented 7,500 copies shipped, with a platinum accreditation representing 15,000 units shipped.

Format     Current Accreditation Levels
Gold       Platinum                      Diamond
Album      35,000                        70,000   500,000
Single     35,000                        70,000   —
Music DVD  7,500                         15,000   —


Former Accreditation Levels

On 1 January 1977, the Australian Record Industry Association announced major revisions in its accreditation awards system. No longer were awards based on dollar terms but rather unit sales. Gold records will be awarded to singles selling 50,000 units, EPs selling 30,000 units and albums selling 20,000 units.

At the same time, the industry introduced a platinum award in recognition of the growth achievement of the Australian market. Platinum awards were issued to singles selling 100,000 and albums selling 50,000 units.

Format          Accreditation Levels used until 1983
Gold            Platinum
Album           20,000                                50,000
Extended Plays  30,000                                —
Single          50,000                                100,000

Prior to 1977, awards were based on dollar value rather than unit sales and only issued gold awards.

Format            Accreditation Levels used until 1976
Gold
Album and single  $50,000

ARIA Awards

ARIA No. 1 Chart Awards

The ARIA No. 1 Chart Awards were established in 2002 to recognise Australian recording artists, who reached number one on the ARIA albums, singles and music DVDs charts.

ARIA Music Awards

Main article: ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry. The event has been held annually since 1987; it encompasses the general genre-specific and popular awards known as the ARIA Awards, as well as the Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards (held separately from 2004), Lifetime Achievement Awards and the ARIA Hall of Fame (held separately from 2005 to 2010 but returned to the general ceremony in 2011).

Australian TV pop music show Countdown presented its own annual awards ceremony, Countdown Music and Video Awards, which was co-produced by Carolyn James (also known as Carolyn Bailey) during 1981–1984 in collaboration with ARIA.Countdown provided coupons in the related Countdown Magazine for viewers to vote for populist awards.Countdown awards ceremony, held on 14 April 1986, fans of INXS and Uncanny X-Men scuffled during the broadcast and as a result ARIA decided to hold their own awards.


Since 2 March 1987, ARIA administered its own entirely peer-voted ARIA Music Awards,ARIA Hall of Fame in 1988 and has held separate annual ceremonies since 2005. The ARIA Hall of Fame "honours Australian musicians' achievements [that] have had a significant impact in Australia or around the world".

Criticisms

Like most recording industry associations, ARIA has been criticised for fighting copyright infringement matters aggressively, although in Australia this has largely taken the form of aggressive advertising campaigns particularly in cinemas directly preceding movies. This criticism is stauncher in Australia due to the absence of an equivalent Digital Millennium Copyright Act or state crimes acts which clearly establish copyright infringement as a crime.

In February 2004, the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA) took legal action against Kazaa, alleging massive copyright breaches. The trial began on 29 November 2004. On 6 February 2005, the homes of two Sharman Networks executives and the offices of Sharman Networks in Australia were raided under a court order by ARIA to gather evidence for the trial.

ARIA has been criticised by former Australian Idol judge and record producer Ian Dickson for a perceived intolerance of Australian Idol contestants, and a lack of nomination in the ARIA Awards.

  * Music of Australia
  * Official website [Edit this at Wikidata]


Fastnet International Schools Regatta

Bronze and silver fleet participants in 2006

Results to 2006 regatta (silver fleet)

The Fastnet International Schools Regatta is a Regatta that takes place each year in the County Cork village of Schull, Ireland.

The regatta involves three different fleets of participating sailors. Participants in each fleet are grouped by experience and ability, with novice sailors enter in the Bronze, intermediate sailors in the Silver fleet, and experienced race sailors in the Gold Fleet. On-the-water coaching is encouraged for the Bronze Fleet competitors.

All sailors are under 19 years of age, and each sailor racing represents his or her school.

The Regatta has been ongoing for 19 years (as of 2006) and is held in Schull harbour. It is hosted by The Fastnet Marine & Outdoor Education Centre. The name Fastnet comes from the most southernly point of Irish territory, Fastnet Rock, and previous years has seen the Gold fleet race in the vicinity of the Fastnet Rock.

There are different classes of boats that race each year, each with their own handicap that is calculated by a computer in the Marine OEC (Outdoor Education Centre).

Boat classes

There are several classes of boat in the regatta each with their own handicap according to their ability. The handicap is calculated by a computer on site. During the races (usually 2–3 for Bronze/Silver and 3–5 for Gold - but there is no set number) the Bronze and Silver fleets race together on the same course, but the Gold fleet will race on its own. Classes and vessel types include:

  * Topper (dinghy)
      + Topper Topaz
  * Laser (dinghy)
      + Laser Radial
      + Laser 4.7
      + Laser 2 (dinghy)
  * 420 (dinghy)
  * Optimist (dinghy)
  * Mirror (dinghy)