2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

12    [New Zealand] Chris Pither       8                  Ret                 8                  7             6                   7                   5                  Ret   DNS     DNS  16   DNS  Ret  Ret  DNS  11   11   DNS  4    8    2        280  Race cancelled (C)
13    [New Zealand] Andre Heimgartner  10                 5                   Ret                9             Ret                 6                   Ret                DNS   DNS     Ret  DNS  DNS  7    6    7    Ret  12   8    13   10   4        272  Blank                          Did not practice (DNP)
14    [Australia] Leanne Tander                                                                  8             13                  10                  11                 8     10      12   9    9    12   11   9                                      220  Excluded (EX)
15    [Australia] Alexandra Whitley    13                 16                  10                 11            9                   Ret                 10                 Ret   Ret     10   Ret  14   13   14   14   14   Ret  Ret  11   13   11       220  Did not arrive (DNA)
16    [Australia] Alex Rullo           11                 13                  9                  6             5                   12                  8                  Ret   12      8    11   13                                                    209  Withdrawn (WD)
17    [Argentina] Néstor Girolami                                                                                1    1    1                       132  Did not enter (cell empty)
18    [Australia] Hamish Ribarits                                                                5             3                   9                                                                   Ret  13   10                                     118  Text formatting                Meaning
19    [Australia] Molly Taylor         14                 15                  12                 Ret           11                  13                  15                 Ret   DNS     14   15   Ret  11   Ret  Ret                                    116  Bold                           Pole position
20    [Australia] Liam McAdam                                                                                10   10   15   6    10   12   Ret  DNS  DNS      105  Italics                        Fastest lap
21    [Australia] Tim Brook                                                                                9    16   11                  Ret  16   9        80
22    [Australia] Jimmy Vernon         16                 9                   Ret                Ret           8                   11                  14                 Ret   DNS                                                                     77
23    [Australia] Bryce Fullwood                                                                                15   Ret  Ret  13   9    5                       76
24    [Australia] Michael Almond       15                 7                   3                                                                                74
25    [Australia] Chelsea Angelo       12                 14                  Ret                Ret           12                  14                  Ret                12    Ret     DNS  DNS  DNS                                Ret  DNS  DNS  10  56
26    [New Zealand] Jordan Michels                                                                                11   12   12                                                    46
27    [Australia] Iain McDougall                                                                                10   15   12       44
28    [France] Jean-Karl Vernay                                                                                1    WD   WD                                                    42
29    [Netherlands] Rik Breukers       5                  11                  Ret                                                                                40
30    [France] Aurélien Comte                                                                                DNS  14   8        38


2019 TCR Australia Touring Car Series

30    [France] Aurélien Comte                                                                                DNS  14   8        38
31    [Australia] Matthew Simmons                                                                                12   17   13       38
32    [Australia] James Allen                                                                                Ret  12   14       29
33    [Australia] Barton Mawer                                                                                Ret  18   15       22
34    [Australia] Aaron Seton                                                                                14   11                                                    0
Pos.  Driver                           SYD                PHI                 BEN                QLD           WIN                 SAN                 BEN                Pen.  Points
                                       [New South Wales]  [Victoria (state)]  [South Australia]  [Queensland]  [Victoria (state)]  [Victoria (state)]  [South Australia]


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* Official website


Operation Clausewitz

Operation Clausewitz (Fall Clausewitz) was the code word initiating the defence of Berlin by Nazi Germany during the final stage of the European Theatre of World War II. Clausewitz was established in the 9 March 1945 document, Basic Order for the Preparations for the Defense of the Reich Capital (German: Grundsätzlicher Befehl für die Vorbereitungen zur Verteidigung der Reichshauptstadt), a 33-page document containing 24 separate points. The second point of the document, in full (translated) is: "The Reich capital will be defended to the last man and to the last bullet." It has been referred to as the Nazis' last stand against the Soviets.

The document divided the city of Berlin into nine operational defense zones (A through H, as slices of the outer city of Berlin and Z, its center, corresponding to the government district).concentric rings: an outer exclusion zone, extending well past Berlin's city limits; an outer defense zone extending roughly to the city limits; an inner defense zone extending out to the Berlin Ringbahn; and the Citadel (German: Zitadelle), again, zone Z.

  * The evacuation of all Wehrmacht and SS offices in Berlin
  * Evacuation of the central command post of the capital from General Command on Hohenzollern to L-Tower of the Zoo bunker no more than six hours after the issuance of Clausewitz
  * The imposition of martial law for the civilian populace, and offences under which the death penalty was authorized

The document also outlined the destruction of thousands of documents that were deemed "essential" to the Nazi war machine, this including documents pertaining to military and civilian logistics and installations, medical research, and other technological research.

Adolf Hitler ordered the execution of Fall Clausewitz on 20 April 1945. This set into motion preparedness according to the Basic Order plan, and would have been followed later by the code word Kolberg, meaning full preparedness should have been completed and the battle would have started.

  * Carl von Clausewitz


Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's

Triathlon at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Triathlon
Individual/Relay         men  women  mixed relay
Para-triathlon
PTWC                     men  women
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The women's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games program. The competition was held on 5 April 2018 in the Southport Broadwater Parklands.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date                   Time   Round
Thursday 5 April 2018  09:31  Race

Competition format

The race was held over the "sprint distance" and consisted of 750 metres (0.47 mi) swimming, 20 kilometres (12 mi) road bicycling, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) road running.

Results


Rank                             #   Triathlete                 Swimming  T1     Cycling  T2     Running  Total time  Difference
[1st place, gold medalist(s)]    1   Flora Duffy (BER)          09:10     00:36  29:37    00:31  16:56    56:50       –
[2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  4   Jessica Learmonth (ENG)    09:04     00:39  29:40    00:30  17:40    57:33       +0:43
[3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]  5   Joanna Brown (CAN)         09:48     00:37  30:12    00:30  16:31    57:38       +0:48
4                                12  Vicky Holland (ENG)        09:47     00:37  30:11    00:33  16:34    57:42       +0:52
5                                2   Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)      09:48     00:35  30:13    00:28  17:04    58:08       +1:18
6                                9   Sophie Coldwell (ENG)      09:17     00:35  30:44    00:26  17:17    58:19       +1:29
7                                11  Nicole van der Kaay (NZL)  09:46     00:34  30:15    00:27  17:29    58:31       +1:41
8                                8   Non Stanford (WAL)         09:50     00:37  30:09    00:30  17:39    58:45       +1:55
9                                7   Gillian Backhouse (AUS)    09:34     00:36  30:25    00:27  17:52    58:54       +2:04
10                               16  Rebecca Spence (NZL)       09:46     00:38  30:13    00:28  18:07    59:12       +2:22
11                               6   Charlotte McShane (AUS)    09:47     00:36  30:13    00:26  18:18    59:20       +2:30
12                               17  Beth Potter (SCO)          09:50     00:37  31:28    00:31  17:24    59:50       +3:00
13                               3   Andrea Hewitt (NZL)        09:59     00:37  31:16    00:29  18:27    1:00:48     +3:58


14                               14  Dominika Jamnicky (CAN)    09:57     00:38  31:18    00:29  18:46    1:01:08     +4:18
15                               10  Gillian Sanders (RSA)      10:01     00:39  33:04    00:29  18:53    1:03:06     +6:16
16                               19  Erica Hawley (BER)         10:04     00:36  33:03    00:31  19:00    1:03:14     +6:24
17                               18  Desirae Ridenour (CAN)     10:04     00:35  32:24    00:27  20:16    1:03:46     +6:56
18                               15  Simone Ackermann (RSA)     09:46     00:39  34:53    00:30  20:05    1:05:53     +9:03
19                               26  Jennifer Newbery (IOM)     11:08     00:42  33:28    00:27  21:33    1:07:18     +10:28
20                               25  Rachel James (PNG)         11:38     00:46  34:48    00:38  22:30    1:10:20     +13:30
21                               22  Jenna Ross (TTO)           12:43     00:48  34:46    00:31  21:37    1:10:25     +13:35
22                               20  Llori Sharpe (JAM)         11:45     00:51  36:39    00:37  22:06    1:11:58     +15:08
23                               24  Hanifa Said (KEN)          14:28     00:45  36:15    00:46  23:04    1:15:18     +18:28
24                               21  Chen Yin Yang (MAS)        11:08     00:46  38:41    00:41  24:56    1:16:13     +19:23


Our Lady of Good Voyage (Boston)

Our Lady of Good Voyage, also known as the Seaport Shrine, is a Roman Catholic church located at 51 Seaport Boulevard in the Seaport District of Boston and in the Archdiocese of Boston.

In 2017, a new church was constructed as part of a land swap deal with a developer who wanted to build on the location of the original chapel. Today, the Seaport Shrine serves as an apostolate of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross with a heavy focus on the young adults who live in the neighborhood. The new building, like the original, has a strong nautical theme.

History

Original chapel

Seeing the growth of the fishing industry on the South Boston waterfront in the 1900s, Cardinal Richard Cushing established a chapel on Northern Avenue for fishermen, those who worked on the docks, in the nearby warehouses, and all those who worked at sea.the Blessed Virgin Mary under her title of Our Lady of Good Voyage on December 7, 1952, by Cushing during a vigil Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.Our Lady of Good Voyage parish in Gloucester, Massachusetts, took part in the dedication, and donated a statue of Mary that stood in the chapel's entrance.

The land for the chapel was donated by Frederic C. Dumaine, Jr.

The interior featured a nautical theme.aircraft carriers and wooden sailing vessels adorned the chapel.holy water font rested atop a wheelhouse throttle.altar lamp was a miniature lighthouse.New Testament, including Jesus preaching from a boat, the Apostles casting their nets, and Jesus calming the seas.

Early ministry

Special Masses were held at the chapel to commemorate the third anniversary of the death of Bobby SandsJohn F. Kennedy.Irish republican causes, as well as for members of the Irish Republican Army who had died in The Troubles.Lithuanian.

As the chapel had the latest Sunday evening Mass in Boston, it was often referred to as "Our Lady of the Last Minute" by residents who scrambled to get there to meet their Sunday obligation.

Land swap

In 2007, John B. Hynes III approached the Archdiocese about buying the property, which was getting run down.Frank McCourt, the developer who then owned the land, but nothing ever came of it.

Neighborhood of Our Lady of Good Voyage


Our Lady of Good Voyage (Boston)

Neighborhood of Our Lady of Good Voyage

On October 22, 2015, the Archdiocese entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Boston Global Investors, Hynes' company, to sell the property upon which the original Our Lady of Good Voyage chapel was situated.Seaport Square

Designing a new church that both looked like a Catholic church and also one that fit in with the sleek new neighborhood took three years of meetings with city officials and developers,

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new shrine took place on November 21, 2014.Easter Sunday in 2017.Divine Mercy.John Dooher, Mayor Marty Walsh, Police Commissioner William B. Evans, and representatives of the Knights of Columbus and other Catholic organizations.Archdiocese of Boston in 65 years.

Ministry

The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage is an apostolate of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.Archbishop of Boston, demonstrates Cardinal O'Malley's desire that the Seaport Shrine become an important center for evangelization, and especially outreach and ministry to Millennials.

While the occupations of the people who work in the area are different today than what they were when the shrine first opened, it still exists to minister to workers.empty nesters live and work in the area, and many of the region's poorest, including many immigrants, come to the Seaport District to work as cleaners and cooks in the hotels and office buildings.

The archdiocese conducted demographic research into the neighborhood before building the new shrine

According to City of Boston data, at least 100,000 people walk by the shrine each day.Regina Cleri, the archdiocese's home for retired priests, assist at the shrine.

Features of the shrine

The new shrine cost about $10 million to construct.longshoremen, but the ship is also symbolic of the journey through life and one's own spiritual journey.

The new shrine's interior was designed by Ethan Anthony of Cram & Ferguson Architects in Concord and used repurposed windows and furnishings from the old chapel and from nearby parishes that were recently closed.Saint Joseph, and the pews all came from the former Holy Trinity parish.Sacrament of Reconciliation can be administered either face to face or anonymously.

Exterior


Our Lady of Good Voyage (Boston)

Exterior

The exterior of the shrine was designed by ADD Inc. of Boston with a traditional A-frame style.The Verdin Company.

The brass ship's bell, which is 24 inches in diameter, was crafted with a high pitch to evoke the sounds of buoys and lighthouses.

Sanctuary

The main altar comes from the former Holy Trinity church in the South End.first-class relics of Saint Elmo, the patron saint of sailors, Saint Anthony of Padua, and Saint Faustina Kowalska.

Behind the altar is wood paneling on the walls that was handmade by the Essential Furniture Company in the South American country of Colombia.crucifix from Colombia hanging from the ceiling above the altar.Holy Spirit appearing as a dove etched into it.

In January 2019, stenciling was added to the wall behind the altar.

Nave

The wooden roof looks like the hull of a ship, recalling the "bark of St. Peter," a metaphor for the church.

Between the windows are the stations of the cross that originally came from Regis College.Garden of Eden: the Phison, Tigris, Euphrates, and Gehon.Bose sound system is from Our Lady of Victories in Boston.Psalm 107:6, 23-24, 29 is written.compass roses, which are also Marian imagery.

The baptismal font has three panels showing an anchor, representing hope and Christ, a fish, representing the Eucharist, and a shell with flowing waters, representing baptism, new life, and pilgrimage.

Stained glass windows

In the center of the rose window above the front door is the Lamb of God.

On the left side of the narthex there is an image of Our Lady of Good Voyage holding the Christ Child and a caravela.fleur-de-lis, a symbol in Marian iconography.Prince Henry the Navigator.St. Peter, a fishermanfishers of men."

Above the two images of saints are the coat of arms of Pope Francis and O'Malley, the sitting pope and archbishop when the shrine was dedicated.


Our Lady of Good Voyage (Boston)

In the nave, the windows along the street side were repurposed from St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Charlestown.Saint Joseph, Saint Ann, Saint Anthony, Saint Joan of Arc, and another angel. The lower panel under each angel was changed, with the angel closest to the altar getting the arms of O'Malley, and the angel closest to the door getting those of the Archdiocese.

The windows on the alley side came from Holy Trinity Parish in the South End.Saint Clare of Assisi, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Jesus in the carpenter's shop, Saint Maria Goretti, and Christ the Good Shepherd.baptismal font and the image of the Good Shepard is near the confessional.

The altar windows are also from St. Catherine's.Nativity of Jesus.Annunciation, and on the right is the Assumption.portholes on a ship.

Ships

Six wooden ships hang from the ceiling along the aisles, each of which has a connection to Boston and which represent the vessels of human lives.Boston Lightship, the Flying Cloud, and the Bluenose.Malabar X, the USS Constitution, and the Atlantic.

Shrine within the shrine

Once inside the narthex, a small shrine enclosed by glass walls is off to the left. Inside is a hand-carved wooden statue depicting the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Good Voyage.Oberammergau, a village in Germany known for producing religious art.Prayer of Azariah, a quotation from the Book of Daniel: "Oh ye seas and rivers bless the Lord, bless and exalt him forever."

  * List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

Works cited

  * Our Lady of Good Voyage. Archdiocese of Boston. "This booklet has been published through the generous donation of John B. Hynes, III, Managing Partner at Boston Global Investors, in honor and memory of his grandfather, Mayor John B. Hynes, his father, Jack Hynes, and his mother, Marie Kelly Hynes. Mayor Hines was instrumental in founding the original Our Lady of Good Voyage in 1952. His son Jack hoped that this new Shrine would perpetuate the true mission of his Catholic faith to the thousands of new residents of Boston's emerging Seaport.".
  * Official website


Tongwei railway station

Tongwei railway station is a railway station of Baoji–Lanzhou High-Speed Railway, in Lanzhou, Gansu, China.


Vincenzo, Martyr of Craco

The relic of San Vincenzo in Craco, Italy

San Vincenzo Martire di Craco (San Vincenzo Martyr of Craco) is a minor saint of the Roman Catholic Church. He is remembered in devotions by the people of Craco in the province of Matera, the Basilicata Region, Italy along with immigrants and their descendants from that town who settled in North America. San Vincenzo Martire di Craco's feast day is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of October in Craco, Italy and Manhattan, New York.

History

San Vincenzo is said to have been one of the Theban Legion, a legion of soldiers who converted en masse to Christianity and who were martyred for refusal to participate in sacrifices to the Roman emperor prior to battle in the year 286 AD.

Devotion

The village of Craco, in the modern province of Matera, is the site of a former friary of the Franciscans. The building of the friary began on April 3, 1620 by a Roberto, then Bishop of Tricarico, and was finally completed in 1630. The Friary bore the name of St. Peter, and was entrusted to the care of the Franciscan Friars who retained it until the Italian Government suppressed it in 1866.

Next to this friary was a church to the left of which, in 1777, a rather large chapel was built. This chapel was dedicated to San Vincenzo Martire in the year 1793.

San Vincenzo Reliquary 1769

On February 6, 1769, a small bone relic of San Vincenzo was sent to Craco from Rome. Then in 1792, Fr. Prospero, a Franciscan from Craco, finding himself in Rome, and wishing to return home with a relic of some glorious martyr, obtained from Pope Pius VI, through the Sacred Congregation of Rites, a relic which was said to be that of a Roman soldier as well as a glorious martyr, by the name of Vincenzo – a name signifying "winner" or "conqueror." The "sacred body with a flask of blood" of San Vincenzo Martire was exhumed at the cemetery of St. Ciriaca, in Rome. Fr. Prospero enclosed the precious relic in an artistic crystal-sided casket. Inside the casket was set the waxen body of the martyr, dressed as a Roman soldier and lying in a reclining position.


Vincenzo, Martyr of Craco

Stopping at various places during the course of its journey from Rome, the remains were carried all the way to Craco where it was received with great pomp and honor by the local clergy and townspeople. The great devotion of the faithful in the region and neighboring towns rendered great honor to the soldier martyr San Vincenzo. In large measure, this was due to the many miracles reportedly performed by the Saint for the suffering multitudes that sought his help.

The holy relic of San Vincenzo arrived in Craco on June 4, 1792. The clergy and the people of Craco decided to choose San Vincenzo, along with San Nicola of Bari, as their patron and protector of the town. The religious and civil festival of San Vincenzo was fixed for the fourth Sunday of October to coincide with the important annual fair which takes place after the harvest. On April 4, 1793 the relic of San Vincenzo was installed in the chapel at the Friary and remained there until the late 1980s when structural instability required the relic to be relocated to a small chapel in the Sant'Angelo section of Craco where it resides today. Although the Friary dedicated to St. Peter served as his home, the overwhelming majority of the population of Craco still calls it "the Convent of San Vincenzo."

Feast of San Vincenzo

Traditionally, the feast in Craco celebrating San Vincenzo began nine days before the fourth Sunday in October with the recitation of solemn afternoon novenas. On one of those evenings, a small procession took place, with a statue representing the upright figure of the relic, starting from the Chapel and moving around the "Cross", then located at the entrance to the town. On Friday evening, after the novena, the statue of the saint was brought into the Chiesa Madre [Church of San Nicola] located in the heart of the old town. On Saturday evening, before the feast day, the statue was carried in procession back to the chapel that served as its home. All celebrations culminated on Sunday with the Mass at the Friary and the procession that crossed the entire town. That evening, in front of the Palazzo Rigirone, there were bright fireworks displays.

San Vincenzo processional statue in Craco.

Fair


Vincenzo, Martyr of Craco

San Vincenzo processional statue in Craco.

Fair

The feast in honor of San Vincenzo was always preceded on the Saturday before by a fair, a proud tradition carried out since the end of the 18th century until today. The fair, traditionally known by all the nearby people and neighboring towns, brought many people from Salandra, Fernandina, Montalbano and Pisticci. The fair branched from the entrance of Craco to the other end of the town, at the drinking trough. It was held at the time of the year when workers of the earth were engaged in preparing land for planting or harvesting olives. But on that day, all work ceased so the people could make major purchases at the fair. Animals of all types, as well as foodstuffs: dried beans, "winter" apples, and dried peppers that would be used to season salami were available. This served as a way for people to purchase provisions for the long winter that awaited the rural population.

Confraternity of San Vincenzo Martire

Until the early decades of the 20th century a confraternity of devout worshippers of San Vincenzo existed in Craco. Those belonging to the confraternity were characterized by wearing a white tunic with a turquoise cape and belt. This group took part in the Mass, processions, and upon request also at funerals.

San Vincenzo Martire in New York

With immigration to northern America at the turn of the 20th century, the Crachesi brought the devotion to their patron saint with them. In 1899 they formed a mutual aid society, the Società San Vincenzo Martire di Craco, in New York City.

One of the founding members of the Società, Pasquale Marrese had a tailor shop in Manhattan and employed several fellow townspeople along with family members. They fashioned a copy of the San Vincenzo relic using a woodcut print image that had been carried from Craco of the saint.

S. Vincenzo Woodcut

Meanwhile, another member of the Società was dispatched to Craco to obtain a copy of the novena so it could be used in America for the feast day celebration. That individual also returned with the bone reliquary from 1769 that had been kept in Craco.


Vincenzo, Martyr of Craco

In 1901 this group associated itself with St. Joachim's Church, providing the church with a statue that is a copy of the reclining relic of San Vincenzo in Craco, the 1769 bone relic from Craco, and a handwritten copy of the original novena as said in Craco. The first celebration of the feast of San Vincenzo Martire in New York City's Little Italy was held on Saturday and Sunday October 24–25, 1901. The Societa San Vincenzo Martire di Craco continued to maintain the traditional celebration of the feast on the fourth Sunday of October and was always preceded by a large banquet the evening before. The last celebration sponsored by the Società was in October 1941. With the onset of World War II, the celebration of the feast was suspended although the religious celebration of a special Mass continued. In 1952, the Società San Vincenzo Martire di Craco was dissolved.

Individual devotees, all descendants of the Crachesi immigrants, continued sponsoring the religious celebration of a special Mass for San Vincenzo Martire at St. Joachim's Church. In 1957, an urban renewal project, ordered by the City of New York, dictated the closing of the church in 1958, and required the relocation of the statues before the church was demolished.

The statue, which is a copy of the reclining relic of San Vincenzo in Craco, and the bone relic from 1769 were relocated to the Church of St. Joseph, 5 Monroe Street, Manhattan where arrangements were made for the religious celebration of a special Mass annually. The upright processional statue was placed at St. Rosalia – Regina Pacis Parish in Brooklyn, but was lost to the effects of time.

St. Joseph's Church maintained the annual feast day celebration holding a special Mass on the fourth Sunday in October through 2014. In 2016 the Archdiocese of New York reorganized the parish structure closing St. Joseph's Church on July 31.

The reclining statue of San Vincenzo in St. Joseph's Church, New York City.

The historic statue of San Vincenzo and relic were relocated to the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood, also in Manhattan. It resides there along with several historic Italian American statues of patron saints and the annual feast day continues to be celebrated there.


Vincenzo, Martyr of Craco

* A Brief Sketch of the Life of San Vincenzo Martire, Translated and Adapted by Fr. Regis Gallo, O.F.M.
  * Cenni Storici di San Vincenzo Martire e sua Devozione a Craco, Don Leonardo Rocco Rosano and Marco Letagana, I.M.D. Lucania, Pisticci, c. 1980.
  * San Vincenzo: un Martire a Craco, Domenica Mormando and Palmina Vignola, a publication of the Associazione Colibri, I.M.D. Lucania, Pisticci, 2005.
  * New York Times, October 28, 1901, Wednesday, Page 7.
  * Official website of the Craco Society


Mar Kuriakose College

Mar Kuriakose College, is an arts and science College in Kerala, India situated in Puthuvely 5 kilometers south of Koothattukulam and 32 kilometers north of Kottayam. The college was established in 2010. It is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam and is approved by the Government of Kerala.

  * http://www.markuriakosecollege.com


South Clay Community School District

South Clay Community School District was a school district headquartered in Gillett Grove, Iowa.Dickens and Webb.

History

The district was established in 1964.

By 1993, the population had declined so much, to 325, that the district decided to close its junior and senior high school divisions and send students to other school districts:Laurens–Marathon, Ruthven-Ayrshire, Sioux Central, and Spencer.

After 1993 the area population further declined, and increasing numbers of elementary students transferred to other schools.

On July 1, 2010, the district was dissolved. Portions went to the Clay Central–Everly, Laurens–Marathon, Ruthven-Ayrshire, Sioux Central, and Spencer school districts;Iowa Department of Education began keeping records of school district dissolutions and consolidations. In mid-March 2011, the main building of the school was razed.

  * South Clay Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)


Murphys Creek Railway Complex

Murphys Creek Railway Complex is a heritage-listed railway yard on the Main Line railway at Odin Street, Murphys Creek, Queensland, Australia. It was built from 1921 to c. 1949. It is also known as Murphys Creek Locomotive Water Tank & Tower. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 September 1999.

History

Murphy's Creek Railway Station opened in 1867 on completion of the Main Range segment of the Ipswich-Toowoomba stage of the Southern and Western Railway. The station closed in 1992. The township of Murphy's Creek developed as a direct result of the construction of the railway station. The name Murphy's Creek was a reference to a creek named after a shepherd who had a hut in the area of the time of the 1864 survey for the Main Range Railway.

Tenders were invited in January 1867 for the construction of station buildings at Murphy's Creek.

Locomotives in the early years of operation on the Main Range had a limited water carrying capacity, and as a result water halts were required at Helidon, Murphy's Creek, and Highfields (later Spring Bluff). At Spring Bluff a 7,000-imperial-gallon (32,000 L; 8,400 US gal) water supply was created by damming a spring then gravity feeding the water to a water column situated in the station yard. Prior to the completion of the rail link, the Murphy's Creek area was referred to as a "feeding place for the engines" on the 30-kilometre (19 mi) range climb to Toowoomba, by a correspondent for the Brisbane Courier. Similarly, a journalist for the Darling Downs Gazette who had made the trip on a special picnic train from Murphy's Creek to Toowoomba prior to the opening of the Main Range Railway, described a water tank at Murphy's Creek for the use of locomotives.


Murphys Creek Railway Complex

In 1871 a goods shed was provided at Murphy's Creek for increasing goods traffic. Ten years after completion of the Southern and Western Railway, traffic on the line had increased to the extent that the station yard, track layout and buildings were considered cramped and additional room was required to pass trains, on the single line track. In May 1877 tenders were called for a booking office and platform; the accepted tenders were priced at £1,287 and £1,640 respectively. This work was completed in 1878, along with an extra siding. At the completion of the work in 1879 the water supply for locomotives was expanded with the installation of an 11,000 imperial gallons (50,000 L; 13,000 US gal) water tank.

The station yard was resignalled in 1884. At this time according to the Working Timetable, Murphy's Creek consisted of a station building, with telegraph connection and a watering point.

In November 1884 a reserve for railway purposes was set aside opposite the railway station. A forkline, or turning triangle, for locomotives was constructed on this site in 1885. Prior to construction of the forkline, the Working Timetable made mention of a turntable being situated at Murphy's Creek. The forkline was established in response to the inability of early steam locomotives to ascend the Main Range without reducing their load at Murphy's Creek. Trains would descend from Toowoomba to assist in hauling loads and from the early 1900s banking engines were used to help push trains up the Range from Murphy's Creek. At the same time that the forkline was constructed, a timber loading bank and gantry also were built, for loading stone from nearby quarries.

The ladies waiting room and the station lamp room were both destroyed by fire in February 1887. A new signal cabin and interlocked signalling was installed in 1913, as part of the duplication work being completed between Laidley and Helidon to speed up workings on the western main line, and increase train movements.


Murphys Creek Railway Complex

In 1917 Murphy's Creek was closed as a watering station for trains working on the Main Range and watering stops were provided elsewhere on the line. However, in August 1921 an 8,000-imperial-gallon (36,000 L; 9,600 US gal) single-tier water tank for use in emergencies was erected at Murphy's Creek, which was used by crews requiring additional water supplies running on to the Main Range section. Helidon was also supplied with watering facilities.

Water softening plants were installed at Helidon and Murphy's Creek, to soften water using lime. This was to prevent a buildup of scale in locomotive boilers that would shorten the life of boilers. A sand box (shed) was also provided to store sand which had been previously dried in a furnace, as an aid for traction on slippery rails on steep grades and sharp curves of the Main Range section. The sand shed was to replenish a reservoir situated atop the boiler barrel of locomotives (sand dome), and was activated by a lever in the engine cab. Water was pumped from the nearby creek into the storage tank by a steam pump, operated from a stationary boiler.

By 1949 the capacity of the 1921 water tank at Murphy's Creek had been doubled with the addition of a second tier to the tank. The largest tender capacity carried by a Queensland steam locomotive was 3,500 imperial gallons (16,000 L; 4,200 US gal), and the Murphy's Creek tank held approximately three times this amount.

The use of Murphy's Creek as a station diminished with the introduction of diesel-electric motive power in 1952, and complete dieselisation of Brisbane to Toowoomba services in June 1956. Prior to the introduction of the new motive power, on goods trains up to 12 hours could be spent working between Brisbane and Toowoomba. Prior to dieselisation in 1956, over 49 light engine movements alone were timetabled on the Toowoomba-Murphy's Creek section. 83 working hours a day was taken up in light engine running and banking time on the range from the Willowburn depot. Engines would also attach to trains at Helidon or Lockyer stations depending on how locomotives were performing. The new motive power eliminated the need to run attached locomotives on the range section.

Murphys Creek railway station, 1994


Murphys Creek Railway Complex

Murphys Creek railway station, 1994

In 1963 the raised timber platform at Murphy's Creek station (similar to that at Grandchester) was removed and replaced by a ground level gravel platform and a new 14-lever interlocked signal cabin was provided with the rearrangement of signalling of the Murphy's Creek shunting yard. Steam operations on the Main Range had ceased by the mid-1960s.

Murphy's Creek railway station was closed in 1992, with the introduction of Centralised Traffic Control (CTC) along the Main Range line. This form of computerised and radio safeworking rendered the former mechanical form of signalling, interlocking and staff working obsolete. The station and associated buildings were sold to the local Murphy's Creek Progress Association in 1993. The water tank was in use prior to and post closure as a water supply for the local township, and also as an emergency water storage facility during bush fires. The water tank was retained by Queensland Railways for the use of special steam-hauled excursion trains operating between Brisbane and Toowoomba, but was placed out of use in 1994.

Description

Murphy's Creek Railway Complex, which includes a station building, signal cabin, water tank, trolley shed and forkline, is located in the rural hamlet of Murphy's Creek at the base of the Main Range. Most of the complex is contained within the railway corridor, with the forkline situated north-west of the corridor, on the opposite side of Odin Street. A crossing loop runs along the extent of the station.

Station Building

The Murphy's Creek Station building is a single-storeyed rectangular timber structure, centrally positioned on a north-east facing station platform. The building is timber-framed and clad with chamferboards, set on stumps. A gabled roof of corrugated iron projects towards the platform, supported by timber brackets.

The building consists of two sections, divided by a central open shelter shed. The main elevations of both sections have a multi-paned sash window and two timber doors that provide access to rooms from the platform. The two doors closest to the waiting area on each section are four-panelled timber doors.


Murphys Creek Railway Complex

The south-east end of the building (which appears to be the earlier section) has wide chamferboards of 270 millimetres (11 in). Mounted on the chamferboards facing the platform is a timber cabinet and two small metal "staff" boxes. The chamferboards on the north-west end of the building are of a shorter width.

The interior of the shelter shed has a ticket window on its south-east wall. chamferboards of a shorter width line the wall beneath window height. The rear wall is lined with vertical tongue and groove boards and an entrance provides access from the rear of the building. The floor is lined with timber boards.

The rear elevation has a multi-paned sash window in the south-east section with the wider chamferboards. A small flight of timber stairs lead to the shelter shed entrance. On the north-west end, access to a room is provided via a timber door.

The east elevation of the building has a hooded multi-paned sash window. A modern timber picket fence stands between the station building and the railway line.

Signal Cabin

The signal cabin is a free-standing small timber building sheltered by a skillion roof, located close to the station building at its south-east end. The cabin is clad in weatherboards and sits on a concrete base. The cabin has glass louvre windows on its main elevation and a set of timber casement windows on its east elevation. Access is provided by a door on its west elevation. A small corrugated iron watertank on timber stumps sits at the rear of the building.

Trolley Shed

Located approximately 25 metres (82 ft) east of the platform is the trolley shed. The trolley shed is rectangular, clad in unpainted corrugated iron and sheltered by a skillion roof. The main elevation is filled by three bays, each with hinged double doors with timber battens and internal diagonal braces.

Water Tank

Water tank with station in the distance, 2009


Murphys Creek Railway Complex

Water tank with station in the distance, 2009

Murphy's Creek water tank is situated 120 metres (390 ft) north-west of the Murphy's Creek railway station. The water tank is constructed of cast iron, with the 1921 8,000-imperial-gallon (36,000 L; 9,600 US gal) capacity tank forming the lower element of the water storage, and a second, later tier doubling the overall storage capacity. The lower tier features decorative castings on the iron facings. The tank is elevated above the height of the locomotive tender for a steam locomotive being supported on a timber frame approximately 6 metres (20 ft) in height, consisting of 10 hardwood cross braced piles. The piles are marked with inspection dates, detailing maintenance work, and timber treatment carried out until 1994.

The tank is internally braced, and also wind braced externally. Unlike the water tank retained at Grandchester station, the Murphy's Creek tank features a high flow water delivery system utilising a water jib or crane. An electric pump is used to reticulate water into the tank being supplied from mains power. A swing jib is situated on the north tank face adjacent to the mainline, and is used to deliver water through a gravity-fed pipe-work system into a corresponding filling hole on the tender water tank of a steam locomotive. A canvas hose is used to direct the flow of water into the tender tank. The jib is operated manually by a locomotive fireman standing on the tender tank, swinging the jib to a position 90 degrees from the face of the tank and controlling the flow of water from the jib via a valve and float system actuated on the filling pipe. An inspection ladder is situated on the east face of the tank enabling access to the tank for maintenance purposes. A fluorescent light is also affixed to the tank headstocks to illuminate the area at night.

Approximately four metres to the east of the tank base are three concrete foundation blocks used to support the former water softening plant (now removed). A wooden sandbox used to replenish sandboxes on diesel-electric locomotives with traction on the Main Range is also located adjacent to the base of the tank. A safety fence (1996), between the rear of the tank and a large drainage ditch, is situated at the Odin Street aspect of the tank base.

Forkline


Murphys Creek Railway Complex

Forkline

Veering from the main line, between the station building and the watertank, is a turning triangle or forkline, on a raised formation in a large grassed area south of the railway corridor. A groundframe and electric release are positioned at the beginning of the forkline, which passes through a gate of timber post-and-rail over a small culvert. From the gate the railway crosses Odin Street extending in a large curve to the south, terminating at an earth stop block. To the west, it terminates at a raised concrete loading bank. A triangle is formed by a section of track that links the southern and western extensions before their termination. Trailing points are positioned on the southern and western corners of the turning triangle.

Heritage listing

Murphys Creek Railway Complex was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 September 1999 having satisfied the following criteria.

The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.

The Murphy's Creek Railway Complex is important in demonstrating the evolution of transport patterns in Queensland, in particular the establishment and development of Queensland's Railways during the steam locomotive era 1865–1969.

The provision of water to locomotives on the Main Range Railway was a critical part of the journey and the introduction of the Murphy's Creek Railway Station was directly related to its use as a watering stop.

The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage.

Murphy's Creek Water Tank is a rare and still operable water tank used for the replenishing of steam locomotives operating on the Main Range railway. Water tanks were a common and important feature of railway infrastructure in Queensland, but the majority have been demolished, sold or removed from railway property. The tank was maintained by Queensland Rail as a water supply for steam locomotives on special excursion trips between Brisbane and Toowoomba until 1994.

The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.

In its provision of water tank, forkline, station building, signal cabin and trolley shed, the Murphy's Creek Railway Complex contributes to an understanding of steam locomotive and train operations on the Main Range Railway between Helidon and Toowoomba for a period of nearly a century, and serves as a reminder of the operation and maintenance of this form of locomotive technology.

Attribution


Murphys Creek Railway Complex

Attribution

This Wikipedia article was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014).

Media related to Murphys Creek railway station at Wikimedia Commons


Talhiyeh

Talhiyeh (Arabic: طلحية) is a Syrian village located in Taftanaz Nahiyah in Idlib District, Idlib. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Talhiyeh had a population of 3437 in the 2004 census.


Women's Network for Unity

The Women's Network for Unity is a sex worker organization in Cambodia which was established in 2000 and currently has about 6,400 members. It works against the stigmatization of sex work and lobbies for legal and human rights of sex workers and for safer working conditions. Accordingly, the organization aims to amend the 2008 Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation. The WNU was established by the Women's Agenda for Change Organisation that was founded by an Australian Aid Worker Rosanna Barbero. In 1999 several women's rights in Development NGO's came together to discuss sex worker rights with the aim of creating spaces and opportunities for sex workers to be at the forefront of the development Agenda. The WNU was sponsored, supported and received training from the WAC activist, both local and international staff.

  * Prostitution in Cambodia
  * WNU's website


Operation Chestnut

During World War II, Operation Chestnut was a failed British raid by 2 Special Air Service, conducted in support of the Allied invasion of Sicily.

Background

Two teams of ten men each, codenamed 'Pink' and 'Brig', parachuted into northern Sicily on the night of 12 July 1943, to disrupt communications, transport and the enemy in general. All radios were broken and much ammunition, explosives, and food were lost in the jump. One team landed near an inhabited area, alerting the defenders.

Without radios, neither team was able to contact and direct the planes bringing in reinforcements, which subsequently returned to base without any drops being made. The raiders were unable to achieve anything worthwhile and worked their way towards friendly lines evading the enemy.

This was the first parachute raid for 2 SAS, and also the raid when Maj. Geoffrey Appleyard, (former commander of the Small Scale Raiding Force), was lost. Appleyard was aboard the plane carrying 'Pink' team as drop supervisor. After the drop was made the plane failed to return to base.

  * World War II
  * Operation Husky: The Allied invasion of Sicily.


Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's

Triathlon at the
2014 Commonwealth Games

Events
                         men  women  mixed relay
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The women's triathlon was part of the Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games program. The competition was held on 24 July 2014 at Strathclyde Country Park in Glasgow.

Competition format

The race was held over the "international distance" (also called "Olympic distance") and consisted of 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) swimming, 40 kilometres (25 mi) road bicycling, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) road running.

Results

A total of 24 athletes participated.Jodie Stimpson won the gold medal.


Rank                             #   Triathlete                    Swimming        Cycling         Running         Total time  Difference
[1st place, gold medalist(s)]    1   Jodie Stimpson (ENG)          19:37           1:04:01         34:21           1:58:56     -
[2nd place, silver medalist(s)]  6   Kirsten Sweetland (CAN)       19:53           1:03:41         34:26           1:59:01     +0:05
[3rd place, bronze medalist(s)]  10  Vicky Holland (ENG)           19:35           1:04:00         34:37           1:59:11     +0:15
4                                2   Andrea Hewitt (NZL)           19:47           1:03:44         34:51           1:59:25     +0:29
5                                4   Emma Jackson (AUS)            19:57           1:03:39         34:58           1:59:34     +0:38
6                                5   Aileen Reid (NIR)             19:39           1:03:57         35:11           1:59:46     +0:50
7                                3   Emma Moffatt (AUS)            19:43           1:03:50         36:55           2:01:31     +2:35
8                                18  Flora Duffy (BER)             19:45           1:03:52         37:40           2:02:18     +3:22
9                                8   Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)         20:24           1:06:14         35:43           2:03:24     +4:28
10                               9   Nicky Samuels (NZL)           19:39           1:03:55         39:16           2:03:52     +4:56
11                               15  Lucy Hall (ENG)               19:33           1:04:03         40:36           2:05:13     +6:17
12                               14  Kate McIlroy (NZL)            20:23           1:06:10         38:40           2:06:20     +7:24
13                               12  Gillian Sanders (RSA)         20:59           1:10:41         38:19           2:11:01     +12:05
14                               17  Kate Roberts (RSA)            19:49           1:11:48         39:04           2:11:45     +12:49


15                               26  Danica Bonello Spiteri (MLT)  22:55           1:14:15         42:57           2:21:14     +22:18
16                               20  Fabienne St Louis (MRI)       24:07           1:13:05         43:43           2:22:00     +23:04
                                 11  Sarah-Anne Brault (CAN)       20:59           1:10:40         Did not finish
                                 16  Ellen Pennock (CAN)           19:51           Did not finish
                                 22  Emilie Ng Foong Po (MRI)      24:08           LAP
                                 30  Jessie de Boer (KEN)          27:37           LAP
                                 28  Emma Sharkey (NIR)            Did not finish
                                 23  Elisabeth Mondon (JAM)        LAP
                                 27  Rachael Sapera James (PNG)    LAP
                                 24  Hanifa Said (KEN)             Did not finish


Our Lady of Fatima High School

Not to be confused with Our Lady of Fatima Higher Secondary School, Aligarh.

Our Lady of Fatima High School (FATIMA) was a Catholic, co-educational school in Warren, Rhode Island, operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.

History

Sister Virginia Bento and the members of her council chose to establish in Warren, Bristol County because they perceived a need for a girls' high school in this area. As a Catholic Institution, FATIMA would provide a solid academic foundation for its students in preparation for college, and help them to strengthen their faith to become Christian leaders in the tradition of St. Paula Frassinetti, foundress of the Sisters of St. Dorothy.

FATIMA opened on September 8, 1965 with 55 students.

As a private institution, owned and operated by the Sisters of St. Dorothy, all funding for the school was provided by them. The principals have been Sisters, J. Sousa, Isabel Borg-Cardona, Mary Ann Campanelli, Lillian Cravinho, Eileen Egan and Mary Margaret Souza. The faculty originally consisted only of religious sisters. After a brief period of time, a layman was hired to teach social studies and physical education.

Since its opening, courses have been modernized, including the addition of a computer lab and a full-time computer teacher. On top of that, grades 7 and 8 were added to the school.

In 1985, the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the school, and the year that the foundress of the sisters of St. Dorothy was canonized,

The school closed in 2012.Highlander Charter School moved into the building in 2014.

  * Our Lady of Fatima High School


Tongxiao Shrine

The Tongxiao Shrine (Chinese: 通霄神社; pinyin: Tōngxiāo Shénshè) is a shrine in Tongxiao Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.

History

The shrine was built in 1937 during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China, the main hall of the shrine was renovated by Tongxiao Mayor into the Tongxiao Zhonglie Shrine in 1947 for people to honor the fallen Republic of China Armed Forces in World War II. The shrine was damaged by the Jiji earthquake in 1999. In 2002, the government designated the shrine as historical monument and restored it.Koxinga.

Transportation

The shrine is accessible within walking distance north east of Tongxiao Station of Taiwan Railways.

  * Gongtian Temple
  * List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tongxiao Shrine.


Vincentio Saviolo

The title page from Vincentio Saviolo, His Practise, Saviolo's fencing handbook published in 1595.

Fencing master Vincentio Saviolo (d. 1598/9), though Italian born and raised, authored one of the first books on fencing to be available in the English language.

Saviolo was born in Padua.John Florio described Saviolo's fencing school as being "in the little street where the well is...at the sign of the red Lyon."George Silver as being "within a bow shot" of what was later the Bell Savage or la Belle Sauvage, at this time "Savage's inn, otherwise called the Bell on the Hoop" ( Inns and Taverns of Old London by Henry C. Shelley, 1909), on Ludgate Hill. Saviolo's particular nemesis was this George Silver, who wrote his own book in 1599 to defend traditional English Swordsmanship against the encroachment of Italian rapier fencing and in doing so launched a vociferous attack on Saviolo and his system.

Throughout the 16th century, handbooks became increasingly popular. In 1595, John Wolfe printed Vincentio Saviolo, his practise, in two bookes, the first intreating of the use of the Rapier and Dagger, the second of Honor and honorable quarrels in London. The first part of this work was written as a conversation between Saviolo and an imaginary student (a structure common in 16th-century handbooks). This part undertakes to instruct in the rapier and dagger fencing techniques of Saviolo's day. Saviolo did not teach the lunge, rather recommending circular movement around the opponent in the manner of contemporary Spanish rapier fencers.Of Honor and Honorable Quarrels, deals with dueling etiquette. Much of the material comes from the works of Girolamo Muzio, written in 1558.

Modern Reconstruction


Vincentio Saviolo

Modern Reconstruction

Despite being written in English, Saviolo's system has not proved as popular to those reconstructing historical rapier fencing as some other systems (such as the Italian rapier fencing systems of Salvator Fabris, Nicoletto Giganti and Ridolfo Capo Ferro. An early exponent of Saviolo's system was Stephen Hand of the Stoccata School of Defence in Australia who published annotated transcriptions of Saviolo's first book in the periodical Hammerterz Forum in the late 1990sAcademia Della Spada in Seattle, USA and Chris Chatfield of the 1595 Club in London and Brighton, U.K., Henry Walker and James Wran of Brisbane Swords, Australia.

  * Jared Kirby (ed.), A Gentleman's Guide to Duelling: Of Honour and Honourable Quarrels, Frontline Books (2014), ISBN 978-1848325272.
  * An annotated version of Saviolo at ARMA.
  * A non-annotated version, with an attached article explaining some of the terms used.
  * An article on Saviolo in London
  * A factual story out of Saviolo's https://web.archive.org/web/20060108152646/http://www.swordhistory.com/home.html
  * 'the 1595', A UK fencing club studying Saviolo's techniques
  * Stoccata School of Defence, An Australian fencing club studying Saviolo's system
  * Academia Della Spada, a US fencing club studying Saviolo's system
  * A demonstration of Saviolo's techniques by Chris Chatfield and Gray Morris of the 1595 club
  * A video discussing Silver's comments about Saviolo by Stephen Hand of the Stoccata School of Defence
  * Saviolo's rapier vs Silver's backsword with Stephen and Lewis Hand of the Stoccata School of Defence


Mar Oraha Monastery

Dayra d'Mar Oraha (Syriac: ܕܲܝܪܵܐ ܕܡܵܪܝ ܐܲܒ݂ܪܵܗܵܡ) (Saint Abraham Monastery) is a Chaldean Catholic monastery in northern Iraq close to the town of Batnaya.

The monastery is traditionally attributed to Mar Oraha, who was forced to abandon his hermitage in Mount Alfaf due to a draught, and descended to the plains of Nineveh, where he built his monastery during Ishoʿyahb I's patriarchy (581-596).Church of the East until 1719, when it passed to the Chaldean Catholic Church. The monastery was completely destroyed and its monks were killed at the hands of Nadir Shah during his campaign in the region in 1743. In 1921, it was rebuilt with the help of the Dominican Order.

The feast of Mar Oraha is held twice at the monastery: the first Sunday of the Great Lent, and the second Sunday after Easter.


South Coast Conference

South Coast Conference may refer to:

  * South Coast Conference (CCCAA), a collegiate athletic conference in California
  * South Coast Conference (MIAA), a high school athletic conference in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association


Weather risk management

Weather risk management is a type of risk management done by organizations to address potential financial losses caused by unusual weather.

Overview

Energy, agriculture, transportation, construction, municipalities, school districts, travel, food processors, retail sales and real estate are all examples of industries whose operations and profits can be significantly affected by the weather. Unexpected weather events can cause significant financial losses. For example, unusually mild winters diminish consumer demand for heating and erode the profit margins for utility companies. Weather information and forecasts utilized in risk management decision making is often referred to as meteorological intelligence and offered by companies such as Metswift.

The weather risk market makes it possible to manage the financial impact of weather through risk transfer instruments based on a defined weather element, such as temperature, rain, snow, wind, etc. Weather risk management is a way for organizations to limit their financial exposure to disruptive weather events. By making a payment (a "premium") to a separate company that will assume the financial weather risk for them, an organization essentially is buying a type of insurance - the company assuming the risk will pay the buyer a pre-set amount of money which will correspond to the loss or cost increase caused by the disruptive weather.

Catastrophic weather events such as hurricanes are typically managed through traditional insurance contracts that pay based on indemnity loss. Insurance is a heavily regulated industry with specific requirements and qualification criteria. Due to the indemnity nature of insurance, actual loss must be proven to an insurance carrier before the payment can be processed. In contrast, financial loss such as erosion of margin, portfolio loss or increased expenses usually do not qualify for insurance payouts. Financial instruments such as derivative transactions can provide more flexible and customized risk management opportunities than the typical insurance contracts as they are priced and settled on the parameters of measured weather rather than the associated financial loss.

Market participants


Weather risk management

Market participants

A wide range of capital providers make markets in weather risk. To date the weather risk management trading market is primarily made up of dedicated weather trading operations, such as Nephila Capital Ltd, Galileo Weather Risk Management Advisors LCC, Swiss Re, RenRe, and Coriolis Capital, who execute trade orders in weather or weather-contingent commodity trades, the trading desks of financial institutions and utilities, such as Susquahanna Energy and Aquila who hedge their own risk as well as speculative trades for a merchant portfolio, professional commodity traders, such as RJO and hedge and private equity funds such as Tudor Capital. Transactions can be effected over-the-counter (OTC) or on commodity exchanges such as The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Still other operations, such as Storm Exchange, Inc(Note: Storm Exchange is now defunct. and WeatherBill (WeatherBill is no longer serving markets outside of Agriculture), privately held eWeatherRisk now provide corporate and municipal clients with the necessary financial context to gauge the impact of the weather on profit and loss before executing trades either OTC or through the CME.

Regulation

United States

In the US, the Commodity Exchange Act, Section 5d establishes weather in a category of market exempt from Commission oversight.

Rule 36.2 defines those commodities that are eligible to trade on an exempt board of trade as commodities having:

 1. A nearly inexhaustible deliverable supply;
 2. A deliverable supply that is sufficiently large, and a cash market sufficiently liquid, to render any contract traded on the commodity highly unlikely to be susceptible to the threat of manipulation;
 3. No cash market.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission determined that weather indices are eligible to be traded on EBOTs by order dated May 30, 2002.

Tax treatment

Accounting for OTC weather derivatives as a hedge


Weather risk management

Accounting for OTC weather derivatives as a hedge

Companies that are subject to public disclosure to regulators or their shareholders must demonstrate that the purchase or a sale of a derivatives is true and fair hedge, not speculation. SFAS 133 and IAS provide guidelines on the steps that are required. FAS 133 Accounting for Weather Derivatives: For U.S. accounting standards, Over-the-Counter (OTC) weather derivative transactions can generally get an exemption under derivatives & hedging disclosure rules of Financial Accounting Standard No. 133weather derivatives contracts should be carried at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value reported in current earnings.

Accounting for Exchange traded and speculative weather derivatives

When they are standardized and traded on exchanges, weather derivatives will fall within the scope of SFAS 133. EITF Issue No 99–2 "Accounting for weather derivatives" provides guidance on accounting for weather derivatives that are not exchange–traded. Entities that enter into speculatives or trading non–exchange derivatives contracts should apply the intrinsic method.

  * Adapt-n
  * Alternative risk transfer
  * CelsiusPro
  * The Climate Corporation
  * Dupont Pioneer
  * EDF Energy
  * Datameteo Weather Risk
  * MeteoGroup
  * Meteoprotect
  * Weather derivative
  * Wx Risk Global

Notes and references


Weather risk management

Notes and references

  * Considine, G., 2000, "Introduction to Weather Derivatives", Weather Derivatives Group, Aquila Energy.
  * Peter Robison, "Funds raise interest in weather futures", Bloomberg News, August 2, 2007.
  * USA Today (2008), "Weather Derivatives becoming hot commodities", USA Today Online posted 6/9/2008.
  * Alice Gomstyn, Rich Blake and Dalia Fahmy, "Want a Weather Forecast? Ask Wall Street" ABC News, February 8, 2010.
  * Dischel, R. S., Ed. (2002). "Climate Risk and the Weather Market: Financial Risk Management with Weather Hedges", Risk Books.
  * Jewson, S., A. Brix and C. Ziehmann (2005). "Weather Derivatives Valuation: The Meteorological, Statistical, Financial and Mathematical Foundations". Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  * Golden, L. L., M. Wang and C. C. Yang "Handling Weather Related Risks Through the Financial Markets: Considerations of Credit Risk, Basis Risk, and Hedging." Journal of Risk & Insurance, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 319–346, June 2007.
  * Myers, R. (2008) "What Every CFO Needs to Know About Weather Risk Management", Storm Exchange, Inc. & CME Group
  * Mathews, J. S. (2009) "Dog Days and Degree Days", CME Group
  * Tang, K., Ed. (2010). "Weather Risk Management: A guide for Corporations, Hedge Funds and Investors", Risk Books.
  * Finas, B. (2012). "The transfer of weather risk faced with the challenges of the future", SCOR.
  * Weather Products at Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  * Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA)
  * Weather Risk Management Option with the Meteorology Undergraduate Programme at Penn State
  * Weather risk management and risk transfer news and research from Artemis.bm


Talhouni

Talhouni is a surname found in Jordan.

Notable people with the surname include:

  * Bahjat Talhouni (1913–1994), Jordanian politician and Prime Minister
  * Bassam Talhouni (born 1964), Jordanian politician and lawyer
  * Khaldoun Talhouni, Jordanian diplomat
  * Nabil Talhouni, Jordanian diplomat


Women's Peace Union

Women's Peace Union (WPU) was a radical pacifist organization founded in 1921 as a joint effort of women from the United States and Canada with the goal of outlawing war. Its single purpose was to push through a Constitutional Amendment to prohibit war.

History

Christine Ross Barker a Nova Scotian suffragist and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) member, proposed a conference to be held in 1921 with American and Canadian women to discuss outlawing war. The conference, held between August 19 and 21, at Niagara, Ontario spurred the creation of the Women's Peace Union of the Western Hemisphere.Gertrude Franchot Tone of Niagara Falls, New York was the treasurer.Amendment to the Constitution of the United States banning participation in war—the solitary mission of the organization.Caroline Lexow Babcock and Elinor Byrns coordinated the efforts to draft the amendmentRose Henderson, a Canadian social reformer, had become a supporter of the WPU.

Although the group's ideas and strives were extreme, they were still very reflective of the attitudes of masses during that time period. A great accomplishment for the group came in the form of the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 in which sixty-two nations agreed to renounce war as a way to advance national designs and as a solution to international squabbles. They were able to make their advances through their philosophy of non-violence and their push for suffrage. Their nonviolent tactics included lobbying, letter-writing campaigns and public meetings. They also adopted the principle of praising women and criticizing men. Their feminist philosophy led them to adopt the idea that it would be women who would save the United States and end all wars. Their destruction came from a narrow focus, which was mostly centered on passing the amendment against war. And they were not particularly welcoming of peace organizations that included men or encompassed popular thoughts of men which caused the WPU to be extremely isolated. By 1940, WPU was almost completely non-operable and not functioning as it was no longer in effect, but it actually started to dismantle in the mid to late 1930s.


Women's Peace Union

* Equity feminism
  * Feminist art movement
  * Feminist art movement in the United States
  * Feminist Majority Foundation
  * Feminists For Life
  * Independent Women's Forum
  * Individualist feminism
  * Jewish feminism
  * List of anti-war organizations
  * NARAL Pro-Choice America
  * National Organization for Women
  * New Thought
  * Planned Parenthood
  * Radical Women
  * Woman's Peace Party

Notes and references

  * Campbell, Peter (2010). Rose Henderson: A Woman for the People. McGill-Queen's Press. ISBN 978-0-7735-8116-6.
  * Swerdlow, Amy (1993). Women Strike for Peace: Traditional Motherhood and Radical Politics in the 1960s. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-78636-0.
  * Alonso, Harriet Hyman (1997). The Women's Peace Union and the Outlawry of War, 1921-1942. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0417-4.


Physical restructuring

Manufacturing companies often refer to their manufacturing plant transfer, consolidation and closure activities as physical restructuring. This can be done by moving production or services overseas, a process known as offshoring. Such projects began in the United States during the 1960s and by 2009 had showed little sign of having ended.

Chrysler planned a phase of physical restructuring with the sale of its "good assets" to Fiat in 2009.Pfizer has executed numerous physical restructuring programs in the years prior to 2009, as a direct result of changes in the drug pipeline and an outdated and inefficient manufacturing and distribution network.General Motors announced a large wave of physical restructuring associated with their June 2009 bankruptcy filing.

While the sell-off of assets is necessary in cases of bankruptcy, the costs associated with physical restructuring need to be managed by experts.PA Consulting Group, Boston Consulting Group, Bestshore Partners, AlixPartners and BOOZ and Company.


Mike O'Shea (adventurer)

Mike O'Shea FRGS (born 2 December 1969) is an Irish adventurer and safety consultant.

Career

Mountaineering

O'Shea's climbing career began at the age of 13 when he started climbing in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks near his home-place in County Kerry, Ireland. His adventurous spirit led him to be one of the first people in Ireland to gain the Gold Gaisce – The President's Award.

In 1991 O'Shea was part of an Irish Team who attempted the southwest ridge of Ama Dablam, one of whom ( Mick Murphy ) summited.

O'Shea was part of the 1993 K2 West Ridge expedition ( also known as the Three Cups of Tea Expedition )

O'Shea has also climbed Aoraki / Mount Cook in New Zealand, spent 6 summers climbing in the Alps and climbed extensively in Papua.

Powered paragliding

Having flown traditional paragliders for many years he took up Powered paragliding in 2009 and in the same year was one of the first people to fly cross the Irish Sea with one.Mizen Head to Malin Head in June 2014

Adventure

In 2012, O'Shea began a series of expeditions called The Ice Project aiming to cross all of the worlds major ice caps with fellow adventurer Clare O'Leary.

O'Shea and O'Leary made an unsuccessful attempt to be the first Irish Team to walk to the North Pole in early 2012 . Logistics difficulties have been stated as the reason for the team aborting their attempt.

In November 2013, the pair completed a 19-day crossing of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field, becoming the first Irish team to do so.Lake Baikal in Siberia – a 640 km trek, spending over 26 days on the ice.

Also in 2013, O'Shea crossed the Southern Kilimanjaro Icecap while guiding a number of groups up the mountain for Irish organisation Kilimanjaro Achievers following the death of Irish mountaineer Ian McKeever

In 2014, the team of O'Shea and O'Leary attempted to walk to the North Pole on an expedition dubbed the LifeProof Ice Project:

Film


Mike O'Shea (adventurer)

Film

O Shea is credited as Mountain Safety Team Leader for Star Wars: The Force Awakens,Star_Wars:_The_Last_JediMission: Impossible – Fallout

  * "Mike O'Shea Talks About His Latest Adventure". Today FM
  * The Ice Project Archived 30 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine
  * Official website


Necktie paradox

Two neckties.

The necktie paradox is a puzzle and paradox with a subjective interpretation of probability theory describing a paradoxical bet advantageous to both involved parties. The two-envelope paradox is a variation of the necktie paradox.

Statement of paradox

Two persons, each given a necktie, start arguing over who has the cheaper one. The person with the more expensive necktie must give it to the other person.

The first person reasons as follows: winning and losing are equally likely. If I lose, then I will lose the value of my necktie. But if I win, then I will win more than the value of my necktie. Therefore, the wager is to my advantage. The second person can consider the wager in exactly the same way; thus, paradoxically, it seems both persons have the advantage in the bet.

Resolution

The paradox can be resolved by giving more careful consideration to what is lost in one scenario ("the value of my necktie") and what is won in the other ("more than the value of my necktie"). If one assumes for simplicity that the only possible necktie prices are $20 and $40, and that a person has equal chances of having a $20 or $40 necktie, then four outcomes (all equally likely) are possible:

Price of 1st person's tie  Price of 2nd person's tie  1st person's gain/loss
$20                        $20                        0
$20                        $40                        Gain $40
$40                        $20                        Lose $40
$40                        $40                        0

The first person has a 50% chance of a neutral outcome, a 25% chance of gaining a necktie worth $40, and a 25% chance of losing a necktie worth $40. Turning to the losing and winning scenarios: if the person loses $40, then it is true that they have lost the value of their necktie; and if they gain $40, then it is true that they have gained more than the value of their necktie. The win and the loss are equally likely, but what we call "the value of the necktie" in the losing scenario is the same amount as what we call "more than the value of the necktie" in the winning scenario. Accordingly, neither person has the advantage in the wager.


Necktie paradox

This paradox is a rephrasing of the simplest case of the two envelopes problem, and the explanation of the resolution is essentially the same.

  * Bayesian probability
  * Bertrand paradox
  * Decision theory
  * Dutch book
  * Monty Hall problem
  * Two envelopes problem
  * Newcomb's paradox
  * St. Petersburg paradox
  * Kraitchik, Maurice (1943). "Mathematical Recreations". London: George Allen & Unwin.


Tongwe people

The Tongwe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Kigoma District and Uvinza District of Kigoma Region, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania. In 2000 the Tongwe population was estimated to number 31,551 .


Tuscumbia

Tuscumbia is the name of these places and things in the United States of America:

  * Tuscumbia, Alabama
  * Tuscumbia, Missouri
  * Tuscumbia River (in Tennessee and Mississippi)
  * USS Tuscumbia, ships in the US Navy


Mountain wren

The mountain wren (Troglodytes solstitialis) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in the Andes of northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and western Venezuela.

Taxonomy and systematics

The mountain wren has at times been considered to include the Santa Marta wren (Troglodytes monticola), ochraceous wren (T. achraceus), rufous-browed wren (T. rufociliatus), and tepui wren (T. rufulus) as subspecies.American Ornithological Society (SACC/AOS) considers the five of them to be a superspecies.

  * T. s. solitarius Todd (1912)
  * T. s. solstitialis Sclater (1859)
  * T. s. macrourus Berlepsch & Stolzmann (1902)
  * T. s. frater Sharpe (1882)
  * T. s. auricularis Cabanis (1883)

Description

The mountain wren is 10.5 to 11.5 cm (4.1 to 4.5 in) long and has a mean weight of 11.8 g (0.42 oz). The adult of the nominate subspecies has a rufous brown forehead and crown, a less reddish brown nape, shoulders, back, and rump, and a rufous brown tail with narrow black bars. The folded wings also appear barred. It has a buffy brown supercilium with a darker brown line behind the eye and warm buff cheeks. The throat and chest are also warm buff, the belly a paler buff, the flanks buffy brown with darker bars, and the vent grayish, also with darker bars. The juvenile's supercilium and upperparts are less warm and its underparts dull gray brown with darker speckles.


Mountain wren

Subspecies T. s. solitarius differs from the nominate with darker upperparts and cheeks, a paler throat, and less reddish flanks. T. s. macrourus is larger than the nominate and has a longer tail, and the middle of its breast is white. T. s. frater is similar to macrourus but has a whitish supercilium. T. s. auricularis is similar to frater but has a shorter tail and its upperparts are not as reddish.

Distribution and habitat

The subspecies of mountain wren are found thus:

  * T. s. solitarius, mountains of Colombia (except in the extreme south) and western Venezuela
  * T. s. solstitialis, extreme southern Colombia through Ecuador into northwestern Peru
  * T. s. macrourus, eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes from the Department of San Martín south
  * T. s. frater, extreme southeastern Peru and western Bolivia
  * T. s. auricularis, northwestern Argentina south to Tucumán Province

The mountain wren inhabits humid montane forest, cloud forest, and their edges up to tree line. It is also sometimes found in bamboo thickets. In elevation it mostly ranges between 1,700 and 3,500 m (5,600 and 11,500 ft) but is found as low as 700 m (2,300 ft) in Argentina.

Behavior

Feeding

The mountain wren usually forages in pairs or family groups and occasionally joins mixed species foraging flocks. It hunts mostly in low vegetation but also climbs into mossy trees. No analysis of its diet has been published.

Breeding

The mountain wren breeds at almost any time of year in Colombia and Peru and at least between November and February in Bolivia. One of the few nests described was a bulky structure, open topped but with a side entrance, made of root fibers and lined with dry leaves. Clutches of two to five have been noted.

Vocalization

The mountain wren's song is quiet, "a series of high notes, 'treee-treeee-tititiki'". Its calls are repetitive "'dzz' or 'di-di'".

Status

The IUCN has assessed the mountain wren as being of Least Concern.


South Coast Plain

The South Coast Plain is a natural region in England running along the central south coast in the counties of East and West Sussex and Hampshire.

It has been designated as National Character Area No. 126 by Natural England. The NCA has a total area of 52,245 hectares and forms a coastal strip, 2 to 16 kilometres wide, running from the area of Hamble-le-Rice in Hampshire in the west across the entire length of West Sussex to Brighton in East Sussex to the east.

Its major settlements include the cities of Brighton and Hove, Chichester and Portsmouth, the market town of Fareham, the coastal town of Gosport and the seaside resorts of Bognor Regis, Littlehampton and Worthing. It is bordered by the New Forest across Southampton Water to the west, the South Hampshire Lowlands to the northwest, the South Downs to the north and east, and the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the southwest.

  * Geography of Sussex


The University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean CoastUniversidad de las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe Nicaragüense, abbreviated URACCAN), is a university founded in 1994. It is described as an "intercultural university community for indigenous peoples and ethnic communities".

Campuses

The university has four campuses located throughout the country's two autonomous regions.

North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

  * Bilwi
  * Siuna

South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region

  * Bluefields
  * Nueva Guinea
  * Official website (in Spanish)


São Silvestre (Coimbra)

São Silvestre (also known as São Silvestre do Campo) is a civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 3,122, in an area of 10.27 km2.

Population of the civil parish of São Silvestre (1864–2011)
Year  Pop.   ±%
1864  1,082  —
1878  1,026  −5.2%
1890  1,128  +9.9%
1900  1,228  +8.9%
1911  1,401  +14.1%
1920  676    −51.7%
1930  1,355  +100.4%
1940  1,609  +18.7%
1950  1,748  +8.6%
1960  1,982  +13.4%
1970  2,141  +8.0%
1981  2,541  +18.7%
1991  2,544  +0.1%
2001  3,092  +21.5%
2011  3,122  +1.0%


Yoshiro Imaeda

Yoshiro Imaeda (Japanese: 今枝 由郎, Hepburn: Imaeda Yoshirō, born 1947) is a Japanese-born Tibetologist who has spent his career in France. He is director of research emeritus at the National Center for Scientific Research in France.

Born in Aichi Prefecture, Imaeda graduated from the Otani University Faculty of Letters, where he studied with Shoju Inaba, under whose advice he pursued graduate studies in France, where he earned his Ph.D. at Paris VII. He began work at the CNRSUniversity of California, Berkeley, and has also held a visiting appointment at Columbia University.

His research has focused on Dunhuang Tibetan documents, but he has also translated the poems of the VI Dalai lama, and produced a catalog of Kanjur texts.

Selected works

  * Kuløy, Hallvard Kȧre and Yoshiro Imaeda (1986). Bibliography of Tibetan studies. Narita: Naritasan Shinshōji.
  * Imaeda, Yoshiro (1988). Papermaking in Bhutan. Kasama: Cannabis Press.
  * Imaeda, Yoshiro (2000). Rituel des traités de paix sino-tibétains du VIIIe au IXe siècle, La Sérinde, terre d'échanges (2000) 87-98.
  * Imaeda, Yoshiro (2008). Enchanted by Bhutan. Thimphu : KMT Publishers, 2008.
  * Imaeda, Yoshiro (2010). "The Bar do thos grol, or 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead': Tibetan Conversion to Buddhism or Tibetanization of Buddhism?" in Esoteric Buddhism at Dunhuang ed. Matthew T. Kapstein and Sam van Schaik. Leiden: Brill. 145-158.
  * Imaeda, Yoshiro, Matthew Kapstein, and Tsuguhito Takeuchi, eds. (2011). New studies of the old Tibetan documents : philology, history and religion. Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.


Parish of Rooty Hill

Map of the Parish of Rooty Hill, 1822.

The Parish of Rooty Hill, is a civil parish of Cumberland County in New South Wales, Australia.

The parish is centered on the suburbs of Doonside, Mount Druitt and Rooty Hill. The boundaries of the parish are Eastern and South Creeks, and Richmond railway line on the north.

The Great Western Highway and Western Railway Line transect the parish.

The parish is one of the oldest cadasteral divisions in Australia with the administrative arrangements that would eventually become the parish existing as early as 1810. The name derives from a specific hill still known as the Rooty Hill, that is near Doonside railway station known for an abundance of roots.

  * [View from the Rooty Hill, Rooty Hill, Sydney, looking across Morreau Reserve]
    View from the Rooty Hill, Rooty Hill, Sydney, looking across Morreau Reserve
  * [Map of the Parish in 1840.]
    Map of the Parish in 1840.


Mike Olscamp

Michael Robert Olscamp is a politician in the province of New Brunswick, Canada, and a retired teacher. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2006 election as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Tantramar. He did not win re-election in 2014.

Biography

He graduated from Campbellton Composite High School and then achieved journeyman status as an electrician. In 1972–73, he enrolled in the Vocational Teacher Training Program at the New Brunswick Institute of Technology in Moncton. He then went on to earn a Bachelor of Education from the University of Moncton.

Olscamp taught vocational education at Tantramar Regional High School in Sackville. After teaching he was vice-principal of the high school in the 1980s. He was then recruited as Director of Inmate Programs at minimum security Westmorland Institution in Dorchester.

He decided to return to a career in the field of public education by teaching at Port Elgin Regional Memorial School for four years. He then returned to Tantramar Regional High School and taught French.

A sports enthusiast, Olscamp spent three decades coaching the Tantramar area youth. He coached basketball from the elementary through high school levels winning three provincial championships at the high school level. Prior to being elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, he served as the assistant coach of the Mount Allison Mounties Men's basketball team.

He is married to Karen and has two sons, Andrew and William.


Whitegate and Marton

Whitegate and Marton is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire. The parish has one main settlement of Whitegate and Marton (Winsford), together with the hamlets of Foxwist Green, Marton Green and Nova Scotia.

In 2001 the population of the civil parish was 971,

  * Listed buildings in Whitegate and Marton
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Whitegate and Marton.


Title (Christianity)

In the Church of England, a priest cannot be ordained deacon until she/he has a church at which she/he can serve;title" in order to proceed. Thus he/she is said to "serve his[/her] title".curate.


Tuscumbia City Schools

Tuscumbia City School District is a school district in Colbert County, Alabama.

  * Official website


Mountain troll

A mountain troll (bergatroll) is a type of troll in Scandinavian folklore.

Mountain troll may also refer to:

  * Troll (Harry Potter), in the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling
  * Troll (Middle-earth), in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings
  * Bergatrollets frieri (Swedish folk ballad)


South Coast Daylight Express

The South Coast Daylight Express was a limited stops passenger train operated by the New South Wales Government Railways and its successors between Sydney and Bomaderry from 1933 until January 1991.

History

After departing Sydney Central it travelled via the Illawarra line calling at Hurstville, Wollongong, Kiama, Gerringong, Berry and Bomaderry. It continued to operate after the line was electrified to Wollongong in January 1986 but was withdrawn in January 1991 with DEB set railcars connecting with V set electrics at Wollongong.

Rolling stock

It was originally formed of R set carriages painted green and cream.HUB carriages.

In March 1961, the 1100 class Budd diesel railcars took over.1200 class Tulloch diesel railcars. Following a derailment at Erskineville in February 1983, they began to have their engines removed and became locomotive hauled stock with a 44, 421 or 422 class diesel usually hauling the sets. At various times DEB railcar, HUB and RUB stock operated the service.


University of the Arts Bremen

Speicher XI, fine arts and design faculty. Formerly docks of the Bremen Harbour.

The University of the Arts Bremen (German: Hochschule für Künste Bremen, HfK Bremen) is a public university in Bremen, Germany. It is one of the most successful arts institutions, and its origins date back to 1873. The University of the Arts Bremen runs a Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, and a Faculty of Music, with approximately 900 students, 65 professors and about 180 assistant professors.

The academic subdivisions within the University are Music, Art, Design and practical theory. The institution's specialisms in both music and visual arts is unique within Germany, save for the Berlin University of the Arts. Recent works and exhibitions combine visual art, digital media and music, with emphasis on co-operation between disciplines.

History

In 1998, the institution celebrated the tenth anniversary of the University of the Arts and the 125th anniversary of the Art Academy.

Since 2003, the Fine Arts Faculty of the University of the Arts Bremen has been located at Speicher XI, in the former overseas harbour in the Überseestadt district. The Music Faculty is located at a second site on the Dechanatstraße in the city centre, close to the Rathaus and the Cathedral.

Courses of studies

The following study programs are offered by the university:

Department of Fine Art and Design

Fine art, Diplom, classes
  * sculpture
  * film
  * photography
  * graphic design
  * ceramics
  * concept
  * painting
  * new media
  * drawing
Design, Diplom, focus
  * information design
  * product design
  * fashion design
Digital media, Bachelor/Master
  * media studies

Department of Music

  * Diplom and postgraduate studies in singing, early music, musical composition, music education, church music and training for music teachers.
  * Advanced and further training courses for highly talented students from regular schools
  * International EuropaChorAkademie, founded by Joshard Daus in 1997, in collaboration with the University of Mainz.

Alumni


University of the Arts Bremen

Alumni

see also: Category:University of the Arts Bremen alumni
  * Christian Dawid, clarinetist
  * Esther Haase, photographer
  * Dorothee Mields, soprano
  * Nils Mönkemeyer, violist
  * Barbara Stühlmeyer, writer, musicologist
  * Ludger Stühlmeyer, cantor, composer, musicologist
  * Erich Witte, stage actor, operatic tenor and opera director
  * Boris Cepeda, pianist, conductor, diplomat

Academic staff

See also: Category:Academic staff of the University of the Arts Bremen
  * Klaus Bernbacher, German conductor, music event manager, broadcasting manager
  * Hans Davidsson, Swedish organist and organ teacher
  * Angelo Evelyn, Canadian artist
  * Hans-Joachim Frey, theatre director, theatre manager and cultural manager
  * Rudolf Kelber, organist, harpsichordist, conductor and church musician
  * Maximilian Marcoll, composer and performer
  * Thomas Mohr (tenor), tenor and academic teacher
  * Hille Perl, viola da gamba player and teacher
  * Stephen Stubbs, American lutenist and music director in the early music scene

Literature

  * Hesse, Hans: Bis zur Narbe. Eine Erzählung. Bremen 2011. Ed. by the University of the Arts Bremen. ISBN 978-3-00-033578-5.
  * Klaus Kuhnke Archive for Popular Music
  * Official website (in English and German)
  * Website "Bis zur Narbe"
  * Online portal ARTIST for Applications (in English and German)


São Roque, São Paulo

São Roque (meaning Saint Roch in Portuguese) is a city in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Sorocaba. km².Rodovia Raposo Tavares and Rodovia Castelo Branco. It is located 60 km west from the state capital. Some of the neighboring municipalities are Cotia, Vargem Grande Paulista, Ibiúna, Mairinque and Aluminio.

São Roque has protected greenspaces and maintains itself as a lush ecological paradise. It has a good climate with a wonderful countryside. The Serra do Mar mountains cover the southeast. It has an excellent infrastructure, especially well-developed for wine production. In the 19th century, immigrants from Italy and Portugal arrived in São Roque to work in vineyards. Tourism is also a significant part of the economy. It holds the largest artificial ski park in Latin America, the Ski Mountain Park.

Transportation

The city is served by São Paulo Catarina Executive Airport.

Persons

  * Juca de Oliveira, actor
  * (in Portuguese) http://www.guiasaoroque.com.br Website about São Roque
  * (in Portuguese) http://www.saoroque.sp.gov.br
  * (in Portuguese) São Roque on citybrazil.com.br


Yoshiro Noda

Yoshiro Noda (野田 芳郎, Noda Yoshirō, born 23 March 1936) is a Japanese former swimmer. He competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

  * Yoshiro Noda at Olympedia


Parish of Olney

Olney Parish, New South Wales is a civil parish of King County, New South Wales.

The parish is at 34°31′54″S 148°52′04″E / 34.53167°S 148.86778°E in the Hilltops Council and the only town in the parish is Rye Park.


Theatre Francais

Theatre Francais or Théâtre-Français may refer to several theaters:

  * Comédie-Française
  * Théâtre-Français, a 1792 theatre in Rouen (demolished 1944)
  * Theatre Francais (New York), an 1866 theatre designed by Alexander Saeltzer on 107 West 14th Street (demolished 1939)


Whitefriargate

Whitefriargatepedestrianised street in the Old Town area of Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. During the 20th century, it was one of the main shopping streets in the city centre, but some of the major stores have closed down, which has been attributed to out of town shopping centres. However, the Street still provides a useful link to and from the old town of Hull.

Whitefriargate has 33 listed buildings according to Historic England, and was notable for the Beverley Gate at the west end of the street, which was the place of execution of Robert Constable in 1537. Over a hundred years later in 1642, the gate was closed to King Charles I by John Hotham on the order of Parliament, which provided a catalyst for the First English Civil War.

History

A Carmelite friary on the south side of the old town (Monkgate), had become overcrowded by 1304, and King Edward I offered the monks new land to the west, which was outside the town, but by the time the city walls were built in 1420, the Friary was adjacent to the Beverley Gate.Aldgate (Old Street).White Friars on account of the colour of part of their habits, hence Whitefriargate.

Besides Whitefriargate, there is Blackfriargate, named after the Dominican Order, but both streets are indicative of Hull's monastic history.Whitefriargate by 1347, with the eastern part of Aldgate becoming first Scale Lane, then by the 16th century, it was recorded as Silver Street.

During the 15th century, an open dike from Anlaby carried fresh water into this part of Hull, there being no guaranteed supply of fresh water in the locality. Fresh water was piped to the buildings of Whitefriargate via a system of lead pipes, however the piping was removed to pay for Hull's part in the War of the Roses, and Whitefriargate was re-paved at a cost of £28 (equivalent to £23,576 in 2021) in 1467.


Whitefriargate

In 1537, the condemned traitor Sir Robert Constable was hung in chains from Beverley Gate. Constable had been one of the leaders during the Pilgrimage of Grace; he was tried and convicted at the Tower of London, then transported back to Hull for his execution.

In April 1642, Sir John Hotham closed the Beverley Gate at the west end of Whitefriargate to King Charles I.York) for the arsenal held there that had sufficient stores to arm 16,000 men.Parliamentarian side with an advantage in terms of munitions during 1642.

The Beverley Gate was demolished c. 1776, and the site is now a scheduled monument.c. 1774-1781).During the late 18th century, the prosperity of Hull was on the increase, and this allowed the street to be developed.Act of Parliament was granted to allow for compulsory purchase of land and properties for the building of Parliament Street, as most owners were unwilling to sell.Hull Trinity House owned many properties in the area, with a large portion of the land that the buildings are on bequeathed to them in 1631.The Neptune Inn, which was completed in 1797.

Before many of the buildings on the street were converted into shops, they housed a myriad of civil projects such as a workhouse, almshouses, and a merchant seaman's hospital by 1781.Smith & Nephew, an international company trading in medicinal products.Hull Free Press and Eastern Counties News, The Hull and York Times, and the Hull Evening News being based in Whitefriargate.

Whitefriargate bridge and Wilberforce monument. This is looking westwards.

The western end of the street used to feed into several other thoroughfares, and in the centre of this junction was the Wilberforce Monument, erected in 1834. When works were undertaken to improve traffic flow, Whitefriargate Lock Bridge (also known as Monument Bridge) was built over, and the monument was removed, being placed in front of Hull College.Queen's Gardens.

The Marks & Spencer shop building was immortalised by Philip Larkin in his 1963 poem The Large Cool Store.

Whitefriargate is bordered to the west by Carr Lane and the Princes Quay shopping centre at Queen Victoria Square.Land of Green Ginger, Silver Street and Trinity House Lane. Midway down Whitefriargate is Parliament Street, which heads north-eastwards.


Whitefriargate

Many of the shops on Whitefriargate have closed down, in part due to an economic downturn, but also losing business to out of town shopping centres opening up. One popular high street store, which closed down in 2013, cited rent prices as being too high.Hull City Council £100,000 to promote alternative uses for the thoroughfare.

Structures

Whitefriargate prior to redevelopment in 2013

The street has 33 listed buildings.

The Neptune Inn was built in the 1790s, when most existing buildings on the street were private houses, rather than business premises.The Cross Keys, Mr Warton's Inn, The George Inn, and The Tyger.The Neptune Inn, they asked architects to submit their designs, and George Pycock won, with building starting in 1794. However, the build was beset by problems of wage and labour, coupled with uncertainty as by that time, the French Revolutionary Wars were ongoing.Boots chain, but only the ground and first floors were used.

The former Marks & Spencer building which Philip Larkin wrote about, has a 1931 frontage by Jones & Rigby in a Greek Revival design.Pevsner described the building as "a great contrast to fussy Victorian Renaissance faced of No. 39 [to the left]".Larkin Trail, a tour across the city featuring haunts of Philip Larkin and the places that inspired him.

A later pub at the western end of the street was known as The Monument Tavern. Between 1820 and 1851, it changed its name four times; first it was Old Andrew Marvel [sic], then the York Tavern, Wilberforce Wine Vaults, and finally the Monument Tavern. The pub closed in the 1960s.Andrew Marvell was known to use Whitefriargate as a thoroughfare.

No. 61 Whitefriargate was the shop that Thomas James Smith took on as a going concern in 1856. It was here that Smith developed a purer and better tasting form of cod liver oil, by refining the product, mixing it with other oils and leaving it out on the roof to be bleached by the sun. L. Farman in the Moderne style.British Home Stores. The building was extended in 1956 in the same style.

10-15 Whitefriargate Hull, built as the Neptune Inn