Yvonne Boyd

Yvonne Boyd (born Yvonne Harland Lennie) (5 July 1920, Melbourne, Australia – 12 November 2013, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia) was an artist, art patron, and philanthropist.

Early life

Born to John Lennie and Edna (Harland) Lennie, Yvonne was a talented student, educated in the private system. She went on to study at the Royal Academy (now known as the Victorian College of the Arts), and became a talented painter, winning art prizes for her drawing.

Two early works, Melbourne Tram 1944 and In Kensington c1944 reflect social realism, showing people who are disadvantaged in society.

Biography

Yvonne met Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd in 1940 when they were attending drawing classes at the Commercial Artists Association.

They married in 1945.

In November 1950 Yvonne and fellow artist John Yule held the first exhibition of the Aladdin Gallery, on the corner of Glenferrie Road and Christobel Crescent, Hawthorn. The gallery comprised a large room and a hallway in the home of Mrs Elsie Smith and her son, Martin, and aimed to address the shortage of galleries, and also to provide housewives of the district with a local gallery. The exhibition included Christmas cards, paintings and pottery.

In January 1954, tiles with handpainted aboriginal designs painted by Yvonne were being sold at Peter Bray's in Bourke Street, Melbourne for 15/- each.

The focus of Yvonne's work gradually moved from pursuing her own artistic career to supporting Arthur's.

She was also focussed on family life, raising three children, Polly, Jamie and Lucy, all of whom became artists.

In 1993, Yvonne and Arthur Boyd gifted to the Australian people their property, Bundanon, comprising over 1,000 hectares of bush and parkland. It overlooks the Shoalhaven River, on the south coast of New South Wales.

Bundanon is an art museum and learning centre. Its collection is made up of art works from members of the Boyd family and their contemporaries, as well as contemporary and indigenous art works.


Lepidochrysops abri

Lepidochrysops abri is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Cameroon.

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Lycomedes of Mantinea

Lycomedes (died 366 BC), known through Xenophon, was a Mantinean politician, who led the effort to found the Arcadian League in 371 and 370 BC, and was the dominant political figure of that league until his death in 366 BC; John Fine has described him as the most effective leader of the league.Xenophon records that he won the support of the Arcadians by reminding them that they were the only autochthonous people of the Peloponnese, and by praising their bravery and strength.Arcadia from dependence on outside forces.

In 366 BC, Lycomedes persuaded the Arcadians to seek an alliance with Athens, attempting to balance the strength of Thebes. Lycomedes was sent to Athens to negotiate this alliance; during his return, his ship landed at a spot where a number of Arcadian exiles were living. Lycomedes was then killed by these exiles.

  * Fine, John V.A. The Ancient Greeks: A critical history (Harvard University Press, 1983) ISBN 0-674-03314-0
  * Xenophon (1890s) [original 4th century BC]. Hellenica . Translated by Henry Graham Dakyns – via Wikisource.


Ko Chan district

Ko Chan (Thai: เกาะจันทร์, pronounced [kɔ̀ʔ t͡ɕān]) is a district (amphoe) in the Chonburi Province, Thailand.

History

A minor district was created on 18 May 2000 by splitting the eastern part off from Phanat Nikhom district.

The Thai government on 15 May 2007 upgraded all 81 minor districts to full districts.Royal Gazette on 24 August the upgrade became official.

Geography

Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Plaeng Yao, Sanam Chai Khet and Tha Takiap of Chachoengsao province and Bo Thong and Phanat Nikhom of Chonburi Province.

Administration

Ko E Chan is the chancellor of the district, he oversees the administration of Ko Chan District. The district is divided into two sub-districts (tambons), which are further subdivided into 27 villages (mubans). Ko Chan and Tha Bunmi are both sub-district municipalities (thesaban tambons) which each cover parts of the same-named tambons. There are a further two tambon administrative organizations (TAO).

No.  Name        Thai name   Villages  Pop.
1.   Ko Chan     เกาะจันทร์  15        18352
2.   Tha Bun Mi  ท่าบุญมี    12        16549

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Julia Renfro

Julia Renfro is the editor-in-chief of the English-language Aruba Today News Magazine and the photographer for the Dutch-based Bon Dia.

Renfro has become a source for American media on the Natalee Holloway case.

  * MSNBC The Abrams Report June 22, 2005
  * MSNBC Scarborough Country July 4, 2005
  * Fox News Bill O'Reilly Factor June 9, 2005
  * CNN "Was Race a Factor in Aruba Arrests?" June 15, 2005
  * Aruba Today News Magazine
  * Bon Dia.


Rüdersdorf

Rüdersdorf is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany, near Berlin.

It is served by the Schöneiche bei Berlin tramway which runs from Rüdersdorf through Schöneiche to Berlin-Friedrichshagen station on the Berlin S-Bahn network. Bundesautobahn 10 passes through the town.

Overview

The municipality is situated 26 km (16 mi) east of Berlin centre and includes the three districts Hennickendorf, Herzfelde and Lichtenow. Rüdersdorf is noted for its open-cast limestone mine. Today, some parts of the mine are used as a museum Museumspark Rüdersdorf. Notable buildings in Berlin such as the Brandenburg Gate and the Olympiastadium were built with limestone from Rüdersdorf.

Demography


Rüdersdorf

Demography

  * [Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)]
    Development of Population since 1875 within the Current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population Development of Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of Nazi rule; Red Background: Time of Communist rule)
  * [Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)]
    Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the Census in Germany in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
Rüdersdorf bei Berlin: Population development within the current boundaries (2020)
Year  Pop.    ±% p.a.  Year  Pop.    ±% p.a.  Year  Pop.    ±% p.a.
1875  9,044   —        1971  18,385  +0.28%   2010  15,316  −0.72%
1890  10,742  +1.15%   1981  17,931  −0.25%   2015  15,313  −0.00%
1910  16,190  +2.07%   1985  18,219  +0.40%   2016  15,382  +0.45%
1925  17,041  +0.34%   1990  17,533  −0.76%   2017  15,569  +1.22%
1939  18,328  +0.52%   1995  16,338  −1.40%   2018  15,696  +0.82%
1950  17,624  −0.36%   2000  16,256  −0.10%   2019  15,812  +0.74%
1964  18,028  +0.16%   2005  15,880  −0.47%   2020  16,025  +1.35%

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of the municipality Rüdersdorf bei Berlin


Rüdersdorf

Coat of arms of the municipality Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

The coat of arms of Gemeinde Rüdersdorf bei Berlin shows a rooted green lime tree with two red shields on its side. The shield towards the left of the trunk shows the silver hammer and pick as a symbol for the limestone quarrying: An industry which has shaped this municipality and is still present to this day. On the right side of the trunk, the shield symbolizes a silver turnip which represents the local agriculture. Both industries have been implanted back in the 13th century by the monks of the Zinna Abbey.

Notable people

  * Johanna Elberskirchen (1864-1943), activist
  * Andreas Thom (born 1965), footballer
  * Karla Woisnitza (born 1952), artist
  * Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864), opera composer

Partnerships with other communes

  * Hemmoor in Lower Saxony, since 1991
  * Pierrefitte-sur-Seine in France, since 1966
  * Lomma Municipality in Sweden, since 2007
  * Popielów in Poland, since 1997

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Mumtaz Kahloon

Mohammad Mumtaz Akhtar Kahloon (born 1 November 1956; Sialkot, Punjab) is the District President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Sargodha District. He has also served as the Chairman of the National Vocational and Technical Education Commission of Pakistan (NAVTEC). He was appointed to this latter position by the incumbent Pakistani Prime Minister, Yousef Raza Gilani on 21 December 2010.

Political career

Mumtaz Akhtar Kahloon has been politically active from a young age. He campaigned for his uncle, Chaudhry Mumtaz Ahmed Kahloon, both in Provincial Assembly of the Punjab elections during the 1970s and in the 1990 and 1993 polls for the National Assembly of Pakistan. He also was an active member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

He briefly joined the Jamaat-e-Islami party as he was intrigued by the teachings of the religious leader Abul Ala Maududi before announcing in late 2006 that he was joining Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). He frequently met and discussed the future policies with the exiled leadership of PML-N in Saudi Arabia. At the end of 2007, Kahloon advised Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, Nisar Ali Khan and Ahsan Iqbal to contest the Pakistani general election, 2008, soon after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. In the 2008 elections, Kahloon and his brother, Ijaz Ahmed Kahloon, supported Rizwan Gill in his successful attempt to win Provincial Assembly of the Punjab seat PP-34 as a PML-N candidate. This support was given despite Ijaz Kahloon being rejected for the candidacy.

In the summer 2010, Gill was disqualified from the Punjab Assembly on the grounds of a fake university degree.Pakistan Supreme Court and thus the PP-34 seat in Sargodha became vacant. Although Kahloon again approached the senior party leadership to obtain the nomination of his brother as a candidate, the party decided to prefer Gill's cousin, Tabraiz Gill. This caused the Kahloon brothers to decide that Ijaz would contest as an independent candidate in the by-election on 26 July 2010. Ijaz Kahloon won that election, defeating both the PML-N candidate and Fiaz Otthi of the PPP.


Mumtaz Kahloon

On 1 August 2010, after the election, but before Ijaz Ahmed Kahloon had taken his seat in parliament, the two brothers re-joined the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP).

Mumtaz Kahloon joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party under the leadership of Imran Khan. He contested the election held on 11 May 2013 for the National Assembly of Pakistan from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party ticket from NA-66 and was the runner-up in the race.

Mr. Mumtaz Kahloon meeting Pervez Khattak, the Chief Minister of KPK Legislative Assembly

On 29 June 2014, he was appointed the District President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Sargodha District.

National Vocational and Technical Education Commission

Then prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani appointed Mumtaz Kahloon as honorary chairman of the National Vocational and Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) in December 2010.

During his tenure, NAVTEC received €20 million in soft loans from Germany, as well as a US$5 million investment from Korea.

Business interests

As of 2014, Kahloon is managing director of the City Link Group of companies, which provide transportation and related services in the Middle East and South Asia.

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Shango (Juno Reactor album)

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Shango is the fifth album released by the multi-genre trance group Juno Reactor. The tracks "Pistolero" and "Masters of the Universe" were released as singles.

Track listing

All tracks made by Ben Watkins with collaborators mentioned on the track list.

 1. "Pistolero" – 6:13 (co-produced by Steve Stevens)
 2. "Hule Lam" – 4:00 (co-produced by Amampondo)
 3. "Insects" – 6:18 (co-produced by Mike Maguire)
 4. "Badimo" – 7:14 (co-produced by Nick Burton, Mabi Thobejane)
 5. "Masters of the Universe" – 6:05 (co-produced by Johann Bley, Mabi Thobejane)
 6. "Nitrogen (Part 1)" – 8:34 (co-produced by Alex Paterson, Greg Hunter)
 7. "Nitrogen (Part 2)" – 6:26 (co-produced by Stephen Holweck)
 8. "Solaris" – 8:58 (co-produced by Deepak Ram)
 9. "Song for Ancestors" – 8:09 (co-produced by Taz Alexander, Mabi Thobejane)

Personnel

  * Produced by Juno Reactor
  * Ben Watkins – producer
  * Greg Hunter – engineering
  * Otto The Barbarian – engineering
  * Richard Edwards – engineering
  * Steev Toth – engineering
  * Kevin Metcalfe – mastering
  * Steve Stevens – guitar (on "Pistolero")
  * B.J. Cole – pedal steel guitar
  * Pandit Dinesh – tabla
  * Boris Salchack – vocals/strings
  * Busi Mhlongo – vocals
  * Taz Alexander – vocals
  * Mike Diver – artwork
  * Squalis – artwork
  * JunoReactor.com profile of Shango


Tongyushi

Tongyushi (Chinese: 彤魚氏) was a legendary Chinese empress, the third wife of the Yellow Emperor. According to tradition, she invented the cooking and chopsticks in the 27th century BC.


Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Florencia

Internal view

Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes), also called Florencia Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in the municipality of Florencia, in Colombia.Roman Catholic Diocese of Florencia.

Description

The cathedral is dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Lourdes. It is located on the western side of the San Francisco de Asis Square in the municipality of Florencia,Caquetá Department.Roman Catholic Diocese of Florencia, after elevation to diocese by Pope John Paul II with the Bull Quo Expeditius published on December 9, 1985.

History

The first very humble construction was made in 1908. After the parishioners and the commissarial and municipal authorities called for construction of a new cathedral, work began on July 20, 1932, under the direction of the Spanish friar Jaime Igualada.

  * Roman Catholicism in Colombia
  * Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, Daegu

1°36′46″N 75°36′54″W / 1.6128°N 75.6150°W


Ogrodniki

Ogrodniki may refer to:

  * Ogrodniki, Gmina Biała Podlaska in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Gmina Tuczna in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Białystok County in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Bielsk County in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Hajnówka County in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Mońki County in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Sejny County in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Siemiatycze County in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Sokółka County in Podlaskie Voivodeship (north-east Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Siedlce County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Węgrów County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
  * Ogrodniki, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship (north Poland)


Lepidochrysops barnesi

Lepidochrysops barnesi, the Barnes' blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Chimanimani Mountains of Zimbabwe.

Adults are on wing from mid-October to November.

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Schwandner

Schwandner or Schwantner (to field and place name Schwand/Schwanden, where the forest was swung, e.g. wasted by fire) is a German language habitational surname.

  * Ernst-Ludwig Schwandner (1938–2021), German architectural historian and classical archaeologist
  * Gerd Schwandner (born 1951), German surgeon and former politician

Schwantner

  * Joseph Schwantner (born 1943), American composer and educator
  * Schwandt


Ko. Madhepura

Ko. Madhepura is a village development committee in Saptari District in the Sagarmatha Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4,608.

26°31′N 86°49′E / 26.517°N 86.817°E


Paula Myllyoja

Paula Myllyoja (born 20 April 1984) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club A.S.D. Pink Sport Time and the Finland women's national football team. She has appeared in two matches for Finland, with one appearance each at the 2019 and 2020 Cyprus Women's Cup.PK-35 Vantaa and Åland United.


Rückersbiel

The Rennsteig walkway

The Rückersbiel a 755.6 m high (above sea level) mountain located in the Thuringian Highland, Thuringia (Germany).

It is located close to the municipality of Lichte and the Leibis-Lichte Dam in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park. The section of the Rennsteig walkway between Neuhaus am Rennweg and Ernsttal am Rennsteig runs close to the Rückertsbiel plateau.

Neighbouring mountains
Description  Height           Direction  Particularity
             above sea level
Hahnberg         685.3 m          E      Pastureland
Mutzenberg       770.0 m        E NE     Coniferous forest
Rauhhügel        801.9 m        E NE     Observation tower, radio mast
Mittelberg       803.6 m        E SE     Coniferous forest

  * List of Mountains and Elevations of Thuringia


Mumtaz Khan

Mumtaz Khan may refer to:

  * Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (humanitarian) (1935–2021), Indian founder of the Al-Ameen Educational Society
  * Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Jammu and Kashmir politician), Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir
  * Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Telangana politician) (born 1949), Indian politician from Telangana
  * Mumtaz Hussain Khan (born 1973), Pakistani politician


Shango capicola

Shango capicola is a species of African cribellate araneomorph spider in the family Dictynidae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Shango. The genus was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967,South Africa.

  * "Shango capicola" at the Encyclopedia of Life


Titiri

Titiri (Aymara titi Andean mountain cat; lead,-(i)ri a suffix, also spelled Titire) is a 4,560-metre-high (14,961 ft) mountain in the Andes of southern Peru. It is situated in the Tacna Region, Tarata Province, on the border of the districts Tarata and Ticaco. Titiri lies near the village of Ch'allapallqa (Challapalca) southwest of the mountain Tuma Tumani. The Mawri River (Mauri) flows along its northern slopes.


Paul Gibbins

Not to be confused with Paul Gibbons.

Paul Gibbins (born 3 January 1953) is a British biathlete. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics and the 1980 Winter Olympics.


Ogres Vēstis

Ogres Vēstis (News of the Ogre) is a regional newspaper published in Ogre, Latvia.

  * Official website (in Latvian)


Ralph Blakelock

Ralph Blakelock may refer to:

  * Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919), American romanticist painter
  * Ralph Anthony Blakelock (1915–1963), British botanist
  * Ralph Blakelock (priest) (1803–1892), English archdeacon of Norfolk


Schwarme

Schwarme is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The municipality Schwarme is located in the Mittelweserregion around 30 km south of Bremen. The towns Achim, Verden and Bruchhausen-Vilsen are about 15 km from Schwarme.


Kelly Evans (disambiguation)

Kelly Evans is a journalist.

Kelly Evans may also refer to:

  * Kellylee Evans, musician
  * Kelly Evans (curler) from List of teams on the 2013–14 World Curling Tour
  * Devon Kelly-Evans, English association football player, brother of Dion
  * Dion Kelly-Evans, English association football player, brother of Devon


Regenesis

Regenesis or ReGenesis may refer to:

  * Regeneration (biology), the resenesis of amputated or damaged cells, tissues or even organs.
  * ReGenesis, a Canadian television series
  * Regenesis (non-profit organization), an environmental group
  * Regenesis (novel), by C. J. Cherryh
  * ReGenesis (band), a Genesis tribute band
  * X-Men: Regenesis, a Marvel Comics storyline
  * Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves, a book by George M. Church
  * Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet, a 2022 book by George Monbiot


Sandeid (municipality)

Sandeid is a former municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The 66-square-kilometre (25 sq mi) municipality existed from 1923 until its dissolution in 1965. It was located at the northern end of the Sandeidfjorden in what is now part of the municipality of Vindafjord. The administrative centre of the municipality was the village of Sandeid where Sandeid Church is located.

History

The municipality was created on 1 January 1923 when the old municipality of Vikedal was split into three. Initially, Sandeid had a population of 558. On 1 January 1965 Sandeid municipality was dissolved based on recommendations from the Schei Committee. It was merged with parts of the neighboring municipalities of Imsland, Vikedal, Vats, and Skjold to form the new municipality of Vindafjord. Prior to the merger, Sandeid had a population of 876.

Name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after an old name for the area, Sandeid (Old Norse: Sandaeið). The first element is the plural genitive case of the word sandr which means "sand". The last element is eið which means "isthmus". Thus it is the sandy area at the isthmus, referring to the isthmus between Ølensjøen and Sandeid.

Government

While it existed, this municipality was responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services, senior citizen services, unemployment, social services, zoning, economic development, and municipal roads. During its existence, this municipality was governed by a municipal council of directly elected representatives. The mayor was indirectly elected by a vote of the municipal council.

Municipal council

The municipal council (Herredsstyre) of Sandeid was made up of 13 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The party breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

Sandeid herredsstyre 1964
Party Name (in Norwegian)  Number of
                           representatives
                           Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)  7
                           Local List(s) (Lokale lister)                                     6
Total number of members:   13


Sandeid (municipality)

Sandeid herredsstyre 1960–1963
Party Name (in Norwegian)  Number of
                           representatives
                           Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)  2
                           Conservative Party (Høyre)      1
                           Centre Party (Senterpartiet)    6
                           Liberal Party (Venstre)         1
                           Local List(s) (Lokale lister)   3
Total number of members:   13

Sandeid herredsstyre 1956–1959
Party Name (in Norwegian)  Number of
                           representatives
                           Conservative Party (Høyre)     1
                           Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)  5
                           Liberal Party (Venstre)        2
                           Local List(s) (Lokale lister)  5
Total number of members:   13

Sandeid herredsstyre 1952–1955
Party Name (in Norwegian)  Number of
                           representatives
                           Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)  1
                           Conservative Party (Høyre)      2
                           Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)   4
                           Local List(s) (Lokale lister)   5
Total number of members:   12

Sandeid herredsstyre 1948–1951
Party Name (in Norwegian)  Number of
                           representatives
                           Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)                                    1
                           Liberal Party (Venstre)                                           2
                           Joint List(s) of Non-Socialist Parties (Borgerlige Felleslister)  5
                           Local List(s) (Lokale lister)                                     4
Total number of members:   12

Sandeid herredsstyre 1945–1947
Party Name (in Norwegian)  Number of
                           representatives
                           Local List(s) (Lokale lister)  12
Total number of members:   12

Sandeid herredsstyre 1938–1941*
Party Name (in Norwegian)                                                                                Number of
                                                                                representatives
                                                                                Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet)  1
                                                                                Conservative Party (Høyre)      2
                                                                                Farmers' Party (Bondepartiet)   4
                                                                                Liberal Party (Venstre)         5
Total number of members:                                                                                12
Note: Due to the German occupation of Norway during World War II, no elections were held for new municipal councils until after the war ended in 1945.

  * List of former municipalities of Norway


Mongolia at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Mongolia sent a delegation to compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States from 8–24 February 2002. This was Mongolia's tenth time participating in a Winter Olympic Games. The delegation consisted of four athletes, two cross-country skiers; Davaagiin Enkhee and Jargalyn Erdenetülkhüür, as well as two short-track speed skating competitors; Battulgyn Oktyabri and Ganbatyn Jargalanchuluun. Erdenetülkhüür placed 63rd in the men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country race; he was the only one of the four to compete in an event final.

Background

The Mongolian National Olympic Committee was recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 1 January 1962,1964 Winter and Summer Olympics. Mongolia has only missed two Olympic Games since, the 1976 Winter Olympics; and the 1984 Summer Olympics as the Mongolians joined in the Soviet-led boycott of the Games in Los Angeles.National Olympic Committees.Davaagiin Enkhee and Jargalyn Erdenetülkhüür, as well as two short-track speed skating competitors; Battulgyn Oktyabri and Ganbatyn Jargalanchuluun.opening ceremony.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Jargalyn was 23 years old at the time of these Olympics, and he was making his Olympic debut.15 kilometre classical race, finishing in a time of 45 minutes and 54.7 seconds, which put him in 63rd place out of 66 classified finishers; the gold medal being won by Andrus Veerpalu of Estonia in a time of 37 minutes and 7.4 seconds, the silver medal was earned by Frode Estil of Norway, and the bronze was taken by Jaak Mae, also of Estonia.Davaagiin Enkhee was 37 years old at the time of the Salt Lake City Olympics, and had previously represented Mongolia at the 1988 Winter Olympics.women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit, held on 15 February, consisted of two stages. First was 5 kilometres of classical style racing, then there was another 5 kilometre freestyle pursuit section.Canadian Beckie Scott, the silver by Czech competitor Kateřina Neumannová, and the bronze was earned by Viola Bauer of Germany.

Men


Mongolia at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event            Athlete                  Race
Time             Rank
15 km classical  Jargalyn Erdenetülkhüür  45:54.7  63

Women's pursuit

Athlete           5 km C   5 km F pursuit
Time              Rank     Time            Final rank
Davaagiin Enkhee  17:20.3        68        did not advance

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Ganbatyn Jargalanchuluun was 15 years old at the time of the Salt Lake City Olympics, and was making his Olympic debut.men's 500 metres competition, he finished with a time of 52.225 seconds, which was fourth in his heat; only the top two in each heat were allowed to advance, and he was eliminated, the slower time that advanced from his heat was 42.849 seconds.Marc Gagnon, the silver by his fellow Canadian Jonathan Guilmette, and the bronze was won by American Rusty Smith.Battulgyn Oktyabri was 21 years old at the time, and had previously represented Mongolia at the 1998 Winter Olympics.men's 1000 metres first round, held on 13 February, he finished fourth in his heat with a time of 1 minute and 47.213 seconds, but like the 500 metres race, only the top two from each heat could advance, the slower qualifying time in his heat was 1 minute and 33.167 seconds.Steven Bradbury of Australia, the silver by American Apolo Ohno, and the bronze was earned by Canada's Mathieu Turcotte.

Athlete                   Event   Round one  Quarter finals  Semi finals      Finals
Time                      Rank    Time       Rank            Time             Rank    Time  Final rank
Ganbatyn Jargalanchuluun  500 m    52.225          4         did not advance
Battulgyn Oktyabri        1000 m  1:47.213         4         did not advance


Shangombo

The small town of Shangombo located in Shangombo District in the Western Province of Zambia is one of the most remote towns in the country. It lies on the eastern bank of the floodplain of the Cuando River, and the bank (rather than the river channel) forms the border with Angola.

Shangombo town lies at the end of a sandy road, recently reconstructed, running 140 km (87 mi) west across the sandy forested plain from the Kalongola Ferry across the Zambezi River just south of Senanga.

Over the years (2000-2020), Shangombo experienced a net change of -19.2kha (-5.2%) in tree cover.

General references
  * Terracarta/International Travel Maps, Vancouver Canada: "Zambia, 2nd edition", 2000.
  * Spectrum">Camerapix (1996). "Spectrum Guide to Zambia." Nairobi: Camerapix International Publishing. ISBN 1-874041-14-8.


Titisee

For the spa town on the lake, see Titisee-Neustadt.

The Titisee is a lake in the southern Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. It covers an area of 1.3 km2 (320 acres) and is an average of 20 m (66 ft) deep.Feldberg glacier, the moraines of which were formed in the Pleistocene epoch and nowadays form the shores of the lake. The lake's outflow, at 840 m (2,760 ft) above sea level, is the River Gutach, which merges with the Haslach stream below Kappel to form the Wutach. The waters of the Titisee thus drain eventually into the Upper Rhine between Tiengen and Waldshut. On the north shore lies the spa town of the same name, today a part of the municipality of Titisee-Neustadt.

History

A glacial lake is created when the glacier remains stationary for a long time and the weight of the glacier excavates the landscape. Where the glacier is less powerful, the subsoil is less excavated and rises. In addition, it is possible that a moraine (deposit of rock material that is transported with the glacier) prevents the runoff. When the ice melts, water is dammed up to the moraine and a lake is created.Pleistocene). Up until 10,000 years ago, a glacier stretched from the Feldberg to what is now Lake Titisee. The basin carved out by the glacier and the terminal moraine form the Titisee today.

The first records of the lake date to 1050 and the abbey of Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen, where the name Titinsee is mentioned. The name Dettesee is also mentioned in a deed from the parish of Saig that dates to 1111. The name of the lake adopted its present from around 1750.


Titisee

In the valleys around the Titisee (Altenweg, Spriegelsbach, Schildwende and Jostal), people usually worked in the agricultural sector, breeding cattle. Craftsmen like blacksmiths, wagon makers and shingle makers would work nearer to the lake. For a long time, there have been scattered farms around the lake. At the beginning of the 20th century, the construction of the Höllentalbahn and the onset of tourism led to a central village emerging at the lake.

In 1840, two sarcophagi made of worked tuff were found below a knoll by the outflow of the Gutach from the Titisee. In 2011, the archaeologist, Andreas Haasis-Berner, published an article stating that they had to date to the period between 700 and 900. Hitherto, it had been thought that the High Black Forest had been unsettled during the first millennium.

Origin of the name

There are various theories about the origin of the unusual name Titisee:

  * In the Alemannic dialect Teti means "little child" or "baby". Tetisee or Titisee would then be a lake from which, according to local legend, small children came, similar to the story told in other places that babies are delivered by a white stork. Stories about babies coming from lakes were widespread in Central Europe (c.f. Frau-Holle-Teich). Consistent with this theory, is the fact that the Titisee is a very high altitude lake and that, also according to legend, it is bottomless. Such lakes were formerly attributed with special numinous powers.
  * According to another theory, the Roman general, Titus, was supposed to have camped in the area of the Titisee. The lake was said to have impressed him so much that he gave his name to it. This is also the reason why, today, a crude replica of a Roman galley plies the Titisee.
  * According to a legend a nobleman called Titini hunted in the area around the lake in the 12th century.
  * Also the arum lily, formerly known in the region as the Tittele, could be the origin of the name, even though it no longer occurs by the Titisee.

Tourism

Pedaloes on the Titisee


Titisee

Tourism

Pedaloes on the Titisee

At the north shore of the Titisee lies a popular spa town of the same name. Lots of wellness and health hotels are settled there. Spa therapy offers include Fango applications (mudpack applications with hot, odorless mineral mudKneipp facilities, moor

In the summer, the lake invites tourists to swim, sail, windsurf, hire pedaloes, hike around the lake, and stroll along the promenade. Furthermore, plenty of open-air events are organised around the lake each summer.

In winter, the 1.2 km long Saig-Titisee toboggan is open. The largest natural ski jump in Germany, the Hochfirstschanze, is also located at the Titisee.2020–21 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup.

Winter freezing

The Titisee takes a long time to freeze over in the winter owing to the winds, which keep the surface of the water moving almost all continuously. For the frozen lake to be opened for use, it must have a solid ice thickness of at least 16 cm (6.3 in) (solid ice or compacted ice has virtually no air pockets). When conditions appear favourable for the opening the lake, daily ice measurements are taken by the Titisee-Neustadt municipal authorities at three or four places. If opening the ice to public use is possible, and those responsible give it their blessing, specific, demarcated areas of the lake are opened, but never the whole lake.

These regulations were put in place after an accident in 1966. Up to that time, the lake had been used in winter as a landing strip for small aircraft. On 14 January 1966, a tractor with a snowplough was clearing the landing strip of snow when it broke through the ice and sank to the bottom of the lake, taking the driver, Walter Wilde (29), with it. His body was only recovered 2 weeks later.

The frozen Titisee seen from Alemannenhof (2009)

Fauna and flora

The largest pike caught in the Titisee: 1.40 m (4 ft 7 in) long and weighing 20 kg (44 lb).


Titisee

In the nutrient-poor Titisee there are large predatory fish (pike-perch, sea trout and a large stock of pike), schooling fish (whitefish, roach and perch) as well as carp, chub and tench in shallower areas. This variety of species is joined by brown trout, char and rainbow trout where the streams enter the lake, and by eels and burbot on the lake bed. In addition there are small fish varieties such as sunbleak, minnow and brook lamprey. Around the lake, grey heron may be seen.

The shores of the Titisee are home to two rare types of quillworts, the spring quillwort and the lake quillwort.

Photo gallery

  * [Map of Titisee]
    Map of Titisee
  * [View over Titisee from the south (postcard, about 1909)]
    View over Titisee from the south (postcard, about 1909)
  * [North shore with boat rental]
    North shore with boat rental
  * [Pier for a touring boat that circles the lake. Winter scene]
    Pier for a touring boat that circles the lake. Winter scene

Other sources

  * Nixdorf, B.; et al. (2004), "Titisee", Dokumentation von Zustand und Entwicklung der wichtigsten Seen Deutschlands (in German), Berlin: Umweltbundesamt, p. 29
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Titisee.
  * Official website of the municipality Titisee-Neustadt
  * Touristic information about the Titisee
  * Webcam Weiherhof of the Titisee


Paul Gibbs (footballer)

Paul Derek Gibbs (born 26 October 1972) is an English former professional footballer.

Career

Gibbs, a left back, began his career at Norwich City as a youngster, followed by an apprenticeship at Scunthorpe United. On not making the grade as a pro, he drifted into local football, playing for Gorleston and later scoring the winner from the penalty spot in the 1994 FA Vase Final at Wembley for Diss Town against Taunton Town. He later played in Norway and had brief trial spell at Luton Town, before joining Colchester United on 6 March 1995.

After 53 league games, in which he scored three goals, and only shortly after appearing at Wembley for a second time in the Auto-Windscreens Trophy final defeat at the hands of Carlisle United, he was given a free transfer, joining Torquay United on 26 July 1997. His Torquay debut came on the first day of the 1997–98 season, a 2–1 defeat away to newly promoted Conference champions Macclesfield Town. That season saw Gibbs score seven goals in 41 league games en route to the Division Three play-offs and ultimately defeat in the final at Wembley against Colchester. In just that one season his wing-back partnership with Andy Gurney resulted in 16 goals between the two of them. Gibbs followed departing Torquay manager Kevin Hodges to Plymouth Argyle on 26 July 1998 thanks to the Bosman ruling, though his then girlfriend Helen Chamberlain of Sky Sports' Soccer AM fame refused to follow suit and stayed loyal to the Gulls. His Plymouth career started successfully enough, being named in the Division Three team for the 1998–99 season. However, on the final day of the season, Gibbs suffered a broken leg, putting paid to a planned move to Brentford. Incidentally, the same game in which he broke his leg was the famous Jimmy Glass game against Carlisle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United in the Football League.

Gibbs began playing again for Plymouth's reserves in March 2000. On 9 May 2000, Gibbs was given a free transfer by Plymouth, and on 18 May he signed for Brentford on a three-year contract.

On 15 March 2002, Gibbs joined Barnsley on a free transfer.Watford, Bradford City and Brentford. The latter of these he trained with during November 2003Aldershot Town. He joined Gravesend & Northfleet later that month,


Paul Gibbs (footballer)

At the end of March 2004, Gibbs joined Canvey Island until the end of the season.Steve Claridge's Weymouth on a one-year deal,Gorleston,

Personal life

After retiring from football, Gibbs set up P&S Personnel Services, a recruitment agency based in Great Yarmouth.

Honours

Club

Diss Town
  * FA Vase winner: 1993–94
Colchester United
  * Football League Trophy runner-up: 1996–97
Torquay United
  * Football League Third Division play-off runner-up: 1997–98
Brentford
  * Football League Trophy runner-up: 2000–01

Individual

  * PFA Team of the Year: 1998–99
  * Paul Gibbs at Soccerbase


Voskresensky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

For other places with the same name, see Voskresensky District.

Voskresensky District (Russian: Воскресе́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.Municipally, it is incorporated as Voskresensky Municipal District.oblast. The area of the district is 3,554.5 square kilometers (1,372.4 sq mi).administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Voskresenskoye.2010 Census); 25,083 (2002 Census); 29,360 (1989 Census).

History

The district was established in 1929.


* Государственно-правовой департамент Нижегородской области. Приказ №3-од от 27 января 2016 г. «Об утверждении реестра административно-территориальных образований, городских и сельских населённых пунктов Нижегородской области». Опубликован: "Нижегородская правда", №27(26048) (начало) и №30 (26051) (окончание), 19 и 26 марта 2016 г. (State Legal Department of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Order #3-od of January 27, 2016 On the Adoption of the Registry of the Administrative-Territorial Formations, Urban and Rural Localities of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. ).


* Правительство Нижегородской области. Постановление №670 от 11 сентября 2009 г. «О перечне муниципальных образований Нижегородской области», в ред. Постановления №587 от 29 августа 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в перечень муниципальных образований Нижегородской области, утверждённый Постановлением Правительства Нижегородской области от 11 сентября 2009 г. №670». Опубликован: "Нижегородские новости", №177(4309), 1 октября 2009 г. (Government of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Resolution #670 of September 11, 2009 On the Registry of the Municipal Formations of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, as amended by the Resolution #587 of August 29, 2004 On Amending the Registry of the Municipal Formations of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Adopted by Resolution #670 of the Government of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast of September 11, 2009. ).


Ralph Binney

Captain Ralph Douglas Binney CBE (14 October 1888 – 8 December 1944Royal Navy officer. He is commemorated today by the Binney Memorial Medal.

Naval career

He was born in Cookham, Berkshire on 14 October 1888.Royal Navy as a midshipman on 15 May 1903.sub-lieutenant,lieutenant in 1908, and then lieutenant commander in 1916,Great War.

He was promoted from lieutenant commander to commander at the end of 1920.HMS Royal Sovereign. Lt Cdr Stapleton describes his first command as a midshipman in 1926, one of Sovereign's small picket boats;accommodation ladder. Binney 'carpeted' him for this and stopped his shore leave for a month, "in order to perfect and practise the skill in handling power boats".monitor HMS Marshal Soult.

In 1934, on the completion of a final shore appointment at The Admiralty he was promoted to captain and retired, at what appeared the end of a successful career in the Royal Navy. From 1934–1939, he served with the Colombian Navy and was instrumental in the setting up of their naval cadet and officer training system, for which he was made a Commander of the Order of Boyaca.Escuela Naval Almirante Padilla's intake of cadets being named the 'Binney' class.

Binney (left) on HMS President in March 1943

On the outbreak of war in 1939, in common with many retired officers, he was recalled to the Royal Navy and had a series of staff appointments, most notably as flag captain of HMS Nile, the naval base at Alexandria. In June 1942, he was appointed CBEchief of staff to the Flag Officer-in-Charge, London.Martin Dunbar-Nasmith.

Binney Memorial Medal


Ralph Binney

Binney Memorial Medal

On the night of 8 December 1944 he encountered a 'smash-and-grab' raid on Wordsleys' jewellers shop in Birchin Lane, EC3City of London.London Bridge and as far south as Tooley Street, with him still trapped beneath. Despite this he survived for another three hours and died in hospital. The robbers abandoned the car and weren't caught immediately. The passenger, Thomas Jenkins (30) was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to eight years. The driver Ronald Hedley (26) was charged with murder and sentenced to death, but was reprieved on the day before his execution. The value of the jewellery stolen was £3,500, a very large sum in 1944.

Captain Binney’s naval colleagues formed a trust:

'To award a medal for the bravest action performed in each calendar year in support of law and order in the areas controlled by the Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police by any person who is not a police officer or on duty as a member of the force.'

Since the first ceremony in 1947 more than 50 medals and hundreds of certificates have been handed out.

A plaque to commemorate this was unveiled by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh outside 22 Birchin Lane,

'This plaque was given by the Royal Navy in memory of Captain Ralph Douglas Binney CBE Royal Navy who, on 8 December 1944 died from injuries received, when bravely and alone he confronted violent men raiding a jeweller's shop in this lane and struggled to prevent their escape. To honour this courageous act, Captain Binney's fellow officers and other friends founded the Binney Memorial Awards for civilians of the City and Metropolitan areas of London who, in the face of great danger and personal risk, have followed Captain Binney's example and steadfastly upheld law and order. Unveiled by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh KG KT on Thursday 4 December 1986.'

A charity, the Binney Memorial Medal Fund, was founded in 1962. This charity ceased in 2008.


Schwantesia constanceae

Schwantesia constanceae is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.


Kelly Dullanty

Kelly James Dullanty (born July 4, 1977)American mixed martial artist who is probably best known for competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Dullanty competed in both Featherweight and Lightweight divisions.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
6 matches      4 wins  2 losses
By knockout      2        1
By submission    0        1
By decision      2        0

Res.  Record  Opponent         Method                       Event                              Date               Round                                                     Time  Location                   Notes
Loss   4–2    Lance Wipf       KO (punch)                   PureCombat - Bring the Pain        May 9, 2008                                   1                              0:09  California, United States
Loss   4–1    Matt Serra       Submission (triangle choke)  UFC 36                             March 22, 2002                                1                              2:58  Nevada, United States
Win    4–0    Rudy Vallederas  TKO (corner stoppage)        IFC WC 13 - Warriors Challenge 13  June 15, 2001                                 1                              N/A   California, United States  Won the IFC Warriors Challenge Lightweight tournament.
Win    3–0    Nuri Shakir      Decision (unanimous)         3                                        5:00         IFC Warriors Challenge Lightweight tournament semifinal.
Win    2–0    Duane Ludwig     Decision (unanimous)         KOTC 6 - Road Warriors             November 29, 2000                             3                              5:00  Michigan, United States
Win    1–0    Shad Smith       TKO (strikes)                KOTC 3 - Knockout Nightmare        April 15, 2000                                1                              1:58  California, United States

  * Professional MMA record for Kelly Dullanty from Sherdog
  * Kelly Dullanty at UFC


Regenerative Medicine (journal)

Regenerative Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering stem cell research and regenerative medicine. It was established in 2006 and is published by Future Medicine. The editor-in-chief is Chris Mason (University College London).

Regenerative Medicine has an online sister community site called RegMedNet. RegMedNet is a free-to-join website that publishes news on regenerative medicine and cell therapy research, policy and business, editorials from leaders in the field and free educational webinars.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Biotechnology Citation Index, Chemical Abstracts, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, EMCare, Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Scopus. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 2.868, ranking it 15th out of 21 journals in the category "Cell & Tissue Engineering"

  * Official website


Sandeggtind Peak

Sandeggtind Peak is a 3,055 metres (10,023 ft) tall peak, standing 1.5 km (1 mi) south of Sandho Heights on Sandegga Ridge in the Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and photographed by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher. It was mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956–60, and named Sandeggtind (sand ridge peak).

  * List of mountains of Queen Maud Land

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


Mongolia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Mongolia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. The country was represented by three athletes competing in two sports, and did not win any medals.

Competitors

Archery

Men

Athlete                   Event                      Ranking round  Round of 32  Round of 16  Quarterfinals    Semifinals   Finals
Score                     Seed                       Opposition     Opposition   Opposition   Opposition       Opposition   Rank
                                                     score          score        score        score            score
Dambadondogiin Baatarjav  Men's individual standing  604            9            Bye          R Olejnik (POL)  Zhu W (CHN)  did not advance
                                                                                W 153-143        L 93-97

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete            Class  Event     Heats  Semifinal  Final
Result             Rank   Result    Rank   Result     Rank
Jambal Lkhagvajav  T11    Marathon  —      3:03:03    6

Women's track

Athlete                 Class  Event    Heats  Semifinal        Final
Result                  Rank   Result   Rank   Result           Rank
Dashzevg Sanduidemchig  T11    200m     34.82  10               did not advance
T12                     400m   1:17.20  8      did not advance

  * Mongolia at the Paralympics
  * Mongolia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  * International Paralympic Committee


Sepaicutea

Sepaicutea is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:

  * Sepaicutea costata Martins & Galileo, 2005
  * Sepaicutea fisheri Lane, 1972
  * Sepaicutea unicolor Martins, 1981


Ulaagchinii Khar Nuur National Park

Ulaagchinii Khar Nuur National Park (Mongolian: Улаагчийн Хар Нуур) is centered on two large freshwater lakes, Bayan Lake to the west, and Ulaagchin Khar Lake 50 km to the east, in west-central Mongolia. The particular 'Khar Lake' of this park is in Zavkhan Province, located in a depression west of the Tarvagatai Mountains. Ulaagchin Khar is surrounded by sand dunes and mountains.

Topography

Both lakes are located in the Great Lakes Depression area of western Mongolia, with the Tarvagatai range of the Khangai Mountains immediately to the east. The larger of the lakes, Ulaagchinii Khar Nuur, is freshwater and bordered by sand dunes and local hills to the south. It is 23 km west to east and 5 km north to south, and has a small lake, Baga Lake, to its northwest. 60 km to the west is Bayan Lake. The lakes are at an altitude of about 2,000 meters (6,600 ft).

Climate and ecoregion

The climate of the area is Cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification (BSk)). This climate is characteristic of steppe climates intermediary between desert humid climates, and typically have precipitation above evapotranspiration. At least one month averages below 0 °C (32 °F).

Flora and fauna

the area is a cold semi-desert. A number of rare waterbirds have been noted at the site, including the endangered White-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), the vulnerable Great bustard (Otis tarda), and the vulnerable White-throated bush chat (Saxicola insignis).

  * List of national parks of Mongolia
  * Park borders, Ulaagchinii Khar Nuur National Park, ProtectedPlanet.net


Paul Gibson

Paul Gibson may refer to:

  * Paul Gibson (broadcaster) (died 1965), former program host for WBBM (AM) Radio in Chicago
  * Paul Gibson (wide receiver) (1948–1975), wide receiver in the National Football League
  * Paul Gibson (end) (1924–1999), American football end
  * Paul Gibson (baseball) (born 1960), former Major League Baseball pitcher
  * Paul Gibson (footballer) (born 1976), English football goalkeeper who most notably played for Manchester United
  * Paul Gibson (politician) (born 1944), Australian politician and rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s
  * Paul Gibson Jr. (1927–2014), American airline executive and New York City deputy mayor
  * Gibson The Paul, an electric guitar made by Gibson


Vosper Thorneycroft

Vosper Thornycroft may refer to:

  * John I. Thornycroft & Company, a British shipbuilding firm based in Woolston, Southampton from 1904 to 2003 which merged with Vosper & Company in 1966 to form Vosper Thornycroft which later became VT Group
  * Vosper & Company, a British shipbuilding company based in Portsmouth which merged with John I. Thornycroft & Company in 1966 to form Vosper Thornycroft which later became VT Group
  * Babcock International, a multinational corporation headquartered in the United Kingdom which took over Vosper Thornycroft/VT Group in 2010, and continues its UK and international operations
  * VT Group, the name of Vosper Thornycroft from 2002 to 2012 during which period it absorbed international and US based defence and services companies; and from 2012 the name of a United States defence and services company which bought the US based operations of the former Vosper Thornycroft company from Babcock International


Ralph Beyer

Ralph Alexander Beyer (6 April 1921 – 13 February 2008) was a German letter-cutter, sculptor and teacher. He was most noted for his work on Basil Spence's new Coventry Cathedral where Beyer carved Tablets of the Words.

Early life

Ralph Beyer was born in Berlin in 1921. His father Oskar Beyer was a well known art historian. During his early childhood his family lived with relatives on an island near Potsdam before moving to Dresden in 1928. Due to the threat of arrest under the National Socialists the family moved to Crete in 1932 followed by Liechtenstein and Switzerland before going to stay with the German architect Erich Mendelsohn in England in 1937 and later in London and Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire with his mother's cousin and pioneering child psychotherapist, Margaret Lowenfeld. Ralph's Jewish mother, Margarete returned to Germany and during the Second World War was incarcerated in Auschwitz where she died in 1945. At the outbreak of war Ralph was sent to an internment camp in Liverpool and later on joined the Pioneer Corps in France and the British intelligence services as a translator.

Career

Paul Tillich's gravestone in the Paul Tillich Park, New Harmony, Indiana, United States

When Beyer came to England in 1937 he became apprenticed to the sculptor and typeface designer Eric Gill near High Wycombe, and went on to study at the Central School of Arts & Crafts and the Chelsea School of Art. He was taught there by the sculptor Henry Moore. During Beyer's internment he befriended the historian and architect Nicholas Pevsner assisting him on the writing of his books and in turn was greatly influenced by Pevsner's ideas on modern art.


Ralph Beyer

After the War he worked as a mason and undertook numerous small commissions and taught briefly at St Christopher School, Letchworth, before being introduced in 1956 by Pevsner to Basil Spence who was looking for an artist to carry out lettering work on the interior of the new Coventry Cathedral.typography style, known as "Felt" was in effect a customised corporate font for the new cathedral, appearing on hymnbooks, brasses and signs. However, it was the eight panels of Tablets of the Words, eight sandstone panels incised with quotations from the Bible and associated symbols which are most prominent, mounted on nave walls.Indiana, United States created in memory to the German theologian Paul Tillich who he had first met as a boy in Potstam.

In 1960 he was teaching at Sidcup School of Art, where he remained until its closure in 1963, after which he transferred to the new Ravensbourne College of Art and Design.typography from 1968 to 1986 at the University of Reading and from 1983 to 1994 letter-cutting at the City and Guilds of London Art School.

Personal life

Beyer was first married to Ann Poole in 1940 with whom he had a son and three daughters. In 1960 he married his second wife, Hilary Reynolds and had two children, both daughters. He died in Teddington London in February 2008.

Works by Ralph Beyer

One of the Tablets of the Words in Coventry Cathedral


Ralph Beyer

One of the Tablets of the Words in Coventry Cathedral

  * Tablets of the Words – Coventry Cathedral – 1956–62
  * Inscription – St Catherine of Siena, Richmond, Sheffield – 1959
  * Cast concrete frieze – St Paul's Church, Bow Common, London – 1960
  * Lettercut Memorial – Paul Tilich Park New Harmony, Indiana – 1966
  * Inscription – Haddington Church, East Lothian – 1974
  * Inscription Henry Moore Reclining Figure – Dartington Hall, Devon –
  * Memorial – Edith Sitwell – St Mary's, Weedon Lois, Northamptonshire –
  * Altar inscription & carving – Royal Foundation of St. Katharine, Tower of London-
  * Inscription – Child Care Centre Paulikita (today Komşu), Berlin-Kreuzberg – 1985 (part of the International Building Exhibition Berlin)
  * Eric Gill
  * David Jones
  * David Kindersley
  * Rudolf Koch
  * Erich Mendelsohn
  * Henry Moore
  * Nicholas Pevsner
  * John Nielsen, The Inscriptions of Ralph Beyer, Lund Humphries, ISBN 978-1848224759


Schwandt

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

  * Erich Schwandt (1935–2017), Canadian musician
  * Rhonda Schwandt, American gymnast
  * Wilbur Schwandt (1904–1988), American musician
  * Schwand (disambiguation)


Riddings Junction Viaduct

Riddings Junction Viaduct (or Riddings Viaduct) is a disused cross-border railway bridge over Liddel Water between Kirkandrews, in Carlisle, north-western England, and Canonbie in Dumfries and Galloway, south-western Scotland. It is a listed building in both countries; the Scottish section is category A listed, and the English section is Grade II*.

Description

The viaduct consists of nine semi-elliptical, depressed arches on an unusually sharp skew, crossing the river in a sweeping curve. It is built from local red sandstone and faced in ashlar. The arches are supported on tapering rectangular piers. The stonework has decorative channelling which continues diagonally through the soffits. A brick parapet and iron handrail were added in the late 20th century.60 feet (18 metres) high and 160 yards (150 metres) long, each arch having a span of 44 feet (13 metres).

History

The viaduct was built for the North British Railway at the very beginning of its branch from Riddings Junction on the outskirts of Carlisle to Langholm in Scotland, part of the Waverley Route. The viaduct runs from the south bank of Liddel Water in Kirkandrews-on-Esk in Cumbria to the north bank near Rowanburn, in the parish of Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway. It opened on 18 March 1864 and closed, with the rest of the line, on 18 September 1967; the viaduct has been disused ever since. It carried a single track for its entire operational life; the rails were removed when the line closed.

  * List of Category A listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway
  * Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Carlisle
  * List of listed buildings in Canonbie
  * Listed buildings in Kirkandrews-on-Esk


Regenesis Creation

Regenesis Creation is the third album by the American symphonic black metal band Vesperian Sorrow.

About

Lyrically, the album is a concept album telling a fictional story of a race of beings from another world, exiled and forced with a new beginning to live on another planet.UK, the USA and Canada to promote the album.Scandinavian band has made the album.

Track listing

 1. "Intro" − 1:43
 2. "Invisible Kingdom" − 7:32
 3. "Imprisoned in Gurdon" − 4:32
 4. "Regenesis Creation" − 5:54
 5. "Quest of the Exiled" − 7:24
 6. "Relinquished" − 6:39
 7. "The Forever Vortex" − 4:08
 8. "Vanquished" − 9:55

Reissue

The CD was re-released around late 2007 or 2008, with two bonus tracks. The new track listing is as follows:

 1. "Intro" − 1:43
 2. "Invisible Kingdom" − 7:32
 3. "Imprisoned in Gurdon" − 4:32
 4. "Regenesis Creation" − 5:54
 5. "Quest of the Exiled" − 7:24
 6. "Relinquished" − 6:39
 7. "The Forever Vortex" − 4:08
 8. "Vanquished" − 9:55
 9. "Gates to Serpithia" − 5:03
10. "Cry Lil' Sister" − 5:01 (a cover of a song from The Lost Boys soundtrack by Gerard McMahon)

Credits

  * Kristoph − Drums, Keyboards
  * William − Guitar
  * JZD − Guitar
  * Tony C. − Bass
  * Donn Donni − Vocals


Salnikovo

Salnikovo (Russian: Сальниково) is a rural locality (a village) in Kochyovskoye Rural Settlement, Kochyovsky District, Perm Krai, Russia. The population was 9 as of 2010.

Geography

Salnikovo is located 23 km southeast of Kochyovo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Bogolyubovo is the nearest rural locality.


Mongolia at the 1982 Asian Games

Mongolia participated in the 9th Asian Games, officially known as the XI Asiad held in Delhi, India from 12 November to 4 December 1982. Mongolia ranked 9th in overall medal table with 3 gold medals in this Asiad edition.

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport      Gold  Silver  Bronze  Total
Wrestling  2     1               3
Boxing                   1       1
Shooting   1     1               2
Cycling          1               1
Total      3     3       1       7

Medalists

Medal   Athlete                    Sport      Event
Gold    Buyandelgeriin Bold        Wrestling  Men's freestyle 68 kg
Gold    Zevegiin Düvchin           Wrestling  Men's freestyle 82 kg
Gold    Mongolia                   Shooting   Men's team
Silver  Dashdorjiin Tserentogtokh  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 100 kg
Bronze  Sambuugiin Khicheengui     Boxing     Men's 91 kg

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1982 Asian Games

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1982 Asian Games

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1982 Asian Games


Sepaicutea fisheri

Sepaicutea fisheri is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lane in 1972.


Ula oil field

Ula (Norwegian: Ulafeltet) is an offshore oil field located in the southern Norwegian section of North Sea along with Gyda, Tambar and Tambar East fields making up the UGT area, usually attributed to DONG Energy's main areas of exploration and production activity.

The Ula field was discovered in 1976 and came online in October 1986. million m3 of oil and 2.5 million of NGL.

Ownership

AkerBP is the operator of the field with 80% of interest in the project. AkerBP's partner DONG Energy holds 20% of interest.Svenska Petroleum's complete share of 15% for US$130 million in 2008.

Production

Ula is located in approximately 70 m (230 ft) of water. The main reservoir stands at 3,345 m (10,974 ft) in the Upper Jurassic Ula Formation.Blane field is injected into the Ula reservoir for production. The gas produced at Ula field is re-injected into the field for increased recovery as well. The field is expected to be abandoned in 2028.Ekofisk oil field and on to Teesside for refining.Aker Solutions was awarded a contract to tieback Ula field to Oselvar field. The work is expected to commence in 2011.24 kilometres (15 mi) from Ula will be pumped to facilities at Ula for processing.

  * Norpipe
  * North Sea oil
  * Economy of Norway
  * AkerBP official website


Rae Dunn (brand)

Rae Dunn is a retail home wares brand founded by ceramist Rae Dunn in 1995. Its product line features a range of products including pillows, frames, and pet products, among other items, and is best known for its ceramic mugs and containers. All of the brand's items are also noted for featuring simple phrases emblazoned on them.

These products are exclusively found in retail stores operated by TJX Companies (such as T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods).

History and products

After deciding to pursue ceramic art as a full-time career, she founded her eponymous brand of ceramic wares in 1995.HGTV–'modern farmhouse'–Chip and Joanna Gaines domestic aesthetic."Instagram and Facebook also helped propel the brand's popularity.TJX Companies employed a companywide policy that prohibited placing Rae Dunn items on hold due to the popularity of the brand at its stores.Kirkland's.

The brand's wares are known for featuring simple designs and one- or two-word phrases, like "yum" or "family" emblazoned on them.Disney on specific lines.

Due to Dunn's success with selling ceramic decor under her name, her brand expanded to included merchandise such as toasters, eyeglasses, jewellery, and pet products.

Reception and popularity

Writing for The Cut about Rae Dunn's emergence as a popular brand, Kathryn Jezer-Morton postulated that the "'handwritten' font on a slightly irregular neutral surface did important visual work at a time when the speculative real-estate market and social media were converging in an economic tsunami across the United States."Vice wrote that "price and retail accessibility is also key to Rae Dunn's cult success. Many of the brand's items sell for under $20, offering easy entry points into the thrilling world of competitive upselling."

The brand has often been cited as being popular among women, particularly suburban women, "wine moms", and those in the millennial cohort.The Houston Chronicle wrote "since it's only been a year or so since popularity began peaking, there's no proper name for a Rae Dunn collector."


Rae Dunn (brand)

Products from the brand have been cited to be considerably coveted, with shoppers of the brand lining up early prior to a store's opening "to shop the latest collections."TikTok.

The Cut has written that "since about 2016, a voraciously focused secondary market of resellers, traders, and collectors has grown around the brand."sneakerheads or hypebeasts, as well as Beanie Baby collectors of the late 1990.Live-Laugh-Love/wine-mom culture: the notion of doing the most, with less. It gives buyers a price-accessible, gold star on the forehead with an influx of one-word affirmations and reminders for self-care, or valuing family (although the latter of which lives in a very his-and-hers, hetero-traditional Nuclear Fam zone)."

Dunn herself has acknowledged the following behind her brand, referring to it as a "weird phenomenon" that she never intended to cause.


Voskresensky District

Location of Moscow Oblast in Russia

Location of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia

Location of Saratov Oblast in Russia

Voskresensky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. The name is generally derived from or related to the root "voskreseniye" (resurrection).

  * Voskresensky District, Moscow Oblast, an administrativeMoscow Oblast
  * Voskresensky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, an administrativeNizhny Novgorod Oblast
  * Voskresensky District, Saratov Oblast, an administrativeSaratov Oblast
  * Voskresensky (disambiguation)
  * Voskresensk


Ralph Biggs

Ralph Biggs (born February 2, 1976) is an American-born naturalized Belgian former professional basketball player. Biggs is 2.01 m tall and played the small forward position.

Career

He played for PBC Ural Great in the Russian Super League. He played college basketball at Towson University. He played in Ostende, Charleroi, Liège and Antwerp (all Belgian teams).

Biggs led the 2000–01 Euroleague in steals per game averaging 2.1. He competed for two seasons at the Euroleague level in 2000–01 and 2001–02 with Telindus Oostende.

In the 2010/11 season he was playing for the French club Limoges CSP Elite until he left the club.

In February 2011 he signed with Antwerp Giants.VOO Wolves Verviers-Pepinster.

Biggs is currently the head girls' basketball coach at his native Washington High School in Beaufort County, North Carolina. He was named 2-A Eastern Plains Conference coach of the year after his first season. After taking over coaching duties for the boys' team midway through the 2016 season, Biggs became the full-time coach for both varsity squads in 2017.

  * Fibaeurope.com Profile
  * Euroleague.net Profile


Sergei Gaidukevich

Sergei Gaidukevich (Belarusian: Сяргей Гайдукевіч, Russian: Сергей Гайдукевич; born 8 September 1954, Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian politician. He was the Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the 2001, 2006, and 2015 elections for the office of President of Belarus. He was defeated in all attempts, since incumbent Alexander Lukashenko received an overwhelming majority of votes each time. He served as chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, from 1995 until September 2019, when he was succeeded by his son, Oleg Gaidukevich.


Riddick Stadium

Riddick Stadium (opened 1907, closed 1965) was a college football stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, and home to the North Carolina State University Wolfpack football team. When the stadium was first opened, it was referred to as New Athletic Park. Later it was named Riddick Field and then Riddick Stadium, after W. C. Riddick, N.C. State football coach during the 1898 and 1899 seasons.Doak Field.

Prior to moving to the Riddick site, the Wolfpack had played their games at Athletic Park (now Pullen Park) and at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds.

The stadium initially had only wooden bleachers on the sidelines, but over the years concrete bleachers were built and a fieldhouse was erected behind the south end zone. The NC State Wolfpack defeated Florida State 3-0 in the final game ever played in Riddick Stadium on November 13, 1965.

It was one of the smallest stadiums in the country; it never seated more than 23,000 people, and never had more than 14,000 permanent seats. By the 1950s, it was at the end of its useful life, and the Wolfpack were often forced to play more games on the road than at home.

The stadium was partially demolished in 1968, three years after the opening of its replacement, Carter Stadium (now Carter-Finley Stadium.

  * A photo of early baseball action at the field

35°47′05″N 78°40′00″W / 35.784748°N 78.66657°W


Regensberg Castle

Regensberg Castle (Swiss German: Schloss Regensberg sometimes referred to Neu-Regensberg) is a hill castle which was built about the mid-13th century AD by the House of Regensberg in the Swiss municipality of Regensberg in the Canton of Zürich.

Geography

The remains of the castle – the so-called 21 m (69 ft) Rundturm ("round tower") and the former Palas – are located on the western ridge of the Lägern mountain chain 617 m (2,024 ft) overlocking the lower Glatt Valley respectively Dielsdorf District at about 400 m (1,300 ft). The small town of Regensberg was founded as a hilltop fortified settlement: The so-called Oberburg is the location of the castle and the inner town which is surrounded by a town wall. The Oberburg or Oberstadt fortifications include also the 57 m (187 ft) deep water well. The so-called Unterstadt was built outside of the town walls.

Architecture and points of interest

Oberburg und Unterburg

Oberburg and the water well

gate between Oberburg and Unterburg

Regensberg was designed as a fortified castle town and built by then modern contemporary criteria. The so-called upper castle (Oberburg) comprises a rectangular plaza as main square which is surrounded two rows of houses, and into the limestone a 57 m (187 ft) deep water well was carved. The lower castle (Unterburg) or lower town (Unterstadt) was probably built in the 14th century nestled at the castle's hill outside of the town wall. Therefore, it was not involved in the modernization of the upper castle in 1689.

Rundturm

the so-called mid-12th-century Rundturm


Regensberg Castle

the so-called mid-12th-century Rundturm

The round tower (German: Rundturm) is the only remnant of the mid-12th-century castle and is largely in its original state of construction. Atypical for the north-eastern Switzerland, it was built as a five-storey keep made of local limestone, with a wall thickness of 3 m (9.8 ft) and a diameter of 9 m (30 ft) at its basement. The unique architectural design as round tower is presumably a reminiscence by Lütold V to his wife noblewomen Berta de Neuchâtel; in her native western Switzerland round towers then were disseminated.

Originally, the tower had an elevated entrance and an 11 m (36 ft) high spire roof which was destroyed by lightning in 1766. The tower then received its present completion battlements and a new bridge that connected it with the palace. In 1894 the current single-storey entrance was built and thereafter the tower became a popular tourist destination as a belvedere.

Palas and economic buildings

Palas and the tower

Situated in the north of the round tower, the palas also largely survived the devastating fire of 1540. In 1583 and 1585 it was replaced by Vogt Vogel by a three-story building, which largely corresponds to the today's northern palace wing. The area was surrounded by the economic structures – wash house, stables, gardens, chapel – and separated with a wall and a gate leading into the Oberstadt area. In 1883 a children's home has been set up in the former palas, and in 1890 the main building was widened and transformed into a school building which is now used by the Stiftung Schloss Regensberg foundation. In the west new buildings were erected, and the Unteres Haus building was converted into an accommodation building and a sheltered workshop. Prior the castle's gate and the stable barn were broken.

History


Regensberg Castle

History

Either Lütold V von Regensberg or his son Ulrich (+ 1280) has established the fortified town of (Neu)-Regensberg, but when Lütold V died about 1250, his two sons Lütold VI and Ulrich divided the inheritance. Ulrich secured among others the fortified town of Regensberg. During the mid-13th century, the relations between the House of Regensberg and the city of Zürich became strained, and Ulrich came in conflict with the House of Habsburg inheriting the lands of extinct House of Kyburg, and Ulrich lost the Regensberger Fehde war of 1267/68. Ulrich died around 1280, and his son Lütold VIII had also to sell Regensberg to Habsburg-Austria in 1302. The Habsburgs mortgaged the castle and town several times,Herrschaft Regensberg was acquired by the city of Zürich.Herrschaft Regensberg, later Äussere Vogtei) of Zürich. On 6 June 1443 the council of Zürich forced their troops and the citizens to defend the fortified town lib und leben (analogously: faithful unto death),

On 9 September 1540 the town, but not the castle, was destroyed by fire, because it was separated from the Oberstadt by a ditch. The upper castle (Oberstadt) was rebuilt in the following year. From 1689 the castle and the upper town were fortified according to then modern standards. On 13 March 1798 the French revolutionary troops forced the council of the city republic of Zürich to abdicate, and the country bailiwicks were dissolved. After the end of the short-lived Helvetic Republic, Regensberg became the district capital, and the castle was the seat of the cantonal authorities, and in the main building there was the county jail until 1863.Förder-Stiftung für Kinder und Jugendliche der Stiftung Schloss Regensberg was founded to establish the present special needs school for children.

House of Regensberg

Main article: House of Regensberg

replic of the gravestone of Ulrich I von Regensberg at the Regensberg Castle


Regensberg Castle

The so-called Hunfried document of 1044 AD mentions among others a witness named Lütold of Affoltern who is suspected as the builder of the Alt-Regensberg Castle on the border between Regensdorf and Zürich-Affoltern around 1050 AD, and Lütold I von Regensberg was mentioned as the first holder of the family's name around 1088.

The heartland of the Regensberg possessions was in the Furt, Surb and Wehn valleys besides the Lägern chain. Other assets and rights were in the Limmat and Reppisch valleys, in Zürcher Oberland, in the Pfannenstiel area, also sporadically in the present Thurgau and north of the Rhein river and on Bodensee lake shore. The house's significant position founded on marriage relations with the noble houses of Kyburg, Rapperswil-Habsburg-Laufenburg, Neuchâtel and Pfirt.

Two monastic foundations date back to the House of Regensberg: Around 1130 Lütold II and his wife Judenta and his son Lütold III founded the Fahr Abbey, and with the foundation of Rüti Abbey in 1206 the family probably secured lands of the first extinction of the Alt-Rapperswil family around 1192.

Shortly after the founding of the town of Grüningen, Lütold VI established a private service nobility from the 1240s, and to the middle of the century, he founded the town of Neu-Regensberg and the new ancestral seat and the small town of Glanzenberg. After the construction of Neu-Regensberg an inheritance occurred in 1255: Lütold VI retained the ancestral castle and the extensive free float, his brother Ulrich received Neu-Regensberg and the possessions in the Limmattal. In 1267/68 the disputes about the Kyburg lands led to a war respectively feud (so-called Regensberger Fehde) between the Regensberg family and an alliance of the city of Zürich and Rudolf von Habsburg who later became king. The House of Regensberg lost this war, and rapidly declined in power over the following decades. The family became extinct in the male line in 1331.

Cultural heritage


Regensberg Castle

Cultural heritage

The castle, the tower and the fountain are listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance as a Class B object of regional importance.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Schloss Regensberg.
  * Official website of Turm Stiftung Schloss Regensberg (in German)
  * Martin Illi: Regensberg (Gemeinde) in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 23 December 2011.


Salmson 5

The Salmson 5 was a French aircraft built in 1917 during World War I intended for artillery spotting. It was based on the Salmson 2, but it was 23 km/h slower and offered no compensating advantages and only 1 aircraft was built.

Specifications

Data from British and Allied Aircraft Manufacturers of the First World War

General characteristics

  * Crew: 2
  * Length: 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in)
  * Wingspan: 12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)
  * Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
  * Empty weight: 1,410 kg (3,109 lb)
  * Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 978-1891268090.
  * Treadwell, Terry C. (2011). British and Allied Aircraft Manufacturers of the First World War. Amberly Publishing. ISBN 9781445620091.


USAT Warren

USAT Warren was the former Hamburg America Line liner Scandia, laid down as the Scandiinavia at AG Vulcan Stettin, launched on 24th Aug 1889. The liner was purchased by the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department 5 July 1898. In March 1899 Scandia was renamed Warren for Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren. Serving the Army Transport Service as United States Army Transport (USAT) Warren the ship was assigned to the Philippine Inter-Island Service based in Manila as one of the interisland transports.Chingwangtao a routine part of service.Warren underwent major overhaul and was "practically reconstructed" during fiscal year 1916 (1 July 1915—30 June 1916) including boiler replacement.

In 1912 Warren's signal was GWCD with radio call letters ATW.

Scandia

On 28 August 1892 the Scandia left Hamburg with a crew of 77 and 1009 passengers that included 981 steerage and 28 in cabins. The ship arrived in New York on 10 September 1892 with reports that thirty-two had died at sea. There were seven sick passengers that were removed and taken to Swinburne Island where two of those died. The ship was among ten that were quarantined during the 5th Cholera outbreak

USAT Warren photo, probably after 1916 major overhaul.

USAT Warren

Service history

On 17 July 1899 troops from Colorado boarded the transport in Manila for return to the United States as a typhoon was building in the South China Sea forcing overnight suspension of boarding. On the 18th boarding was completed and the ship sailed, and with a period taking shelter in the lee of Formosa, reached Nagasaki 25 July 1899. After coaling the ship sailed on 27 July reaching Yokohama on 30 July and departing on 2 August to reach San Francisco on 16 August. The ship docked the next day after clearing quarantine.

On 30 December 1900 Warren while getting underway at Manila for a voyage to the United States ran into the British ship Mogul. Warren was found to be at fault with the first assistant engineer, in charge, turning control over to the second assistant engineer who did not follow engine orders. Both engineers were dismissed from the transport service. Claims were disputed in particulars but referred to Congress for final payment.


USAT Warren

In the summer of 1902 the ship transported Dr. Sheldon Jackson from Seattle to Nome in connection with his work with introducing reindeer into Alaska.Arthur MacArthur Jr. for their loyalty to the Philippine Revolution during the Philippine–American War. On 21 September 1902 Warren embarked most of the political prisoners exiled to Guam for return to the Philippines.

Warren, on the way from Manila to San Francisco, entered Honolulu on 10 July 1905 with a missing propeller blade. Honolulu was the normal coaling stop and the ship had entered the port four years earlier with two missing blades. In that case the ship had left Honolulu for Manila and returned after several days for repairs. Those were done by piling coal and pig iron on the forward decks and removing heavy material from aft so that the stern was raised out of the water enough for the repairs. The same was planned in this case, though the ship might be able to make San Francisco at reduced speed without the repair.

During August 1914 the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands dealt with stabilizing the market for staple goods in a crisis related to shipping at the start of war with Germany. With regard to rice the government obtained the cooperation of the Army command in using Warren to transport rice from Indo-China for government sale to dealers.

The general commanding U.S. Army forces in the Philippines was directed on 3 August 1918 to send the 27th and 31st Infantry Regiments, a field hospital, ambulance company and a telegraph company to Vladivostok with Warren, Crook and Merritt designated as transports. Elements of the 27th Infantry Regiment were embarked aboard Warren sailing 7 August 1918 arriving 15 August. Other trips involved transport of ambulance and field hospital elements in September.Warren made voyages to Vladivostok to evacuate elements of the Czech Legion disembarking them at Trieste, Italy.

On 28 December 1922, at Manila, the ship was sold to the Le Seug Giap and Company.

Sinking

Former U.S. transport Warren sinks for no reason at all.

In May 1924 WarrenHuangpu River in the harbor of Shanghai, next to the pier, and was finally scrapped in 1929.


USAT Warren

* S/S Scandia, Hamburg America Line
  * Photos, Spanish American War: U.S. army transport ship Warren, Carnegie Library for Local History
  * The United States Army transport "Warren" coaling at Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands (ca. 1902)
  * The U.S. Army Transport "Warren" at Dock. Honolulu, Hawaii


Sepak takraw at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's team regu

Sepak takraw at the
1998 Asian Games

Circle               men  women
Regu                 men  women
Team regu            men  women
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Main article: Sepak takraw at the 1998 Asian Games

The men's team regu sepak takraw competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held from 7 to 12 December at the Indoor Stadium Huamark.

Results

Preliminaries

Group A

Pos  Team       Pld  W  L  MF  MA  MD  Pts  Qualification
1    Thailand   3    3  0  9   0   +9  6    Semifinals
2    Singapore  3    2  1  5   4   +1  4
3    Brunei     3    1  2  4   5   −1  2
4    Cambodia   3    0  3  0   9   −9  0

Source: Results
Date                   Score
7 December     Brunei   3–0   Cambodia
7 December   Thailand   3–0   Singapore
8 December  Singapore   3–0   Cambodia
8 December   Thailand   3–0   Brunei
9 December   Thailand   3–0   Cambodia
9 December  Singapore   2–1   Brunei

Group B

Pos  Team      Pld  W  L  MF  MA  MD  Pts  Qualification
1    Malaysia  2    2  0  6   0   +6  4    Semifinals
2    Myanmar   2    1  1  3   3   0   2
3    Laos      2    0  2  0   6   −6  0

Source: Results
Date                  Score
7 December  Malaysia   3–0   Myanmar
8 December   Myanmar   3–0   Laos
9 December  Malaysia   3–0   Laos

Knockout round

  Semifinals             Final

  11 December

  Thailand     3
  12 December
  Myanmar      0
  Thailand     3
  11 December
               Malaysia  0
  Malaysia     3

  Singapore    0

  * Results


Too Many Rappers

"Too Many Rappers" is a song by American hip hop group the Beastie Boys, released as the second single from their eighth studio album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two. It features fellow American rapper Nas. The song was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

The song was released digitally to iTunes and Amazon, as well as on 12" vinyl, on July 21, 2009, about two years prior to the release of the album. The version featured on Hot Sauce Committee Part Two is an alternate version, known as the "New Reactionaries" version.

Music video

The four-and-a-half-minute video for "Too Many Rappers" was directed by Roman Coppola but, for undisclosed reasons, never got an official premiere. The clip intercuts seemingly raw footage of Ad-Rock, Mike D, MCA and Nas rolling through various vignettes—Nashville's Centennial Park, a bridge, a store—with live and studio footage.

In January 2015, a contributor to the BeastieBoys.com message board discovered and posted the clip, which had been hosted on the website of film editor Neal Usatin. News of the discovery made headlines internationally; the Beastie Boys' official YouTube account would begin to host the videoclip a short time later.

Track listing

12" single
No.  Title                              Length
1.   "Too Many Rappers"                 4:24
2.   "Too Many Rappers" (instrumental)
3.   "Too Many Rappers" (a capella)

Charts

Chart (2009)            Peak
                        position
Canadian Hot 100           70
U.S. Billboard Hot 100     93


Rae Kidd

Rae Kidd (June 15, 1917 – April 2, 1962) was an American film actress who played the lead role (of Rae Lane) in the controversial nudist film The Unashamed (1938). The film has been studied for its commentary on race, class and the possibility of idylls within 20th Century life.

She claimed to be a descendant of the pirate William "Captain" Kidd. She married her first husband, Enos R. Wicher, while both were students at the University of Wisconsin in 1935. They divorced in 1937.

  * See Beyond the Pale: Nudism, Race, and Resistance in "The Unashamed", Robert M. Payne, Film Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Winter, 2000–2001), pp. 27–40.

In relationship with, and later married, Rosslyn J. Cowen (11/23/12-2/2/88), who played the film's ventriloquist. He was a production assistant, whose duties included still photography. They had four children, and divorced in early 1950s.

  * Rae Kidd at IMDb


Murphy River

The Murphy River is a 6.6-mile-long (10.6 km) river in Baraga County on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the United States.Worm Lake, the outlet of which is the Rock River, which flows to the Sturgeon River and eventually to Lake Superior.

  * List of rivers of Michigan
  * Michigan Streamflow Data from the USGS


Ralph Bown

Ralph Bown (1891 – July 1971) was a noted American radio pioneer.

Bown was born in Fairport, New York, and received his M.E., M.M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University where he also taught physics. He served as a captain in the United States Army Signal Corps in World War I, where he led vacuum tube development as head of its radio laboratories technical department, then joined the American Telephone and Telegraph Company research department, which in 1934 became Bell Laboratories.

Bown's work focused on electromagnetic propagation, particularly for radio broadcasting, ship-to-shore communication, aircraft radios, and intercontinental telephony. He was also an expert in radar, and served as a division member and consultant of the National Defense Research Committee and expert consultant to the Secretary of War; in 1941 he visited England to study radar in combat operations. Bown became research director at Bell Labs, and on June 30, 1948, led a press conference announcing the invention of the transistor.

Bown received the IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1926), and served as President of the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1927. In 1949, he received the IEEE Medal of Honor "for his extensive contributions to the field of radio and for his leadership in Institute affairs."

Selected works

  * "Some Recent Measurements of Trans-Atlantic Radio Transmission", American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 24, 1923.
  * IEEE biography
  * Brittain, J.E., "Ralph Bown and the golden age of propagation research", Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 85, Issue 9, September 1997, pages 1511-1513.
  * AT&T History 1917
  * Early Radio History 1919
  * PBS: Transistor Announcement
  * Works by or about Ralph Bown at Internet Archive


Sergei Galkin

Sergei Alekseyevich Galkin (Russian: Серге́й Алексеевич Галкин; born 6 November 1964) is a Russian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant manager with the Under-21 team of FC Arsenal Tula.

Playing career

As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1982 for FC Dynamo Vologda.Soviet First League with FC Dynamo Vologda and FC Chkalovets Novosibirsk.


Lankasoma mahleri

Lankasoma mahleri is a species of millipedes in the family Lankasomatidae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka.


KKEY-LP

KKEY-LP (channel 13) is a low-power television station in Bakersfield, California, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language Telemundo network. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside NBC affiliate KGET-TV (channel 17). Both stations share studios on L Street in downtown Bakersfield, while KKEY-LP's transmitter is located atop Mount Adelaide.

In addition to its own digital signal, KKEY-LP is simulcast in standard definition on KGET-TV's third digital subchannel (17.3) from the same transmitter site.

History

The station was formerly known as K14IK and carried a low-power signal on UHF channel 14. In 2003, it moved to VHF channel 11 and was renamed KKEY-LP and became a Telemundo affiliate that same year. Previously, Telemundo programming was piped through KVEA on cable providers. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television, a broadcasting holding company established by the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.Spanish-language network Univision, the owner of MyNetworkTV affiliate KUVI-TV (channel 45), KKEY-LP was sold along with KGET-TV and five other stations (CBS affiliate KGPE in Fresno, KTVX and KUCW in Salt Lake City, WOAI-TV in San Antonio, and WTEV-TV in Jacksonville) to High Plains Broadcasting. However, due to KKEY-LP's low-power status, it was excluded along with KTVX from the deal, which was finalized on September 15, 2008. Newport Television continued to operate KGET through a shared services agreement.

Newport agreed to sell KKEY-LP and KGET-TV, as well as KGPE in Fresno, to Nexstar Broadcasting Group on November 5, 2012.


KKEY-LP

On December 3, 2018, Nexstar announced it would acquire the assets of Chicago-based Tribune Media for $6.4 billion in cash and debt. The deal—which would make Nexstar the largest television station operator by total number of stations upon its expected closure late in the third quarter of 2019—would result in KKEY-LP and KGET-TV gaining additional sister stations in nearby markets including Los Angeles (CW affiliate KTLA) and San Diego (Fox affiliate KSWB-TV).

Technical information

Subchannel

Channel  Video  Aspect  Short name  Programming
13.1     1080i  16:9    KKEY-TV     Telemundo

Analog-to-digital conversion

The analog signal went off the air on July 31, 2009, and for a year KKEY only existed as a subchannel of KGET and was even rebranded "Telemundo 17.3". On July 23, 2010, the analog signal on channel 11 came back on the air—just nine days before the station's analog license was to be cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In April 2014, the analog signal on channel 11 went off the air and a high definition digital signal went on the air on channel 13.

  * Telemundo 17.3
  * Facility details for Facility ID 18750 (KKEY-LP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System


Salmtal

Catholic church: Pfarrkirche Sankt Martin

Salmtal is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It became well known countrywide for the football club FSV Salmrohr, who played in the Second Football Bundesliga in the 1986/1987 season.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the Wittlich Depression in the valley of the river Salm (Salmtal in German – the municipality's namesake) on the Autobahnen A 1 and A 60, and on the Koblenz–Trier line. Salmtal belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wittlich-Land, whose seat is in Wittlich, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

Constituent communities

Salmtal's Ortsteile are Dörbach and Salmrohr.

History

In 1007, Salmrohr had its first documentary mention as Rore bei Seleheim (compare Sehlem), and in 1250, Dörbach had its first documentary mention as Derinbach. Beginning in 1794, both Dörbach and Salmrohr lay under French rule. In 1814 they were assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna. From 1947, they were part of the then newly founded state of Rhineland-Palatinate. On 7 June 1969, the new municipality of Salmtal was formed out of the two former municipalities.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:

      FWG  CDU  WG Hower  WG Rauen  SPD  Total
2009  8    5    3         –         –    16 seats
2004  –    6    6         3         1    16 seats

Mayors

The Mayor of Salmtal is Markus Peter Meyer.

Coat of arms


Salmtal

Coat of arms

The German blazon reads: Unter goldenem Schildhaupt, darin ein wachsender roter, silberbewehrter Löwe, gespaltener Schild, vorne in Silber ein blauer Anker, hinten Eisenhutfeh in Silber.

The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Per pale argent an anchor palewise azure and vair proper, in a chief Or a demilion gules armed of the first.

The charges are all drawn from Dörbach's and Salmrohr's history. Salmrohr and part of Dörbach were once under the lordship of the Knights of Esch, which accounts for the arms’ similarity to those borne by that municipality. However, in Salmtal's arms, the “vair” pattern (called Eisenhutfeh in German, or “iron hat fur”, a reference to the helmetlike shapes) appears only on the sinister (armsbearer's left, viewer's right) side, with an anchor charge on the dexter (armsbearer's right, viewer's left) side. This is drawn from the arms borne by Abbot Jacobus Otto of Trier, which can be seen on the gable at the Dörbacher Mühle (mill), formerly known as the estate mill of the former Klausen Augustinian Canonical Monastery.

The arms have been borne since 3 January 1980, when they were approved by the Regierungsbezirk administration.

Culture and sightseeing

Salmtal has the following points of interest:

  * Acidic spring in the Hexengraben (“Witch Ditch”)
  * Saint Martin's Parish Church (Pfarrkirche St. Martin)
  * Dörbacher Mühle (mill)
  * Salmrohrer Mühle (mill)
  * Saint Wendelin's Chapel (Wendelinuskapelle)
  * Municipality’s official webpage (in German)