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Chesterfield
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Locations of the 2004–05 League One teams

Play-offs

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  Semi-finals                                                                                Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
  1st leg – 12/13 May; 2nd leg – 16/17 May 2005                                                           29 May 2005

  3rd                                            Tranmere Rovers            0                             2                                     2 (5)

  6th                                            Hartlepool United (pens.)  2                             0                                     2 (6)
                                                 5th                        Sheffield Wednesday (a.e.t.)  4

                                                                            6th                           Hartlepool United                     2
  4th                                            Brentford                  0                             1                                     1

  5th                                            Sheffield Wednesday        1                             2                                     3

Topscorers

Rank  Player          Club                 League
1     Dean Windass    Bradford City        27
=     Stuart Elliott  Hull City            27
3     Paweł Abbott    Huddersfield Town    26
4     Adam Boyd       Hartlepool United    24
=     Leroy Lita      Bristol City         24
6     Sam Parkin      Swindon Town         23
7     Steve Brooker   Bristol City         21
8     Steven MacLean  Sheffield Wednesday  19
=     James Hayter    AFC Bournemouth      19
=     Luke Beckett    Oldham Athletic      19

League Two


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Main article: 2004–05 Football League Two
Pos  Team                        Pld  W   D   L   GF  GA  GD   Pts  Promotion or relegation
1    Yeovil Town (C, P)          46   25  8   13  90  65  +25  83   Promotion to League One
2    Scunthorpe United (P)       46   22  14  10  69  42  +27  80
3    Swansea City (P)            46   24  8   14  62  43  +19  80
4    Southend United (P)         46   22  12  12  65  46  +19  78   Qualification for League Two play-offs
5    Macclesfield Town           46   22  9   15  60  49  +11  75
6    Lincoln City                46   20  12  14  64  47  +17  72
7    Northampton Town            46   20  12  14  62  51  +11  72
8    Darlington                  46   20  12  14  57  49  +8   72
9    Rochdale                    46   16  18  12  54  48  +6   66
10   Wycombe Wanderers           46   17  14  15  58  52  +6   65
11   Leyton Orient               46   16  15  15  65  67  −2   63
12   Bristol Rovers              46   13  21  12  60  57  +3   60
13   Mansfield Town              46   15  15  16  56  56  0    60
14   Cheltenham Town             46   16  12  18  51  54  −3   60
15   Oxford United               46   16  11  19  50  63  −13  59
16   Boston United               46   14  16  16  62  58  +4   58
17   Bury                        46   14  16  16  54  54  0    58
18   Grimsby Town                46   14  16  16  51  52  −1   58
19   Notts County                46   13  13  20  46  62  −16  52
20   Chester City                46   12  16  18  43  69  −26  52
21   Shrewsbury Town             46   11  16  19  48  53  −5   49
22   Rushden & Diamonds          46   10  14  22  42  63  −21  44
23   Kidderminster Harriers (R)  46   10  8   28  39  85  −46  38   Relegation to Conference National
24   Cambridge United (R)        46   8   16  22  39  62  −23  30


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Lincoln City
Macclesfield
Mansfield
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Rochdale
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Play-offs

Main article: Football League Two play-offs § 2005
  Semi-finals                                                                              Final at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
  1st leg – 14/15 May; 2nd leg – 21 May 2005                                               28 May 2005

  4th                                         Southend United    0                         1                                     1

  7th                                         Northampton Town   0                         0                                     0
                                              4th                Southend United (a.e.t.)  2

                                                                 6th                       Lincoln City                          0
  5th                                         Macclesfield Town  0                         1                                     1

  6th                                         Lincoln City       1                         1                                     2

Topscorers

Rank  Player           Club               League
1     Phil Jevons      Yeovil Town        27
2     Andy Kirk        Northampton Town   26
3     Jon Parkin       Macclesfield Town  22
=     Lee Trundle      Swansea City       22
=     Nathan Tyson     Wycombe Wanderers  22
6     Freddy Eastwood  Southend United    21
=     Simon Yeo        Lincoln City       21
8     Junior Agogo     Bristol Rovers     19
9     Paul Hayes       Scunthorpe United  17
=     Grant Holt       Rochdale           17


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281

This article is about the year 281. For the number, see 281 (number).
281 by topic
Leaders
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  * State leaders
  * Religious leaders
Categories
  * Births
  * Deaths

Year 281 (CCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probus and Tiberianus (or, less frequently, year 1034 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 281 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

  * Emperor Probus returns to Rome, where he celebrates his triumph over the Vandals and the usurpers (Bonosus, Julius Saturninus and Proculus).

Births

  * Cai Mo (or Daoming), Chinese official and politician (d. 356)
  * Theodore Stratelates, Roman general and martyr (d. 319)

Deaths

  * Proculus, Roman general and usurper


27th parallel north

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The 27th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 27 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Africa, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America and the Atlantic Ocean.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 51 minutes during the summer solstice and 10 hours, 26 minutes during the winter solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 27° north passes through:


27th parallel north

Co-ordinates                            Country, territory or sea   Notes
27°0′N 0°0′E / 27.000°N 0.000°E       Algeria
27°0′N 9°50′E / 27.000°N 9.833°E      Libya
27°0′N 25°0′E / 27.000°N 25.000°E     Egypt
27°0′N 33°54′E / 27.000°N 33.900°E    Red Sea
27°0′N 35°55′E / 27.000°N 35.917°E    Saudi Arabia
27°0′N 49°40′E / 27.000°N 49.667°E    Persian Gulf                Passing just north of Lavan Island, Iran
27°0′N 53°21′E / 27.000°N 53.350°E    Iran
27°0′N 55°48′E / 27.000°N 55.800°E    Persian Gulf                Passing just north of Qeshm island, Iran
                                                                    Passing just south of Hormuz Island, Iran
27°0′N 56°54′E / 27.000°N 56.900°E    Iran
27°0′N 63°15′E / 27.000°N 63.250°E    Pakistan                    Balochistan
                                                                    Sindh
                                                                    Rajasthan
27°0′N 69°31′E / 27.000°N 69.517°E    India                       Uttar Pradesh
                                                                    Bihar
27°0′N 84°51′E / 27.000°N 84.850°E    Nepal                       Birgunj
27°0′N 88°6′E / 27.000°N 88.100°E     India                       West Bengal
27°0′N 88°52′E / 27.000°N 88.867°E    Bhutan
                                                                    Arunachal Pradesh - claimed by People's Republic of China
27°0′N 92°5′E / 27.000°N 92.083°E     India                       Assam
                                                                    Arunachal Pradesh


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Arunachal Pradesh
27°0′N 95°48′E / 27.000°N 95.800°E    Myanmar (Burma)
                                                                    Yunnan
                                                                    Sichuan
                                                                    Yunnan
                                                                    Guizhou
27°0′N 98°44′E / 27.000°N 98.733°E    People's Republic of China  Hunan (for about 4 km)
                                                                    Guizhou
                                                                    Hunan - passing just north of Hengyang
                                                                    Jiangxi - passing just south of Ji'an
                                                                    Fujian
27°0′N 120°16′E / 27.000°N 120.267°E  East China Sea
27°0′N 127°56′E / 27.000°N 127.933°E  Japan                       Iheya island
                                                                    Passing just north of Okinawa Island, Japan
27°0′N 127°56′E / 27.000°N 127.933°E  Pacific Ocean               Passing just south of Yoronjima, Japan
                                                                    Passing just south of Chichi-jima, Japan
27°0′N 114°2′W / 27.000°N 114.033°W   Mexico                      Baja California peninsula
27°0′N 112°1′W / 27.000°N 112.017°W   Gulf of California
27°0′N 109°57′W / 27.000°N 109.950°W  Mexico                      Passing just south of Navojoa and just north of Monclova
27°0′N 99°24′W / 27.000°N 99.400°W    United States               Texas - mainland and Padre Island
27°0′N 97°23′W / 27.000°N 97.383°W    Gulf of Mexico
27°0′N 82°25′W / 27.000°N 82.417°W    United States               Florida - Passing through Port Charlotte and Hobe Sound
27°0′N 80°5′W / 27.000°N 80.083°W     Atlantic Ocean
27°0′N 78°13′W / 27.000°N 78.217°W    Bahamas                     Great Sale Cay


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27°0′N 78°12′W / 27.000°N 78.200°W    Atlantic Ocean              Passing between the Fish Cays and the Pensacola Cays, Bahamas
27°0′N 13°27′W / 27.000°N 13.450°W    Western Sahara              Claimed by Morocco
27°0′N 8°40′W / 27.000°N 8.667°W      Mauritania
27°0′N 8°9′W / 27.000°N 8.150°W       Algeria


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280 BC

280 BC by topic
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  * Political entities
Categories
  * Deaths
  * v
  * t
  * e

Year 280 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laevinus and Coruncanius (or, less frequently, year 474 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 280 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Seleucid Empire

  * Antiochus makes his eldest son, Seleucus, king in the east, but he proves to be incompetent.
  * Antiochus is compelled to make peace with his father's murderer and King of Macedon, Ptolemy Keraunos, abandoning, for the time being, his plans to control Macedonia and Thrace.
  * Nicomedes, King of Bithynia, is threatened with an invasion from Antiochus who has already made war upon his father, Zipoites. Antiochus actually invades Bithynia but withdraws again without risking a battle.
  * Antiochus is unable to bring under his control the Persian dynasties that rule in Cappadocia.
  * Antiochus is defeated by Egypt's Ptolemy II in the Damascene War.

Greece


280 BC

Greece

  * Pyrrhus makes an alliance with Ptolemy Keraunos, King of Macedon. This allows him to go to southern Italy with his army.
  * The Achaean League is reformed by twelve towns in the northern Peloponnesus and will later grow to include non-Achaean cities. It has two generals, a federal council with proportional representation of members and an annual assembly of all free citizens. The League achieves a common coinage and foreign policy and the member cities pool their armed forces.
  * Rhodes, rising in prosperity, becomes head of an Island League and helps to keep the peace and freedom of the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
  * The Colossus of Rhodes is completed by the sculptor Chares of Lindos after twelve years' work. It becomes one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Colossus of Rhodes is a giant statue of the Greek god Helios. It stands 70 cubits tall (over 30 metres or 100 feet), making it the tallest statue of the ancient world.

Roman Republic

  * Responding to an appeal from Tarentum, King Pyrrhus of Epirus uses his army of over 20,000 men against the Romans. In the Battle of Heraclea he defeats a Roman army led by consul Publius Valerius Laevinus. Pyrrhus's judicious use of his elephants plays a large part in his victory. Several tribes including the Lucani, Bruttii and the Messapians as well as the Greek cities of Crotone and Locri join Pyrrhus.
  * Roman commander and statesman, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, is sent to negotiate the ransom and exchange of prisoners. Pyrrhus is so impressed by Fabricius refusing to accept a bribe, that Pyrrhus releases the prisoners without the requirement of a ransom. Following his victory, Pyrrhus advances as far north as Latium.

China

  * General Sima Cuo of the State of Qin attacks the State of Chu, conquering the western region of Qianzhong by marching through the region of Bashu. This conquest makes it easier for future Qin armies to invade Chu.
  * General Bai Qi of Qin attacks the State of Zhou and captures the city of Guanglang.

By topic

Astronomy


280 BC

By topic

Astronomy

  * Aristarchus of Samos uses the size of the Earth's shadow on the Moon to estimate that the Moon's radius is one-third that of the Earth. He proposes, for the first time, a heliocentric view of the Solar System, but is ignored due to the lack of evidence of the Earth's motion.

Births

  * Han Fei, Chinese philosopher who has developed Xun Zi's philosophy (approximate date)
  * Li Si, influential prime minister (or chancellor) of the feudal state and later of the dynasty of Qin (approximate date) (d. 208 BC)
  * Philo of Byzantium, a Greek writer on mechanics (approximate date) (d. c. 220 BC)

Deaths

  * Demetrius of Phaleron (or Demetrius Phalereus), Athenian orator, statesman, and philosopher, who has become prominent at the court of Ptolemy I, enjoying a high reputation as an orator (b. c. 350 BC)
  * Herophilus, Alexandrian physician who has been an early performer of public dissections on human cadavers; often called the father of anatomy (b. c. 335 BC)


27th parallel south

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The 27th parallel south is a circle of latitude that is 27 degrees south of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean and South America.

At this latitude the sun is visible for 13 hours, 52 minutes during the December solstice and 10 hours, 24 minutes during the June solstice.

Around the world

Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 27° south passes through:


27th parallel south

Co-ordinates                            Country, territory or ocean  Notes
27°0′S 0°0′E / 27.000°S 0.000°E       Atlantic Ocean
27°0′S 15°14′E / 27.000°S 15.233°E    Namibia
27°0′S 20°0′E / 27.000°S 20.000°E     South Africa                 Northern Cape, also North West, Free State and Mpumalanga
27°0′S 30°58′E / 27.000°S 30.967°E    Eswatini
27°0′S 31°59′E / 27.000°S 31.983°E    South Africa                 KwaZulu-Natal (bordering Eswatini)
27°0′S 32°52′E / 27.000°S 32.867°E    Indian Ocean
                                                                     Western Australia
27°0′S 113°49′E / 27.000°S 113.817°E  Australia                    South Australia
                                                                     Queensland - mainland and Bribie Island
27°0′S 153°10′E / 27.000°S 153.167°E  Pacific Ocean                Passing just north of Moreton Island, Queensland, Australia
                                                                     Passing just north of Easter Island, Chile
27°0′S 70°47′W / 27.000°S 70.783°W    Chile
27°0′S 68°18′W / 27.000°S 68.300°W    Argentina                    Passing near the cities of Resistencia (27°27′05″S 58°59′12″W), Corrientes (27°29′S 58°49′W) and Posadas (27°22′S 55°54′W).
27°0′S 58°30′W / 27.000°S 58.500°W    Paraguay
27°0′S 55°25′W / 27.000°S 55.417°W    Argentina
27°0′S 53°44′W / 27.000°S 53.733°W    Brazil                       Santa Catarina
27°0′S 48°35′W / 27.000°S 48.583°W    Atlantic Ocean

  * 26th parallel south
  * 28th parallel south


Administrative Records Experiment

The Administrative Records Experiment was a project designed to explore technical alternatives to the 2010 United States Census.

See

  * Reengineering the 2010 Census: Risks and Challenges. Administrative Records Experiment in 2000 (AREX 2000): Household Level Analysis. Census 2000 Experiment Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau.


Bird's Grass

Bird's Grass is a studio album by trumpeter Idrees Sulieman recorded in 1976 but not released on the SteepleChase label until 1985.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source         Rating
AllMusic

Scott Yanow of AllMusic reviewed the album, stating "Excellent music with plenty of colorful solos".

Track listing

 1. "Wee" (Denzil Best) – 4:57
 2. "The Summer Knows" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 6:27
 3. "Billie's Bounce" (Charlie Parker) – 12:35
 4. "Loneliness Is a Mutual Feeling" take 1 (Per Goldschmidt) – 10:36 Bonus track on CD reissue
 5. "All Your Words" (Sulieman) – 10:14
 6. "Loneliness Is a Mutual Feeling" (Goldschmidt) – 11:07

Personnel

  * Idrees Sulieman – trumpet, flugelhorn
  * Per Goldschmidt – tenor saxophone
  * Horace Parlan – piano
  * Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – bass
  * Kenny Clarke – drums


Frank McManus (Irish politician)

For other people named Frank McManus, see Frank McManus (disambiguation).

Frank McManus (born 16 August 1942) is an Irish nationalist activist and former Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons.

Born in Kinawley, County Fermanagh, he is a brother of Father Seán McManus, the Irish-American lobbyist and Catholic priest, and Pat McManus, a member of the Irish Republican Army killed in an explosion in 1958.

He received his secondary education at St. Michael's College, Enniskillen; he later attended Queen's University, Belfast before becoming a solicitor. In the late 1960s, he became the chair of the Fermanagh Civil Rights Association.

McManus was elected at the 1970 general election, as the Unity candidate for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. On 3 July 1970 he swore the Oath of Allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II.internment, he chaired the meeting on 17 October 1971 where the Northern Resistance Movement was founded.February 1974 general election to Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) candidate Harry West, when the Social Democratic and Labour Party also stood a candidate, which resulted in a split nationalist vote. In 1977, he was a founder member of the short-lived Irish Independence Party.

He is a solicitor in Lisnaskea, and a trustee of the Fermanagh Trust.


Frank Meagher

Francis Meagher (born 1897) was an Irish hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team.

Meagher made his first appearance for the team during the 1917 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1920 championship. During that time, he failed to secure either All-Ireland or Leinster winners' medals.

Meagher enjoyed a brief club career with Tullaroan. However, he failed to win a county championship medals.

Meagher was a member of a famous Gaelic games dynasty. His father, Henry J. Meagher, was said to have attended the inaugural meeting of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1884. His brothers, Willie and Henry, both played with Kilkenny throughout the 1920s, while a third brother, Lory, won 8 Leinster and 3 All-Ireland titles in the 1920s and 30s.


Cordelia Malone

"Cordelia Malone" is a novelty song written in 1904 by Billy Jerome and Jean Schwartz, and recorded that same year by popular Irish American singer Billy Murray.

The lyrics are a stableboy's first-hand account of his courtship of Cordelia Malone, a "smart Irish girl". Over the course of the song, he describes his seemingly successful efforts to woo Cordelia through use of the then newly invented telephone, stating that:

"...Young suitors can all nightly flock 'round the door, since her sister Bedelia won fame, but her smiles don't you see, they are only for me, so they might as well leave her alone, 'cause she seems to rejoice at the sound of my voice when I sing through the Bell telephone: "Hello, hello, sweet Cordelia"..."

The name given to Cordelia's sister, 'Bedelia', may be in reference to a popular 1903 song, "Bedelia (I Want to Steal Ye, Bedelia, I Love You So)", also written by Billy Jerome and Jean Schwartz.

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Brockhampton, Gloucestershire

Not to be confused with Brockhampton hamlet in Bishop's Cleeve parish.

Brockhampton is a small village east of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. It forms part of the parish of Sevenhampton.

In the 2001 census the parish had 349 people living in 157 households.River Coln, a tributary of the Thames, is close to the village.

Media related to Brockhampton at Wikimedia Commons


Ann Swaine

Ann Swaine (<1821 – 21 June 1883) was a British writer and a suffragist concerned with improving the higher education of women.

Life

Swaine was born in Birstall in Yorkshire and she was baptised in 1821. She was the first child of Edward and Martha (born Sykes) Swaine. She was involved in her local school; the Unitarian Sunday School and she was the honorary secretary of the Yorkshire Ladies' Educational Association. This association was established in 1825 by women to support other women living in poor industrial conditions. The association was still in operation in 2017.Ladies' Council of Education of Yorkshire.

In 1849 her father published a pamphlet based on a lecture title The Political Franchise: A Public Trust. He argued the case for universal suffrage for men, but he excluded women from his ambitions.

She translated a theological work by Albert Réville from French. It was titled History of the Doctrine of the Deity of Jesus Christ and it was published in 1870. In the 1881 census she described herself as having "no proper trade or profession".

In 1882 the Sunday School Association published her book Remarkable Women as Examples for GirlsMary Carpenter, Caroline Herschel, Harriet Martineau, Charlotte Brontë and other role models.

Swaine died unmarried in York in 1883. Her father survived her. She had cared for him for 28 years. The Englishwoman's Review commented after her death on how Swaine's writing showed her pragmatism and common sense.


Adenium arabicum

Adenium arabicum is a species of succulent plant commonly used for bonsai and cultivated for its shiny leaves, growth form and flowering characteristics. Common names include desert rose, elephant's foot, and Adan bush.monoecious and self-sterile.A. arabicum is native to Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

The leaves of this species have a broad surface. Leaves also tend to be large and somewhat leathery in appearance. Growth form is squat and fat, with a definite caudex and without much differentiation between trunk and branches.Flowers range from pink to reddish pink. They are tubular, often appear for 2-3 days, and may appear before the leaves.

A. arabicum prefers full sun, and is suitable for US hardiness zones 10 and 11.


Balbhadra Shah

Balbhadra Shah

Kaji Balbhadra Shah (Nepali: बलभद्र शाह) was a commander of the Nepali troops during the Sino-Nepalese War in 1788. He was the leader of the attack from Kerung Axis in 1788. His subordinates were Kaji Kirtiman Singh Basnyat, Sardar Amar Singh Thapa and Kapardar Bhotu Pande. There were 6000 troops and 3200 porters employed.


Brocklebank (surname)

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

  * Bob Brocklebank (1908-1981), English football manager
  * Daniel Brocklebank (shipbuilder) (1742-1801), shipbuilder, first in North America and then at Whitehaven
  * Daniel Brocklebank (born 1979), British actor
  * Edmund Brocklebank (1882–1949), British politician
  * John Brocklebank (1915–1974), English baronet and cricketer
  * Ted Brocklebank (born 1942), British politician
  * Thomas Brocklebank (1899–1953), English baronet and cricketer
  * Brocklebank baronets


Abdullah Ghofoor

For other uses, see Abdul Ghaffar.

Abdullah Ghofoor was a citizen of Afghanistan who was held in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.counter-terrorism analysts estimate he was born in 1971, in Keshai, Afghanistan.

He arrived in Guantanamo on June 10, 2002, and was repatriated to Afghanistan on March 14, 2004.

Repatriation

On November 25, 2009, the Department of Defense published a list of the dates captives were transferred from Guantanamo.

Suspected of having become a Taliban leader after his release

The Defense Intelligence Agency suspected that Ghoffor had become a Taliban leader after his release from Guantanamo. It stated that Ghofoor was eventually killed in a raid but did not say when he was killed.

  * WikiLeaks: The Unknown Prisoners of Guantánamo (Part Two of Five) Andy Worthington


Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization of Iran (ARAO)Department of State for Administration and Employment AffairsHassan Rouhani.

The organization is currently headed by Meysam Latifi.


Birck

Birck is a surname belonging to several prominent people.

  * Sixt Birck (1501–1554), German scholar
  * Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763), European composer
  * Michael Birck (born 1938), American businessman

It may also be used as a given name.

  * Birck Elgaaen (1917–2013), Norwegian equestrian

See also (homonyms)

  * Berck
  * Burck
  * Berk (disambiguation)
  * Birk (disambiguation)
  * Burk (disambiguation)


Frank McNamara (RAAF officer)

Air Vice Marshal Francis Hubert (Frank) McNamara, VC, CB, CBE (4 April 1894 – 2 November 1961) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to a member of the British and Commonwealth forces. Serving with the Australian Flying Corps, he was honoured for his actions on 20 March 1917, when he rescued a fellow pilot who had been forced down behind enemy lines. McNamara was the first Australian aviator—and the only one in World War I—to receive the Victoria Cross. He later became a senior commander in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).

Born and educated in Victoria, McNamara was a teacher when he joined the militia prior to World War I. In 1915, he was selected for pilot training at Central Flying School, Point Cook, and transferred to the Australian Flying Corps the following year. He was based in the Middle Eastern Theatre with No. 1 Squadron when he earned the Victoria Cross. In 1921, McNamara enlisted as a flying officer in the newly formed RAAF, rising to the rank of air vice marshal by 1942. He held senior posts in England and Aden during World War II. Retiring from the Air Force in 1946, McNamara continued to live in Britain until his death from heart failure in 1961.

Early life

Born in Rushworth, Victoria, McNamara was the first of eight children to William Francis McNamara, a State Lands Department officer, and his wife Rosanna.Shepparton Agricultural High School, which he had entered via a scholarship.Melbourne in 1910.

McNamara joined the school cadets in 1911, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 49th Battalion (Brighton Rifles), a militia unit, in July 1913.University of Melbourne, but his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I.

World War I

Militia to Australian Flying Corps

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Lieutenant McNamara at Point Cook, Victoria, 1916


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Lieutenant McNamara at Point Cook, Victoria, 1916

As a militia officer, McNamara was mobilised for service in Australia when war was declared in August 1914.Queenscliff and Point Nepean, Victoria, McNamara passed through Officers Training School at Broadmeadows in December. He began instructing at the Australian Imperial Force Training Depot, Broadmeadows, in February 1915.lieutenant in July, he immediately volunteered for a military aeronautics course at Central Flying School, Point Cook.

Selected for flying training at Point Cook in August 1915, McNamara made his first solo flight in a Bristol Boxkite on 18 September, and graduated as a pilot in October.adjutant to No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (also known until 1918 as No. 67 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps). Orsova, arriving in Suez the following month.No. 42 Squadron RFC in May to attend the Central Flying School at Upavon, England;gazetted on 5 July 1916.

Completing his course at Upavon, McNamara was posted back to Egypt in August, but was hospitalised on 8 September with orchitis (an inflammation of the testes). Discharged on 6 October, he served briefly as a flying instructor with No. 22 Squadron RFC, before returning to No. 1 Squadron. Flight, commanded by Captain (later Air Marshal Sir) Richard Williams.sortie, a reconnaissance mission over Sinai, McNamara was unaware that his plane had been hit by anti-aircraft fire; he returned to base with his engine's oil supply almost exhausted. Flying B.E.2s and Martinsydes, he undertook further scouting and bombing missions in the ensuing months.

Victoria Cross

On 20 March 1917, McNamara, flying a Martinsyde, was one of four No. 1 Squadron pilots taking part in a raid against a Turkish railway junction near Gaza. Owing to a shortage of bombs, the aircraft were each armed with six specially modified 4.5-inch howitzer shells.shrapnel, an effect he likened to being "hit with a sledgehammer".


Frank McNamara (RAAF officer)

[Full-length outdoor portrait of six men in military uniforms in front of a military biplane with a machine gun mounted on the upper wing]
[Three men in hospital pyjamas sitting with female nurse]
Left: McNamara (far left) with other members of C Flight, No. 1 Squadron AFC, including Captain Williams (third from right), and Lieutenant Wackett (far right), with a Martinsyde near the Suez Canal, Egypt, 1917. Right: McNamara (right) in hospital, Cairo, 1917.

As there was no spare cockpit in the single-seat Martinsyde, the downed pilot jumped onto McNamara's wing and held the struts. McNamara crashed while attempting to take off because of the effects of his leg wound and Rutherford's weight overbalancing the aircraft. The two men, who had escaped further injury in the accident, set fire to the Martinsyde and dashed back to Rutherford's B.E.2. Rutherford repaired the engine while McNamara used his revolver against the attacking cavalry, who had opened fire on them. 1 Squadron pilots overhead, Lieutenant (later Air Marshal Sir) Roy "Peter" Drummond and Lieutenant Alfred Ellis, also began strafing the enemy troops.70 miles (110 km) back to base at El Arish.

Having effected what was described in the Australian official history of the war as "a brilliant escape in the very nick of time and under hot fire",tetanus injection. McNamara had to be given artificial respiration and stimulants to keep him alive, but recovered quickly. A contemporary news report declared that he was "soon sitting up, eating chicken and drinking champagne".Victoria Cross by Brigadier General Geoffrey Salmond, General Officer Commanding Middle East Brigade, RFC. I,London Gazette on 8 June 1917:

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McNamara VC, c. 1917

Lt. Frank Hubert McNamara, Aus. Forces, R.F.C.

For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty during an aerial bomb attack upon a hostile construction train, when one of our pilots was forced to land behind the enemy's lines.


Frank McNamara (RAAF officer)

Lt. McNamara, observing this pilot's predicament and the fact that hostile cavalry were approaching, descended to his rescue. He did this under heavy rifle fire and in spite of the fact that he himself had been severely wounded in the thigh.

He landed about 200 yards from the damaged machine, the pilot of which climbed onto Lt. McNamara's machine, and an attempt was made to rise. Owing, however, to his disabled leg, Lt. McNamara was unable to keep his machine straight, and it turned over. The two officers, having extricated themselves, immediately set fire to the machine and made their way across to the damaged machine, which they succeeded in starting.

Finally Lt. McNamara, although weak from loss of blood, flew this machine back to the aerodrome, a distance of seventy miles, and thus completed his comrade's rescue.

Promoted to captain on 10 April 1917, McNamara became a flight commander in No. 4 Squadron AFC (also known until 1918 as No. 71 Squadron RFC), but was unable to continue flying due to the leg wound he suffered on 20 March. Boorara, and given a hero's welcome on arrival in Melbourne.Australian Flying Corps on 31 January 1918.Wolf resulted in him being recalled to the AFC and put in charge of an aerial reconnaissance unit based in South Gippsland, Victoria, flying a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2B and later a Maurice Farman Shorthorn.

Between the wars

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Captain McNamara flying an Avro 504K over St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, c. 1919–20. He was later married in the cathedral.


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Following the disbandment of the AFC, McNamara transferred to the Australian Air Corps (AAC) in April 1920.Roy King protested the situation by giving up his own place in the new service in favour of McNamara, whom he described as "this very good and gallant officer".invested with his Victoria Cross by the Prince of Wales at Government House, Melbourne, on 26 May.Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1921.flying officer (honorary flight lieutenant), he was one of the original twenty-one officers on the Air Force's strength at its formation that March.No. 1 Flying Training School (No. 1 FTS) at Point Cook in July 1922. He was promoted squadron leader in March 1924 and the following month married Hélène Bluntschli, a Belgian national he had met in Cairo during the war, at St Patrick's Cathedral;Frank Lukis.

McNamara travelled to England in 1925 for two years exchange with the Royal Air Force, serving at No. 5 Flying Training School, RAF Sealand, and the Directorate of Training at the Air Ministry, London. 1 FTS.RAF Staff College, Andover. A part-time student at the university, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations (second-class honours) in 1933.Commanding Officer No. 1 FTS in October 1930,wing commander one year later.RAAF Station Laverton, Victoria, including No. 1 Aircraft Depot, in February 1933.group captain in 1936, and attended the Imperial Defence College, London, the following year.Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1938 New Year Honours.

World War II

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Air Vice Marshal McNamara (right) greets Australian airmen upon their arrival in Britain, 1941


Frank McNamara (RAAF officer)

When World War II broke out in September 1939, McNamara was serving as Air Liaison Officer at Australia House in London, a position he had held since January 1938.air commodore in December, he advocated establishing a reception base to act as a headquarters for the RAAF in England and "generally to watch the interests of Australian personnel" who were stationed there.RAAF Overseas Headquarters was formed on 1 December 1941; Air Marshal Richard Williams was appointed Air Officer Commanding (AOC) and McNamara Deputy AOC.air vice marshal and acting AOC of RAAF Overseas Headquarters when Williams returned to Australia in January 1942 for what was expected to be a temporary visit; Williams was subsequently posted to Washington, D.C. and McNamara retained command of the headquarters until the end of the year.

McNamara was appointed AOC British Forces Aden in late 1942,official history of Australia in the war as a "backwater",anti-submarine patrols and escorting convoys. McNamara flew on these missions whenever he could, generally as an observer, but enemy contact was rare.Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1945 New Year Honours,Consolidated B-24 Liberator disappeared near the Azores en route to Canada and all aboard were presumed killed; McNamara had to break the news to his widow, Isabel.Ministry of Defence until September.

Retirement and legacy

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McNamara at Buckingham Palace, London, for his investiture as a Companion of the Bath, flanked by his wife and son, in May 1945

McNamara was summarily retired from the RAAF in 1946, along with several other senior commanders and veterans of World War I, officially to make way for the advancement of younger and equally capable officers. His role overseas had in any case become redundant.Westphalia, Germany, under the auspices of the Allied Control Commission. He later became Deputy Director of Education for the British Zone of Occupation.National Coal Board in London from 1947 to 1959.hypertensive heart failure on 2 November 1961, aged 67, after suffering a fall at his home in Buckinghamshire. Survived by his wife and two children, he was buried at St Joseph's Priory, Austin Wood, Gerrards Cross, after a large funeral.


Frank McNamara (RAAF officer)

Embittered by his dismissal from the RAAF and the meagre severance he received from the Australian Government, McNamara insisted that his Victoria Cross not be returned to Australia after his death; his family donated it to the RAF Museum, London. 1 Squadron pilot, Lieutenant (later Air Vice Marshal) Adrian Cole, described McNamara as "quiet, scholarly, loyal and beloved by all ... the last Officer for whom that high honour would have been predicted".Shepparton, Victoria,Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Queensland.


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Frank McMahon (author)

For other people with the same name, see Frank McMahon.

Frank McMahon (September 20, 1919 – December 22, 1984) was an American-Irish playwright and broadcasting executive. His adaptation of Brendan Behan's autobiographical Borstal Boy played on Broadway after a long run in Dublin's Abbey Theatre.

Life and career

McMahon was born in New York in 1919 to Irish parents, his mother from Mayo and his father from Roscommon. After graduating from Fordham University, McMahon served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II. Following a successful career as an executive with NBC and MCA, McMahon moved to Ireland in 1961 where he worked with the newly established Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). In the mid-sixties McMahon was commissioned by Tomás Mac Anna, Artistic Director of Dublin's Abbey Theatre, to adapt Brendan Behan's 1958 book, Borstal Boy, for the stage. The critically acclaimed production, directed by Mac Anna, was staged at the Abbey Theatre in 1967 and became the longest-running play in the history of the Abbey Theatre. Following a Broadway run of Borstal Boy in 1969, McMahon was awarded the 1970 Tony Award for Best Play.

McMahon later founded the publishing company, Four Masters, which published works including, in 1975, James Connolly, Portrait of a Rebel Father by Connolly's daughter, Nora Connolly O'Brien, and Alive, Alive-oh by John Molloy. McMahon also wrote Gandhi: The Fiery Gates for the Abbey, and James Connolly, a documentary for television. He died in 1984.

  * Frank McMahon at the Internet Broadway Database


Cordell D. Meeks Sr.

Cordell D. Meeks Sr. (September 25, 1914 – December 8, 1987) was the first black District Court judge in Kansas.

Biography

He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 25, 1914, to his parents Mossie Ella Meeks and Charles Arthur Meeks. He moved to Wyandotte County when he was thirteen. His father was a teacher and a Minister for the Church of God in Christ and his mother was a missionary and a housewife. After the Stock Market Crash of 1929, his father left Kansas to look for work; although For a while he would send money and letters, he later stopped and eventually lost all contact with his family.

Living in Kansas City, Kansas, Meeks attended Northeast Jr. High School, which was the only Jr. High for black students in the city, and then Sumner High School, where he was elected president of his senior class. He had known since eighth grade that he wanted to be a lawyer, so after high school he studied politics at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. He went on to receive his L.L.B. and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from KU Law and graduated in 1939. During his time at KU, he worked on political campaigns and also spoke out against discrimination on campus He was the second black man elected to the Student Council and was elected President of his fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha. Years later, he became the Director of the University of Kansas National Alumni Association.

Career

In 1940 he opened a small law firm out of his own home in Kansas City, and continued to practice law for many years. Along with that he was Assistant County Attorney, County Commissioner for nineteen years, chairman of the county's Board for five years. He was elected to Board of Directors of the National Association of Counties in 1969 and 1970. . He was the Vice President and Director of Douglas State Bank, was twice elected as delegate to the Democratic National Convention, and was Trustee of AME Church. He was also the director of the Regional Health and Welfare Council, and he helped organize low-income housing in Kansas City called Gateway Plaza Homes and Gateway Plaza Homes East.


Cordell D. Meeks Sr.

In November 1972 he was elected the first black District Court Judge in Kansas and served two successive four-year terms. He wrote an autobiographyTo Heaven Through Hell: An Autobiography of the First Black District Court Judge of Kansas, published in 1986 five years after he retired in 1980.

Meeks married Cellastine Brown on December 22, 1940, and together they had four children: Marlene, Cordell Jr., Marcena, and Marquita. Cordell Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and became very active in law and politics. Marlene and Marcena were teachers and Marquita was a musician. He died on December 8, 1987. His wife compiled many of his papers and speeches and donated them to the Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

  * List of African-American jurists
  * List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Kansas
  * (1987, December 10). Cordell D. Meeks Sr., Kansas Judge, 73; Obituary. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/10/obituaries/cordell-d-meeks-sr-kansas-judge-73.html.
  * Boone, W.W.(1986). The History of Black Education in Kansas City, Kansas, Readin’, ‘Ritting, ‘Rithmetic, retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20120817232613/http://www.kckps.org/disthistory/dist-history/bios/profiles_aa_wy_co.pdf.
  * Meeks, C. (1998). Speeches by Cordell D. Meeks. Kansas City, Kansas: Corcell Publishers, Inc. Found in Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.
  * Meeks, C. Sr. (1986). To Heaven through Hell: An Autobiography of the First Black District Court Judge of Kansas. Kansas City, Kansas: Corcell Publishers, Inc. Found in Spencer Research Library at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.


Ann Trenk

Ann Natalie Trenk is an American mathematician interested in graph theory and the theory of partially ordered sets,proper distinguishing colorings of graphstolerance graphs.Wellesley College.

Education and career

Trenk graduated from Harvard University in 1985 and became a high school mathematics teacher. She began graduate study at Johns Hopkins University in 1987, earned a master of science in education in 1989, and completed a Ph.D. in 1991.Generalized Perfect Graphs, was supervised by Ed Scheinerman.

After postdoctoral research at Dartmouth College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, she joined the Wellesley faculty in 1992. At Wellesley, she won the Pinanski Teaching Prize in 1995,

Book

With Martin Charles Golumbic, Trenk is the author of the book Tolerance Graphs (Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics 89, Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Family

Trenk is the daughter of New York City attorney Joseph Trenk,

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Adendorf

Adendorf (Northern Low Saxon: Adendörp) is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Twin towns

Adendorf is twinned with:

  * [France] Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc, France, since 1987
  * [Poland] Wągrowiec, Poland, since 2001


Balbeg, Highland

Balbeg (Scottish Gaelic: Am Baile Beag) is a clachan (hamlet) about 0.5 miles (1 km) north-east of Balnain, 4 miles (6 km) west of Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire (in the Scottish Highlands)Scottish council area of Highland.

Balbeg is also the name of another small settlement, located on the north west shore of Loch Ness, about 4 miles south of Drumnadrochit. The two settlements are sometimes confused.

History

Balmacaan Estate

Much of Glenurquhart was part of the Balmacaan EstateWorld War 2

In 1946 Bunloit Farm was separated from Balmacaan Estate and Bunloit Estate was formed round it

Glenurquhart, the valley in which Balbeg is located, used to be part of the lands of the Grants of Glenmorison, with the lands of the Frasers to the north for most of its time.

Balbeg, like Balnain, did not yet exist in 1832.

Climate

Like most of the United Kingdom, the Inverness area has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).

The weather is pleasantly warm and sunny in the spring and summer, cool and fairly rainy in the autumn and very cold and snowy (with some blizzards) in the winter.

Transport

There are occasional buses to Balnain, from which Balbeg is a short walk.

Images

  * [Sheep on a Balbeg farm during the winter of 1996.]
    Sheep on a Balbeg farm during the winter of 1996.
  * [A Balbeg barn in 1998]
    A Balbeg barn in 1998
  * [Moorland near Balbeg in 1998.]
    Moorland near Balbeg in 1998.
  * Inverness
  * Charles Kennedy MP
  * Corrimony
  * Balnain
  * Drumnadrochit


Bishamon Station

Bishamon Station (毘沙門駅, Bishamon-eki) is a railway station on the Tsugaru Railway Line in the city of Goshogawara, Aomori, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Tsugaru Railway Company.

Lines

Bishamon Station is served by the Tsugaru Railway Line, and is located 7.4 km from the terminus of the line at Goshogawara.

Station layout

The station has a single side platform serving a bidirectional track. The station is unattended.

History

Bishamon Station was opened on July 15, 1931. It was closed on August 1, 1941, but was reopened on May 20, 1955.

Surrounding area

The station is located in an isolated rural area.

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2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men

2008–09 Biathlon World Cup
Men
  * Overall
  * Individual
  * Sprint
  * Pursuit
  * Mass start
  * Relay
  * Nation
Women
  * Overall
  * Individual
  * Sprint
  * Pursuit
  * Mass start
  * Relay
  * Nation
World Cup locations
  * Östersund
  * Hochfilzen
  * Hochfilzen (2)
  * Oberhof
  * Ruhpolding
  * Antholz-Anterselva
  * Vancouver
  * Trondheim
  * Khanty-Mansiysk
See also
  * World Championships

  * v
  * t
  * e

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/Relay Men started on December 14, 2008 in Hochfilzen and will end on March 15, 2009 in Vancouver. Defending titlist is the Norwegian team.

Competition format

The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you shoot at lane five.).

2007-08 Top 3 Standings

Medal    Country  Points
Gold:    Norway   196
Silver:  Russia   192
Bronze:  Germany  175

Medal winners


2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men

Event:               Gold:                 Time        Silver:               Time        Bronze:                 Time
                     Russia                1:24:22.97  Austria               1:26:11.08  Ukraine                 1:27:01.50
Hochfilzen (1)       Ivan Tcherezov        (0+0)       Daniel Mesotitsch     (0+0)       Vyacheslav Derkach      (2+0)
details              Maxim Tchoudov        (0+1)       Friedrich Pinter      (0+0)       Andriy Deryzemlya       (0+1)
                     Maxim Maksimov        (0+0)       Dominik Landertinger  (0+2)       Oleg Berezhnoy          (0+0)
                     Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.  (0+0)       Christoph Sumann      (0+0)       Serguei Sednev          (0+0)
                     Austria               1:21:23.18  Sweden                1:22:34.33  France                  1:22:39.44
Hochfilzen (2)       Daniel Mesotitsch     (0+2)       Magnús Jónsson        (0+2)       Vincent Jay             (0+2)
details              Friedrich Pinter      (0+3)       Mattias Nilsson       (1+5)       Vincent Defrasne        (0+0)
                     Tobias Eberhard       (0+0)       Björn Ferry           (0+2)       Jean-Guillaume Béatrix  (0+2)
                     Christoph Sumann      (0+0)       Carl Johan Bergman    (0+3)       Simon Fourcade          (0+1)
                     Austria               1:19:36.6   Germany               1:19:55.8   Norway                  1:20:52.6
Oberhof              Daniel Mesotitsch     (0+3)       Michael Greis         (1+3)       Emil Hegle Svendsen     (0+1)
details              Friedrich Pinter      (0+3)       Michael Rösch         (0+2)       Rune Brattsveen         (1+6)
                     Dominik Landertinger  (0+4)       Arnd Peiffer          (0+0)       Halvard Hanevold        (0+2)


2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men

Christoph Sumann      (0+2)       Toni Lang             (0+4)       Ole Einar Bjørndalen    (1+3)
                     Norway                1:24:54.0   Germany               1:26:14.2   Austria                 1:26:37.1
Ruhpolding           Emil Hegle Svendsen   (0+2)       Michael Rösch         (0+3)       Daniel Mesotitsch       (0+5)
details              Alexander Os          (0+1)       Christoph Stephan     (0+1)       Friedrich Pinter        (0+3)
                     Halvard Hanevold      (0+0)       Arnd Peiffer          (0+4)       Tobias Eberhard         (0+3)
                     Ole Einar Bjørndalen  (0+2)       Toni Lang             (0+2)       Christoph Sumann        (0+2)
                     Norway                1:08:04.1   Austria               1:08:16.7   Germany                 1:08:36.8
World Championships  Emil Hegle Svendsen   (1+3)       Daniel Mesotitsch     (0+1)       Michael Rösch           (0+2)
details              Lars Berger           (1+3)       Simon Eder            (0+1)       Christoph Stephan       (0+4)
                     Halvard Hanevold      (0+0)       Dominik Landertinger  (0+3)       Arnd Peiffer            (0+1)
                     Ole Einar Bjørndalen  (0+3)       Christoph Sumann      (0+2)       Michael Greis           (0+3)
                     Sweden                1:16:18.6   France                1:16:24.9   Germany                 1:16:35.0
Vancouver            David Ekholm          (0+1)       Vincent Jay           (0+2)       Simon Schempp           (0+3)
details              Mattias Nilsson       (0+3)       Vincent Defrasne      (0+1)       Daniel Böhm             (0+3)
                     Fredrik Lindström     (0+2)       Martin Fourcade       (0+0)       Arnd Peiffer            (0+2)
                     Carl Johan Bergman    (0+0)       Simon Fourcade        (0+0)       Michael Rösch           (0+2)


2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men

Final standings

#   Country         HOC1  HOC2  OBE  RUH  WCH  VAN  Total
1   Austria         54    60    60   48   54   40   276
2   Norway          43    38    48   60   60   43   254
3   Germany         32    43    54   54   48   48   247
4   France          30    48    43   38   43   54   226
5   Sweden          38    54    34   34   32   60   220
6   Ukraine         48    40    28   26   40   38   194
7   Italy           31    32    29   43   36   31   173
8   Belarus         34    36    40   22   22   34   166
9   Czech Republic  28    34    32   36   31   30   162
10  Slovenia        40    27    30   31   26   32   160
11  Switzerland     29    30    38   27   34   28   159
12  Slovakia        27    31    36   32   29   –    155
13  United States   26    28    31   40   20   29   154
14  Russia          60    –     –    –    38   36   134
15  Latvia          21    26    26   25   24   –    122
16  Finland         22    24    25   30   19   –    120
17  Bulgaria        19    22    23   24   30   –    118
18  Canada          36    29    –    –    25   26   116
19  United Kingdom  20    21    22   21   16   25   109
20  Poland          25    –     0    28   28   27   108
21  Estonia         24    0     24   29   27   –    104
22  Japan           –     25    27   23   23   –    98
23  Kazakhstan      23    23    –    –    21   –    67
24  South Korea     –     20    –    20   18   –    58
25  Serbia          18    19    –    –    15   –    52
26  China           –     –     –    –    17   –    17


A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd

SS Booker T. Washington art by Charles Alston

Liberty ship of World War II

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. of New York City was a shipping company founded by Abram Lincoln Burbank on October 16, 1928. A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. operated dry bulk cargo ships. Abram Lincoln Burbank worked for and learned the shipping trade at Bull lines of the A. H. Bull Steamship Company in 1917.

Peter Burbank, Abram Lincoln Burbank son, took over the company as president in 1955. In October 1978 Franklin W.L. Tsao became president of the company, in a 50 year anniversary celebration. Tsao has worked at the company since 1968

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. was active with charter shipping with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration. During wartime, the A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. operated Liberty ships. The ship was run by its A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. and the US Navy supplied United States Navy Armed Guards to man the deck guns and radio. The most common armament mounted on these merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3"/50, 4"/50, and 5"/38 deck guns.

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd closed in 2014.

Ships

  *
      + Ships:

A. L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. operated ships"

  * Coastal Stevedore a type C1 cargo ship
      + Liberty Ships:
  * SS Edward M. House
  * SS Henry B. Plant
  * SS Howard A. Kelly
  * C. Francis Jenkins
  * Carter Braxton
  * Amasa Delano
  * Anson Jones
  * Earl A.Bloomquist
  * Edward M.House
  * SS Booker T. Washington
  * SS Benjamin H. Hill
  * SS Cornelia P. Spencer
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Liberty ships.
  * Calmar Steamship Company
  * Bethlehem Transportation Corporation
  * World War II United States Merchant Navy


Breakin' It

"Breakin' It" is a song written by Mark Germino that was originally recorded by American country artist Loretta Lynn. It was released as a single in January 1983 and became a top 40 hit on the Billboard country chart that year. It was the second single issued from her 1982 studio album.

Background and release

"Breakin' It" was recorded at the Music City Music Hall in May 1982. The studio was located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions was produced by Owen Bradley. Bradley was Lynn's longtime record producer at MCA, having worked with her since the early 1960s. It was among his final sessions to be recorded with Lynn. The album's other songs were recorded during the same studio sessions.

"Breakin' It" was released as a single in January 1983 via MCA Records.Billboard Hot Country Singles chart before reaching number 39 in March 1983.Making Love from Memory.A-side single on the country chart. Its corresponding B-side would reach the same chart position around the same time. The single would be Lynn's final top 40 entry on the country chart until 1985.

Track listings

7" vinyl single
  * "Breakin' It" – 2:51
  * "There's All Kinds of Smoke (In the Barroom)" – 2:59

Chart performance

Chart (1983)                      Peak
                                  position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)  39


Frank McLeavy, Baron McLeavy

Frank McLeavy, Baron McLeavy (1 January 1899 – 1 October 1976) was a British Labour Party politician.

McLeavy became a road passenger transport officer. He joined the Labour Party, serving on Cheshire County Council from 1938 until 1950, and as Mayor of Bebington from 1939 to 1941.

At the 1945 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Bradford East, holding his seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1966 general election.

On 11 September 1967, he was made a life peer as Baron McLeavy, of the City of Bradford.

  * Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
  * Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
  * Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Frank McLeavy


Galeras, Sucre

Galeras is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. km away from the department's capital, Sincelejo.

Geography

Political division

Galera is a municipality formed by five "corregimientos": Puerto Franco, Baraya, San Andrés de Palomo, San José de Rivera, Pueblo Nuevo Junín., and seventeen "veredas":Pueblo Nuevo II, Surban, Abre el Ojo, Mata de Guasimo, Palmital, Bleo, San Pelayo, Los Leones, El Jacinto, La Corocera, San Luís, El Pantanito, El Guamo, Los Abetos, Caña Seca, Mancomojan, Campo Ameno.

Culture

Every year in the year's first week its people enjoy the town's main party: El festival de la algarroba (The festival of algarroba). The Algarroba (Hymenaea courbaril (Caesalpinaceae)) is a tree that grows easily in Galeras.

  * Official website (in Spanish)

9°10′N 75°03′W / 9.167°N 75.050°W


Cordell Formation

The Cordell Formation is a geologic formation in Michigan. It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

  * Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database"


A Feast in the Time of Plague (Woolf opera)

This article is about the 2020 opera by Alex Woolf. For the 1900 opera of a similar title by César Cui, see A Feast in Time of Plague (Cui opera).

A Feast in the Time of Plague is a 2020 opera by Alex Woolf to a libretto by David Pountney, loosely based on the "little tragedy" of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.

Background

The opera was commissioned by Grange Park Opera during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pountney described how he came to write the libretto whilst in lockdown in Wales

I responded to Pushkin’s little fragment by creating 12 – because of the Last Supper – very varied characters who arrive voluntarily and most of whom depart involuntarily – i.e. they die. In between they capture the defiance and solidarity that we have all experienced during these strange times. The virus exposes truths about all of us in surprising ways. A Feast in the Time of Plague captures this – as well as the essential lesson that we must carry on laughing.

The 25-year old Woolf wrote the music in six weeks.Grange Park Opera on 12 September 2020, accompanied by the composer playing piano in the wings.

Roles

                                        Premiere cast
Role                        Voice type  Grange Park Opera, 12 September 2020
                                        (Conductor: Toby Purser)
Elena                       soprano     Claire Booth
Frederic, her butler        tenor       Peter Hoare
Joyce, the cook             contralto   Anne-Marie Owens
Lidochka, Elena's daughter  soprano     Soraya Mafi
Claire, a clairvoyant       soprano     Susan Bullock
Antoine, a playboy          baritone    Simon Keenlyside
McGuire, grandmother        soprano     Janis Kelly
Pius, an informer           tenor       Jeff Lloyd Roberts
Karl, a radical bohemian    baritone    Will Dazeley
Death/Policeman/Judas       bass        Clive Bayley
Adina, newly wed to Pat     soprano     Sarah Minns
Pat, newly wed to Adina     baritone    Harry Thatcher

Synopsis

The opera is in two sections, Arrivals and Departures. "Twelve archetypes – from cook to policeman to dewy newlyweds – gather for a last supper, each offering their own thoughts on risk, life and death."

Reception


Reception

The critic of The Guardian commented that it could benefit from longer-term reconsideration and rewriting, but in the meantime "enjoy it as it is: a coup, achieved in an instant with flair, hard work and brilliant team spirit."Rupert Christiansen, writing in the Daily Telegraph, gave the opera four stars (out of five), describing it as "intriguing [and] fabulously performed."The Stage noted that "[e]veryone gets his or her turn, and if some of the individual numbers go on too long – the parody pastiches would make greater impact if shorter – there’s certainly a huge amount of talent on stage."

The production was filmed and can be viewed on YouTube


Adenia glauca

Adenia glauca is a species of flowering plant in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It is native to southern Africa, where it occurs in southeastern Botswana and northern South Africa.

It grows from 0.5 to 3.5 m tall, with its main stem enlarged at ground level.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Adenia glauca.


Balbina

Balbina may refer to:

People

  * Saint Balbina
  * Balbina Gutierrez (born 1929), French actress
  * Balbina Herrera (born 1954 or 1955), Panamanian politician
  * Balbina Steffenone (1825–1896), 19th-century soprano

Places

  * Balbina District in the municipality of Presidente Figueiredo in the Brazilian state of Amazonas
  * Balbina Dam in Brazil
  * Balbín, surname


Bishambar Singh

Bishambar Singh (also Bishamber, 1 October 1940 – 2004) is a retired Indian bantamweight wrestler. In 1966 he won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the Asian Games, both in freestyle wrestling. Next year he won a silver medal at the world championships, he is the 1st Indian who won the Silver medal in world wrestling championship. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in freestyle and Greco-Roman divisions with the best result of sixth place in freestyle in 1964. The same year he received the Arjuna Award.Bhim Singh and Bishwanath Singh who competed in the same period, but in heavyweight categories.

  * Bishambar Singh at the International Wrestling Database
  * Bishambar Singh at Olympedia
  * Bishambar Singh at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)


Alen Abramović

Alen Abramović (born 4 November 1976) is a Croatian cross-country skier. He competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics.


3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion

3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion can refer to three units of the Canadian Army Pacific Force in 1945:

  * 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada), 1st Canadian Infantry Regiment
  * 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (The Loyal Edmonton Regiment), 2nd Canadian Infantry Regiment
  * 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (The West Nova Scotia Regiment), 3rd Canadian Infantry Regiment


Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)

"Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" is a song performed by Mint Condition, issued as the second single from their debut album Meant to Be Mint. The song was written by band members Jeffrey Allen, Lawrence Waddell and Stokley Williams.Billboard Hot 100 in 1992. The single spent 34 weeks total and 20 weeks in the top 40 on the Hot R&B Singles chart.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)                    Peak
                                position
US Billboard Hot 100            6
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)  3

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)          Position
US Billboard Hot 100  48


Catoptria laevigatellus

Catoptria laevigatellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Julius Lederer.Bulgaria,Caucasus, Dagestan, Transcaucasia, Armenia, north-eastern Turkey and Syria.

The wingspan is about 25 mm.


Catoptria pyramidellus

Catoptria pyramidellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia and Bulgaria.


Catoptria orientellus

Catoptria orientellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.Romania.


Briegleb BG-08

The Briegleb BG-08 was a 1940s two-seat glider designed by William G. Briegleb.

Development

The BG-08 was a high-wing tandem two-seat glider with a steel-tube-and-fabric fuselage, wooden wings with fabric covering and a metal-and-fabric tail. The type certificate was approved on 31 December 1942.

The glider was built by Briegleb's company, the Sailplane Corporation of America. Three gliders were impressed into service with the United States Army Air Forces in 1942.

Variants

BG-08 Company designation XTG-13 United States Army Air Corps designation for one BG-8 which was impressed as training glider in 1942. TG-13 United States Army Air Corps designation for two BG-8s which were impressed as training gliders in 1942.

Operators

United States
  * United States Army Air Corps
  * Briegleb El Mirage Airfield

Related lists

  * List of Gliders

  * Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.


Brieg

Brieg may refer to:

  * Brzeg (German name Brieg), in Silesia, Poland
      + Duchy of Brzeg, a duchy of Silesia from 1311 – 1675
  * Briec (Breton name Brieg), a town in Brittany
  * Saint-Brieuc (Breton name Sant-Brieg), commune in the Côtes-d'Armor Department in Brittany in north-western France
  * Brig, Switzerland


Briegleb BG-7

The Briegleb BG-7 is an American strut-braced high-wing, single seat glider that was designed by William G. Briegleb and produced by the Sailplane Corporation of America as a completed aircraft and also as a kit.

Design and development

The BG-7 was a development of the 1939 BG-6, with longer, semi-tapered wings of 40.25 ft (12.3 m) span, compared to the 32.35 ft (9.9 m) wing on the earlier model.

The BG-7 wing is made from wood structure, with two spars and covered in doped aircraft fabric. The wing is supported by dual struts. The fuselage is made from steel tube, again with fabric covering and the tail is metal and fabric. The longer wing created stability issues and many aircraft were subsequently modified by either lengthening the tail to increase the tail arm or enlarging the vertical fin. Cockpit modifications were also common.

Three BG-7s were completed by the factory and a further 20 kits were sold. The type was never certified and most were amateur-built from factory kits.

Operational history

In 1952 Betsy Woodward Proudfit, flying a BG-7, set the feminine speed record for the 100 km (62 mi) triangle, at 28.64 mph (46.09 km/h). The record stood for eighteen years.

In March 2011 there were still 2 BG-7s on the Federal Aviation Administration register.

Specifications (BG-7)

Data from Sailplane Directory and Soaring

General characteristics

  * Crew: one
  * Wingspan: 40.25 ft (12.27 m)
  * Wing area: 123 sq ft (11.4 m2)
  * Aspect ratio: 13.1:1
  * Airfoil: NACA 4412
  * Empty weight: 250 lb (113 kg)
  * Gross weight: 500 lb (227 kg)

Performance


Briegleb BG-7

Performance

  * Maximum glide ratio: 20:1 at 40 mph (64 km/h)
  * Rate of sink: 174 ft/min (0.88 m/s) at 36 mph (58 km/h)
  * Wing loading: 4.1 lb/sq ft (20 kg/m2)
  * Briegleb El Mirage Airfield
  * List of gliders


Brief for Murder

"Brief for Murder" is the first episode of the third series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. It was first broadcast by ABC on 28 September 1963. The episode was directed by Peter Hammond and written by Brian Clemens.

Plot

Steed and Cathy set a trap to catch two corrupt lawyers.

Cast

  * Patrick Macnee as John Steed
  * Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
  * John Laurie as Jasper Lakin
  * Harold Scott as Miles Lakin
  * Helen Lindsay as Barbara Kingston
  * Alec Ross as Ronald Henry Wescott
  * June Thody as Dicey Hunt
  * Anthony Baird as Wilson
  * Alice Fraser as Miss Elizabeth Prinn
  * Fred Ferris as Inspector Marsh
  * Michael Goldie as Bart
  * "Brief for Murder" at IMDb
  * Episode overview on The Avengers Forever! website


BloomNation

BloomNation is an American online floral marketplace with about 3,500 florists delivering to nearly 5,000 cities across the country. As an “Etsy-type” site for flowers, customers connect directly with local florists whose flower arrangements are highlighted in the marketplace.

History

BloomNation is headquartered in Los Angeles, California and was founded by David Daneshgar, Farbod Shoraka and Gregg Weisstein in 2011.Booth School of Business where Daneshgar, Shoraka, and Weisstein won the university's New Venture Challenge.World Series of Poker champion, won a two-day poker tournament in Los Angeles. This gave the company enough funding to create a beta version of the marketplace and establish proof of concept.

BloomNation was the first national floral website to accept bitcoin.

Funding

BloomNation raised $1.65 million in seed funding. The round was led by Chris Dixon at Andreessen Horowitz and included participation from Spark Capital, Chicago Ventures and CrunchFund.

In October 2014, BloomNation raised an additional $5.55 million series A round from Ronny Conway, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Chicago Ventures and Crunchfund.


Gratitude (band)

Gratitude was an American alternative rock band that existed from 2003 to 2005.

History

Gratitude was formed in 2003 by Mark Weinberg (originally of the band Crumb) and Thomas Becker (originally of the Get Up Kids). Initially called the Collision, the band was joined by Bob Lindsey on bass and Robby Cronholm (also formerly of Crumb) on vocals. After touring in 2002 with New End Original, which featured Far alum Jonah Matranga and Jeremy Tappero, Cronholm left the band and was replaced by Matranga. When Matranga joined, the band changed their name from the Collision to Gratitude. After picking up Matranga and changing their name, Gratitude signed to Atlantic Records. The group picked up Tappero as second guitarist before going into the studio. After Becker left the band in the middle of recording the record, drummer David Jarnstrom joined the band before the release of their self-titled debut album (Becker and other session musicians fulfilled the drum role during the recording of the album).

Atlantic Records released Gratitude on March 8, 2005. The tracks "Drive Away" and "This Is the Part" were released as singles and received significant radio play both in the US and the UK. Gratitude's first tour for the album was in North America, supporting Jimmy Eat World (to whom the band has often been compared), and they were also on the bill for the 2005 Warped Tour and a leg of the 2005 Taste of Chaos.

The band faced many difficulties after their album's release — the commercial response was somewhat poor, and Weinberg left the band in June for personal reasons, thus forcing Gratitude to continue touring as a four-piece. Many show cancellations throughout the second half of 2005 and rumors of the band being dropped by Atlantic put the future of the band at stake. Eventually Gratitude released a statement on November 25, 2005, saying that they had in fact decided to split after playing one final show at the Ascot Room in Minneapolis two days earlier. Matranga stated the band ended when Weinberg quit the band and threatened to sue him if he continued using the name.

The members of Gratitude have gone on to various other projects, with frontman Jonah Matranga continuing with his solo work. Members, Jeremy Tappero and David Jarnstrom returned to their other band, Minneapolis rockers, Attention.The Beautiful Bodies.

Discography


Gratitude (band)

Discography

Albums

  * Gratitude (Atlantic Records, 2005)

Singles, EPs

  * Drive Away - B-sides: CD Single "Sadie" (acoustic), 7" Pt. 1 "Drive Away" (acoustic), 7" Pt. 2 "Annelise Says"
  * This Is Th EP Art - UK - Ltd. Edition 5" vinyl with B-side "If Ever" acoustic


Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park

Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park is a state park in Pickett County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Cordell Hull (1871–1955) served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Franklin Roosevelt and played a pivotal role in the creation of the United Nations in the mid-1940s.

Geographical setting

Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park is situated along the Highland Rim, a barren and hilly area where the Cumberland Plateau descends westward into the Central Basin. The site is approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the Wolf River, 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the Obey River, and 7 miles (11 km) east of the confluence of these two rivers at Dale Hollow Lake. The park is located along Tennessee State Route 325 (SR 325) a few miles west of the road's junction with Tennessee State Route 111 (SR 111) at Byrdstown. The park is managed by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

History and features

The 45 acre (.18 km2) site includes a refurbished representation of the log cabin where Hull was born in 1871 and a museum housing a number of Hull's personal items, including a replica of his 1945 Nobel Peace Prize. In 1953, the State of Tennessee purchased the cabin from the Amonett family and placed it in the hands of the Cordell Hull Birthplace and Memorial Association. The cabin was taken apart and rebuilt in the 1950s after its purchase by the state, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The museum was built in the 1960s.

In the 1970s and 1980s, oversight of the Hull Birthplace shifted between Pickett State Park and Standing Stone State Park, although the staff of both were deemed lacking in the necessary background for historical interpretation. After a report by Tennessee Technological University placed the structure on its endangered places list in 1986, the State of Tennessee and Pickett County improved the site's management. The cabin was again rebuilt in 1996 in hopes of reestablishing historical accuracy that had been ignored by the previous rebuilding. In 1997, Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park was created when the state legislature approved funding for a full-time staff for the site.

Bunkum Cave

Bunkum Cave


Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park

Bunkum Cave

Bunkum Cave

One of many substantial caves located on the limestone-rich Highland Rim, Bunkum Cave is situated along the headwaters of Cove Creek, just south of the Cordell Hull Birthplace. The mouth of the cave is approximately 100 feet (30 m) wide and 30 feet (9.1 m) high (30m x 9m).Tennessee Division of Archaeology found evidence that the cave had been occupied during the Middle Woodland period (c. 1000 B.C. - 1000 A.D.). William Hull, Cordell's father, used the cave to house a moonshine still.29 acres (120,000 m2) in 2002 as an addition to the Cordell Hull Birthplace. Shortly thereafter, a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) loop trail was constructed to allow access to the cave's entrance. At present, a permit is required to explore the cave beyond its lighted area.

Media related to Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park at Wikimedia Commons

  * Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park — official site
  * Cordell Hull Birthplace & Museum State Park - Friends of Cordell Hull, detailed information
  * Article from Tennessee History for Kids


A Few Miles from Memphis

A Few Miles from Memphis is the first album with pianist Harold Mabern as leader. It was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source                                Rating
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

In his review for Allmusic, Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. calls the album "a bluesy, rhythm-filled set".

Track listing

All compositions by Harold Mabern except as noted

 1. "A Few Miles From Memphis" - 5:30
 2. "Walkin' Back" - 5:52
 3. "A Treat For Bea" - 6:08
 4. "Syden Blue" - 4:00
 5. "There's a Kind of Hush" (Geoff Stephens, Les Reed) - 5:35
 6. "B & B" - 7:27
 7. "To Wane" - 6:24

Personnel

  * Harold Mabern - piano
  * George Coleman, Buddy Terry - tenor saxophone
  * Bill Lee - bass
  * Walter Perkins - drums


Dannin

Look up dānnin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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

  * Ellen Dannin (born 1951), American professor
  * Leo Dannin (1898–1971), Danish footballer
  * Danin (name)
  * Dantin


Balbino (footballer, born 1896)

José Balbino da Silva (born 23 March 1896 - deceased) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.

  * Balbino at EU-Football.info
  * Balbino at WorldFootball.net


Boone, Nebraska

Boone is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Nebraska, United States.

History

Boone took its name from Boone County, which was named for pioneer Daniel Boone.

41°37′35″N 97°55′03″W / 41.62639°N 97.91750°W


Alen Bajkuša

Alen Bajkuša (born 26 June 1971) is a Bosnia and Herzegovinian former professional footballer who played as a forward. His career began at FK Željezničar. He later played for the Hong Kong national team.

Club career

Bajkuša was born Sarajevo. He joined Hong Kong giants South China in 1994 from Malaysian side Penang.Golden in Hong Kong.

He later played for SM Caen in the French Ligue 1,Happy Valley.

International career

He played for Hong Kong in the 1994 Carlsberg Cup

  * Swiss league stats - SFL Glory
  * Hungarian league stats - Futbalmanach
  * Alen Bajkusa – French league stats at Ligue 2 (in French) – English translation


3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (United States)

The 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team was an infantry brigade based at Fort Knox, Kentucky. The brigade is a subordinate unit of 1st Infantry Division.

History

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, since it was constituted, has been organized, reorganized, Inactivated, disbanded, reconstituted, and redesignated several times.

  * Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters Troop, 1st Expeditionary Division
  * Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York
  * Reorganized and redesignated 6 July 1917 as Headquarters Troop, 1st Division
  * Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1921 as Headquarters and Military Police Company (less Military Police Platoon), 1st Division
  * Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division
  * Disbanded 20 April 1960 at Fort Riley, Kansas
  * Reconstituted 23 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
  * Activated 2 January 1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas
  * Redesignated 21 July 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division Forward
  * Inactivated 15 August 1991 in Germany
  * Redesignated 16 February 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, and activated in Germany
  * Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 April 2007 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 1st Infantry Division – hereafter separate lineage)
  * Inactivation Ceremony at Fort Knox, KY - 21 May 2014
  * Reactivated

Organization

The unit is composed of:

  * Headquarters & Headquarters Company (HHC) ("Hellfighters")
  * Special Troops Battalion (STB) ("Valiant Warrior")
  * 2nd Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment ("Lions")
  * 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment ("Ramrods")
  * 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment ("Blue Spaders")
  * 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment ("Raiders")
  * 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment (1-6th FAR) ("Centaurs")
  * 201st Brigade Support Battalion (201st BSB) ("Thor")

The Brigade, A History by John J. McGrath from the Combat Studies Institute Press, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Official 3/1 IBCT Facebook Page:


Boondoggle (EP)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source         Rating
AllMusic

Boondoggle is an EP from The Lucksmiths released in 1994 on Candle Records (catalogue number LUCKY1.)

Track listing

 1. "Victor Trumper" - 2:03
 2. "Clever Hans" - 4:43
 3. "Summer Town" - 3:52
 4. "Tree" - 2:41
 5. "21" - 5:08
 6. "Umbrella" - 2:38
 7. "The Bakers Wife" - 0:58
 8. "Fridge Magnet Song" - 2:07


Briefzentrum (Deutsche Post)

A Briefzentrum (English: Letter center) is a district center for the processing of letters for Deutsche Post.

History

Before 1993, there were more than 1,000 centers for the processing of letters.

With the introduction of the new postal codes in Germany, 83 different district centers were built between 1994 and 1998. In 2003, Briefzentrum 42 (Wuppertal) was closed. Since then, there are only 82 district processing centers.

Size

The processing centers are organized by size, which is determined by the number of letters processed daily:

  * S: 450,000-750,000
  * M: 750,000-1,500,000
  * L: 1,500,000–2,250,000
  * XL: 2,250,000–3,000,000
  * XXL: 3,000,000–4,500,000
  * IPZ: 3,000,000-5,000,000 (International Center)

List of letter processing centers

Map with letter processing centers in Germany


Briefzentrum (Deutsche Post)

Postal Code  Region                  Location of Center           Size   Operational Since
01           Dresden                 Ottendorf-Okrilla            L      1996
02           Bautzen                 Bautzen                      S      1996
03           Cottbus                 Cottbus                      S      1998
04           Leipzig                 Schkeuditz                   XL     1996
06           Halle (Saale)           Hohenthurm                   L      1995
07           Gera                    Gera                         M      1997
08           Zwickau                 Reinsdorf                    M      1997
09           Chemnitz                Chemnitz                     M      1995
10           Berlin-Zentrum          Berlin-Tempelhof             XXL    1997
12/ 15       Berlin-Südost           Schönefeld                   XL     1996
13/ 16       Berlin-Nord             Hennigsdorf                  L      1996
14           Berlin-Südwest          Stahnsdorf                   XL     1996
17           Neubrandenburg          Neubrandenburg               M      1998
18           Rostock                 Roggentin                    M      1996
19           Schwerin                Schwerin                     M      1997
20/ 22       Hamburg-Zentrum         Hamburg                      XXL    1997
21           Hamburg-Süd             Hamburg                      L      1996
23           Lübeck                  Lübeck                       M      1996
24           Kiel                    Kiel                         L      1996
25           Elmshorn                Elmshorn                     M      1997
26           Oldenburg               Oldenburg                    M      1997
27/ 28       Bremen                  Bremen                       XL     1996
29           Celle                   Celle                        S      1997
30/ 31       Hannover                Pattensen                    XXL    1996
32/ 33       Herford                 Herford                      XL     1996
34           Kassel                  Kassel                       M      1995
35           Gießen                  Langgöns                     M      1997
36           Fulda                   Eichenzell                   M      1998
37           Göttingen               Göttingen                    M      1997
38           Braunschweig            Braunschweig                 L      1996
39           Magdeburg               Sülzetal                     M      1996
40           Düsseldorf              Langenfeld                   XXL    1997
41           Mönchengladbach         Mönchengladbach              M      1996
42           Wuppertal               Wuppertal                    L      1998–2003
44           Dortmund                Dortmund                     L      1997
45           Essen                   Essen                        XL     1997
46/ 47       Duisburg                Duisburg                     XL     1996
48           Münster                 Greven                       L      1994


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48           Münster                 Greven                       L      1994
49           Osnabrück               Osnabrück                    M      1996
50           Köln-West               Frechen                      XXL    1997
51           Köln-Ost                Köln                         L      1996
52           Aachen                  Aachen                       M      1996
53           Bonn                    Troisdorf                    L      1996
54           Trier                   Trier                        M      1998
55           Mainz                   Mainz-Hechtsheim             M      1998
56           Koblenz                 Koblenz                      M      1996
57           Siegen                  Freudenberg                  M      1998
58           Hagen                   Hagen                        L      1997
59           Hamm                    Werl                         M      1997
60/ 61       Frankfurt am Main       Frankfurt am Main            XXL    1996
62           Frankfurt am Main       Flughafen Frankfurt am Main  IPZ    1997
63           Offenbach am Main       Offenbach am Main            L      1997
64           Darmstadt               Darmstadt                    M      1998
65           Wiesbaden               Mainz-Kastel                 L      1996
66           Saarbrücken             Saarbrücken                  L      1996
67           Ludwigshafen            Ludwigshafen                 L      1997
68/ 69       Mannheim                Mannheim-Käfertal            L      1996
70/ 71       Stuttgart               Waiblingen                   XXL    1997
72           Reutlingen              Reutlingen                   L      1997
73           Göppingen               Salach                       M      1997
74           Heilbronn               Heilbronn                    M      1997
75           Pforzheim               Pforzheim                    M      1998
76           Karlsruhe               Karlsruhe                    M      1996
77           Offenburg               Offenburg                    M      1998
78           Villingen-Schwenningen  Villingen-Schwenningen       M      1997
79           Freiburg im Breisgau    Freiburg im Breisgau         L      1996
80/ 81       München                 München                      XXL    1998
82           Starnberg               Starnberg                    M      1998
83           Rosenheim               Kolbermoor                   M      1998
84           Landshut                Landshut                     S      1998
85           Freising                Flughafen-München            L      1998
86           Augsburg                Gersthofen                   M      1996
87           Kempten                 Kempten                      S      1998
88           Ravensburg              Weingarten                   L (M)  2010 (M from 1997-May 2010)
89           Ulm                     Neu-Ulm                      M      1998


Briefzentrum (Deutsche Post)

89           Ulm                     Neu-Ulm                      M      1998
90/ 91       Nürnberg                Nürnberg                     XXL    1997
92           Amberg                  Ebermannsdorf                M      1996
93           Regensburg              Regensburg                   M      1998
94           Straubing               Straubing                    M      1994
95           Bayreuth                Bayreuth                     M      1996
96           Bamberg                 Bamberg                      M      1997
97           Würzburg                Würzburg                     L      1996
98           Suhl                    Suhl                         S      1998
99           Erfurt                  Erfurt                       L      1996


Briefzentrum (Deutsche Post)

* Deutsche Post (German)
  * Briefzentren der Deutschen Post (German)


Bispham Memorial Medal Award

The Bispham Memorial Medal Award was an award for operas written in English which was named for baritone David Bispham, who was a great proponent of performing opera in English in the United States. It was traditionally awarded to American composers, frequently for an opera on an American subject. It originated from the Opera in Our Language Foundation, Inc., founded by composer Eleanor Everest Freer, and Edith Rockefeller McCormick, in 1921. After David Bispham's death in October 1921, Eleanor Everest Freer also founded the David Bispham Memorial Fund, Inc., in March 1922. Eleanor Everest Freer was chairman, and Edith Rockefeller McCormick was treasurer, of both organizations. On April 7, 1924, the two organizations merged to become the American Opera Society of Chicago. The first medal was awarded by the American Opera Society of Chicago in 1924 to Ernest Trow Carter, for his opera The White Bird, which saw its first full performance at the Studebaker Theater, in Chicago, on March 6, 1924.The Taming of the Shrew. The award was funded in part by David Bispham's will, and also in part by Eleanor Everest Freer, who, in addition, was one of its recipients (for The Legend of the Piper). Other recipients include (alphabetically by author):


Bispham Memorial Medal Award

* George Antheil (for Helen Retires)
  * Ernst Bacon (for A Tree on the Plains)
  * Alberto Bimboni (for Winona)
  * J. Lewis Browne (for The Corsican Girl (La Corsicana))
  * Simon Bucharoff (for Sakahara)
  * Frank Patterson (for The Echo)
  * Charles Wakefield Cadman (for Shanewis)
  * Charles Frederick Carlson (for Phelias)
  * Ernest Trow Carter (for The White Bird)
  * Rossetter Cole (for The Maypole Lovers)
  * Edward Collins (for Daughters of the South)
  * Frederick Shepherd Converse (for The Pipe of Desire)
  * Walter Damrosch (for Cyrano de Bergerac)
  * Francesco Bartolomeo de Leone (for Alglala)
  * Henry Purmort Eames (for Priscilla and John Alden)
  * Peter J. Engels (for Minnehaha)
  * Ralph Errole (for Prince Elmar)
  * Pietro Floridia (for Paoletta)
  * Hamilton Forrest (for Yzdra)
  * Aldo Franchetti (for Namiko-San)
  * Eleanor Everest Freer (for Legend of the Piper)
  * George Gershwin (for Porgy and Bess)
  * Vittorio Giannini (for The Taming of the Shrew)
  * Louis Gruenberg (for The Emperor Jones)
  * Henry Hadley (for Azora, the Daughter of Montezuma)
  * Richard Hageman (for Tragedy in Arezzo (Caponsacchi))
  * Howard Hanson (for Merry Mount)
  * W. Franke Harling (for A Light from St. Agnes)
  * S. W. Harwill (for Bella Donna)
  * Victor Herbert (for Natoma and Madeleine)
  * John Adam Hugo (for The Temple Dancer)


Bispham Memorial Medal Award

* John Adam Hugo (for The Temple Dancer)
  * Frederick Jacobi (for The Prodigal Son)
  * Wesley LaViolette (for Shylock)
  * William Lester (for Manabozo)
  * Clarence Loomis (for Yolanda of Cyprus)
  * Otto Luening (for Evangeline)
  * Ralph Lyford (for Castle Agrazant)
  * Quinto Maganini (for The Argonauts)
  * William J. McCoy (for Egypt)
  * Gian Carlo Menotti (for The Medium and The Telephone)
  * Douglas Moore (for The Devil and Daniel Webster)
  * Mary Carr Moore (for "Narcissa," or The Cost of Empire)
  * Marx E. Oberndorfer (for Roseanne)
  * Julius Osiier (for The Bride of Baghdad)
  * Frank Patterson (for The Echo)
  * P. Marinus Paulsen (for The Cimbrians)
  * Bernard Rogers (for The Marriage of Aude)
  * Beryl Rubinstein (for The Sleeping Princess)
  * Karl Schmidt (for The Lady of the Lake)
  * John Laurence Seymour (for In the Pasha's Garden)
  * Charles Sanford Skilton (for Kalopin)
  * Theodore Stearns (for The Snow Bird)
  * Humphrey John Stewart (for The Hound of Heaven)
  * Albert Stoessel (for Garrick)
  * Deems Taylor (for The King's Henchman)
  * Virgil Thomson (for Four Saints in Three Acts)
  * Jane Van Etten (for Guido Ferranti)
  * Isaac Van Grove (for The Music Robber)
  * Kurt Weill (for Down in the Valley)
  * Clarence Cameron White (for Ouanga!)
  * T. Carl Whitmer (for a selection of religious operas)
  * Jean Martinon (distinguished composer and conductor)
  * Sir Michael Tippet (distinguished composer and conductor)


Bispham Memorial Medal Award

* Sir Michael Tippet (distinguished composer and conductor)
  * Alan Stout (distinguished American composer)
  * Lyric Theatre (Lord Byron’s Love Letter stage sets)
  * Lyric Theatre (Lyric scholarship fund)
  * David Ewen, Encyclopedia of the Opera: New Enlarged Edition. New York; Hill and Wang, 1963.
  * List of winners, cited on Opera-L