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The Oyster Rocks are a close pair of small granite islands with a combined area of about 6 ha in south-eastern Australia. They are part of Tasmania's Tin Kettle Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait between Flinders and Cape Barren Islands in the Furneaux Group. They are a conservation area. The islands are part of the Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because it holds over 1% of the world populations of six bird species.
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Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, white-faced storm-petrel, Pacific gull, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher, Caspian tern and Cape Barren goose. Black-faced cormorants nest on the smaller western islet. The metallic skink is present.Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.
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Peristerona (Greek: Περιστερώνα) is a large village about 32 kilometres west of the capital Nicosia, on the foothills of the Troodos Mountain range in the Morphou basin. It is built on the west bank of the river that bears the same name, which is a tributary of the river Serrachis, at an average altitude of 250 meters.
The population by the 2001 census was 2,173. It is primarily an agricultural village producing citrus-fruit vegetables, cereals olives and almonds. The name Peristerona derives from the Greek word for dove or pigeon (peristeri).
Peristerona has historically always been a mixed village. The 1831 Ottoman census recorded a slight Turkish Cypriot majority at 56%, but all later censuses recorded a slight Greek Cypriot majority. In 1960, the village's population was 1166, with 690 Greek Cypriots (59.2%) and 476 Turkish Cypriots (41.8%). In 1964, during the period of intercommunal violence after the Bloody Christmas of 1963, the whole of the village's Turkish Cypriot population fled to Turkish Cypriot enclaves in Lefka, Angolemi, Kazivera and Elia. In 1968, some Turkish Cypriots returned to the village though their numbers were extremely small, only 23 were reported in 1971. Following the killing of two Turkish Cypriots by Greek Cypriot militants in 1974 after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the returned Turkish Cypriots also left for Northern Cyprus. There, Turkish Cypriots of Peristerona were resettled all over the territory but were mainly concentrated in Katokopia. Peristerona was used to resettle Greek Cypriot refugees, mainly from Morphou and surroundings. Turkish Cypriot houses were mostly used to house these people and a modern housing development was constructed between 1975 and 1982, housing 500 people in 1982.
The church, St. Barnabas and Hilarion Church,Artist photos has five domes on the roof arranged in the shape of a cross, a feature only seen on one other church in the island.PlanetWare.com > Peristerona Tourism It was built in the Byzantine period. The Peristerona Mosque was constructed in the 19th century, during the Ottoman era. It has tinted windows and sculptured parts. It is next to the church and the two were used in stamps in the British period as a symbol of Greek-Turkish coexistence.
Of note is that there are two further villages with the same name in Cyprus one in the district of Paphos and one in Famagusta.
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Karl Friedrich Johannes Kuhlo (8 October 1856 in Gohfeld, now Löhne, Germany – 16 May 1941 in Bielefeld-Bethel, Germany) together with his father Eduard Kuhlo, founded the German Protestant Posaunenchor (trombone choir/church brass ensemble) movement.
Working in collaboration with the Bielefeld instrument maker Ernst David he developed the kuhlohorn for use by the ensembles (among other brass instruments).
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Wilhelm Ehmann: Johannes Kuhlo. Ein Spielmann Gottes. Stuttgart 1951, Luther Verlag, 6. Auflage Bielefeld 1981, ISBN 3-7858-0181-5.
Helmut Ludwig: Johannes Kuhlo. Der Posaunengeneral. Brunnen Verlag, Gießen/Basel 1966 (Digitalisat auf www.archive.org).
Christof Windhorst: Eduard und Johannes Kuhlo. In: Beiträge zur Heimatkunde der Städte Löhne und Bad Oeynhausen, Heft 12: Beiträge zur Kirchengeschichte des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts – Erweckungsbewegung und Kirchenkampf. Löhne 1987, S. 85–103.
Joachim Thalmann (ed.): Johannes Kuhlo. Mitarbeiter am Psalm 150. Luther-Verlag, Bielefeld 1991, ISBN 3-7858-0336-2.
Johannes Kuhlo. In: Horst Dietrich Schlemm (ed.): Beiträge zur Geschichte evangelischer Posaunenarbeit, Lieferung 2: Zwölf Männer prägten die Posaunenarbeit. Gütersloh 1991, ISBN 3-579-03021-3, S. 28–44.
Wolfgang Schnabel: Drei große Förderer der evangelischen Posaunenchorbewegung. Johannes Kuhlo, Adolf Müller, Wilhelm Ehmann. Brockmeyer, Bochum 1994, ISBN 3-8196-0241-0.
Reinhard Neumann: Pastor Johannes Kuhlo (1856–1941). Seine politischen Einstellungen als Vorsteher der Westfälischen Diakonenanstalt Nazareth von 1893–1922 und darüber hinaus. In: Jahrbuch für Westfälische Kirchengeschichte 102, 2006, S. 367–403 (unkorrigiertes Manuskript des zugrundeliegenden Vortrags).
Wolfgang Schnabel: Johannes Kuhlo (1856–1941): Preuße, Pfarrer, Posaunengeneral. In: Jürgen Kampmann (ed.): Protestantismus in Preußen, Bd. IV Vom Ersten Weltkrieg bis zur deutschen Teilung. Frankfurt a. Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-86921-036-0, S. 31–48.
Eckard Struckmeier: "Wie der Hirsch lechzt nach frischem Wasser ...". Geschichte der Kirchengemeinde Hüllhorst vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. In: Heinz-Ulrich Kammeier, Wolfgang Riechmann, Bert Wiegel (ed.): Quellen und Schrifttum zur Kulturgeschichte des Wiehengebirgsraumes, Reihe A Band 6. Espelkamp 1996, ISBN 3-89646-900-2.
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RJASE1
Code letter: G
Admin has already had a checkuser done on TortureIsBad by user:Dmcdevit (see here) that showed TortureIsBad=RJASE1 . Now has shown up. Note the last two incidents of vandalism to User:Ryan Postlethwaite were by TortureIsBad and TortureIsDoubleplusungood . RJASE1 is blocked for 72h and the other accounts are indef blocked . RJASE1 has a history of reporting usernames to WP:RFCN and WP:UAA and actively participating in their discussion, and it is surprising and disturbing that someone who seemed to be a useful editor would create at least one disruptive sock. The question is has RJASE1 created other socks before? Is there a sockfarm needing blocking? Flyguy649talkcontribs 16:26, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Partly already done, per Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/TortureIsWrong, TortureIsBad = RJASE1, and all accounts are blocked, all indef except RJASE1, who is set to expire on the 11th. --ST47Talk 17:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Clerk, your job is not ever to make or suggest such determinations. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 17:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Apologies, however the first section stands. --ST47Talk 17:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Note is not blocked. GDonato (talk) 22:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Note I've added some more that my have been created by RJASE1 to discredit . GDonato (talk) 20:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
These Later accounts may be stale, as they were from March 31-April 1 or so. Flyguy649talkcontribs 21:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I stumbled across while looking for impersonation accounts; the account was created May 22, 2007, before TortureIsWrong's block. Considering the name parallel with TIS, and my own tussles with him, I'm highly suspect. I don't suppose CU can be performed on users who haven't edited, can it? EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I think it can and I've added it to the list as it sounds suspicious. GDonato (talk) 22:15, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
...Well, this puts a new light on the incident below, doesn't it? Adam Cuerden talk 22:24, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
RJASE1 only has one confirmed sock so far. The others might have nothing to do with him (or be too old to check). That's why I filed this. Flyguy649talkcontribs 04:20, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
to RJASE1, but , as well. :-) Dmcdevit·t 07:41, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! And I'm rather glad that they aren't related. Flyguy649talkcontribs 14:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
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A sockpuppet, Winkers6767, which RJASE1 was reporting here: Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Winkers6767 chimed in and admitted not only to be the same as the list of IP addresses - which doesn't need checking - but claimed to be the same person as the one who reported him. If true, all of them should be dealt with, but I'm unwilling to trust the person being reported to declare accurately that he's the same as the reporter. Can we say he is?
RJASE says he's in Nashville on his user profile, so mere geography probably isn't enough - evidence of further matching is needed.
Adam Cuerden talk 19:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
What the??? I was the one who originally reported this sockpuppet here. If you look at the edit history, you can see the sockpuppet came back and vandalized his case page to say that he was me. RJASE1 Talk 06:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah... to be fair, I'm not really inclined to believe that a user who seems to have as many good edits as RJASE1 suddenly snapped and went on a sockpuppet rampage. But, well, let's clear him and get on with it. Adam Cuerden talk 07:22, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Privacy policy forbids. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 00:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
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1852 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1852 in the United Kingdom.
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1852 in the United Kingdom
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Incumbents
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Incumbents
Monarch – Victoria
Prime Minister – Lord John Russell (Whig) (until 23 February); Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (Conservative) (starting 23 February, until 19 December); George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition) (starting 19 December)
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January – New Model Union the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Smiths, Millwrights and Patternmakers involved in a 3-month lockout.
4 January – wooden paddle steamer RMS Amazon catches fire and sinks on her maiden voyage in the Bay of Biscay with between 105 and 115 killed and 58 saved.
17 January – United Kingdom recognises the independence of the Transvaal.
3 February – the new chamber of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in the Palace of Westminster, designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, is opened. Later this month, Pugin suffers a mental breakdown, days after designing the clock tower for the Palace, dying in September.
5 February – Holmfirth Flood caused by collapse of the embankment at Bilberry reservoir in the West Riding of Yorkshire: 81 killed.
11 February – the first British public toilet for women opens in Bedford Street, London. One for gentlemen had opened on 2 February in Fleet Street.
14 February – Great Ormond Street Hospital in London admits its first child patient.
21 February – Earl Russell resigns as Prime Minister after his Militia Bill is amended.
23 February – the Earl of Derby forms a minority Protectionist Conservative government.
25 February – sinks near Cape Town, British Cape Colony. Only 193 of the 643 on board survive, after troops stand firm on the deck so as not to overwhelm the lifeboats containing women and children.
27 February – Lord Derby appoints Benjamin Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1 March – Archibald William Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
April – Samuel Orchart Beeton begins publication of The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, the first for women.
1 April – start of the Second Burmese War.
21 April – St George's Cathedral, Southwark, St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham, Nottingham Cathedral and Salford Cathedral are raised to the dignity of cathedrals of the Roman Catholic church by decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith.Decreta Quatuor Conciliorum Provincialium Westmonasteriensium, 2nd edn, London: Burns & Oates, p.56; translation in: Robert Guy OSB, The Synods in English, Stratford-on-Avon: St Gregory Press, 1886 p.101.
May – the Museum of Manufactures, predecessor of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is opened in London, initially at Marlborough House.
21 June – trial of Cardinal John Henry Newman for the defamation of Giacinto Achilli opens in London. Newman is convicted on 25 June.
29 June – Protestant-Catholic riots in Stockport.
30 June – Parliament passes:
New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, granting the British colony self-government with a representative constitution.
Common Law Procedure Act.
July – first Synod of the newly created Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster is held at St Mary's College, Oscott, Birmingham.
7–31 July – general election: Lord Derby retains power.
23 August – George Jennings receives a patent for improvements to the flush toilet.
2 September – the public library in Campfield, Manchester, is the first to offer free lending under the Public Libraries Act 1850.
8 September – the Inman Line is the first to offer United States-bound migrants steerage passage in a steamer, .
1 October – Patent Law Amendment Act comes into effect, merging the English, Scottish and Irish patent systems.
14 October – Great Northern Railway opens London King's Cross station, the largest in Europe at this time.
19 October – last fatal duel on English soil takes place on Priest Hill, between Englefield Green and Old Windsor, between two French political exiles Emmanuel Barthélemy and Frederic Cournet. Cournet is killed; Barthélemy is tried for murder but convicted only of manslaughter and serves a few months in prison. He is hanged two years later after another killing.
1–30 November – second-wettest month in the EWP series (wettest until 1903) with an average of .Hadley Center Ranked EWP. It beats November 1772 with .
17 December – Earl of Derby resigns as Prime Minister, following the defeat of his budget.
28 December – Earl of Aberdeen becomes Prime Minister, leading a Whig-Peelite coalition.
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End of the Great Famine (Ireland). In the period it has lasted since 1845, one million people have emigrated from Ireland. The Irish now make up a quarter of the population of Liverpool, and the same is true of cities on the east coast of North America.
The House of Mercy Anglican sisterhood (which becomes the Community of St John Baptist) is established at Clewer, near Windsor, to minister to reformed prostitutes and other marginalised women.
Nailmakers' Strike in the West Midlands.
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Publications
Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House (serialisation from March).
Roget's Thesaurus (1st edition).
William Makepeace Thackeray's novel The History of Henry Esmond.
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Births
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Births
18 April – George Clausen, graphic artist (died 1944)
4 May – Alice Liddell, inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (died 1934)
24 May – Cunninghame Graham, politician, adventurer and writer (died 1936)
30 June – Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, politician and courtier (died 1930)
4 July – E. S. Prior, Arts and Crafts architect and theorist (died 1932)
27 July – Edward Onslow Ford, sculptor (died 1901)
4 August – Charles Coborn, born Colin McCallum, music-hall singer (died 1945)
23 August – Arnold Toynbee, economic historian (died 1883)
9 September – John Henry Poynting, physicist (died 1914)
12 September – H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1928)
21 September – Edmund Leighton, historical genre painter (died 1922)
28 September – John French, World War I field marshal (died 1925)
30 September – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish-born composer (died 1924)
2 October – William Ramsay, Scottish-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
3 October – Charles Cripps, lawyer and politician (died 1941)
17 October – George Egerton, admiral (died 1940)
21 December – George Callaghan, admiral (died 1920)
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John Hawdon, British scullerEdward Hanlan Champions Oarsman, Otago Daily Times, Issue 6907, 5 April 1884, published by Albert S Manders & Co, Melbourne 1884.
Kate Vaughan, born Catherine Candelin, dancer and actress (died 1903)
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Deaths
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Deaths
1 January – John George Children, chemist, mineralogist and zoologist (born 1777)
10 February – Samuel Prout, painter (born 1783)
5 April – James Grant, major-general (born 1778)
3 May – Sara Coleridge, author and translator (born 1802)
2 June – William Forster Lloyd, economist (born 1794)William Forster Lloyd, 1795-1852
24 August – Sarah Guppy, inventor (born 1770)
4 September – William MacGillivray, naturalist and ornithologist (born 1796)
14 September
Augustus Pugin, architect and designer (born 1812)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)
30 September – Mary Matilda Betham, diarist, scholar and poet (born 1776)
7 October – Sir Edward Troubridge, 2nd Baronet, admiral (born ca. 1787)
9 November – John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury, peer and lay Roman Catholic leader (born 1791)
10 November – Gideon Mantell, geologist and palaeontologist (born 1790)
20 November – Mary Berry, writer (born 1763)
27 November – Ada Lovelace, early computer pioneer, daughter of Lord Byron (born 1815)
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Hall Cross Academy (formerly Hall Cross School and Doncaster Grammar School), is a co-educational academy in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
The 2012–2013 term saw the establishment change its name to Hall Cross Academy.
It is named after the Hall Cross on Hall Cross Hill, on the opposite side of the main road through Doncaster.
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Academic performance
GCSE results for the school are slightly above average. At A-level it performs well, with some of the best results in South Yorkshire, and the third best in Doncaster LEA. Results in Doncaster at GCSE are notably low, but they are much better at A level, similar to the situation in Grimsby and Hull.
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The academy is split over two sites, with the Upper academy located in the centre of Doncaster (in the Town Fields area) and the Lower academy in the north of Bessacarr, near the Dome. Hall Cross Academy has specialist status as a Science College. The total number of pupils who attend the academy is over 2000. It features as an integral part of the community, providing access to facilities for many primary schools, which also form part of its large catchment area. The headteacher of the academy is Mr Simon Swain.
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The Gilbert Scott building and Christchurch House
The Gilbert Scott building is the oldest building on the Town Centre site, it was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and was built in 1869. Downstairs it features a plaque dedicating the building to Queen Victoria. The upper floor houses the school's library and an IT suite. The building is a classic example of Victorian Gothic Revival, featuring a large Hammerbeam roof decorated with flowers cut into the massive oak beams which may, in fact, be stained pine. The building also features a tower at one corner. Inside the library there are two massive Gothic-style glass windows at either end, one of them being stained glass, designed and executed by former pupil C. Rupert Moore, which was unveiled in 1938 as a tribute to "Old Boys" from the school who died in World War I. The library features a large number of Victorian plaques, dedicated to past headteachers of the school as well as to staff and students killed in the two world wars. The most recent plaque commemorates the visit by Prince Charles to the school in 1989.
Christchurch house is the school's equivalent of a "6th form block". It is a large detached Victorian Townhouse which overlooks the local church that the house is named after. The house features a grand wooden staircase, stained glass skylights, and a statue of the Venus de Milo which originally resided in the Girls' School, built in 1918. When the school was disbanded, the statue was moved to Hall Cross Academy.
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Remembrance Day is one of the most important days in the academic calendar. The academy has held a ceremony every year since 1918 to remember those who attended the school and died in battle. The service begins at 9am. Speeches are made by the Head Teacher who gives thanks to those who died as a result of conflict. Two poppy wreaths are then carried down the corridor to the library by the Head Boy and Head Girl. They are then laid by the World War One and World War Two plaques respectively, while the Last Post is played on the trumpet, with the sounds carrying through to the library.
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High Speed Train power car no. 43045 was named 'The Grammar School, Doncaster AD1350' in Spring 1984. It was last in revenue earning service with East Midlands Trains and was stored at Long Marston, not carrying its former name.
The nameplate removed from the locomotive was kept in the collection of railwayana originally located in the tower of the academy along with a large collection of amassed by the Doncaster Grammar School Railway Society, to which, at one point, one in six pupils belonged. The collection also includes nameplates from two locomotives destroyed as a result of the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash. This collection is now in the Railway Heritage Centre of the Danum Museum.
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Old Danensians
Alumni and former staff of Doncaster Grammar School, Doncaster High School for Girls, Hall Cross Comprehensive School and Hall Cross Academy, known as Old Danensians, are able to join the Old Danensians' Club.
The object of the club is to maintain connections between past members of the School with one another and the School, and generally promote the welfare of the foundation.
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H. J. Blackham (taught divinity in the early 1930s)
Squadron Leader Ernest Kinghorn, Labour MP from 1945 to 1951 for Great Yarmouth (taught languages)
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David Firth, animator behind Salad Fingers, the fat-pie website and one half of the cult mockumentary anti-hero, MC Devvo
Barry Middleton, England international hockey player.
Louis Tomlinson, singer and songwriter.
Tan France, fashion designer and television personality, founder of brand Kingdom & State and fashion expert on Queer Eye.
Lee Cowling, former professional footballer and football coach for Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Mansfield Town.
Darius Henderson, former professional footballer for Sheffield United, Watford, Millwall and Nottingham Forest.
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Doncaster Grammar School for Boys
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Doncaster Grammar School for Boys
Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe (briefly)
H.J. Blackham, philosopher and humanist
Rodney Bickerstaffe, former leader of Britain's largest trades union, UNISON.
Prof Thomas Charlton, Jackson Professor of Engineering from 1970 to 1979 at the University of Aberdeen, and Professor of Civil Engineering from 1963 to 1970 at Queen's University Belfast
Ronald Dearing, CB, former chairman of the Post Office, chancellor from 1993 to 2000 of the University of Nottingham, and known for the Dearing Report which laid the foundations of tuition fees (top-up fees) at universities.
Sir Eric Denton CBE, marine biologist, Royal Society Research Professor from 1964 to 1974 at the University of Bristol
Percy Elland, editor from 1950 to 1959 of the Evening Standard
Prof Robert Fox, Professor from 1988 to 2006 of the History of Science at the University of Oxford (Linacre College)
Kevin Marsh, BBC executive, Editor from 2002 to 2006 of the Today programme
Prof Roger Needham CBE, Professor of Computer Systems from 1981 to 1998 at the University of Cambridge, Head of the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory from 1980 to 1995, and invented important algorithms (Needham-Schroeder protocol) for computer securityRoger Needham
Rev Prof Christopher Rowland, Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture since 1991 at the University of Oxford
Prof Denis Sargan, Professor of Econometrics from 1964 to 1984 at the London School of Economics (LSE).
John Scott-Scott, rocket scientist
Edward Smallwood, Liberal MP from 1917 to 1918 of Islington East
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Doncaster High School for Girls
Madge Adam, astronomer.
Margo Gunn, actress
Jane Harrison, one of four women to have been awarded the George Cross
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Thomas Britten, international footballer (Wales 1878 and 1880)The English players in 1870s Scottish football, Andy Mitchell, Scottish Sport History, 12 April 2021
John Cartwright, emeritus Professor of the Law of Contract, University of Oxford
Gillian Coultard, football player, former Captain of the England Woman's football team
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Hall Cross Academy
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See also
List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom
Listed buildings in Doncaster (Town Ward)
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Hall Cross Academy
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References
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References
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Hall Cross Academy
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External links
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External links
Hall Cross Academy website
2007 Ofsted report
Old Danensians' Club website
EduBase
Category:Educational institutions established in the 14th century
Category:1350 establishments in England
Category:Grade II listed buildings in South Yorkshire
Category:Grade II listed educational buildings
Category:Secondary schools in Doncaster
Category:George Gilbert Scott buildings
Category:Academies in Doncaster
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Use dmy dates, Academic performance, Admissions, The Gilbert Scott building and Christchurch House, Remembrance Day, Railways, Old Danensians, Notable faculty members, Alumni, Hall Cross Comprehensive School, Doncaster Grammar School for Boys, Doncaster High School for Girls, Doncaster Grammar School, Gallery, See also, References, External links
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Summary
Charles Schulz, cartoonist, from book "You're Out of Your Mind, Charlie Brown"..December 1958...a compilation of Sunday "Peanuts" comic strips
This is a one panel scene scanned from a comic strip inside the above book to illustrate the character Lucy in competition with her brother Linus
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Licensing
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Johnny Gooch
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Short description
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John Beverley Gooch (November 9, 1897 – May 15, 1975) was an American professional baseball player, coach, minor league manager and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from to , most prominently for the Pittsburgh Pirates where he was a member of the 1925 World Series winning team. He also played for the Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox. After his playing career ended, Gooch continued to work as a baseball coach and minor league manager. In 1972, Gooch was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
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Johnny Gooch
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Baseball career
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Baseball career
Born in Smyrna, Tennessee, Gooch began his professional baseball career in 1916 at the age of 18 with the Talladega Tigers of the Georgia–Alabama League. He didn't play professionally in 1917 or 1918 as he returned to help on the family farm after his oldest brother had died in a drowning accident and his second oldest brother had been called into military service during World War I. Gooch was also called into military service and was aboard a train heading to the service when news of the Armistice broke.
In 1918, Gooch tried out to play for the New Orleans Pelicans but didn't make the team. Despite this setback, the eager Gooch continued to show up for the team's practices. His eagerness to play finally convinced the Pelicans to sign him to a contract. He was sent to play in Cleveland and then to Mobile, where he was released. The Birmingham Barons then signed him after The Barons’ manager, Carlton Molesworth, remembered his dedication during one of his team's visits to play in Mobile. It was in Birmingham where Gooch first played with future Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Pie Traynor, and the two men developed a lifelong friendship. In 1920, he posted a .288 batting average in 136 games for the Barons.
Gooch made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 9, 1921 at the age of 22. Gooch had his best season offensively in 1922 when veteran catcher Walter Schmidt, held out for more pay and didn't play until August. He posted a career-high .329 batting average in 105 games, and collected an extra-inning six-hit game, two four-hit games, and eight three-hit games. He also had 102 assists defensively, third best in the league. In 1925, he played as a backup catcher to Earl Smith while posting a .298 batting average along with 30 runs batted in to help the Pirates win the National League pennant. The Pirates then went on to defeat the Washington Senators in the 1925 World Series. He appeared in three games of series and went hitless in 3 at bats.
Gooch played in 101 games in 1927 and had a career-high 48 runs batted in, as the Pirates once again won the National League championship. However, they faced the powerful New York Yankees led by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in the 1927 World Series and were defeated in four straight games. In 1928, the Pirates acquired future Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, Burleigh Grimes, who was the last pitcher allowed to throw the spitball in the major leagues. Pirates manager, Donie Bush chose Gooch to be Grimes' personal catcher, due to his previous experience at catching the tricky spitball.
After spending six and a half years with the Pirates, Gooch was traded in June 1928 along with Joe Harris to the Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Charlie Hargreaves, as the Pirates were seeking a right-handed batter. It was also reported that he had fallen out of favor with the Pirates because of a salary dispute during the off-season. News reports surfaced in January 1929 that Gooch wasn't happy in Brooklyn after having spent so many years in Pittsburgh, and was contemplating retirement. That April, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Val Picinich. He experienced a rejuvenation by hitting for a .300 batting average in 92 games for the seventh-place Reds. After one more season with the Reds where his batting average dropped to .243, he was traded to the Nashville Volunteers in the Southern Association for Joe Cicero. He posted a .334 batting average in 117 games during the Volunteers' 1932 season. In January 1933, he returned to the major leagues when his contract was bought by the Boston Red Sox. Gooch's playing time was diminished when the Red Sox acquired catcher Rick Ferrell in May. He appeared in 37 games for the Red Sox and played in his final major league game on September 12, 1933, at the age of 37.
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Johnny Gooch
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Career statistics
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Career statistics
In an eleven-year major league career, Gooch played in 805 games, accumulating 662 hits in 2,363 at-bats for a .280 career batting average along with 7 home runs, 293 runs batted in and an on-base percentage of .342. He had a career fielding percentage of .973.
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Johnny Gooch
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Managerial and coaching career
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Managerial and coaching career
Gooch was hired by the Cincinnati Reds to be a player-manager for the Durham Bulls of the Piedmont League in December 1935. He was credited with helping young pitcher Johnny Vander Meer cure the wildness of his pitching. Vander Meer went on to become the only pitcher in Major League Baseball history to pitch two consecutive no hitters. Gooch was then hired as the manager for the Mount Airy Reds of the Bi-State League. In January 1937, the Pirates hired Gooch to be their pitching coach, at the urging of his old friend, Pie Traynor, who was then managing the Pirates. In October 1939, the Pirates released him as a coach, then immediately rehired him as a scout. The Pirates then named him to be the manager for their minor league affiliate, the Hutchinson Pirates of the Western Association for the 1941 season. His final year in baseball was 1942, as a player-manager for the Bluefield Blue-Grays in the Mountain State League.
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Johnny Gooch
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Later life
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Later life
After retiring from baseball management, Gooch opened a baseball bat factory in Nashville. In 1972, Gooch was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame.
Gooch died on May 15, 1975, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 77.
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Johnny Gooch
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See also
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See also
List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders
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Johnny Gooch
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References
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References
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Johnny Gooch
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External links
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External links
Retrosheet
Category:1897 births
Category:1975 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Smyrna, Tennessee
Category:Boston Red Sox players
Category:Brooklyn Robins players
Category:Cincinnati Reds players
Category:Pittsburgh Pirates players
Category:Major League Baseball catchers
Category:Baseball players from Tennessee
Category:Pittsburgh Pirates coaches
Category:Major League Baseball pitching coaches
Category:Baseball player-managers
Category:Talladega Tigers players
Category:Newport News Shipbuilders players
Category:Atlanta Crackers players
Category:Birmingham Barons players
Category:Nashville Vols players
Category:Columbus Red Birds players
Category:Durham Bulls players
Category:Hutchinson Pirates players
Category:Bluefield Blue-Grays players
Category:Durham Bulls managers
Category:Pittsburgh Pirates scouts
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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Memiş Agha
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thumb|Memish Agha Mansion in Surmene
Hacı Yakupoğlu Memiş Agha (born 1799 or 1804) was a Turkish landowner.
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Memiş Agha
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Early life
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Early life
Agha was born in Balıklı village of Sürmene, Turkey, the son of Hajji Yakup Agha.Agha It is synonymous with being a landowner. His father was the region's last chief landowner.
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Memiş Agha
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Migrant
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Migrant
In 1814, he was declared guilty of the harassment of the other tribe of Aghas. Yakup Agha ended up moving to Istanbul, and then later emigrated to Romania. At age 15 Memiş Agha took control of the region by resisting the Aghas who took his father. With the approval of the AyanAyan plural form of Ayn in Arabic Language, it means observers, authorized people. landowners, Memiş Agha was elevated by the Ottoman Empire in 1819.
By 1824 Ayan lands were turned over to him. In 1864 he was awarded the rank of captain, and became the representative of the military forces in the region. He was entrusted by the Ottoman Empire to catch and to deliver deserters in 1854. In 1856 Memiş Agha constructed the Memiş Agha Mansion.
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References
Category:People from Sürmene
Category:19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire
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Wright Brothers Medal
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Infobox award
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The Wright Brothers Medal was conceived of in 1924 by the Dayton Section of the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the SAE established it in 1927 to recognize individuals who have made notable contributions in the engineering, design, development, or operation of air and space vehicles. The award is based on contributed research papers.
The award honors Wilbur and Orville Wright as the first successful builders of heavier-than-air craft, and includes an image of the Wright Flyer, the plane which they flew in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Wright Brothers Medal
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Awardees and research topics: 1928-1975
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Awardees and research topics: 1928-1975
1928 Clinton Hunter Havill - Aircraft Propellers.
1929 Ralph Hazlett Upson - Wings - A Coordinated System of Basic Design.
1930 Theodore Paul Wright - The Development of a Safe Airplane - The Curtis Tanager.
1931 Stephen Joseph Zand: A Study of Airplane and Instrument Board Vibration
1932 Edward Pearson Warner: The Rational Specifications of Airplane Load Factors
1933 Eastman Nixon Jacobs: The Aerodynamics of Wing Sections for Airplanes
1934 Rex Buren Beisel, A. L. MacClain, and F. M. Thomas: Cowling and Cooling of Radial Air-Cooled Aircraft Engines
1935 William Littlewood: Operating Requirements for Transport Airplanes
1936 R. J. Minshall, J. K. Ball, and F. P. Laudan: Problems in the Design and Construction of Large Aircraft
1937 Richard V. Rhode - Gust Loads on Airplanes
1938 no award given
1939 Kenneth A. Browne: Dynamic Suspension - A Method of Aircraft Engine Mounting
1940 Clarence Leonard Johnson: Rudder Control Problems on Four-Engined Airplanes
1941 Samuel Jasper Loring: General Approach to the Flutter Problem
1942 Charles R. Strang: Progress in Structural Design Through Strain-Gage Technique
1943 Costas E. Pappas: The Determination of Fuselage Moments
1944 Kenneth Campbell: Engine Cooling Fan Theory and Practice
1945 Myron Tribus: Report on Development and Application of Heated Wings
1946 Frederick Van Horne Judd: A Systematic Approach to the Aerodynamic Design of Radial Engine Installations
1947 Henry B. Gibbons: Experiences of an Aircraft Manufacturer with Sandwich Material
1948 Kermit Van Every: Aerodynamics of High Speed Airplanes
1949 Homer J. Wood and Frederick Dallenbach: Auxiliary Gas Turbines for Pneumatic Power in Aircraft Applications
1950 James Charles Floyd: The Avro C102 Jetliner
1951 Orville Albert Wheelon: Design Methods and Manufacturing Techniques with Titanium
1952 W. J. Kunz, Jr.: A New Technique for Investigating Jet Engine Compressor Stall and Other Transient Characteristics
1953 D. N. Meyers and Z. Ciolkosz: Matching the Characteristics of Helicopters and Shaft Turbines
1954 John M. Tyler and E. C. Perry, Jr.: Jet Noise
1955 Wendell E. Reed: A New Approach to Turbojet and Ramjet Engine Controls
1956 Charles Horton Zimmerman: Some General Considerations Concerning VTOL Aircraft
1957 Alf F. Ensrud: Problems in the Application of High Strength Steel Alloys in the Design of Supersonic Aircraft
1958 Kermit Van Every: Design Problems of Very High Speed Flight
1959 Milford G. Childers: Preliminary Design Considerations for the Structure of a Trisonic Transport
1960 Ferdinand B. Greatrex: By-Pass Engine Noise
1961 Carleton M. Mears and Robert L. Peterson: Mechanization on Minimum-Energy Automatic Lunar Soft-Landing Systems
1962 Robert P. Rhodes, Jr., D. E. Chriss, and Philip M. Rubins: Effect of Heat Release on Flow Parameters in Shock Induced Combustion
1963 Sitaram Rao Valluri, James B. Glassco, and George Eugene Bockrath: Further Considerations of a Theory of Crack Propagation in Metal Fatigue
1964 Marion O'Dell McKinney, Jr., Richard E. Kuhn, and John P. Reeder: Aerodynamics and Flying Qualities of Jet V/STOL Airplanes
1965 W. W. Williams, G. K. Williams, and W. C. J. Garrard: Soft and Rough Field Landing Gears
1966 Julian Wolkovitch: An Introduction to Hover Dynamics
1967 John A. McKillop: Flutter Characteristics of the Slap Tail
1968 Leonard J. Nestor and Lawrence Maggitti, Jr.: Effects of Dynamic Environments on Fuel Tank Flammability
1969 W. N. Reddisch, A. E. Sabroff, P. C. Wheeler, and J. G. Zaremba: A Semi-Active Gravity Gradient Stabilization System
1970 J. Hong: Advanced Bonding for Large Aircraft
1971 no award given
1972 Dwight Henry Bennett and Robert P. Johannes: Combat Capabilities and Versatility Through CCV
1973 Richard E. Hayden: Fundamental Aspects of Noise Reduction From Powered Lift Devices
1974 Michael J. Wendl, Gordon G. Grose, John L. Porter, and Ralph V. Pruitt: Flight/Propulsion Control Integration Aspects of Energy Management
1975 John A. Alic and H. Archang: Comparison of Fracture and Fatigue Properties of Clad 7075-T6 Aluminum in Monolithic and Laminated Forms
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Wright Brothers Medal
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Awardees
Source: SAE International
1976 no award given
1977 - Raymond M. Hicks and Garret N. Vanderplaats
1978 no award given
1979 Gary E. Erickson, Dale J. Lorincz, William A. Moore, and Andrew M. Skow: Effects on Forebody, Wing and Wing-Body-LEX Flowfields in High Angle of Attack Aerodynamics
1980 Walter S. Cremens: Thermal Expansion Molding Process for Aircraft Composite Structures
1981 Raymond M. Hicks: Transonic Wing Design Using Potential Flow Codes -- Successes and Failures
1982 Andre Fort and J. J. Speyer: Human Factors Approach in Certification Flight Test
1983 Carol A. Simpson: Integrated Voice Controls and Speech Displays for Rotorcraft Mission Management
1984 Robert J. Englar and James H. Nichols Jr.
1985 Charles W. Boppe
1986 James A. Hare: Increasing the Node Shifting Capability of Fixed Velocity Upper Stage Payloads using Slightly Elliptic Drift Orbits
1987 Charles P. Blankenship and Robert J. Hayduk
1988 Benton C. Clark III
1989 Charles W. Boppe and Warren H. Davis
1990 Mariann F. Brown and Susan Schentrup
1991 Lourdes M. Birckelbaw and Lloyd D. Corliss: Handling Qualities Results of an Initial Geared Flap Tilt Wing Piloted Simulation
1992 G. J. Bastiaans, Steve D. Braymen, S. G. Burns, Shelley J. Coldiron, R. S. Deinhammer, William J. Deninger, R. P. O'Toole, Marc D. Porter, and H. R. Shanks: Novel Approaches to the Construction of Miniaturized Analytical Instrumentation
1993 no award given
1994 Timothy Geels, Tom McDavid, Greg Robel, and Tze Siu: DGPS Precision Landing Simulation
1995 Robert R. Wilkins Jr.: Designing the Conceptual Flight Deck for a Short Haul Civil Transport/Civil Tiltrotor
1996 B. A. Moravec and Michael W. Patnoe
1997 James R. Fuller: Evolution And Future Development Of Airplane Gust Loads
1998 Robert S. McCann, Becky L. Hooey, Bonny Parke, Anthony D. Andre, David C. Foyle, and Barbara G. Kanki
1999 Jeremy S. Agte, Robert Sandusky, and Jaroslaw Sobieski
2000 no award given
2001 Maurizio Apra, Marcello D'Amore, Maria Sabrina Sarto, Alberto Scarlatti, and Valeria Volpi: VAM-LIFE: Virtual Aircraft ElectroMagnetic Lightning Indirect Effect Evaluation
2002 Gary L. Boyd, Alfred W. Fuller, and Jack Moy: Hybrid-Ceramic Circumferential Carbon Ring Seal
2003 Timothy J. Bencic, Colin S. Bidwell, Michael Papadakis, Arief Rachman, and See-Cheuk Wong: An Experimental Investigation of SLD Impingement on Airfoils and Simulated Ice Shapes
2004 Philip Freeman: A Robust Method of Countersink Inspection Using Machine Vision
2005 John W. Fisher, Michael T. Flynn, Eric J. Litwiller, and Martin Reinhard: Lyophilization for Water Recovery III, System Design
2006 James R. Akse, James E. Atwater, Roger Dahl, John W. Fisher, Frank C. Garmon, Neal M. Hadley, Richard R. Wheeler Jr, Thomas W. Williams: Development and Testing of a Microwave Powered Solid Waste Stabilization and Water Recovery System
2007 Peter O. Andreychuk, Leonid S Bobe, Nikolay N. Protasov, Nikolay N. Samsonov, Yury Sinyak, and Vladimir M. Skuratov: Water Recovery on the International Space Station: The Perspectives of Space Stations' Water Supply Systems
2008 Carl Jack Ercol: Return to Mercury: An Overview of the MESSENGER Spacecraft Thermal Control System Design and Up-to-Date Flight Performance
2009 Atle Honne, John T James, Dirk Kampf, Kristin Kaspersen, Dr Thomas Limero, Dr Ariel V. Macatangay, Dr Herbert Mosebach, Paul D Mudgett, Henrik Schumann-Olsen, Wolfgang Supper, and Gijsbert Tan: Evaluation of ANITA Air Monitoring on the International Space Station
2010 Henrik Kihlman, and Magnus Engström: Flexapods - Flexible Tooling at SAAB for Building the NEURON Aircraft
2011 Matthew Barker, Luke Hickson, Joeseph K-W Lam, Stephen Paul Tomlinson, and Darran Venn: Mathematical Model of Water Contamination in Aircraft Fuel Tanks
2012 Jerry Bieszczad, Michael Izenson, George Ford Kiwada, Patrick J Magari: Ultra- Compact Power System for Long-Endurance Small Unmanned Aerial Systems
2013 Ing Rafael Fernandes de Oliveira
2014 Troy Beechner, Kyle Ian Merical, Paul Yelvington
2015 no award given
2016 Tadas P. Bartkus, Peter Struk, Jen-Ching Tsao
2017 Christian Boehlmann, Wolfgang Hintze, Philip Koch, Christian Moeller, Hans Christian Schmidt, Jörg Wollnack
2019 Yuzhi Jin, Yuping Qian, Yangjun Zhang, Weilin Zhuge - Tsinghua University
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Wright Brothers Medal
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See also
Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy
List of aviation awards
List of space technology awards
List of engineering awards
Prizes named after people
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Wright Brothers Medal
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References
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References
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Wright Brothers Medal
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External links
SAE: Wright Brothers Medal
Category:Aerospace engineering awards
Category:Space-related awards
Category:Aviation awards
Category:Awards established in 1927
Category:Wright brothers
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Film/Peer review/Blue Velvet
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[[Blue Velvet]]
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Blue Velvet
I would like to get this article in shape to reach GA status and would like any constructive criticism, comments, suggestions, etc. to improve it. Thanks. Count Ringworm 19:28, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I haven't read it properly yet, but at first glance it looks a good article. The images have fair use rationales, but they seem rather brief? I'd like to see them expanded: perhaps choose a FA article (e.g. Jaws (film)) for an example of a more comprehensive FUR. Good work so far. The JPStalk to me 10:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
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Lenin and McCarthy
Without giving it a detailed read, I can say that you should probably try to shorten the plot section and merge relevant information in the trivia section into the rest of the article, as the page already reccomends. Also, the deleted scene picture without any accompanying text should either be explained or removed. --Lenin and McCarthy | (Complain here) 14:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I agree about acquiring a peer review, it’s a very informative article. First of all on improving the page, some production stills would be very good (such as the cast, or Lynch on the set), and citations for the references in popular culture section, the opening section of the article I wrote, and I think its fine, but needs a little expansion since Blue Velvet is an important film in cinema history, and the plot needs to be reduced to about a 800-900 words max. Angel2001 18:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
I've started cleaning up things. I slimmed down the Plot Synposis considerably and did some little formatting here and there. -Count Ringworm 15:04, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
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Gillian416
This article has a lot of really good details. I went through and made some fairly minor copyediting changes for readability as well as placed citation needed where a statement was unsourced. Here are some other things I noticed:
“The title is taken from a Bobby Vinton song by the same name, which continues the blue velvet motif that appears throughout the film in several significant moments.”
Since Blue Velvet is actually the title of the film and therefore usually the first thing someone knows about the film, it would make more sense to say that this title "begins" or "initiaties" this motif that continues throughout the rest of the film rather than "continues".
"Blue Velvet was financed and produced for Italian movie producer Dino de Laurentiis, however he deemed the film to be far "too dark", so Laurentiis had to start his own production company to distribute it, which became the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group."
I find this statement very confusing. If De Laurentiis found it too dark, why would he create a productions company just to get it distributed? Is it that his financial backers found it too dark?
In Origins it says "once the ideas came to Lynch"
The paragraphs before this statement suggest that Lynch had been formulating these ideas for many years and therefore did not just "come to" him. I couldn't think of a good way to reword this, but I think it should be changed.
In Writing: "The scene where Dorothy appears naked outside after being raped and beaten was inspired by a real-life experience Lynch had in his childhood when he and his brother saw a naked woman walking down a neighborhood street at night. The experience was so traumatic to the young Lynch at the time, it made him cry and he had never forgotten it."
I think this paragraph would make more sense in Origins.
Also in Writing: "Lynch's original script had Dorothy's child die before he could be saved, and Dorothy committing suicide at the end by throwing herself off the roof of the apartment building, her Blue Velvet robe dropping to cover the ground-level camera. Her suicide was to be crosscut with Jeffrey's idyllic home life. This referenced a previous scene in the film, shot but not included in the final cut, where Dorothy and Jeffrey make love on the roof of the apartment building during a thunderstorm, after which Dorothy threatens to jump from the roof."
This idea has no conclusion or explanation. Just because it was changed seems unimportant if we don't know why it was changed. Obviously after 4 drafts, a lot of things were changed that are not included in the article so this needs to be justified somehow.
In Casting it says Dennis Hopper was Lynch's third choice but before that, three actors are mentioned to whom the role was offered before Hopper. Was he 3rd or 4th? Also, imdb claims that Robert Loggia wanted to play the role of Frank. If this is true he probably would not have passed on the role.
Directing
This is by far the most problematic section. It reads like a college term paper and is largely unsourced. It also does not provide any insight into Lynch's directing style or the atmosphere of the set. Personally, I believe the whole section should be deleted.
References in Popular Culture
In agreement with above comments, any relevant information that can be merged into the body of the article would be great. Also, it seems the paragraphs are divided arbitrarily. I think sections like this read better in list form. Either way I think it could stand to be pared down significantly.
I hope these comments were helpful! There is a lot of really interesting info in this article on a really interesting film. Good luck! Gillian416 21:20, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
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Summary
Daniel Rowan
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Licensing
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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short description
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Stalingrad is a strategic-level board wargame published by Avalon Hill in 1963 that simulates the first 24 months of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. As one of the first board wargames (and the first one about the Eastern Front) it was extensively played and discussed during the early years of the wargaming hobby.
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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Description
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Description
Stalingrad is a two-player game that, despite its title, covers the entire East Front campaign between Germany and the Soviet Union from June 1941 to May 1943. Often criticized for lack of realism, Stalingrad is the predecessor of the many Eastern Front wargames that have since been published.
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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Components
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Components
The game box contains:
22" x 28" mounted hex grid map scaled at 50 km (31 mi) per hex
117 die-cut counters
rule booklet
battle manual and rules supplement
various charts and player aids
six-sided die
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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Gameplay
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Gameplay
The Soviet player sets up their units first, then the German player is allowed to inspect the Soviet positions before deploying their forces. Each side may deploy freely, although the Germans are limited as to how many factors may be deployed in Finland.
As an early wargame, Stalingrad uses a simple "I Go, You Go" system: the Germans bring on reinforcements and replacements, then move, and engage in combat. Then the Russians bring on replacements, move and engage in combat. Each turn represents one month, and the game ends after 24 turns or if the Germans fulfill one of their victory conditions before the end of the game.
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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Movement
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Movement
Key terrain features include major cities, rivers, rough terrain and swamps. Defenders can gain advantages in battle by occupying cities, rough terrain and defending behind rivers. Terrain costs are normal during summer, but halved in the winter, and are governed by a random terrain table in the fall and spring, when mud can halve movement rates. Lakes are impassable most of the year, but may freeze enough to allow passage in the winter. Railroads add ten hexes to movement, but must be taken all at once.
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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Combat
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Combat
Each unit has a zone of control around it. Units cannot move from one enemy zone of control hex into an adjoining hex also in the same zone of control. Two opposing units adjacent to each other must engage in combat. To resolve combat, the ratio of attacker to defender strength is calculated, a die is rolled, and the result taken from the appropriate column on the Combat Result Table (CRT). If the result is retreat, the loser must retreat up to 2 hexes, and the winner can advance one hex. Some commentary encourages players to use "soak-off" attacks, which give the attacker a good chance of eliminating an enemy unit, in return for the likely sacrifice of a friendly unit.
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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Victory conditions
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Victory conditions
The Germans win by either eliminating all Soviet units on the map, or by occupying Stalingrad, Moscow and Leningrad and holding them simultaneously for two complete turns. The Russians win by preventing the German victory conditions or by eliminating all German units on the map. The German player can usually capture at least one of the three key cities.
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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Publication history
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Publication history
Stalingrad was designed by Charles S. Roberts, and developed by Tom Shaw and Lindsley Schutz, and was published by Avalon Hill in 1963. Eleven years later, a slightly revised second edition was released.
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Stalingrad (wargame)
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Reception
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Reception
Many critics have noted the game's inaccuracies, from geographical mistakes on the map to incorrect orders of battle.
Writing in 1980 for Moves, Steven List noted that "While still popular, the game was found to be flawed even in its early days."
In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nicholas Palmer commented "it is generally felt that Stalingrad is much too unrealistic in its details (large numbers of units have almost identical strengths on the German side, and the sudden-death CRT makes luck a major factor.)" However, despite these issues, Palmer still found that "while the tactical accuracy is faulty, the game gives a good simulation of the grand strategic alternatives, and it is swift and exciting, with more forward planning needed that in many games because of the savage effect of winter on movement." In The Best of Board Wargaming (1980) Palmer wrote that the campaign is “crudely but excitingly simulated” despite having “by today’s standards an over-bland map and identikit units”. The game “stands out among the classics [the Avalon Hill games of the 1960s] for its good strategic conception. Bashing away on all fronts is not a viable policy for the Germans” who need to keep some Panzer forces in reserve for the Soviet winter counteroffensive. Much analysis of potential Soviet defences had been published. “The Soviet player will nearly always win if he plays a defensive yet tenacious game, even if his replacement rate is reduced for play balance as suggested by the rules [for experienced players]”. However, the German side is easier to learn to play well (the game was initially thought biased to the Germans on first release) suggesting that most wargamers find it easier to play attack than defence; published results from club play showed the game to be fairly evenly matched. Palmer gave the game a high rating (70%) for excitement but only 25% for realism.
In the 1980 book The Complete Book of Wargames, game designer Jon Freeman commented, "Stalingrad is another classic and was for many years one of the most popular wargames around." He noted that play balance had always been considered an issue, saying, "since the original made it almost impossible for the Germans to win, innumerable variants sprang up over the years to even things up." Freeman also pointed out the historical inaccuracies: "The other standard objection is on historical grounds: the game bears little resemblance to the actual campaign." Despite these issues, Freeman concluded by giving the game an Overall Evaluation of "Good", saying, "Nonetheless, it was state of the art when first produced, and it remains a playable and enjoyable game."
In Issue 2 of the UK magazine Games & Puzzles, (July 1972), game designer Don Turnbull called Stalingrad "a popular game for beginners, which retains its interest for the more experienced player." Several issues later, Mike Nerthercot also reviewed the game, and found several drawbacks: "It is rather 'old fashioned' by modern design standards. The design can be faulted on a number of accounts. It is more abstract than realistic, failing to recreate the German doctrinal superiority in the use of armoured units." Nethercot concluded by giving the game a rating of 4 out of 6, saying, "On balance, I would probably advise more experienced players to go for Barbarossa, for newcomers — Stalingrad."
R. B. McArthur, writing for Washingtonian in 1980 said that "Avalon Hill's Afrika Korps, Stalingrad, D-Day, and Battle of the Bulge cover World War II in Europe pretty thoroughly. They are mostly popular with teenagers; those who actually fought in the war tend to find them jarringly inaccurate."
Stalingrad was chosen for inclusion in the 2007 book Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Game designer Lewis Pulsipher commented, "While the company name lives on as an imprint at Hasbro, Avalon Hill's legacy is more substantial. It provided the foundation for the entire hobby gaming industry, and of Avalon Hill's many groundbreaking early titles, Stalingrad is the best."
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Other reviews and commentary
Campaign #100
Fire & Movement #62
International Wargamer Vol.3 #10
PanzerFaust #53
Panzerschreck #3
Paper Wars #26
Spartan Simulation Gaming Journal, July 1970
Strategy & Tactics #13
Moves #50, p26
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Victory! The Battle for Europe
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The 53rd Street Crosstown Line was a surface transit line in Manhattan, New York City, United States, running along 53rd Street in Midtown, between Sixth Avenue and Ninth Avenue. It served as a connection between north–south lines during the times that they were not affiliated with the 59th Street Crosstown Line. The street is no longer used by buses, which now use 59th Street to make the crosstown connection.
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The tracks in 53rd Street were added in 1894, when the Broadway and Columbus Avenue Line, a cable car line, opened. However, the Metropolitan had a lease on the Central Park, North and East River Railroad, the owner of the 59th Street Crosstown Line, and used 59th Street as a connection in the Sixth and Amsterdam Avenues Line.Stuart Charles Wade, A Birds-eye View of Greater New York and Its Most Magnificent Store, 1898 After the Broadway and Columbus Avenue Line was converted to electricity in 1901, those cars were also moved to 59th Street, and a new service - the 53rd Street Line - was added. The route began at Sixth Avenue and 50th Street and traveled north on Sixth Avenue for three blocks, west on 53rd Street to Ninth Avenue, and north on Ninth Avenue to 54th Street.Carl-Axel Rheborg, Pocket Guide to New York, 1906
Effective August 6, 1908, the CPN&ER was separated from the bankrupt Metropolitan, and three lines - the Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue Line, Broadway and Columbus Avenue Line, and Sixth and Amsterdam Avenues Line - were placed on 53rd.Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac, 1916
The Ninth Avenue Railroad, which owned the trackage on 53rd Street between Seventh and Ninth Avenues,Harry James Carman, The Street Surface Railway Franchises of New York City, 1919 was split from New York Railways, the Metropolitan's successor, in 1919. The Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue Line and Sixth and Amsterdam Avenues Line were discontinued, while the Broadway and Columbus Avenue Line remained, using trackage rights over the Ninth Avenue's trackage on 53rd Street and Ninth Avenue south of Broadway to reach Columbus Avenue. The Ninth Avenue Railroad brought back the old 53rd Street shuttle to Sixth Avenue.
On February 12, 1936, New York City Omnibus Corporation buses replaced the trolleys on the Broadway and Columbus Avenue Line, ending use of the 53rd Street tracks. The replacement bus - now the M7 - used 54th Street eastbound and 55th Street westbound until after the 59th Street Crosstown Line was replaced by buses.
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