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Ford to become the second-winningest coach in school history. Swinney capped off the regular season with another convincing win over rival South Carolina, 34-10, marking his fourth win in a row over the Gamecocks. The Tigers faced #4 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl for the first round of the playoffs. Alabama defeated Clemson 24-6. Clemson finished #4 overall in the final standings and were ranked in the top 10 throughout the entire 2017 season. 2018 Clemson finished the 2018 season undefeated and won the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship, defeating Alabama 44-16. Clemson was the first team to go 15-0 in modern history, which led some pundits to say that the 2018 Tigers are the greatest college football team of all time. 2019 Swinney’s 2019 Tigers picked up where the previous year’s team left off, running the table, including wins over Southeastern Conference opponents Texas A&M and South Carolina. The one close call came in Week Five, a 21–20 road win over Mack Brown’s North Carolina Tar Heels. They would win their final seven regular season games by an average scoring margin of 41.7 points, and their streak of six straight wins by 35 points or more is the longest such streak of the modern era. The 2019 Tigers held all twelve of their regular season opponents under 300 yards of total offense, and they finished the season allowing the fewest points (10.6) and yards (244.7) per game in the country. Swinney won his fifth straight ACC Championship (and sixth overall) with a dismantling of Virginia in the championship game (although they were unable to hold Virginia under 300 yards of total offense [387]). The 62–17 final score brought the above-mentioned streak to seven. On December 8, 2019, Clemson was named the No. 3 seed in the College Football Playoff and slated to meet No. 2-seed Ohio State in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. They defeated the Buckeyes, 29–23, to advance to the national championship game on January 13, 2020. They lost the national championship game to the LSU Tigers by a score of 42–25. Personal life Swinney's nickname "Dabo" was given to him as an infant by his brother, Tripp, who would try to enunciate "that boy" when referring to Swinney. He married the former Kathleen Bassett in 1994 and has three sons, two of whom are wide receivers for Clemson. Swinney is a Christian. Swinney spoke of his conversion to Christianity when he was sixteen years old by saying, "And that was a game-changer for me. That’s really become the foundation of my life." Swinney has also said, "Coaching makes some of the things I’ve experienced in my life make sense to me. It allows me to use my life experiences to impact young people and to serve God through what I do. I’m very passionate about seeing young people graduate, mature and develop.". Head coaching record References External links Clemson Tigers bio Category:1969 births Category:Living people Category:American football wide receivers Category:American real estate businesspeople Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football players Category:Clemson Tigers football coaches Category:People from Pelham, Alabama Category:Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama Category:Players of American football from Alabama |
Yff center of congruence In geometry, the Yff center of congruence is a special point associated with a triangle. This special point is a triangle center and initiated the study of this triangle center in 1987. Isoscelizer An isoscelizer of an angle A in a triangle ABC is a line through points P1 and Q1, where P1 lies on AB and Q1 on AC, such that the triangle AP1Q1 is an isosceles triangle. An isoscelizer of angle A is a line perpendicular to the bisector of angle A. Isoscelizers were invented by Peter Yff in 1963. Yff central triangle Let ABC be any triangle. Let P1Q1 be an isoscelizer of angle A, P2Q2 be an isoscelizer of angle B, and P3Q3 be an isoscelizer of angle C. Let A'B'C' be the triangle formed by the three isoscelizers. The four triangles A'P2Q3, Q1B'P3, P1Q2C, and A'B'C' are always similar. There is a unique set of three isoscelizers P1Q1, P2Q2, P3Q3 such that the four triangles A'P2Q3, Q1B'P3, P1Q2C', and A'B'C' are congruent. In this special case the triangle A'B'C' formed by the three isoscelizers is called the Yff central triangle of triangle ABC. The circumcircle of the Yff central triangle is called the Yff central circle''' of the triangle. Yff center of congruence Let ABC be any triangle. Let P1Q1, P2Q2, P3Q3 be the isoscelizers of the angles A, B, C such that the triangle A'B'C' formed by them is the Yff central triangle of triangle ABC. The three isoscelizers P1Q1, P2Q2, P3Q3 are continuously parallel-shifted such that the three triangles A'P2Q3, Q1B'P3, P1Q2C are always congruent to each other until the triangle A'B'C' formed by the intersections of the isoscelizers reduces to a point. The point to which the triangle A'B'C' reduces to is called the Yff center of congruence' of triangle ABC. Properties The trilinear coordinates of the Yff center of congruence are ( sec( A/2 ) : sec ( B/2 ), sec ( C/2 ). Any triangle ABC is the triangle formed by the lines which are externally tangent to the three excircles of the Yff central triangle of triangle ABC. Let I be the incenter of triangle ABC. Let D be the point on side BC such that ∠BID = ∠DIC, E a point on side CA such that ∠CIE = ∠EIA, and F a point on side AB such that ∠AIF = ∠FIB. Then the lines AD. BE, and CF are concurrent at the Yff center of congruence. This fact gives a geometrical construction for locating the Yff center of congruence. A computer assisted search of the properties of the Yff central triangle has generated several interesting results relating to properties of the Yff central triangle. Generalization The geometrical construction for locating the Yff center of congruence has an interesting generalization. The generalisation begins with an arbitrary point P in the plane of a triangle ABC. Then points D, E, F are taken on the sides BC, CA, AB such that ∠BPD = ∠DPC, ∠CPE = ∠EPA, and ∠APF = ∠FPB. The generalization asserts that the lines AD, BE, CF'' are concurrent. See also Congruent isoscelizers point References Category:Triangle centers |
International T-Class Confederation The International T-Class Confederation (ITCC), founded in 2014, promotes the shooting sport of T-Class which is mainly focused on competitions with precision rifle systems for various short, medium and long range distances, which may either be known or unknown. Headquarters reside in Bulgaria, and for the purpose of promotion of the sport internationally the organization offers a ruleset which regulates the design and management of competitions. Competitions consist of several stages, and the competitors have to move between different parts of the stage under a time limitation, quickly assume stable or unstable shooting positions, and use theoretical background to successfully make precise long range shots. The main idea behind T-Class is to create realistic long range shooting competitions which are open to civilian sport shooters, police and military forces. A large emphasis is placed on safe firearm handling. Disciplines Competitions are divided into six major disciplines: Long Range/Tactical Sniper. Precision rifle systems (sniper rifles) are used for reproduced but realistic stages with distances from 10 to 1000 meters. Extreme Long Range. Precision rifle shooting at distances from 1000 to 1600 meters. Ultra Long Range. Precision rifle shooting at very long distances of 1600 meters or more. Multigun. Each of the stages may combine multiple firearms, such as precision rifles, medium range semi-auto rifles and/or pistols. Support and Backup firearms. Shooting with pistols and medium range semi-auto rifles. Rimfire. Target rifle shooting with .22LR caliber rifles. Each competition is divided into three modules of stages, which test and evaluate the marksmanship qualities of the competitor – precision, speed, physical and mental resilience. Competitions can be held as either individual or teamwork challenges. Teamwork competitions involve two-person teams in which the results and rankings of both competitors are scored together as a team. Scoring system Points are awarded by measuring each target in every exercise in milliradians (mrad) which takes into account its size and distance. There are also no-shoot targets which if struck incur penalties. The mrad system allows the usage of virtually all kinds of shooting targets, like paper, steel or clay targets, golf balls, soda cans, etc. Scoring is made with points attributed to the angular measurements of the target according to pre-defined tables. Usually each stage has a fixed time, but for some stages of Module 2 and 3, Comstock (hit factor) scoring is applied instead by taking the score on the targets divided by the time used on that stage. Scoring of each module is calculated by adding results from all the module's stages. The competitor with highest summarized result is awarded with 100 percent. The scoring for the other competitors is then calculated as the proportional percentage in relation to the highest summarized score, with calculation up to two decimal places. The calculated sum in percentage from all the three modules finally assembles the match ranking and demonstrates the winner. Member associations Currently, there are three ITCC licensed regions: Region: Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia), Lithuanian Long Range Shooting Federation Region: Bylgaria, Bulgarian T-Class Federation, Region: Russian Federation, Russian High Precision Shooting Federation, Region: SERBIA, SSSU TIRON Region: Region: WESTERN BALKANS, WBSA Region: POLAND, ARMA https://www.facebook.com/armabrzeg/ Region: MALTA, MATSAC, website: https://www.facebook.com/MATSACMALTA/ https://t-class.org/regions/ See also Precision Rifle Series PRS Norway International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA) References External links International T-Class Confederation - Facebook page Category:Shooting sports organizations Category:Rifle shooting sports |
Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure Saint-Ciers-sur-Bonnieure is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also Communes of the Charente department References INSEE Category:Communes of Charente Category:Charente communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia |
DOME project DOME is a Dutch government-funded project between IBM and ASTRON in form of a public-private-partnership focussing on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world's largest planned radio telescope. SKA will be built in Australia and South Africa. The DOME project objective is technology roadmap development that applies both to SKA and IBM. The 5-year project was started in 2012 and is co-funded by the Dutch government and IBM Research in Zürich, Switzerland and ASTRON in the Netherlands. The project ended officially on 30 September 2017. The DOME project is focusing on three areas of computing, green computing, data and streaming and nano-photonics and partitioned into seven research projects. P1 Algorithms & Machines – As traditional computing scaling have essentially hit a wall, a new set of methodologies and principles is needed for the design of future large-scale computers. This will be an umbrella project for the other six. P2 Access Patterns – When faced with storing petabytes of data per day, new thinking of data storage tiering and storage medium must be developed. P3 Nano Photonics – Fiber optic communication over long distances and between systems is nothing new, but there is a lot to do for optic communications within computer systems and within the telescopes themselves. P4 Microservers – New demands on higher computing density, higher performance per Watt, and reduced complexity of systems suggests a new kind of custom designed server P5 Accelerators – With the flattening of general computing performance, special architectures for addressing next level of performance will be investigated for specialized tasks like signal processing and analysis. P6 Compressive Sampling – Fundamental research into tailored signal processing and machine learning algorithms for the capture, processing, and analysis of the radio astronomy data. Compressive sensing, algebraic systems, machine learning and pattern recognition are focus areas. P7 Real-Time Communication – Reduce the latency caused by redundant network operations at very large scale systems and optimize the utility of the communications bandwidth so that the correct data gets to the correct processing unit in real time. P1 Algorithms & Machines The design of computers has changed dramatically in the last decades but the old paradigms still reign. Current designs stem from single computers working on small data sets in one location. SKA will face a completely different landscape, working on an extremely large data set, collected on myriad of geographically separated locations using ens of thousands of separate computers in real time. The fundamental principles for designing such a machine will have to be reexamined. Parameters concerning power envelope, accelerator technologies, workload distribution, memory size, CPU architecture, node intercommunications, must be investigated to draw new baseline to design from. The tools that result from this project are being open-sourced early 2018. This fundamental research will work as the umbrella for the other six focus areas, help making proper decisions regarding architectural directions. A first step will be a retrospective analysis of the design of the LOFAR and MeerKAT telescopes and development of a design tool to use when designing very large and distributed computers. P2 Access Patterns This project will focus on the very large amount of data the DOME must handle. SKA will generates petabytes of data daily and this must be handled differently according to urgency and geographical location whether its near the telescope arrays or in the datacenters. A complex tiered solution must be devised using a lot of technologies that currently is beyond the state of the art. Driving forces behind the designs will be lowest possible cost, accessibility and energy efficiency. This multi-tier approach will combine several different kinds of software |
technologies to analyze, sift, distribute, store and retrieve data on hardware ranging from traditional storage media like magnetic tape and hard drives to newly developed technologies like phase-change memory. The suitability of different storage media heavily depends on the usage patterns when writing and reading data, and these patterns will change over time, so there must also be room for changes to the designs. P3 Nano Photonics Transport of data is a major factor, influencing design on the largest scales to the smallest of DOME. The cost of communicating electrically on copper wires will drive the application of low-power photonic interconnects, from connections between collecting antennas and datacenters to connecting devices inside the computers. Both IBM and ASTRON have advanced research programs into nano photonics, beamforming and optical links and they will combine their efforts for the new designs. This research project is divided into four R&D sections, investigating digital optical interconnects, analog optical interconnects and analog optical signal processing. Digital optical interconnect technology for astronomy signal processing boards. Analog optical interconnection technology for focal-plane array front-ends. Analog optical interconnection technology for photonic phased array receiver tiles. Analog optical interconnection and signal processing technology for photonic focal plane arrays. In February 2013 at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), IBM and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland showed a 100 Gbit/s analog-to-digital converter (ADC). In February 2014 at ISSCC, IBM and ASTRON demoed a 400 Gbit/s ADC. P4 Microservers In 2012 a team at IBM led by Ronald P. Luijten started pursuing a computational dense, and energy efficient 64-bit compute server design based on commodity components, running Linux. A system-on-chip (SoC) design where most necessary components would fit on a single chip would fit these goals best, and a definition of "microserver" emerged where essentially a complete motherboard (except RAM and boot flash) would fit on chip. ARM, x86 and Power ISA based solutions were investigated and a solution based on Freescale's Power ISA-based dual core P5020 / quad core P5040 processor came out on top. Design The resulting microserver is fit inside the same form factor as standard FB-DIMM socket. The SoC chip, about 20 GB of DRAM and a few control chips (such as the PSoC 3 from Cypress used for monitoring, debugging and booting) comprise a complete compute node with the physical dimensions of 133×55 mm. The card's pins are used for a SATA, five Gbit and two 10 Gbit Ethernet ports, one SD card interface, one USB 2 interface, and power. The compute card operates within a 35 W power envelope with headroom up to 70 W. The idea is to fit about a hundred of these compute cards within a 19" rack 2U drawer together with network switchboards for external storage and communication. Cooling will be provided via the Aquasar hot water cooling solution pioneered by the SuperMUC supercomputer in Germany. Future In late 2013 a new SoC was chosen. Freescale's newer 12 core T4240 is significantly more powerful and operates within the same power envelope as the T5020. A new prototype micro server card was built and validated for the larger scale deployment in the full 2U drawer in early 2014. Later an 8-core ARMv8 board was developed using the LS2088A part from NXP (Formerly Freescale). At the end of 2017, IBM is licencing the technology to a startup who plans to take this to market by mid 2018. P5 Accelerators Traditional high performance processors hit a performance wall during the late 2000s when clock-speeds couldn't be increased anymore due to increasing power requirements. One of the solutions is to include hardware |
to off load the most common and/or compute intensive tasks to specialized hardware called accelerators. This research area will try to identify these areas and design algorithms and hardware to overcome the bottlenecks. There will probably be accelerators doing pattern detection, parsing, data lookup and signal processing. The hardware will be of two classes; fixed accelerators for static tasks, or programmable accelerators for a family of tasks with similar characteristics. The project will also look att massively parallel computing using commodity graphics processors. P6 Compressive Sampling The compressive sampling project is fundamental research into signal processing in collabrotation with Delft University of Technology. In the context of radio astronomy capture, analysis and processing of signals is extremely compute intensive on enormous datasets. The goal is to do sampling and compression simultaneously and use machine learning to detect what to keep and what to throw away, preferably as close to the data collectors as possible. This project's goal is to develop compressive sampling algorithms to use in capturing the signal and to calibrate the patterns to keep, in an ever-increasing number of pattern clusters. The research will also tackle the problem of degraded pattern quality, outlier detection, object classification and image formation. P7 Real-Time Communication Moving data from the collectors to the process facilities are traditionally bogged down due to high latency I/O, low bandwidth connections and data is often multiplied along the way due to lack of purposeful design of the communication network. This research project will try to reduce latency to a minimum and design the I/O systems so data will be written directly into the processing engines on an exascale computer design. The first phase will identify system bottlenecks, and investigate Remote direct memory access (RDMA). The second phase will investigate using standard RDMA technology onto interconnect networking. Phase three includes development of functional prototypes. References Category:Data processing Category:Public–private partnership Category:Square Kilometre Array |
Arie Shapira Arie Shapira (Hebrew: אריה שפירא; November 29, 1943 - September 3, 2015) was an Israeli composer and music researcher. He won the Israel Prize for musical composition in 1994. Biography Arie Shapira was born on Kibbutz Afikim. As a child, he moved with his family to Petah Tikva where he began to study piano. Shapira earned a degree in philosophy from Tel Aviv University and studied composition at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem. His teachers included Abel Erlich and Andre Haidu. Music career Shapira composed acoustic, electronic music and electro-acoustic music. He was a lecturer at Haifa University. His style was economical and almost minimalist using a universal musical language but invested with Jewish and Israeli themes. At the same time, his compositions evoked matters of life and death in modern Israel, and his receipt of the Israel Prize was deemed political, arousing opposition. Awards and recognition Council for Art and Culture - Commission for writing a piano concerto (2000) Donaueschingen Festival - Commission for writing a string-quartet (Arditty-Quartet) (1997) Tel Aviv Fund for Arts - A Commission for writing a chamber composition (Miscellaneous) (1996) Akademie der Kunst, Berlin - A Commission for writing a piece (Letzte Briefe aus Stalingrad) (1995) Prime-Minister Grant for Composition (1986) Music for theatre and cinema Anton Chekhov, The Clerk's Death. Beer Sheva Theatre (1985) Hanoch Levin, Six, Rotten Hour, Beit Lessin Theater (1983) Leo Tolstoy, Kreuzer Sonata, Beit Lessin Theatre (1983) Hung On The Iron Cross, Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv (1982) Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Oath Of Loyalty, Acre Festival (1982) G. Buchner, Wozzeck, Hamadregot Theatre, Tel Aviv (1982) R. Forman, Pampering For The Masses, Hamadregot Theatre, Tel Aviv (1981) Franz Kafka, Penal Colony. Hamadregot Theatre, Tel Aviv (1980) H. Rechavi, No Place Under the Sun. Theatre for the Young, Tel Aviv (1977) Avraham Shlonsky, Micky Mau. The Kibbutz Theatre (1976) Kadia Molodowsky, Open the Gate. Theatre for the Young, Tel Aviv (1975) M. Binetzky's movie: The Sikkrikim (1971) N. Levitan's movie: A Woman in a Garden (1970) See also Music of Israel List of Israel Prize recipients References Category:Israeli composers Category:Israel Prize in Hebrew song recipients Category:Living people Category:1943 births |
WMXD WMXD (92.3 MHz Mix 92.3) is a commercial FM radio station in Detroit, Michigan, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station operates with 45,000 watts of power from an antenna located on the Cadillac Tower building in downtown Detroit. The studios and offices were housed for years at Detroit's Penobscot Building until November 2009, when they were moved to the Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) studios in Farmington Hills. WMXD programs an urban adult contemporary radio format. The music selection includes current R&B and classic soul along with an occasional old school hip-hop title. The station is licensed for HD Radio operations and plays contemporary Christian music on its HD2 subchannel. History WLIN/WCAR-FM years Detroit's 92.3 FM began with a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) construction permit under the call sign WIPE. The permit was originally granted in 1960, held by jazz disc jockey Sleepy Stein and Hollywood composer and musician Henry Mancini. The construction permit specified a power of 10,000 watts from a transmitter location atop the Cadillac Tower Building in downtown Detroit. In 1961, David Kelly formed Downriver Broadcasting and purchased the construction permit for WIPE from Stein and Mancini. Downriver Broadcasting signed on the station on November 2, 1962, with the call letters WLIN. Bill Hennes hosted the first broadcast from studios on Fort Street at LaBlanc Avenue in Lincoln Park. The studios were built and transmitter installed by chief engineer Art Lebermann. WLIN's original aim was to program a full-service variety format for the downriver Detroit area. The original schedule consisted of morning host Bill Hennes, a two-hour talk show, afternoon drive with Dave Kelly, and evening DJs Ron Rose and Don Haney. In 1963, the station relocated its studios to the Lafayette Pavilion Apartments complex in downtown Detroit, and the format became all jazz music. In 1964, Hy Levinson, owner of successful "good music" outlet WCAR, purchased WLIN and rechristened it WCAR-FM on December 8 of that year. WCAR-FM initially broadcast from 6 a.m. to midnight and simulcast its AM sister's conservative MOR format 100% during that time. In 1969, Levinson hired consultant Ken Draper to modernize the music format for both WCAR and WCAR-FM, and the music mix was adjusted from conservative MOR to contemporary MOR. WCAR AM made a brief attempt at Top 40 in 1971–1972; however, WCAR-FM was separately programmed, remaining a contemporary MOR outlet. Tower 92/WCXI-FM In February 1977, Levinson agreed to sell WCAR-AM-FM to Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters, Inc., but he would stay on as a consultant. In October of that year, Golden West changed WCAR-FM's MOR format to the syndicated "Great American Country" package from Drake-Chenault. In the summer of 1978, the stations moved into studios in the new Renaissance Center. WCAR-FM's country format was moved over to the AM station, which became WCXI. The FM station adopted the call sign WTWR, airing an Adult Top 40/Oldies hybrid format under the name "Tower 92" (an homage to the station's new digs). Tower 92 was partly live, partly automated, with the air staff including Jack Kirkwood, Joey Ryan, Kurt Kelly, Kevin Sanderson, Ron Tavernit, Russ Gibb, and Tom Shannon, with Steve Schram as program director. The news team included Linda Ashley from WDEE, Jim Lowlor from WDET-FM, John Bell and News Director Ray Cardoza. The station was only a moderate ratings success, but the most successful format on 92.3 FM to that time. In late 1981, Tower 92 transitioned from its Hot AC/Oldies hybrid to full-out Top 40 under the guidance of programmer Todd Wallace, and saw a slight improvement in the ratings in the Winter 1982 Arbitron report. Nevertheless, |
Golden West wanted to strengthen its country music position in the market against WWWW-FM, and so Golden West pulled the plug on Tower 92 on May 10, 1982, after only 15 weeks of the Top 40 format. The station became WCXI-FM, programming a country music format separate from WCXI, in an effort to forge a two-pronged competition with the successful WWWW-FM. WCXI-FM and WCXI had distinct personalities, with WCXI-FM being a contemporary hit country format and WCXI taking a more full-service approach and focusing more on traditional country. 92 Music/WNTM In March 1986, Golden West announced they would sell WCXI and WCXI-FM to Shamrock Broadcasting; in return, Shamrock would spin the station off to Fritz Broadcasting, who would pair it with successful talk station WXYT. On May 14, 1986, the FM station was changed to WNTM "92 Music," a satellite-fed adult contemporary format. Since Detroit already had four AC stations, 92 Music sank to the bottom of the ratings, perhaps due to its lack of live and local air talent. 92-3 The Wave/WVAE 92.3's next format was new-age (a precursor of today's smooth jazz format). It mixed contemporary jazz with new-age instrumentals and soft vocals. It was launched on December 28, 1987, as WVAE, 92-3 The Wave, modeled after Los Angeles' successful KTWV. Much of the programming on WVAE was satellite-fed, and the station also featured comedy bits at the top of each hour to introduce the new hour. "The Wave," an attempt to appeal to the "yuppie" audience, never achieved high ratings, but did have loyal fans, though it was in competition with beautiful music WJOI and longtime jazz station WJZZ, which began to play more contemporary jazz, new age and fusion material around that time. 92-3 The Mix/WMXD On November 30, 1989, the station became The Mix as WMXD. Originally starting out as a Rhythmic Adult Contemporary outlet and playing a wide variety of adult R&B and pop music, WMXD evolved into its current Urban AC format by late 1991 under the guidance of operations manager Kris McClendon. Ratings success came quickly after the station tapped the then-underserved Detroit audience for classic soul music. Detroit did have an AM classic soul station in WMTG, but that AM station's directional signal could not be heard in the city's East Side and other communities at night. WMXD was one of the four radio stations in the Barden, Michigan area (along with WRIF, WMUZ and WJZZ) that were used on Barden Cablevision's character generated line-up throughout the 1980's and 1990's. By 1993, WMXD was showing up regularly in the top 10 of Detroit's Arbitron ratings, and the format has endured since, surviving several ownership changes. In 1994, the station was sold from Fritz Broadcasting to Booth American, which merged with Broadcast Alchemy shortly afterward to become Secret Communications, forming a duopoly with longtime Detroit urban contemporary powerhouse WJLB. Just a few months later, Secret sold the stations to Chancellor Media, which later merged with Evergreen Media to become AMFM, which was swallowed up by Clear Channel in 1999. The Steve Harvey Morning Show Until late June 2005, WMXD was the Detroit affiliate for the popular syndicated Tom Joyner morning show. In June 2005, Radio One relaunched its "Kiss FM" gold-based Urban AC format on the 105.9 frequency (now WDMK), moving 105.9's hip-hop format to 102.7 (now WDKL) and grabbing Joyner for mornings on 105.9. WMXD subsequently brought in a parade of celebrities such as soul singer Kenny Lattimore to host the morning show until a permanent replacement could be found. The station finally signed on as an affiliate of The Steve |
Harvey Morning Show, syndicated by Clear Channel's Premiere Radio Networks out of WBLS in New York City (although WBLS itself is currently owned by Emmis Communications). WMXD's morning and overall ratings have remained strong. WMXD also became the afternoon home to the syndicated Love, Lust and Lies Show with Michael Baisden, as well as the home of "The Sweat Hotel" with Keith Sweat. The addition of Love, Lust and Lies and The Sweat Hotel made Frankie Darcell's midday show the only local daypart on WMXD during weekdays, with the other shows all being syndicated. HD radio Mix 92.3 is licensed for HD Radio operations. The station featured an Urban Gospel format (provided by Clear Channel's iHeartRadio) on its HD2 side channel until August 2010, when Clear Channel entered into an agreement with the Educational Media Foundation, operators of the K-Love format of contemporary Christian music, to program WMXD-HD2. K-Love programming has been heard on WMXD-HD2 since August 2010. WMXD-HD2 also fed five translators around the Detroit metro area, 98.3 W252BX and 93.5 W228CJ, both licensed to Detroit; 105.5 W288BK, licensed to Rochester Hills; 93.5 W228DE, licensed to New Baltimore, and 106.3 W292DK, licensed to Westland - which are owned outright by EMF. EMF bought WPZR, a full-power FM station, in August 2018, and flipped it to K-Love. In return, W252BX and W228CJ were sold to Urban One, and dropped the K-Love programming for an urban gospel format as "The Detroit Praise Network." References External links MIX 92.3 Michiguide.com - WMXD History MXD Category:IHeartMedia radio stations Category:Urban adult contemporary radio stations Category:Radio stations established in 1962 Category:1962 establishments in Michigan |
WMXZ WMXZ (95.9 FM, "Mix 95.9") is a radio station licensed to Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States, serving the South Carolina Lowcountry. The station is owned by Saga Communications, Inc. WMXZ airs a Top 40/CHR format. The station's studios are located in Charleston (east of the Cooper River) and the transmitter tower is in West Ashley, South Carolina. In 2012, WMXZ commenced HD Radio service with 99.3 The Box on the HD2 channel, featuring Urban and R&B music. History Vic Whetstone owned WWBD in Bamberg, South Carolina for 25 years. Miller Communications, a company based in Sumter, South Carolina, acquired it in 2003. It then became a classic rock station as "Bad Dog 95.7". In September 2005, WWBD upgraded from 6,000 to 25,000 watts with a new 500-foot tower in Canaan. In 2006, WWBD changed to country music as "Outlaw 95.7" but listeners overwhelmingly demanded that Bad Dog return, so it did after four months. In June 2007, Miller applied for a change in the city of license to Isle of Palms near Charleston but said Bad Dog would stay in Orangeburg. Apex Broadcasting, owner of WXTC, WIHB, and WXST, purchased WWBD from Miller in a deal announced in July 2008. The power had been increased to 50,000 watts. WSPO was part of a large frequency swap in Charleston and Myrtle Beach. The 96.1 frequency in Charleston moved to the Myrtle Beach market and became the new home of WKZQ-FM. WKZQ's former 101.7 frequency moved to Hanahan and is owned by Apex Broadcasting. This allowed the Charleston metro area to get a new station, as WWBD moved to Isle of Palms with Apex as its new owner. The Bad Dog format began simulcasting with Miller's 105.1 WGFG on January 14, 2009. The simulcast stopped and 95.7 FM is now silent, with WQKI-FM expected to take over the frequency. The station was assigned the WSPO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 25, 2009. They were switched to WIOP in June 2009 when the WSPO calls went to the sister station at 1390 AM with its new sports talk format. On June 18, 2009, FM 95.9 launched in the Charleston area with a classic hits format, last heard on WXLY before it dropped the format in favor of adult contemporary in late 2007. The station re-imaged as "95-9 IOP" in August 2010, and switched to country music on September 15, 2010 as "Kickin 95.9, Real Country Variety". On May 31, 2011, WIHB (now WCKN) began simulcasting WIOP. On June 13, 2011 WIOP stopped simulcasting and began stunting with construction sounds. On June 15, 2011 WIOP ended stunting and changed their format to soft adult contemporary, branded as "Lite 95.9". The station featured a blend of light AC hits, softer rock oldies, and some adult standards from the 1960s through the early 2000s but was entirely gold-based, playing no current product. Artists heard on Lite 95.9 included Lionel Richie, Elton John, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Mariah Carey, Olivia Newton-John, Josh Groban, Eric Clapton, Celine Dion, Kenny Rogers, and Barbra Streisand. On March 5, 2012, WIOP became the "New Mix 95.9", with hot adult contemporary, and changed their call letters to WMXZ on March 14, 2012. In 2014, "Mix 95.9" became "Mix 96" and while still CHR the station is trying to compete with Charleston's Cumulus-owned WSSX "95-SX.", the only other CHR in the market. That all changed in April 2017, when Mediabase moved the station to the Top 40/CHR panel. In July 2017, WMXZ reverted to the "Mix 95.9" branding. On September 6, 2017, the sale of the |
station to Saga Communications was complete. HD2 format change On March 27, 2013, WMXZ's HD2 subchannel changed their format from Regional Mexican to mainstream urban, branded as "99.3 The Box" (using the frequency of FM translator W257BQ in its branding). References External links Mix 95.9 website MXZ Category:Radio stations established in 1967 Category:Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States |
Union Settlement Association Union Settlement Association is one of the oldest settlement houses in New York City, providing community-based services and programs that support the immigrant and low-income residents of East Harlem since 1895. It is one of East Harlem’s largest social service agencies and serves more than 13,000 people annually at 17 locations, through programs including early childhood education, youth development, senior services, job training, the arts, adult education, nutrition, counseling, a farmers' market, community development, and neighborhood cultural events. History Union Settlement was founded in 1895 by members of the Union Theological Seminary Alumni Club. After visiting Toynbee Hall in London, and inspired by the example of Hull House in Chicago, the alumni decided to create a settlement house in the area of Manhattan enclosed on the north and south by East 96th and 110th Streets and on the east and west by the East River and Central Park. Known as East Harlem, it was a neighborhood filled with new tenements but devoid of any civic services. The ethos of the settlement house movement called for its workers to “settle” in such neighborhoods in order to learn first-hand the problems of the residents. “It seemed to us that, as early settlers, we had a chance to grow up with the community and affect its development,” wrote William Adams Brown, Theology Professor, Union Theological Society (1892–1930) and President, Union Settlement Association (1915–1919). With millions of immigrants arriving in the Union States in the late 19th century as the two elevated subway lines were completed, East Harlem quickly equaled the Lower East Side as Manhattan’s predominantly immigrant community. Until the 1920s, it was New York’s true "Little Italy," claiming the largest population of Italians outside of Italy. The neighborhood had a progressive, reformist commitment: Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia lived in East Harlem, spoke often at Union Settlement, and personified the political activism of the area. Union Settlement’s work has helped tens of thousands of children, youth and adults, many of whom have gone on to become leaders in the community and beyond, including New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez and City Council Member Robert Jackson. Hollywood movie star Burt Lancaster played sports, acted in theater productions and learned circus arts at Union Settlement as a boy. He credited Union Settlement for "saving him from the streets," and supported the organization all his life. In 1895 Union Settlement opened at 202 E. 96th Street, on the second floor of a tenement building. Union Theological Seminary student William E. McCord was appointed its first "headworker" (as its directors were known). It moved twice in 1895 (210 E. 104th Street and 237 E. 104th Street). In 1899, Morris K. Jesup purchased five houses (235-243 E. 104th Street) for the Settlement. In 1901, McCord resigned as headworker and Gaylord S. White replaced him, serving in that position for 22 years. In 1917, Union Settlement established three campgrounds in Palisades Interstate Park: Camp Nathan Hale for boys, Camp Gaylord White for girls and Camp Ellen Marvin for mothers and young children. The camps exposed tens of thousands of inner-city youngsters, from 1917 to the 1960s, to the natural world. In 1932, The New York Committee of the American Birth Control League opened a Birth Control Clinic at Union Settlement. The clinic is one of the first in the city and in East Harlem. In 1957, Union Settlement Federal Credit Union opened its doors for business. The credit union is a financial cooperative where members pool their assets and lend money to each other at low interest rates. In 1961, a $1 million Astor Foundation grant |
enabled Union Settlement and six other settlement houses to implement the Pre-Teen Delinquency Prevention Project. In 1965, Union Settlement became the site of one of the country's first Head Start Programs, the federally sponsored preschool initiative launched as one of the Great Society undertakings. In 1974, Settlement Health and Medical Services, part of a federal initiative, provided primary health care to East Harlem residents in a free-standing clinic. The program is separately incorporated in 1976. In 1992, Union Settlement was selected to serve as the lead agency of the East Harlem HIV Care Network, a coalition of over 100 social and health service agencies that address issues of AIDS. Network members serve people who are HIV positive or are living with HIV/AIDS, and their relatives and partners Programs Early Childhood Services: six childcare/Head Start centers and Family Childcare Network, pediatric asthma initiative, serving one-sixth of all childcare services in East Harlem. Youth Services: after-school and summer programs, computer classes, tutoring, sexual literacy, college readiness program, dance, theater, healthy living, counseling, workforce development (includes Rising Stars Program and Bridges) Adult Education: Basic Education in Spanish and English, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Civics, GED preparation, citizenship and computer classes, Writing Through Reading Program, home health aide training program Senior Services: five senior centers, Meals on Wheels, senior volunteer program, transportation program, senior fitness program Mental Health: individual, group and family counseling and psychotherapy, crisis intervention, Children’s Blended Case Management, geriatric mental health services AIDS/HIV Services: Manhattan HIV Care Network, HIV Counseling Program, training and workshops, community forums, Annual East Harlem AIDS Walk & Health Fair, participation in the National Latino AIDS Awareness Day Community events Annual Day of the Dead Festival – Each year, Union Settlement hosts a popular Dia de Los Muertos celebration featuring artists, and musicians. Local children and families help create the altar, prepare traditional foods and participate in the festivities. Seasonal Farmers' Markets – Every Thursday from June through October on 104th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues Annual Ethnic Festival – A street fair and cultural festival on a Spring Saturday on 104th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues References External links A timeline of Union Settlement’s history and historic photographs A guide to archive holdings at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University, with a "Biographical Note" about Union Settlement's history. Category:Settlement houses |
Violet Town Violet Town is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway. At the , Violet Town and district (Honeysuckle Ward) had a population of 1,540. The town is on Honeysuckle Creek and has many early streets named after flowers, e.g. Lily Street, Rose Street, Orchid Street, Tulip Street, and Iris Lane. Violet Town and District is bounded by Arcadia-Tamleugh Road, Clancy Road, Honeysuckle Creek, Fishers Lane, Bridge Road, Camerons Road, Croxfords Road, Dookie-Violet Town Road and the Broken River in the north, Benalla Rural City, Leggat Lane, Baddaginnie-Goomalibee Road, Depot Road, McPherson Road, McEwan Lane and Benalla Rural City in the east, the localities of Strathbogie, Kelvin View and Euroa, Collier Road and Lawrence Road in the south, and Moglonemby Road, Murchison-Violet Town Road and Violet Town Boundary Road in the west. History The Nira Balun clan of the Taungurong Aborigines are the traditional custodians of this land. In 1838 the New South Wales Government surveyed the town site which they called "Violet Creek" — the first inland surveyed town in Victoria. The following year land was put up for sale. Squatters took up land at Honeysuckle Run soon after. The town remained empty in spite of the sale of town blocks until 1846 when the Royal Mail Hotel was opened and then a village began to grow. By the 1860s the town had expanded to include three hotels, a bakery and a school. Buildings went from bark huts to timber construction. Its principal thoroughfares then were Hyacinth, Tulip, Cowslip, and Rose streets. The town was an important coach stop on the Melbourne to Sydney road, as it was at the conjunction of the Sydney road, the overland telegraph and the tracks to Bendigo and the north-eastern gold fields. In 1873 the railway arrived and the village moved closer to the line. In 1895 the Shire of Violet Town was gazetted. In 1994 it was amalgamated with adjoining shires to become part of the Shire of Strathbogie. With its proximity to the Honeysuckle Creek, development in Tulip Street began early with the first surveyed block in Victoria, on the corner of Rose and Tulip Streets. The first hotel was in this site precinct and the first designated crossing of the Honeysuckle Creek was on Baird Street. Until 1980, the Sydney Road/Hume Highway ran through Violet Town, and much early history is centred on this road, now called High Street. Major Thomas Mitchell and his party stopped on the banks of Violet Creek, now called Honeysuckle Creek on his way back to Sydney. In this Australia Felix exploration of 1836 he noted that the swamps and marshes in the area had a profusion of wild violets and named the district Violet Ponds. The explorers Hume and Hovell also camped near this spot (6.4 km away) in 1824. Some existing houses and cottages in High Street, previously used as tea rooms or coaching inns, date from the 1880s. Cowslip Street is the main commercial street of Violet Town. It developed after the railway arrived. However, many of the early buildings were made of timber and burnt down. There are two strips of shops surviving from the end of the 19th century, plus some single buildings worth visiting. The Post Office opened on 1 July 1852 although closed from early 1854 until early 1859. The town was the site of the Southern Aurora train crash in 1969 that caused the deaths of nine people. A memorial stands at the railway crossing on |
McDiarmids Road and a memorial park with a train carriage is located in Cowslip Street. On 12 November 2003 the Victorian State Government announced plans to locate a toxic waste dump in the district, and threatened to acquire local farming properties. In 2004 the residents of the town and district successfully campaigned against the proposal. The local history group holds a library of photos. Military history Violet Town was represented in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1901) and the town's war memorial in Cowslip Street was built in 1901. The town has both a World War I Avenue of Honour (Cowslip Street) and a World War II Avenue of Honour (Hyacinth Street) maintained by the local RSL branch. During World War II, Violet Town was the location of RAAF No.13 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot (IAFD), commissioned in 1942 and closed in 14 June 1944. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for the storage and supply of aircraft fuel for the Royal Australian Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces at a total cost of £900,000 ($1,800,000) Today The town’s streets are tree-lined and uncongested by traffic. The town has public reserves, with a training track, bowling green, football and cricket oval, tennis courts and a caravan park near Honeysuckle Creek. There is also a memorial hall, swimming pool, library, museum and several art galleries. The Strathbogie Ranges are visible to the south. Violet Town holds a Community Market on the 2nd Saturday of every month at the Recreation Reserve in Tulip Street - it has been going since 1978 and features many local producers. Volunteers make pizza in the community wood fired pizza oven. The town has a range of local businesses including hardware store, cafe, hotel, chemist, hairdresser, supermarket and petrol station, and is surrounded by rural land used mainly for cropping and cattle and sheep grazing, although some horse studs are present. The town's Bush Nursing Centre provides residential aged care for up to 64 people. Murrnong is a permaculture farm and training facility. Major features of the area include the Honeysuckle Creek Walking Track,, Shadforth Reserve with community forest(originally a racecourse), Sunnymeade Garden, the community built Violet Town Swimming Pool and the local Peranbin primary school. Violet Town has connections with Australian rock music - during the 1980s a song by The Church was named for the town, and more recently the town has been known for being the home of Jesse and Ella Hooper, members of rock band Killing Heidi. Their best known single Weir was written about the local railway reservoir weir. Violet Town is one of few small rural towns (population under 1000) that has shown growth. The town's population in 2016 was 684. Violet Town Football Netball Club plays Australian Rules football and netball in the Kyabram District Football Netball League. Transport Road access to town is via the Melbourne to Sydney Hume Freeway or through the Violet Town-Murchison Road from the west (from Bendigo), or the Nalinga/Dookie Road from the north. The passenger railway station is serviced by daily V/Line services between Melbourne and Albury. References External links Community website Australian Places (Monash University) - Violet Town, Victoria Further reading Chambers, Don, Violet Town or Honeysuckle in Australia Felix 1836-1908, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1985. Category:Towns in Victoria (Australia) Category:Hume Highway |
Seishin Operation The Seishin Landing Operation (, ), also called Chongjin Landing Operation, was an amphibious assault on northern Korea between August 13-17, 1945, carried out by the forces of the Soviet Northern Pacific Flotilla of the Pacific Fleet during the Soviet–Japanese War at the end of World War II. Prelude During the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945, the 1st Far Eastern Front under Kirill Meretskov advance south along the coast of northern Korea. It was decided to conduct three amphibious landings in the rear of the Japanese Kwantung Army. From 11 to 13 August, the first two landings by the Pacific Fleet were executed, in which they occupied seaports Yuki (today Sonbong) and Racine (today Rason) on the Korean coast, which encountered only some small resistance in Racine. Encouraged by the success, the fleet commander, Admiral Ivan Yumashev ordered the launch of the next amphibious assault at the port of Seishin (now Chongjin). Unlike the previous ports, Seishin was well fortified and had a strong Japanese garrison. It had some 4,000 soldiers and was enforced by retreating units of the 3rd Japanese Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Keisaku Murakami of the Kwantung Army. In view of the successful development of the offensive of the 1st Far Eastern Front, the front commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Kirill Meretskov, on August 12 ordered to cancel the previously scheduled landing in Seishin. However, the fleet command continued preparations for the landing, hoping for an easy success. Yumashev managed to get permission to conduct the operation from the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet troops in the Far East, Marshal of the Soviet Union A. M. Vasilevsky. But, with the previous decision of Meretskov to cancel the operation, the fleet did not receive the rifle division previously planned for the landing in Seishin, and Yumashev was forced to go ahead with a limited number of troops, a brigade of marines and some individual units. To compensate for his small force, he ordered powerful pre-strikes of aviation and torpedo boats on the port (daily bomb-assault strikes from August 9 to 13). Nevertheless, the overall plan of the operation remained unchanged - preliminary landing of a reconnaissance group, and then building up the strength of the landing force. Since August 9, continuous air strikes were inflicted on the port of Seishin in which, according to Soviet data, about 10 Japanese ships were sunk. On August 12, some Soviet ships entered the harbour and established the absence of Japanese warships there. As a result, it was decided to start the operation, without waiting for the final completion of the battle in Racine and the redeployment of the light forces of the fleet there. Therefore, the starting point for the operation remained Vladivostok, significantly remote from Seishin, which immediately deprived the Soviet command of the ability to quickly respond to a changing situation. Forces of the parties The Soviets force was composed of 1 destroyer, 1 minelayer, 8 patrol ships, 7 minesweepers, 2 small hunter boats, 18 torpedo boats, 12 landing ships and 7 transports. For aviation support, 261 aircraft were allocated, 188 bombers and 73 fighters. The commander of the Naval forces was Captain First Rank A.F. Studenichnikov, and the commander of the landing party was Major General Vasily Trushin. The general command of the operation was in the hands of fleet commander Admiral I. S. Yumashev. The Japanese had an infantry battalion, an officer's school, and a naval base in the city. During the operation, the number of Japanese troops was increased with retreating units of the Kwantung Army — first 2 infantry regiments, |
then the Guards Infantry Division. The Japanese troops were led in battle by the commander of the Ranan fortified area, Lieutenant-General Sokiti Nisivaki. Operation In the afternoon of August 13, 10 torpedo boats entered the port of Seishin, from which the 140th reconnaissance unit of the Pacific Fleet headquarters under the command of Lieutenant Viktor Leonov and a company of submachine gunners from the 13th Naval Infantry brigade (in total 181 men under command of Colonel A. Z. Denisin) entered the city. Leaving 2 boats for cover from the sea, the rest of the ships returned to Vladivostok. The assault force easily occupied the port and the surrounding urban areas, taking advantage of the enemy's complete surprise. However, the Japanese soon launched a counterattack, at first disorderly and fragmented. Quite quickly, the Japanese command restored order and launched an organized offensive against the landing force. The position of the scouts immediately deteriorated : they were cut off from the coast in an unfamiliar city and the Japanese also succeeded in cutting the detachment in two. By 18:30 pm, 7 more torpedo boats landed 90 more soldiers (a machine-gun company) away from the battlefield. This unit could not break through to join the reconnaissance detachment, suffered heavy losses and was forced to conduct a defensive battle. Thus, the situation for the Soviet landing force became critical and they were threatened with annihilation. Meanwhile, by the end of the day, the fleet commander sent 1 EK-2 sentry ship and 2 minesweepers from Vladivostok with the 355th separate battalion of marines on board, which could reach Seishin only the next day. Another major flaw was also revealed - aviation spotters were not included in the landing, so fleet aviation struck at a distance from the battlefield to avoid bombing its own troops. As such, direct air support for the landing was absent. During the night, the paratroopers fought an extremely fierce battle in three separate groups, beating off continuous counterattacks and soon lacking ammunition. In the morning of August 14, the detachment of ships that had left Vladivostok the previous day, reached Seishin and landed a battalion of marines (710 men under command of Major M.P. Barabolko). The battalion commander led his troops into the city and advanced 1-3 kilometers. However, by introducing fresh forces into battle and supported by the artillery fire of an armored train, the Japanese command pushed the paratroopers back to the port by the night of August 14, where they held a bridgehead 2 km along the front and 1 km deep. Only part of the battalion led a defensive battle at the piers, several more groups of soldiers were cut off from their unit and fought separately in high-rise buildings in the city. In addition, because of the lack of knowledge of the situation, the battalion had been landed too far away from all three advanced landing groups in the city and therefore could not unite with them. The critical situation persisted. A volunteer detachment (25 men, commander of the 3 rd rank GV Ternovsky) hastily formed from the crews of the ships, landed on the shore. During the night, the Soviets had to repel 14 enemy attacks. Only thanks to exceptional courage and a high level of combat training, the Marines managed to survive. The ships that arrived in the morning remained in the harbor and supported the troops with their artillery fire. Due to the bad weather on that day, aviation was practically not used in the operation (only 2 bombers could fly to Seishin, but they had little impact). The main detachment (23 ships) |
left Vladivostok with the 13th Marine Brigade aboard, and at night, also the destroyer Voikov and a tank landing barge with 7 T-26 tanks sailed for Seishin. At about 4 o'clock in the morning on August 15, the ships entered the port of Seishin and the main forces of the landing force (up to 5,000 men) began to disembark at the occupied bridgehead in the port under heavy enemy fire. The resistance of an ever-increasing adversary was so powerful that the launch of an entire brigade into battle did not lead to a turning point in the battle. Only in the middle of the day with the help of tanks and artillery fire from the ships that damaged the Japanese armored train, which was forced to leave the battlefield, the port was finally cleared from the enemy and the fighting began to take the city. By evening, the city was almost completely cleared of the Japanese, saving the surviving advanced groups of paratroopers. Stubborn fighting continued in the outskirts of the city. The commander, Lieutenant-General S. I. Kabanov, arrived at the port and assumed leadership of the operation. In the afternoon, another detachment of ships left Vladivostok (1 destroyer, 2 minesweepers, 3 transports, one patrol and border boat), carrying the third echelon of assault forces: 615 soldiers, 60 guns and mortars, 94 cars. Almost all the ships remained in the harbor and supported the offensive with artillery fire. The enemy tried to counteract them with fire from the still surviving coastal artillery and with attacks of individual aircraft. In the harbor of Seishin, a minesweeper was damaged by a US naval mine. On August 16, the third echelon of the landing force was landed in the port, while two more minesweepers were significantly damaged by mines. The fleet command, realizing that it had underestimated the enemy, was now fully building up the power of the landing force. At first, another tank landing barge with 7 T-26 tanks and 2 vehicles aboard was sent to Seishin. Then, the next detachment of ships, not initially planned, left Vladivostok : 1 patrol ship, 1 minesweeper, 6 landing craft, 1 tank landing ship, carrying the 205th infantry regiment and military equipment. During the day, the landing forces executed a limited offensive from Seishin towards the north and north-west. Japanese troops in the area of the city received a message about the order of the Emperor of Japan about the cessation of resistance. Although a number of units refused to lay down their arms, organized resistance had almost ceased by the end of the day. In some areas, the surrender of Japanese soldiers began. On August 17, the ships that had left Vladivostok the previous day, arrived at the port and the landing of the troops was carried out safely. There were small skirmishes and shootouts with individual groups and subunits of the enemy. The Japanese were taken prisoner, some of their units left the front and tried to go south overland. Around 11:30, a forward detachment of the 25th Army under command of Colonel General Ivan Chistyakov of the 1st Far Eastern Front reached the positions of the landing force. The Seishin Landing Operation had ended. Awards Several hundred soldiers and commanders were awarded. The commander of the 140th reconnaissance unit, Sr. Lt. Viktor Leonov received his second Hero of the Soviet Union on September 14, 1945. Red Army Nurse Mariya Tsukanova, who had been captured and tortured to death by the Japanese, was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union by decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, becoming the |
only woman that fought in the Soviet-Japanese war to receive the title. Sources This is a translation of an article in the Russian Wikipedia, Сэйсинская операция (1945). Category:Pacific theatre of World War II Category:Battles of World War II involving Japan Category:Battles involving the Soviet Union Category:Japan–Soviet Union relations Category:1945 in Japan Category:1945 in the Soviet Union Category:Conflicts in 1945 Category:August 1945 events |
Mahadev Naik Mahadev Naik is an Indian Politician from the state of Goa. He is a two term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Shiroda, Goa constituency. Ministry He was a Minister in the Laxmikant Parsekar led government in Goa. He lost the Shiroda constituency in the 2017 assembly elections. Portfolios In the Parsekar-led cabinet, Naik held the charge of: Industries Textile & Coir Social Welfare Co-operation Handicrafts Controversy Opposition alleged that he was involved in a housing loan scam. External links Goa councle of ministers References Category:Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly Category:Living people Category:People from North Goa district Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa Category:Year of birth missing (living people) |
Jayakarta railway station Jayakarta Station is a railway station of the Commuterline system, and is located in Jl. Pangeran Jayakarta. It is the named after a prince with the same name, and is part of the rail system's "Zone 1". Trains and services The lines below are the lines that stop and serve in the Jayakarta station. Red Line: to Jakarta Kota and Bogor Red Line (Depok branch): to Jakarta Kota and Depok Blue Line: to Jakarta Kota and Cikarang Blue Line (Bekasi branch): to Jakarta Kota and Bekasi References category:central Jakarta Category:Railway stations in Jakarta |
Old Bluecoat School, Thatcham Old Bluecoat School, or the St Thomas’ Chapel is a Grade I listed building in the town of Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire. It is located on the main A4 road. History St Thomas’ Chapel Built in 1304, it was designated by the Bishop of Salisbury as a chapel dedicated St Thomas for the borough of Thatcham. It remained an active chapel for a quarter of a century before falling into disuse for another 150 years. An account of Lady Francis Winchcombe in the conveyance and trust deed in 1707, it was stated that it is spoken of as an old decayed chapel. Bluecoat School In 1707, the Chapel of St. Thomas was remodeled into a school for poor boys called Winchcombe Charity, in honor of its founder Lady Frances Winchcombe. It earned the name "Bluecoat" from the uniform worn by its students. References External links Thatcham Category:Chapels in England Category:Grade I listed buildings in Berkshire Category:Thatcham |
Bir El Arch Bir El Arch is a town and commune in Sétif Province in north-eastern Algeria. References Category:Populated places in Sétif Province Category:Communes of Algeria |
Alexander Archipelago wolf The Alexander Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni), also known as the Islands wolf, is a subspecies of the northwestern wolf, Canis lupus occidentalis. The coastal wolves of southeast Alaska inhabit the area that includes the Alexander Archipelago, its islands, and a narrow strip of rugged coastline that is biologically isolated from the rest of North America by the Coast Mountains. The Tongass National Forest comprises about 80% of the region. In 1993, a petition to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf as threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act was lodged with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The agency decided in 1997 that listing was not warranted at that time. In the interim, a multiagency conservation assessment of the species was published. In 2011, a second petition to list the species as either threatened or endangered was filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service. It referenced scientific studies and other information that had arisen over the intervening 14 years. In March 2014, in response to the petition, the agency made a positive initial finding that listing the species as threatened or endangered "may be warranted" and that it will prepare a formal status review. Taxonomy This wolf is recognized as a subspecies of Canis lupus in the taxonomic authority Mammal Species of the World (2005). Early taxonomists were able to determine that the Alexander Archipelago wolf was its own unique subspecies due to "common cranial characteristics". Taxonomists have suggested more recently that the species may have originated from another subspecies known as C. l. nubilis. Studies using mitochondrial DNA have indicated that the wolves of coastal southeast Alaska are genetically distinct from inland gray wolves, reflecting a pattern also observed in other taxa. They show a phylogenetic relationship with extirpated wolves from the south (Oklahoma), indicating that these wolves are the last remains of a once widespread group that has been largely extirpated during the last century, and that the wolves of northern North America had originally expanded from southern refuges below the Wisconsin glaciation after the ice had melted at the end of the last glacial maximum. These findings call into question the taxonomic classification of C.l. nulibus proposed by Nowak. Another study found that the wolves of coastal British Columbia were genetically and ecologically distinct from the inland wolves, including other wolves from inland British Columbia. A study of the three coastal wolves indicated a close phylogenetic relationship across regions that are geographically and ecologically contiguous, and the study proposed that C. l. ligoni (Alexander Archipelago wolf), C. l. columbianus (British Columbia wolf), and C. l. crassodon (Vancouver Island wolf) should be recognized as a single subspecies of C. lupus. In 2016, two studies compared the DNA sequences of 42,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in North American gray wolves and found the coastal wolves to be genetically and phenotypically distinct from other wolves. They share the same habitat and prey species, and form one of the study's six identified ecotypes - a genetically and ecologically distinct population separated from other populations by their different types of habitat. The local adaptation of a wolf ecotype most likely reflects the wolf's preference to remain in the type of habitat that it was born into. Wolves that prey on fish and small deer in wet, coastal environments tend to be smaller than other wolves. Physiology Description Typically smaller than the other North American subspecies of wolf, the Alexander Archipelago wolf averages between . They are about long and tall at the shoulder. Their coat is generally a dark gray, with varying patterns of lighter shades. Individuals from different islands in |
the archipelago have a propensity for different color phases, from pure black to combinations of black and white to a much brighter cinnamon color. Dietary habits The primary prey of this species is the Sitka black-tailed deer, which comprises as much as 90% of an individual's diet. The next-closest consumed species, less than 10%, is the North American beaver. The average Alexander Archipelago wolf eats an estimated 26 deer per year. This habit of feeding almost entirely on a single species is peculiar to this wolf, and is not seen in other North American wolf species. This subspecies consumes large amounts of salmon in addition to deer, beaver, mountain goat, and small mammals. Salmon make up about 10-25% of their diet. Salmon are attributed with allowing the subspecies to have one of the higher pup survivorship (90%) of the species. Range, population, and repopulation Range The range of the Alexander Archipelago wolf covers all of southeastern Alaska (the Alaskan panhandle) except the Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands. A population estimate made in the mid-1990s with a radio-collar study produced a region-wide population estimate of 750 to 1,100, with the fall 1994 (before trapping season) population estimated to be 908. That study was conducted on Prince of Wales Island, and the region-wide estimate was made by an extrapolation based on the varying habitat capability for prey. The Prince of Wales population was estimated to be 300–350. From Environment New Jersey: "The Alexander Archipelago wolf is one of the world's rarest wolf subspecies, and the islands that make up the Tongass National Forest are its only home in the United States. They're severely threatened. In 2014, the wolves' population fell from 200 to around 60 wolves -- a drop of roughly 70 percent in just one year." During field work in summer 2010, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) determined the Prince of Wales Island wolf population has recently declined sharply. ADFG was unable to collect enough wolf scats to make a population estimate based on DNA. Reportedly, "only a 'small fraction' of the expected number of scats" was found during this effort, in which a number of known denning sites were checked and transects were checked over an extensive part of the island. In a regulatory proposal for the Alaska Board of Game's November 2010 meeting to help protect the species, ADFG estimated the island's wolf population to be 150, down by half or more from the 300–350 for the island determined by the 1990s radio-collar study. Reproduction In southeast Alaska, pups are usually born during the last 2 weeks of April. Dens are usually built 4–5 weeks prior to the birth, between the roots of trees, in small caves, or crevices in rocks, abandoned beaver lodges, or expanded mammal burrows. History – managerial and political The Alexander Archipelago wolf first arrived in Alaska sometime between 7,000 and 8,000 years ago, after the end of the Wisconsin glaciation period. The species was likely following the migration of the Sitka deer as they traveled north because of geographical and climate change in the area. The first observation of concern for the possible instability of the Alexander Archipelago wolf population was by a USDA Forest Service-sponsored interagency committee. This concern came about because of the extensive logging being conducted in the region's forest, under the Tongass Land Management Plan. Endangered Species Act petition – 1993 to 1997 A petition was presented to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in December 1993 by the Biodiversity Legal Foundation and an independent biologist, requesting the Alexander Archipelago wolf to be listed as |
a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency published a positive 90-day finding in the Federal Register on May 20, 1994, but near the end of the year, issued another finding that a "listing is not warranted at this time", but that if the logging was not reduced or reservation areas created, the "long-term viability of the Alexander Archipelago wolf is seriously imperiled." To better assess the status of the species, the FWS ordered a conservation assessment to be made in terms of specific data of the species and its viability for the future. After the assessment was completed, more studies were undertaken to understand exactly how the Alexander Archipelago wolf fits into the food chain and what effect extensive logging would cause. After study that, between 1995 and 2045, the population of the Alexander Archipelago wolf was surmised to "decline as much as 25%", along with Sitka deer population declining by 28% within the same time. In 1994, the FWS issued a memo stating, "not protecting the wolf would be the 'least controversial option'". This was in regards to the logging companies and lobbyists that opposed restrictions on logging in the area, which protecting the Alexander Archipelago wolf would create. In 1997, the petition was denied due to the findings that wolves in southeast Alaska would not be in danger of extinction within the foreseeable future. Jack Ward Thomas wrote in his book, Jack Ward Thomas: the journals of a Forest Service chief, about a meeting held in 1995 in regards to a consideration by the Forest Service to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf and the Queen Charlotte goshawk as threatened. The meeting was between Thomas, Undersecretary James Lyons, Deputy Undersecretary Adela Backiel, and Alaska Regional Forester Phil Janik, all on behalf of the Forest Service, and Ted Stevens, Frank Murkowski, and Don Young. The main argument was from Stevens, Murkowski, and Young, who believed that the Forest Service was trying to purposefully limit the lumber market in Alaska. They demanded that the two species not be listed or that negative legislation would follow, likely resulting in budget and personnel cuts for the Forest Service. The Tongass Land Management Plan (forest plan) was revised in 1997 after immense pressure from environmental groups to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf as threatened. The plan included a standard and guideline to sustain a habitat carrying capacity of least 18 Sitka deer per square mile to provide adequate prey and to limit the density of roads (i.e. miles of road per square mile). The forest plan also established a system of habitat reserves. On the basis of the new plan, shortly afterward, FWS made a final determination that listing the wolf as threatened was unwarranted. Another Endangered Species Act petition – 2011 In 2011, a 103-page petition to list the Alexander Archipelago wolf as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act was filed with the US Fish and Wildlife Service by the Center for Biological Diversity and Greenpeace on August 10, 2011. The petition requested consideration for a separate listing of the Prince of Wales Island population because it is believed to be a distinct population segment, as well as a listing for the subspecies as a whole. In March 2014 the agency published a finding in the Federal Register that listing the Alexander Archipelago wolf "may be warranted." The finding was positive on three of the five factors that the Endangered Species Act requires the agency to consider. Those are: "the present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range"; overutilization; and "the inadequacy |
of existing regulatory mechanisms." In making its finding, the agency opened a 60-day public comment period, after which it will proceed to do a formal status review of the species followed by a final decision on listing. How long that may take is in question. The agencies say several years may be needed to get funding to complete the review, but 3 days after the finding was published, the petitioners notified the agency they intend to sue to expedite the process. The FWS would prefer to leave management of the wolf with the state, if the state will create a viable plan for wolf conservation; however, the service will list the species if it determines doing so is necessary to protect the species' existence. The supervisor of the Tongass National Forest, Forrest Cole, said the Forest Service will cooperate with the FWS in evaluating the status of the species. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Division of Wildlife Conservation does not believe the Alexander Archipelago wolf is at risk now or threatened with the risk of extinction in the foreseeable future. However, the division's primary researcher on the status of the species, Dr. David Person, who was involved in that effort for 22 years, quit the agency in May 2013 and subsequently wrote a declaration, concerning the Forest Service's Big Thorne timber sale, that the predator-prey ecosystem, including wolves, on Prince of Wales Island is threatened with collapse because of the cumulative impacts of logging and logging roads. Litigation Greenpeace and the Cascadia Wildlands Project pointed out in 2008 that data the Forest Service was using were known to be prone to cause overestimation of the carrying capacity for deer, the wolves' primary prey. Furthermore, the conversion factor, known as the "deer multiplier", used in the calculations was incorrectly applied, causing a 30% overestimation of carrying capacity and corresponding underestimation of impacts. The two organizations determined, in total, the carrying capacity for the Sitka deer in places throughout the Tongass had been generally been overestimated by the Forest Service in its timber planning, by as much as 120% (varying geographically due to the faulty data). In 2008, Greenpeace and the Cascadia Wildlands Project sued to stop the Forest Service from proceeding with four timber sales on the Tongass NF slated to extract around "30 million board-feet of Tongass timber", an amount close to the annual volume then being logged. The sales are on Prince of Wales, Kupreanof, Mitkof, and Revillagigedo Islands. The suit challenged the agency's method of calculating the impact of logging on habitat carrying capacity for deer. In a radio story, the plaintiff's spokesman explained that the data being used to represent habitat quality are actually uncorrelated to habitat quality, and that the deer multiplier mentioned above was misused according to the science under which it was derived. The story points to the Forest Service's underestimation of impacts not only to wolves but to subsistence deer hunters. In May 2010, US District Judge Ralph Beistline denied the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment, saying he "found no wrongdoing on the part of the Forest Service" and it was a "scientific disagreement". The plaintiffs have appealed the decision to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals (case 10-35567). A three-judge panel (Arthur Alarcon, Susan Graber, and Jay Bybee) heard oral arguments in the appeal on May 3, 2011 The panel ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on August 2, 2011, reversing in part, vacating in part and remanding the district court's decision. The ruling says, in part: "We do not think that USFS has adequately explained its decision to |
approve the four logging projects in the Tongass. ... USFS has failed to explain how it ended up with a table that identifies 100 deer per square mile as a maximum carrying capacity, but allows 130 deer per square mile as a potential carrying capacity. 'The agency is obligated to articulate a rational connection between the facts found and the choices made,' which the agency has not done here. Pac. Coast Fed’n of Fisherman’s Ass’ns v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 426 F.3d 1082, 1091 (9th Cir. 2005)..." "We have similar questions about USFS’s use of VolStrata data, which identifies total timber volume and not forest structure, to approve the projects, where forest structure—and not total timber volume—is relevant to the habitability of a piece of land. USFS itself has recognized the limitations in the VolStrata data. ... Because we must remand to the agency to re-examine its Deer Model, we need not decide whether the use of the VolStrata data was arbitrary and capricious. We anticipate that, in reviewing the proposed projects, USFS will use the best available data ..." In a statement to the press, a spokesman for the plaintiffs said the principles in this lawsuit apply to every significant timber sale between 1996 and 2008 before the Forest Service corrected errors in the deer model when the agency issued its revised Tongass Forest Plan, but, he said, the agency still fails to address cumulative impacts to deer, especially on Prince of Wales Island, as challenged in the Logjam timber sale lawsuit. He also said, "The purpose of the lawsuit is to make the Forest Service go back and do its analysis right on these timber sales. And we believe that when the Forest Service does that, that it can’t justify the volume of the timber that it decided to log in these projects." Litigation filed in 2010 In January 2010, the Forest Service was sued over its 73 million-board-ft Logjam timber sale on Prince of Wales Island, by Tongass Conservation Society, Cascadia Wildlands, and Greenpeace. At issue is the impact of excessive road density on wolf mortality and further loss of habitat for the primary prey (deer), among other issues. The plaintiff's motion for summary judgement was denied by the US District Court, Alaska, in September, and the case has been appealed to the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. The court scheduled oral arguments before Judges Betty Fletcher, Andrew Kleinfeld, and Consuelo Callahan for July 29, 2011, sitting in Anchorage. See also Wolf population differences References External links "Tongass loggers wary of wolf study protection could hurt timber cutting" – Anchorage Daily News "Environmentalists fail to get wolf on threatened list" – Orlando Sentinel "Group wants wolves protected in Alaska" – The Associated Press "'G' In The New 3g iPhone Will Not Also Stand For Green" – Common Dreams "Over Objections, U.S. Approves New Logging in Forest in Alaska" – New York Times "Ex-Fish and Game Officials Warn of Sealaska Bill" – ABC News Category:Mammals of North America Category:Wolves Category:Alexander Archipelago Category:Subspecies of Canis lupus Category:Mammals described in 1937 fr:Canis lupus ligoni |
The Man from Mo'Wax The Man From Mo'Wax is a 2016 documentary film about DJ and record label boss James Lavelle. Directed by Matthew Jones, and produced by M.J. McMahon, Matthew Jones and Brian A. Hoffman. The Man From Mo'Wax had its European premiere as part of the 2016 BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2016 and was given a cinema release in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2018. Overview The film follows Lavelle's life from childhood, documenting his rapid rise to fame following the founding of his record label Mo' Wax. The film focuses on various pivotal moments in Lavelle's career, starting with his days writing for Straight No Chaser, and putting on club nights in London. Lavelle's shift from A&R man to musical artist as part of UNKLE becomes the central theme, with his fractious relationship with DJ Shadow unfolding throughout. Development The film was initially produced under the working title The Man From UNKLE, and later Artist & Repertoire. The film makes extensive use of private archive footage provided by both Lavelle and Shadow. Over 700 hours of footage were unearthed by the filmmakers. Reception , The Man From Mo'Wax with a limited release, had grossed $25,502. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 77% based on 13 reviews. Time Out film critic Philip De Semlyen described it as “A warts-and-all tales of hubris and heavyweight beats”. Charts References External links Category:2016 films Category:Films about music and musicians |
Chembra Peak Chembra Peak (Chembra Mala) is one of the highest peak in the Western Ghats and the highest peak in Wayanad hills, at above sea level. Chembra is located near the town of Meppadi and is south of Kalpetta. It is part of the Wayanad hill ranges in Western Ghats, adjoining the Nilgiri Hills and Vellarimala in Kozhikode district in Kerala. It is the highest and the largest peak in Western Ghats of India in between Nilgiris and Himalayas exceeding 2,000m . Visits to this peak organized by 'the Chempra Peak VSS' under the control of South Wayanad Forest Development Agency, guides are provided for trekking. Chembra Peak is accessible by foot from Meppady. District Tourism Promotion Council provides guides and trekking equipment on hire charges to tourists. Banasura Sagar Dam and Banasura Hill is also nearby. Gallery References External links Category:Mountains of the Western Ghats Category:Mountains of Kerala Category:Geography of Wayanad district |
Konstanty Jeleński Konstanty Aleksander Jeleński (2 January 1922 - 4 May 1987) was a Polish essayist. Biography Konstanty Aleksander Jeleński (in French: Constantin Jelenski) was born on 2 January 1922 in Warsaw, Poland. He died on 4 May 1987 in Paris, France. At the age of eighteen he left Poland to serve the Polish Army in France. He lived the remainder of his life as an émigré, first in Italy for several years after the Second World War, then settling in Paris in 1951. In Paris, Jeleński was active in Polish émigré literary circles. He led the Eastern European division of the Congress for Cultural Freedom (after 1967, the International Association for Cultural Freedom) and was a prolific contributor to the Association's monthly publication Preuves and to Kultura, the Polish émigré literary journal. Beginning in 1975, he became increasingly active with the Institut national de l'audiovisuel. Jeleński's criticism, translations and edited works addresses a wide range of literary, political and artistic topics, especially twentieth-century Polish literature and history. Among his most influential works are many critical essays about Witold Gombrowicz and the edited volume Anthologie de la poesie polonaise (1965). Since 1952, Jeleński was remaining in a relationship with Argentine painter Leonor Fini. Until his death they lived together and with Fini's former partner Italian painter Stanislao Lepri in Paris. Alleged biological father of Jeleński was Carlo Sforza. References Milosz, Czeslaw. The History of Polish Literature. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983. External links A guide to the Konstanty Jelenski Papers at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Category:1922 births Category:1987 deaths Category:Polish male writers Category:LGBT writers from Poland |
Frederick Libby Captain Frederick Libby (15 July 1891 – 9 January 1970) became the first American flying ace, while serving as an observer in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Libby transferred to the United States Army Air Service on 15 September 1917. He returned to the United States and helped raise war funding through Liberty Loans. He was then invalided out of military service with spondylitis. Despite his disability, and the predictions that he would die early as a result of his condition, Libby lived into his late seventies, prospering as an oil prospector and businessman. He was a founder of Western Air Lines. In his latter years, he wrote his memoirs, Horses Don't Fly, which was published after his death on 9 January 1970. Early life Frederick Libby was born on 15 July 1891 in Sterling, Colorado. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was four years old, leaving him to be raised by his widower father, an older brother, and a live-in housekeeper. He attended local schools for his formal education, and began learning to ride at the age of six. One of his youthful feats was roping a pronghorn at the age of ten. In the autumn of 1903, he moved to Sabetha, Kansas to temporarily live with his older sister Minnie. By 1904, Libby's father and elder brother had re-established themselves as horse brokers in Minco, Indian Territory; one of their clients was Buffalo Bill. Frederick Libby rejoined them in 1904. He then lived with his aunt in Marshfield, Massachusetts during the school year to attend high school during his fifteenth and sixteenth years. In 1910, Frederick Libby moved to Phoenix, Arizona because of his father's concern (which fortunately proved to be unfounded) that his son might have tuberculosis. The younger Libby first worked for wages as a cowboy while there. He then became an itinerant cowboy and mustanger. Military service Motor transport Libby was in Calgary, Canada when the war began. He claimed to have joined the Canadian Army on 2 September 1914, although his enlistment papers are dated 5 January 1915 and signed in Toronto. He gave his occupation as chauffeur upon enlistment. His enlistment papers describe him as being 5' 8 1/2" (1.74 m) tall, with a medium complexion, brown hair, and gray eyes. He was assigned to motor transport duty in the Canadian Expeditionary Force's supply column. When the Americans in Canadian service were notified that they could be discharged to avoid loss of their citizenship, Libby stayed on. Libby shipped out of Halifax, Nova Scotia for England on HMCS Metagama in April 1915. Upon arrival, his unit staged a short-lived mutiny because they had not been paid. After being paid, they were equipped with brand new trucks–a melange of Locomobiles, Packards, Pierce Arrows, Peerlesses, Leylands, and British Daimlers. They took their new trucks to Rouen, France to begin their assignment supporting the Canadian 2nd Division. After serving in this motor transport unit through the winter of 1915–1916, he volunteered to join the Royal Flying Corps, becoming an observer in an F.E.2b in 23 Squadron. No. 23 Squadron RFC Frederick Libby volunteered for service with the Royal Flying Corps on a thirty-day probationary period; he said it was to get out of the constant rain. If he proved satisfactory as an aerial observer, he would be commissioned a second lieutenant; if unsatisfactory, he would return to his old unit without prejudice. According to Libby, when he reported to 23 Squadron, he received his machine gun training in the morning, and went on flight status that afternoon. A crack shot |
since his childhood, he scored his first victory on his very first combat mission, coincidentally his birthday, 15 July 1916, flying with Lieutenant E. D. Hicks. No. 11 Squadron RFC In August 1916, Libby was commissioned and transferred to 11 Squadron. Upon arrival there, the first pilots he met were Albert Ball, John Quested, and Ernest Foot. In his memoirs, written many years after the event, Libby claims to have conceived a buttstock for the Lewis machine guns used by observers, that was then fabricated overnight by the gunnery sergeant of his unit and widely adopted as a standard fitting. Actually, the "ground" Lewis gun came already fitted with such a stock as standard, this being replaced in the standard "air" form of the gun with a spade grip, for "handiness" and to save weight. Libby was one of a number of observers, especially those serving in the precarious perch that was the front cockpit of an F.E.2b, who preferred their Lewis guns with the original "rifle style" stock, braced against the shoulder. This suited his "marksman-type" shooting style; it also freed up a hand that could be used to hang onto the aircraft, adding stability for more accurate fire, as well as greater safety for the observer. In any case there was no need to "design" or "fabricate" a standard Lewis gun spare part! Libby claimed five victories while teamed with Captain (later Major) Stephen Price; one of the victories was shared with Lionel Rees. He became an ace on 25 August 1916, and by 20 October 1916 he was a double ace as an observer on Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2s. His description of an observer's duties included the following passage about manning the rear gun on an F.E.2): On 15 September 1916, Libby was an eyewitness to the first use of tanks in battle while he was on observation duty over the battlefield. Two days later Oswald Boelcke and Jasta 2 shot down 11 Squadron's entire C Flight, along with two escorting Airco DH.2 fighters. Libby's B Flight was thrown into the resulting breach, but suffered no losses. On 28 October 1916, Libby was posted to Home Establishment for pilot training. He was granted leave until 1 January 1917. His leave was interrupted on 13 December 1916 when he and Captain Price were awarded the Military Cross by King George V in Buckingham Palace. No. 43 Squadron RFC; No. 25 Squadron RFC After completing pilot training on 5 March 1917, Libby was posted to No. 43 Squadron on 7 March, piloting the Sopwith 1½ Strutter two-seater fighter/reconnaissance aircraft. After scoring two victories, he was reassigned to No. 25 Squadron as an Airco D.H.4 bomber pilot in August 1917, where he scored twice more. During this assignment, on 28 May 1917 he began flying the American flag as command streamers during his sorties. Upon promotion to Flight Commander, Libby transferred to 25 Squadron, which shared its airfield with 43 Squadron. He was assigned B Flight. Libby was nearly killed by accident around this time. The DH-4 had controls accessible to the observer, and while engaged in a dogfight, a Lewis ammunition drum jammed the rudder, slewing it into a constant right hand turn. Once the problem was remedied, Libby returned to base. His experience led to the rear seat rudder bar being covered by plywood. Libby would serve with 25 Squadron until he left the RFC. By the time he transferred to U.S. service, his combat tally–as both observer and pilots–consisted of two enemy aircraft destroyed (including one shared), and 12 driven down out of control (including four shared). |
Transfer to American service On 15 September 1917, Libby transferred to the United States Army Air Service, at the request of General Billy Mitchell. He returned to the United States and reclaimed his citizenship. He participated in the Liberty Loan drive by auctioning off his flight streamers. He was sent to join the 22nd Aero Squadron at Hicks Field in Texas, but was dismayed by its disorganization, especially the hospital. Libby was suffering from chronic back pain by this time and was found to be permanently disabled by Ankylosing spondylitis and medically unfit for further military service. Libby never flew a combat mission for the United States Air Service. Post-war life Frederick Libby married Caroline Von Stein. She had previously adopted a niece and nephew whose mother had died of the Spanish flu. Libby lived a partial cripple for the rest of his life. Despite his disabilities and a doctor's prediction he would die before age 40, Libby went into the oil prospecting business, founding Eastern Oil Company and consulting for Union Oil and Richfield. He was also the founder of Western Air Express. In the process, he made millions of dollars; he also went broke. In 1961, he wrote his memoir, and this was published posthumously as Horses Don't Fly. He died in Los Angeles on 9 January 1970. Aerial victories See also List of World War I flying aces from the United States References Bibliography Cheesman, E.F. (ed) Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Harleyford Publications, 1960 Dempsey, Harry. American Aces of World War 1. Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 2001. , . Guttman, Jon & Harry Dempsey. Pusher Aces of World War I. Oxford, Osprey Pub Co, 2009. , . Libby, Frederick. Horses Don't Fly. New York, Arcade Publishing, 2000. , . Shores, Christopher F. & Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915–1920. London, Grub Street, 1990. , . Woodman, Harry Early Aircraft Armament: The Aeroplane and the Gun up to 1918. London, Arms and Armour Press, 1989. . External links Category:1892 births Category:1970 deaths Category:American World War I flying aces Category:Aviators from Colorado Category:Recipients of the Military Cross Category:Royal Flying Corps officers Category:People from Sterling, Colorado |
Kenny Noyes Kenny Noyes (born 18 June 1979) is an American motorcycle road racer. His parents Dennis and Heidi Noyes are both American, but lived in Spain for over 20 years where Dennis raced winning the Spanish Endurance Championship and the Motociclismo Series twice. Born in Barcelona, Spain, Noyes began dirt-track racing in the US, winning the national championship before returning to Spain to begin road racing. In 2003 he became Spanish Superstock Champion, and won the Endurance title 2 years later. His first CEV 1000cc Extreme National podium came in 2008, and he challenged for the title in 2009. Noyes made his international racing debut in the new Moto2 series in 2010. He was competitive immediately, briefly leading at Jerez. and starting from pole at Le Mans, however he was less competitive in the next three races. Finished championship in 24th position (of 30). Noyes raced for 2012 in the Spanish CEV Moto2 championship for PL Racing Moto2 aboard a Suter finishing 3rd overall with four podiums. Noyes signed for the LaGlisse team (renamed Team Calvo) for the 2013 season, staying in CEV Moto2 once again aboard a Suter. Career statistics By Seasons By class Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) References External links Category:Living people Category:American expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:American motorcycle racers Category:Moto2 World Championship riders Category:Sportspeople from Barcelona Category:1979 births Category:Supersport World Championship riders |
Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre is a single-screen drive-in movie theater located off of Route 309 in Orefield, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the oldest operational drive-in theater in the United States. It generally operates during weekends only in the months of April, May, and September, while playing films seven days per week in June, July, and August through Labor Day. Admission gives patrons access to both nightly movie showings. History Shankweiler's was opened by Wilson Shankweiler on April 15, 1934, making it the first drive-in theater to open in the state of Pennsylvania and the second drive-in theater to open in the entire United States. It opened less than one year after the first ever American drive-in theater opened in Camden, New Jersey. In 1948, Shankweiler's installed speaker poles and car speakers. Hurricane Diane in 1955 caused severe damage to the screen and projection booth at Shankweiler's, prompting the construction of a new snack bar / projection booth and installation of a new CinemaScope movie screen. Shankweiler sold his drive-in in 1965 to Robert Malkames. Under Malkames' ownership, the theater in 1982 adopted micro-vicinity AM radio broadcasting to deliver movie soundtracks to patrons, though the car speakers remained in place. Malkames sold Shankweiler's to Paul and Susan Geissinger in 1984. Under the ownership of the Geissingers in 1986, Shankweiler's became the first drive-in theater to deliver movie audio via FM broadcast stereo. Later, Shankweiler's sound system got an upgrade in 2002, followed by another upgrade that brought fully digital video projection and sound equipment in 2013. In 2015, the Geissingers listed Shankweiler's Drive-In for sale, and then re-listed it for sale in 2018, with an asking price of $1.2 million. References Category:1934 establishments in Pennsylvania |
Pinehurst, California Pinehurst (formerly, Neff Mills) is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. It is located east-southeast of Dunlap, at an elevation of 4003 feet (1220 m). References Category:Unincorporated communities in California Category:Unincorporated communities in Fresno County, California |
Moose Addition Neighborhood Historic District The Moose Addition Neighborhood Historic District encompasses the oldest residential area of Morrilton, Arkansas. This area was farmland until the railroad was built through the region in the 1880s. Located just south of the railroad and the city's business district, this area was soon built up as a residential area, with most of its development coming between roughly 1925 and 1960. There is a single Queen Anne Victorian, built in 1881, from the earliest days of its development. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 and enlarged in 2015. Its initial listing included properties on Division Street and Moose Street between Valley Street in the north and Brown and Green Streets to the south. It was nearly doubled in size in 2015, expanding north to Church Street and east to St. Joseph Street. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Conway County, Arkansas References Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Category:National Register of Historic Places in Conway County, Arkansas Category:Buildings and structures in Morrilton, Arkansas |
Slovo a slovesnost Slovo a slovesnost ("Word and word art"), is a Czech linguistic scholarly journal published four times a year by the Language Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. It was founded in 1935 by the Prague Linguistic Circle. It is one of the most prestigious Czech-written journals that publishes articles from general linguistics and related fields. It deals with semiotics, semantics, grammar, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, text linguistics, and translation theory. The journal is published quarterly. The magazine was founded in 1935 as an organ of the Prague Linguistic Circle. The Editor-in-chief of the magazine is Petr Kaderka; the Executive Editor is Eva Havlová. References Category:Czech magazines Category:Publications established in 1935 Category:Prague linguistic circle |
Durham Township, Washington County, Arkansas The Township of Durham is one of thirty-seven townships in Washington County, Arkansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its total population was 839. Durham Township was established in 1884. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Durham Township covers an area of ; all land. Durham Township was created in 1884. Cities, towns, villages Durham Cemeteries The township contains Shumate Cemetery. Major routes Arkansas Highway 16 References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS) United States National Atlas External links US-Counties.com City-Data.com Category:Townships in Washington County, Arkansas Category:Populated places established in 1884 Category:Townships in Arkansas |
Talco, Texas Talco is a town in Titus County, Texas, United States. The population was 516 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a local candy bar (It was either a shelf carton or because the local people said it was "Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana Country hence Talco). Also reports said it may have been a local company name Texas-Arkansas-Louisian Company. There are varying reports to what it was actually. History Two post offices were established near the current site of Talco: Gouldsboro in 1856 and Goolesboro in 1878. Due to name conflict the community changed its name to "Talco" based on the Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana Candy Company initials on a candy wrapper. In 1912, Talco relocated to be closer to a railroad line. Oil was discovered in 1936, leading to a big boom in the economy. Talco called itself the "Asphalt capital of the world." Geography Talco is located at (33.362131, -95.104090). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²), all of it land. US Route 271 is a major north-south highway through Talco. The community is a mile east of the Franklin County line. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 570 people, 220 households, and 150 families residing in the city. The population density was 743.0 people per square mile (285.8/km²). There were 277 housing units at an average density of 361.1 per square mile (138.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 78.60% White, 12.81% African American, 8.25% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.16% of the population. There were 220 households out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.18. In the city, the population was spread out with 30.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 27.2% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.5 males. The median income for a household in the city was $17,500, and the median income for a family was $21,250. Males had a median income of $23,750 versus $12,426 for females. The per capita income for the city was $8,243. About 36.4% of families and 38.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 47.5% of those under age 18 and 18.8% of those age 65 or over. Education The City of Talco is served by the Rivercrest Independent School District (Talco-Bogata Consolidated Independent School District prior to July 1999). It previously maintained Talco Elementary. The previous Talco school opened in 1939. The district began construction of the consolidated elementary on May 1, 2000 and the scheduled completion was in June 2001. References External links Talco, TX history Riches Loom for Village Folk in Texas Oil Rush from the Texas Archive of the Moving Image https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19670621&id=D_cnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NlYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2803,4782694. Category:Cities in Titus County, Texas Category:Cities in Texas |
Nosiri Khusrav District Nosiri Khusrav District, sometimes Nosiri Khisrav District (, Nohiya-i Nosiri Khusrav), is located in the south-western corner of Khatlon province of Tajikistan on the Amu Darya, an enclave within the Shahrtuz district. Population 27,400 (2008 est.). Until 2004 called Beshkent District (); then renamed in honor of the 11th century Persian-Tajik poet Nosiri Khusrav (sometimes also Khisrav). The district capital is Bakhori, a village at the northernmost tip of the district. Beshkent is a lowland 70 kilometers in length and 5 kilometers in width—dry without any reliable source of water. beshkent is the warmest valley in Tajikistan, with average temperatures in January and July of 3 °C and 31 °C respectively. The annual average precipitation is 140 millimeters. Administrative divisions The district is divided administratively into jamoats. They are as follows (and population). References Category:Districts of Khatlon Region Category:Districts of Tajikistan |
Monchy-Breton Monchy-Breton is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Monchy-Breton is situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and the D86 roads. Population Places of interest The church of St. Hilaire, dating from the fifteenth century. See also Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References INSEE commune file External links Monchy-Breton on the Quid website Monchybreton |
Robot Rabbit Robot Rabbit is a Warner Bros. animated short of the Looney Tunes series. Originally released to theaters on December 12, 1953, it stars Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd as its main characters. Summary Elmer Fudd is shown as a carrot farmer who is happily going about his chores singing "In a Little Red Barn (On a Farm down in Indiana)". Halfway through the song, he realizes Bugs has joined his singing. At the end of the chorus of the song, Bugs dives into his hole, and carrots fly into the air. Elmer angrily laments "Ooooh, da wascal wabbit is in my cawwots again!", and then rushes into his house to retrieve a shotgun. After shooting into an empty hole (Bugs had conveniently left the hole, then does his "fake dying" act, culminating in an actual metal bucket that materializes, which Bugs kicks), Elmer exclaims "Howway! Da wabbit kicked da bucket!", then he and Bugs start dancing as a result until Elmer begins to realize Bugs is still very much alive. That prompts Fudd to call "ACME Pest Control": ("Hewwo? ACME Pest Contwol? Weww, I've got a pest I want contwolled.") for a robot with the express purpose of evicting Bugs. The robot initially confuses a mule and Elmer — who was trying to explain to the robot what a rabbit looks like — for his intended target before getting the early upper-hand. Bugs quickly evens the score by luring his antagonist under a rotating water sprinkler, causing the robot to rust. Elmer however resolves this setback just as quickly by oiling the robot up and then warns him that he'll be sold for old scrap iron if he doesn't get the job done. Later, Bugs disguises himself as a female robot (where he literally throws a wrench into their "relationship"), before finally causing the robot to follow him through a construction site and beneath a pile driver. Back at home, Elmer starts wondering how the robot fared, Bugs greets him and dumps the remains of the robot onto the floor; it proved that the robot was crushed underneath the pile driver. As Bugs walks off, he comments to himself: "Ya know, someday, dese scientists are gonna invent something dat will "outsmart" a rabbit". Notes The line where Elmer called the company about pest control was somewhat reused in the 1965 cartoon, It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House. The same robot was used by Sylvester hunting Speedy Gonzales in a 1964 cartoon, Nuts and Volts. The scene where the lower half of its body fell apart and parts fell out of its sockets like a person accidentally dropping its pants was also reused. A scene mentioned about Bugs Bunny calling the robot "a fugitive from a Stanley Steamer". Stanley Steamer is the colloquial name for products of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, which produced steam-powered automobiles from 1902 to 1924. There's also a scene where the robot dug the hole where Bugs was hiding and sifted out its quarry. It was reused from an earlier cartoon, Rabbit Every Monday. Errors When Bugs is speaking to the audience while running away from the robot, his mouth didn't move. Category:Short films directed by Friz Freleng Category:Looney Tunes shorts Category:Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Category:American films Category:1953 animated films Category:1953 films Category:1950s American animated films Category:Films scored by Carl Stalling Category:Animated films about robots Category:Films featuring Bugs Bunny |
Elin Karolina Svensson Elin Karolina Svensson (25 November 1879–?) was a Swedish missionary. She served with the Mission Union of Sweden in Chinese Turkestan (present day Xinjiang). Bibliography J. Lundahl (editor), På obanade stigar: Tjugofem år i Ost-Turkestan. Stockholm, Svenska Missionsförbundet Förlag, 1917 External links Mission and Change in Eastern Turkestan (English Translation of select chapters of Mission och revolution i Centralasien) Category:Swedish Protestant missionaries Category:Protestant missionaries in China Category:Christian missionaries in Central Asia Category:1879 births Category:Female Christian missionaries Category:History of Xinjiang Category:Year of death missing Category:Swedish expatriates in China |
Tatchun (electoral district) Tatchun was an electoral district which returned an MLA to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It was created in 1978 out of the ridings of Klondike and Pelly River. It was abolished in 1992 when it was amalgamated with the riding of Mayo to form the riding of Mayo-Tatchun. The district included the communities of Carmacks, Pelly Crossing, and Little Salmon. It was situated on the historical territory of the Selkirk First Nation, the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun, the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation, and the Ross River Dena Council of the Kaska Dena. At creation, the population of the electorate was 325 voters and by abolition it was 418 voters. When partisan politics was introduced to the Yukon in the 1978 election, Tatchun was one of the initial electoral districts established. At the time, it was one of the Yukon's nine rural ridings. It was bordered by the ridings of Mayo, Klondike, Faro, Kluane, Hootalinqua, and Campbell. Tatchun is also the former seat of Roger Coles, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1984 to 1986. He later resigned both his seat and his position as leader after being sentenced to prison time for cocaine trafficking. MLAs Electoral results 1989 general election |- | NDP | Danny Joe | align="right"| 165 | align="right"| 47.8% | align="right"| +6.6% |- |- | Liberal | Luke Lacasse | align="right"| 71 | align="right"| 20.6% | align="right"| -10.3% |- ! align left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 345 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – |} By-Election: 1987 |- | NDP | Danny Joe | align="right"| 149 | align="right"| 41.2% | align="right"| +7.1% |- | Liberal | Elijah Smith | align="right"| 112 | align="right"| 30.9% | align="right"| -10.5% |- |- | Independent | Ray A. Jackson | align="right"| 8 | align="right"| 2.2% | align="right"| +2.2% |- ! align left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 362 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – |} On the resignation of Roger Coles. 1985 general election |- | Liberal | Roger Coles | align="right"| 159 | align="right"| 41.4% | align="right"| +8.6% |- | NDP | Victor Mitander | align="right"| 131 | align="right"| 34.1% | align="right"| +1.9% |- |- ! align left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 384 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – |} 1982 general election |- |- | Liberal | Roger Coles | align="right"| 103 | align="right"| 32.8% | align="right"| -5.9% |- | NDP | Bill Larson | align="right"| 101 | align="right"| 32.2% | align="right"| +0.8% |- ! align left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 314 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – |} 1978 general election |- |- | NDP | Jerry Roberts | align="right"| 83 | align="right"| 31.4% | align="right"| – |- | Liberal | Hugh Netzel | align="right"| 71 | align="right"| 26.9% | align="right"| – |- ! align left colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 264 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – |} References Category:Former Yukon territorial electoral districts |
Synanthedon nuba Synanthedon nuba is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from the Republic of the Congo and Gabon. References Category:Sesiidae Category:Fauna of the Republic of the Congo Category:Fauna of Gabon Category:Moths of Africa Category:Moths described in 1899 |
1969–70 Mexican Primera División season Statistics of Primera División de México in season 1969-70. Overview Torreón was promoted to Primera División. The season was contested by 16 teams, and Guadalajara won the championship. No relegation this season, due to the increase of teams to 18 for the 1970-71 season. Teams {{Location map+ |Mexico |width=850 |float=center |caption=Location of the 1969-70 Primera División teams|places= {| width="100%" |- | League standings Results References Mexico - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1969-70 Mex Category:1969–70 in Mexican football |
Persons Disabled in War against the Nazis Law The Persons Disabled in War against the Nazis Law is an Israeli law, providing assistance to Israelis who fought in the armed forces of the allied countries or partisan units during World War II and who are disabled (physically or mentally) as a consequence of the war. Moreover, the law provides entitlements for surviving spouses of beneficiaries, for a limited period of time or until they remarry, depending on the extent of disability recognized for the original beneficiary shortly before his or her death. The law came about after campaigning from groups of veterans of the Second World War, being passed by Knesset in 1954. However, the law does not confer World War II veterans the same benefits as veterans who has served in military service of the State of Israel. The benefits under this law are handled by the Ministry of Finance, not the Ministry of Defense. References Category:Israeli laws Category:1954 in Israel Category:1954 in law Category:2nd Knesset (1951–1955) Category:Disability law |
Craig McGinlay Craig McGinlay is a Scottish actor, best known for playing Sir Percival in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. Early life McGinlay grew up in Paisley just outside Gleniffer Braes near Glasgow. His parents are Ronnie (a lawyer) and Hazel. McGinlay earned a sports science degree at University of Stirling and was a rugby player until an injury forced him to leave the sport in 2004. He became a fitness coach until being scouted by a Glasgow modelling agency in 2013. Career Moving to London in 2014, McGinlay signed with Independent Talent Agency and Select Model Management in London as well as agencies in Milan, Newcastle and Manchester. He has modelled for Nike, Trespass, Ray-Ban and Land Rover. After starring in a Haig whisky commercial directed by Guy Ritchie, McGinlay was offered the role of Percival in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword which was directed by Ritchie and co-starred David Beckham. Accolades McGinlay was named Breakthrough Star of the Year at the 2015 Scottish Style Awards. Filmography References You refer in paragraph 7 to the article by John Debros (December 28, 2017). "Knightfall season 1". TV Series Page. Unfortunately, this is already an outdated link (the site has moved to a new domain). Could you change the link to the correct one? https://tvseriespage.club/knightfall/ Thank you in advance External links Category:Living people Category:Scottish male film actors Category:21st-century Scottish male actors Category:21st-century British male actors Category:British male film actors Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:British male models Category:1986 births |
Pennsylvania Route 430 Pennsylvania Route 430 (PA 430) (also known by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as SR 0430) is a state highway located in Erie County, Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at US 20 in Wesleyville. The eastern terminus is the New York state line near Findley Lake, New York. Route description PA 430 begins at an intersection with US 20 (Buffalo Road) in the borough of Wesleyville just south of the railroad tracks through the borough. PA 430 proceeds southeast along Station Road, a two-lane residential street through Wesleyville, running several blocks through the borough. At the junction with Euclid Boulevard, PA 430 and Station Road turn eastward while the right-of-way becomes Shannon Road. Becoming a commercial street through the eastern parts of the borough, soon crossing into Harborcreek Township. Crossing southeast through the township, PA 430 returns to a two-lane residential road, entering the Brookside neighborhood. Through Brookside, PA 430 remains a two-lane residential street, soon leaving the community for another portion of Harborcreek Township. The route then intersects and merges with PA 290 (the Bayfront Connector). PA 290 and PA 430 become concurrent eastward along the four-lane arterial. Station Road becomes a frontage road for the Connector, which soon turns southeast into an interchange with exit 32 of I-90. At this interchange, PA 290 ends and PA 430 continues southeast along Station Road as the Bayfront Connector ends. Still in Harborcreek Township, PA 430 bends eastward as a two-lane residential road, which slowly becomes a two-lane rural roadway. The route then enters the village of Owens Corners, where it intersects with the southern terminus of PA 531 (Depot Road). Continuing east from PA 531, PA 430 climbs some local hills and becomes more rural as it climbs through Harbocreek Township. Crossing into Greenfield Township, the route becomes more residential as it runs down the hill, retaining the Station Road moniker. The route becomes more rural again as the route enters the village of Hornby, soon crossing the southern end of Greenfield Community Park. PA 430 runs along a curve to the northeast and immediately turns east into an intersection with PA 89. After PA 89, PA 430 turns northeast further through another hill in Greenfield Township Now a more rural highway, the route parallels to the south of I-86, where it turns southeast to the New York state line, marking the eastern end of PA 430. The route continues east along Station Road on New York State Route 430 (NY 430). History State Route 430 was assigned to a previously unnumbered roadway in Erie County in 1959. The route was assigned as a continuation of New York State Route 430 (assigned by 1935 in NY), which had been extended from Mayville. The two designations have remained the same since. Major intersections See also References External links 430 Category:Transportation in Erie County, Pennsylvania |
Kvirike IV of Kakheti Kvirike IV () (died 1102) was a King of Kakheti and Hereti in eastern Georgia from 1084 to 1102. He succeeded upon the death of his father Aghsartan I. He ruled as a tributary to the Seljuq dynasty and opposed the energetic Georgian king David IV who pursued a vigorous domestic and foreign policy aimed at asserting Georgia’s integrity and its hegemony in the Caucasus. Kvirike lost the fortress of Zedazeni to David, but was still able to secure the succession to his son Aghsartan II. References Toumanoff, Cyrille (1976, Rome). Manuel de Généalogie et de Chronologie pour le Caucase chrétien (Arménie, Géorgie, Albanie). Вахушти Багратиони. История царства грузинского. Возникновение и жизнь Кахети и Эрети. Ч.1. Category:1102 deaths Category:Kings of Kakheti and Hereti Category:Year of birth missing |
Austria at the 2010 Winter Olympics Austria participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Medalists Alpine skiing Stefanie Köhle, Mario Matt and Hannes Reichelt were withdrawn from the squad prior to the opening ceremony. Biathlon Tobias Eberhard and Friedrich Pinter were named in the squad but did not compete. Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Figure skating Freestyle skiing Men's team – ski cross Women's team – aerials and moguls Women's team – ski cross Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Martin Koch was named in the squad but did not compete. Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross Men's parallel giant slalom Women's snowboard cross Women's parallel giant slalom Heidi Neururer and Anton Unterkofler were originally named in the squad but were withdrawn prior to competition. Speed skating See also Austria at the Olympics Austria at the 2010 Winter Paralympics References Olympics Category:Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics 2010 |
Peter Nicolai Arbo Peter Nicolai Arbo (18 June 1831 – 14 October 1892) was a Norwegian historical painter, who specialized in painting motifs from Norwegian history and images from Norse mythology. He is most noted for The Wild Hunt of Odin, a dramatic motif based on the Wild Hunt legend and Valkyrie, which depicts a female figure from Norse mythology. Biography Peter Nicolai Arbo grew up at Gulskogen Manor in Gulskogen, a borough in Drammen, Norway. He was the son of headmaster Christian Fredrik Arbo (1791–1868) and his wife Marie Christiane von Rosen. His brother Carl Oscar Eugen Arbo was a military medical doctor and a pioneer in Norwegian anthropologic studies. Arbo's childhood home, Gulskogen, was built in 1804 as a summer residence for his older cousin, lumber dealer and industrialist Peter Nicolai Arbo. Arbo started his art education with a year at the Art School operated by Frederik Ferdinand Helsted (1809–1875) in Copenhagen (1851–1852). After this, he studied at the art academy in Düsseldorf. From 1853 to 1855 he studied under of Karl Ferdinand Sohn, professor of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and from 1857 to 1858 under Emil Hünten who was a battle and animal painter. At Düsseldorf he was for some time a private student of the history painter Otto Mengelberg (1817–1890). He had contact with Adolph Tidemand and became a good friend of Hans Gude both of whom were professors at the art academy in Düsseldorf. He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting. In 1861 Arbo returned to Norway and the following year he went on a study trip together with Gude and Frederik Collett. In 1863 he painted the first version of Horse flock on the high mountains, a motif he later on took up again several times. The version from 1889 is at the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Norwegian: Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design) in Oslo and is considered one of the most important of his works. In 1866 he was appointed a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and the Knight of Order of Vasa. He held numerous positions, including as a juror in Stockholm in 1866 and Philadelphia in 1876, and was Commissioner of the Viennese art department exhibition in 1873. He was also a member of the National Gallery Company from 1875 and director of the Christiania Art Society from 1882 until his death. Drammens Museum Drammens Museum (Norwegian: Drammens museum for kunst og kulturhistorie) is located in the heart of Drammen, on the southern side of the Drammen River. In earlier years this was an area of elegant country houses on the magnificent landed property known as Marienlyst. Exhibits of the museum include items from the historical and cultural background of Norway. Drammen museum consists of five departments including Gulskogen Manor, the childhood home Peder Nicolai Arbo. In the many beautiful rooms of Gulskogen Manor, one will find works by this distinguished history-painter. Gallery References Sources Marit I. Lange and Anne Berit Skaug Peter Nicolai Arbo 1831-1892 (Museum of Drammen. Exhibition Catalogue; edited 1986) Leif Østby and Henning Alsvik, Norges billedkunst i det nittende og tyvende århundre (Vol. 1, pp. 167–8) External links Page at Norwegian Wikipedia Gulskogen Manor Drammens Museum Category:1831 births Category:1892 deaths Category:People from Drammen Category:19th-century Norwegian painters Category:Knights of the Order of Vasa Category:Düsseldorf school of painting |
Pieter Leon van Meeuwen Jonkheer Pieter Leon van Meeuwen (16 August 1870, 's-Hertogenbosch – 6 July 1921, The Hague) was a Dutch jurist and president of the Court in The Hague. Jhr. van Meeuwen is a son of jhr. Pieter Maria Frans van Meeuwen and Elisabeth Julienne Magnée. He was married with Maria Francisca van Lanschot. Van Meeuwen studied law in Leiden. From 1896-1902 he was a lawyer in 's-Hertogenbosch, between 1902-1904 he was employed at the Openbaar Ministerie in 's-Hertogenbosch and Eindhoven. He was from 1904-1907 judge in Almelo and The Hague (1907–1914). In 1914 was he vicepresident of the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden. At 23 November 1918 he became president of the Court in The Hague. Category:1870 births Category:1921 deaths Category:Dutch nobility Category:Dutch lawyers Category:Dutch jurists Category:Leiden University alumni Category:People from 's-Hertogenbosch Category:Supreme Court of the Netherlands justices |
Miles Jacobson Miles Jacobson OBE is studio director of Sports Interactive, the team behind the Football Manager series of video games, and creators of the original Championship Manager. Early life Jacobson was born in 1971 to a Jewish family. His father was an inventor and his mother was a teacher. Jacobson was raised in Watford. A talented musician, his childhood ambition was to become a singer, and he spent more time on music than education when at school, singing or playing at the Royal Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican and St Martin-in-the-Fields during this time, and appeared in Carmen alongside José Carreras. However his singing ability was affected by the voice change during puberty. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School on a scholarship - fellow pupils at the time included Matt Lucas and Sacha Baron Cohen. He also became a keen fan of Watford F.C. in his childhood, attending his first game at Vicarage Road on his seventh birthday. His interest in and love for music sowed the seeds for his early career; while working in a record shop he produced a fanzine which caught the eye of the then NME editor Steve Lamacq. Lamacq helped Jacobson to secure his first position in the music business, introducing him to Andy Ross of Food Records, who hired him as an A&R manager. During his time in the music business (with Food and Polygram Island Music), Jacobson worked with a number of household names, including Jesus Jones, Dubstar, Shampoo, Blur, Feeder, Fatboy Slim and The Bluetones. Sports Interactive Sports Interactive was founded in 1994 by Paul and Oliver Collyer on the back of the success they had achieved with a game they had originally created in their Shropshire bedrooms in the late 1980s. That game was first published commercially in 1992 as Championship Manager. Jacobson first became involved in Sports Interactive as a fan of the game, after obtaining an advance copy of Championship Manager 2 in exchange for two Blur concert tickets, offering his services as one of the early testers. The Collyer brothers realised that Jacobson's abilities and experience would be put to better use in other areas and he became the fledgling company's unofficial business advisor. Jacobson quickly became an integral part of the team, assuming the role of part-time Managing Director in 1999 before finally taking the helm on a full-time basis in 2001. Under Jacobson's management, Sports Interactive has grown from a fledgling start-up employing five people to one of the best-known names in UK game development with a staff of almost 100 and a network of roughly 1,300 scouts across the globe. To date, the studio has sold in excess of 15 million games, has been responsible for six of the top 10 fastest-selling PC games of all time in the UK (five of which are from the Football Manager series) and has enjoyed more than 200 weeks at No.1 in the PC charts. Sports Interactive also has been responsible for five of the top 20 best-selling PC games of all time in the UK. The Football Manager catalogue has expanded in recent years and now includes versions for both iOS and Android devices as well as a forthcoming free-to-play with microtransaction online game called Football Manager Online, co-developed by the Korean company KTH. Charitable endeavours Outside Sports Interactive, Jacobson is heavily involved with the War Child charity, working as part of its entertainment committee. This committee is responsible for music-based fundraising initiatives which include record releases (including the Heroes album, the Young Soul Rebels single) and live events which have, |
to date, included gigs featuring Kasabian, La Roux, Al Murray, Jason Manford, Madness, Plan B, The Killers and Coldplay (the latter pair's gig also involved an encore featuring Gary Barlow and Bono). War Child also receive a donation for each copy of Football Manager sold, raising more than £700,000 to date, and in 2011, Jacobson went on a trip with the charity to the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2008, Jacobson was one of the co-founders of GamesAid, a broker for charitable activity on behalf of the games industry (and sponsor of the Paddington Academy). He is also currently working on a charitable project in Mozambique, giving local villages business opportunities whilst also helping the environment by planting fruit trees which thrive in the area. He recently became involved with the Nordoff-Robbins music therapy charity, where he is part of a committee that organises the annual Football Extravaganza dinner, the most recent of which raised more than £400,000 for the charity. He also recently became a vice-president for the charity Special Effect, which makes gaming accessible for people with severe disabilities. Other work and honours A former Entrepreneur of the Year (London) finalist, Jacobson serves as a Creative Business Mentor for NESTA, is a Develop conference steering committee member, and has previously been on the steering committee for the Edinburgh Interactive Festival and was on the BAFTA steering committee for video games for 6 years until June 2012. In addition to making regular appearances on national TV and radio, Jacobson has also appeared as a panellist and interviewee at festivals and conferences, not just for the games industry, but also at the Edinburgh TV festival and conferences organised by the music business strategy consultancy MusicAlly. In 2011, Jacobson was awarded the OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours List for services to the gaming industry. On 13 July 2018 Jacobson announced that he is battling melanoma . References Category:Living people Category:1971 births Category:British businesspeople Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire |
1955 NBA Finals The 1955 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1954–55 NBA season. The best-of-seven series was won by the Syracuse Nationals, who defeated the Fort Wayne Pistons in the final game when Syracuse's George King made a free throw with 12 seconds left to put the Nationals up 92–91. King then stole the ball from Fort Wayne's Andy Phillip with three seconds remaining to clinch the victory for Syracuse. Because of the arena not believing Fort Wayne would make the NBA Finals, the arena was booked and not available, and the Fort Wayne home games were played in Indianapolis. It has been alleged that some Fort Wayne players conspired with gamblers to throw the series to Syracuse. The suspicious nature of the seventh game in particular has raised concerns about the legitimacy of the series. Fort Wayne led Syracuse 41–24 early in the second quarter, then allowed the Nationals to rally to win the game. Andy Phillip, who turned the ball over with three seconds left in the game, was believed by at least one of his teammates, George Yardley, to have thrown the game. "There were always unwholesome implications about that ball game", Yardley told the author Charley Rosen. However, Phillip may not have acted alone. Other Pistons players were strongly believed to have thrown games during the 1954 and 1955 NBA seasons. In fact, Yardley himself turned the ball over to Syracuse with a palming violation with 18 seconds remaining in Game 7. The foul that gave Syracuse its winning free throw, meanwhile, was committed by Frankie Brian. The NBA did not return to the 2–3–2 format until 1985. Series summary Nationals win series 4–3 – Games played in Indianapolis Team rosters Syracuse Nationals Fort Wayne Pistons Notes and sources See also 1955 NBA Playoffs External links NBA History Finals Category:National Basketball Association Finals NBA NBA Category:March 1955 sports events Category:April 1955 sports events Category:Sports competitions in Indiana Category:Sports competitions in New York (state) Category:1955 in sports in New York (state) Category:1955 in sports in Indiana |
Fantastic Wilderlands Beyonde Fantastic Wilderlands Beyonde is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1979. (JG 67) Contents Fantastic Wilderlands Beyonde is a campaign setting that describes the locations on four large wilderness maps (Wilderlands Maps 7-10). The vast and dangerous wilderness regions of the Desert Lands (#7), Sea of Five Winds (#8), Elphand Lands (#9), and Lenap (#10) are shown in full detail on the judge's maps and are roughly sketched out on the players' maps. The booklet describes and gives the location of many of the villages, castles, islands, ruins, relics, and monsters. Publication history Fantastic Wilderlands Beyonde was written by Mark Holmer and Bob Bledsaw, and was published by Judges Guild in 1979 as a 32-page book, and four large maps. Reception Kurt Butterfield reviewed Fantastic Wilderlands Beyonde in The Space Gamer No. 33. Butterfield commented that "The graphics on the map are beautiful and highly detailed. Many of the encounter areas, ruins, and treasures are quite interesting and imaginative. The basic description of each village is very helpful and saves the judge a lot of preparation time." He continues: "The main problem ancountered in the maps is that the hex numbers are difficult to read at times. There are quite a few typos in the booklet and several examples of too much treasure given away for little or no risk." Butterfield concluded his review by saying, "The judge will have to add a large amount of detail and make a few changes to make the wilderness more interesting. He is given too little detail for too much money." References External links Judge's Guild Products by Title at acaeum.com. Fantastic Wilderlands Beyonde at acaeum.com. Wilderlands Campaign Maps at acaeum.com. City State Campaign - Judges Guild at waynesbooks.com. Category:Judges Guild fantasy role-playing game supplements |
Mukurthi Mukurthi Peak is the one of the highest peaks in the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India, and fourth highest peak in the Nilgiri Hills. It stand at an altitude of 2,554m (8,379ft). It is situated in the border of Udagamandalam taluk, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu and Nilambur taluk, Malappuram District, Kerala. Mukurthi peak resembles to "Pointed Nose". It is a part of Mukurthi National Park (Nilgiri Tahr National Park), Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Mukurthi hill is covered with shola forest including pine, grasslands and shrublands. It is a favorable place for Asian elephant, Tiger and rare endemic to Nilgiri Tahr. Mukurthi National Park (peak) sandwiched between Mudumalai National Park and Silent Valley National Park. Ooty is the nearest town (30 km away). It is one of the best trekking place and tourist spot in Ooty. Pichalbetta (2,544m) and Nilgiri hill are the prominent peaks adjacent to these area. Mukurthi dam (lake) is also nearby. References Category:Mountains of the Western Ghats Category:Two-thousanders of Asia |
Susumu Matsushita Susumu Matsushita (松下進 Matsushita Susumu; born February 6, 1950 in Fussa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist known for his unique American comic–influenced design. His most famous works are the designing of the mascot Neppe of Orix Buffaloes, Motor Toon Grand Prix, Hudson's Adventure Island series, Monkey Magic and the Maximo: Ghosts to Glory concept arts. Matsushita's illustrations have frequently appeared in video game magazines including the creation of numerous covers for publications such as Famitsu (for which Matsushita has designed the mascot, the Fox). Matsushita is also responsible for creating the mascots of numerous Famitsu spinoff magazines including: Famitsu Bros. (for which Matsushita designed the mascot, Arnold) Satellaview Tsūshin (for which Matsushita designed ) Famitsu PS (for which Matsushita created the ) Game Boy Tsushin (for which Matsushita created the ) In addition to creating characters for game magazines, Matsushita has also designed mascots and characters for gaming events like Space World (Matsushita designed Lucky Rabbit and friends), and for video games such as those in the Derby Stallion series. He also designed the mascots for the 1994 Asian Games which were being hosted in Hiroshima at the time, Poppo and Cuccu. He also drew the old Shueisha Business Jump magazine's mascot, which was a mouse. References External links Susumu Matsushita Enterprise Interview Category:1950 births Category:Album-cover and concert-poster artists Category:Anime character designers Category:Editorial cartoonists Category:Japanese cartoonists Category:Japanese entertainers Category:Japanese guitarists Category:Japanese illustrators Category:Japanese poster artists Category:Japanese video game designers Category:Living people Category:Manga artists Category:Manga artists from Tokyo Category:Musicians from Western Tokyo Category:People from Fussa, Tokyo Category:Video game artists |
Suchowola, Staszów County Suchowola is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Osiek, within Staszów County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Osiek, east of Staszów, and south-east of the regional capital Kielce. The village has a population of 1,097. Demography According to the 2002 Poland census, there were 1,084 people residing in Suchowola village, of whom 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. In the village, the population was spread out with 26.9% under the age of 18, 38.3% from 18 to 44, 17.2% from 45 to 64, and 17.6% who were 65 years of age or older. Figure 1. Population pyramid of village in 2002 — by age group and sex Former parts of village — physiographic objects In the years 1970 of last age, sorted and prepared out list part of names of localities for Suchowola, what you can see in table 3. References Category:Villages in Staszów County |
United States House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance is a subcommittee of the House Committee on Financial Services. Jurisdiction The Housing, Community Development and Insurance subcommittee oversees the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Ginnie Mae. The subcommittee also handles matters related to public, affordable, and rural housing, as well as community development including Empowerment Zones, and government-sponsored insurance programs, such as the National Flood Insurance Program. The jurisdiction over insurance was transferred in 2001 to the then-House Banking and Financial Services Committee from the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Since that time it had been the purview of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. But "with plans to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expected to take up much of that panel's agenda, insurance instead [was] moved to a new Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity [as of the 112th Congress]." Members, 116th Congress Historical membership rosters 115th Congress External links Official Website Notes Housing, Community Development and Insurance |
Hemicrepidius kibane Hemicrepidius kibane is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. References Category:Beetles described in 1989 kibane |
Aaero Aaero is a rhythm action rail shooter video game developed by the two-man British Independent video game developer Mad Fellows. Aaero was released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows, via Steam, on April 11, 2017. Aaero: Complete Edition, a version with DLC and other add-ons was released for the Nintendo Switch on December 24, 2018. Gameplay The basic controls are that of a twin-stick shooter, the left stick controlling the ship while the right controls targeting. Mike Fahey of Kotaku says: "Aaero sees players navigating through alien environments in a futuristic flying craft. As the music plays, ribbons of light bend and twist in the air, visualizing aspects of the song. Sometimes it’s vocals. Sometimes it’s strange electronic wails. Using the left analog stick (required even in the PC version), players must grind against those ribbons in order to absorb the energy of the music." He goes on to describe the shooting element of the gameplay: "The game’s tunnel-like environments warp and twist to impede the player, each new level bringing unique obstacles and traps into play. Odd mechanical enemies attack from time to time, with the game employing a target lock and fire mechanic using a combination of right analog and trigger." In his review for Forbes, Mitch Wallace describes the gameplay: "The general on-rail, twin-stick shooting setup is deceptively simple: Pilot a nondescript spaceship through various alien and possibly post-apocalyptic stages, gunning down enemies and tracing ribbons of light as you go." Soundtrack Aaero features a fully licensed electronic dance music soundtrack. The tracklist is as follows: Bass Cannon by Flux Pavilion Pure Sunlight by Mr FijiWiji featuring Laura Brehm Sequenz by Neosignal Split the Atom by Noisia Habby9000 by Habstrakt I Can't Stop by Flux Pavilion Some Kind of Monster by Astronaut & Barely Alive Katy on a Mission - Katy B Ill Still by SUBhuman Revenge by Habstrakt & Megalodon Edge of Tomorrow by The Prototypes Alpha Centauri by Noisia Kein Signal by Neosignal Get Crazy (AgNO3 remix) by Muzzy Stigma by Noisia Reception According to the video game review aggregator Metacritic, Aaero received "Generally favourable" reviews and a metascore of 77 on PlayStation 4, 80 on Xbox One and 83 on the Nintendo Switch. Kotaku's Mike Fahey said "Aaero came to my attention yesterday evening, after our managing editor, Riley MacLeod, sent me the following message: “Yo I’m playing this new rhythm game Aaero and you should check it out!” So I checked it out, fell in love, and figured I would pass the word along. " Forbes contributor MitchWallace gave Aaero a score of 9.5/10 and commented "For the most part, the wait between quality, innovative, and original music games is rather unbearable. But once in a blue moon, let's say on a somewhat unassuming April day, the gaming clouds split open and down floats something like Aaero. References External links Official website Category:2017 video games Category:PlayStation 4 games Category:Rail shooters Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom Category:Windows games Category:Xbox One games Category:Nintendo Switch games Category:Unity (game engine) games |
January 2019 Bambari clashes During January 2019, a series of clashes occurred in the Central African Republic town of Bambari between UPC rebels against government and MINUSCA forces including Portuguese Paratroopers, Nepalese Peacekeepers, and Bangladesh special forces. History On January 10, 2019, UPC rebels using "heavy weaponry" launched an attack on the town of Bambari in an attempt to seize resources and to extort the local population by collecting their taxes. After the killing of two police officers and the injuring of a third, Portuguese Paratroopers deployed to the town and engaged the enemy in order to protect civilians and to restore order, the clash lasted five hours and was fought alongside Central African Forces and reportedly Russian mercenaries. During the fighting, 30 people had to be treated for gunshot wounds with one person dying in hospital. Corbeau News reported the deaths of about 10 people including the two police officers in the town. The CAR Government stated on Twitter that 20 militants had been killed and 15 were wounded, the leader of the rebels, General Bellow was wounded during the fighting according to an internal U.N. report. On 11 January, two French Mirage 2000 fighter jets stationed in neighboring Chad conducted close air support along with two "show of force" demonstrations over Bambari in a mission that lasted four hours and required refueling from a C-135 Tanker. After days of relative calm, Portuguese, Nepalese, and Bangladesh forces launched an attack during Operation BEKPA 2 on January 17. The fighting began at 8:00 am and lasted eight hours. UPC fighters put up resistance using heavy weapons, rocket launchers and grenades. An ammunition dump was destroyed and weapons including locally made ones and uniforms were captured, three suspected UPC rebels were detained and handed to local authorities after the operation. MINUSCA spokesmen Vladimir Monteiro told the Defense Times that Peacekeeping forces "engaged UPC elements in two Bambari Neighborhoods". On January 19, UPC forces killed an aid worker and a teacher, Portuguese and Nepalese peacekeepers responded and clashes continued, fire was directed towards the neighborhoods of Bornou and Livestock a local resident said. References Category:Central African Republic Civil War (2012–present) Category:January 2019 events in Africa Category:Battles involving Portugal Category:Ouaka Category:2019 in the Central African Republic Category:Conflicts in 2019 |
The Force: Behind the Line The Force: Behind the Line is an Australian documentary television series about the Western Australia Police and the New South Wales Police, hosted by Simon Reeve and aired nationally on the Seven Network from 22 August 2006. Similarly to Border Security: Australia's Front Line and the American Cops series, each episode intermixes three or four investigations per episode. History The Seven Network first announced The Force (then untitled) on 23 November 2005. The program underwent a number of name changes, including Police Patrol and True Blue, before the eventual title was finally announced in June 2006. The Western Australia Police was the only police service to agree to be filmed in the first two series of the show. Lawyers for the Western Australia Police opposed the move, but Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan convinced them otherwise. O'Callaghan was keen for the project, and viewed the program as "a great opportunity to give the community a better understanding of the good and bad parts of policing." A third season began airing in February 2008. The most recent season, being the series' 12th, will premiere on 27 July 2016. The show has been released in the United States as of October 2017 on Tubi TV season 1-3 are on the service Episodes Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9 Season 10 Season 11 Season 12 The twelfth season will premiere on 27 July 2016. Season 13 Season 13 premiered on 7 June 2017. Season 14 Season 15 Format The Force is filmed in metropolitan and regional Western Australia. Small camera crews follow the police around during their daily duties. Field producer Tim Noonan said the only rule in filming was that the camera crews "can't hinder [the police] in any way". As a result, some footage is filmed from police cars or a safe distance away from the police, with wireless microphones used to record audio. The Western Australia Police retained the right to veto any material which posed legal problems, such as footage identifying underage offenders or matters before the courts. Techniques such as pixelisation are used to satisfy legal requirements. The program also blurred out the faces of police officers not wishing to be identified on national television. Episodes of The Force comprise three or four individual stories featuring police officers going about everyday duties, including burglaries, drug-related cases, traffic cases and murder investigations. The choice of stories is usually balanced to include action-oriented stories as well as lighter stories such as family disputes. Response Ratings The premiere of The Force was popular with Australian viewers, receiving 2.295 million viewers in metropolitan areas, making it highest rating Australian premiere in 2006. The premiere was the second highest rating program of the week behind Border Security (2.298 million), although The Force outrated Border Security in both Sydney, New South Wales and Perth, Western Australia. The program rated particularly high in Perth due to the program's focus on Western Australian crimes, and a local marketing campaign which emphasised this fact. Commenting on the program's top ratings, Tim Worner, director of programming and production at the Seven Network, said The Force had surpassed expectation and described the program as one of Seven's "hit shows". The second episode maintained the program's high ratings, achieving an audience of 1.956 million viewers. The Force experienced a significant drop in numbers following its move to Wednesday night. Critics blamed the lack of lead-in from Border Security and tough competition from Network Ten's Thank God You're Here for the lower ratings. The first |
series averaged 1.453 million viewers across metropolitan markets, making it the 19th most watched regular program in 2006. Critical reviews Television critic Robin Oliver (The Sydney Morning Herald) claimed that The Force "achieves some of the best reality television of its kind. There is no sense of playing to cameras and it has an element of surprise that catches both officers and camera crews wrong-footed." Oliver did criticise the show, however, of being "too fast... jumping from one story to another in irritatingly quick succession." Graeme Blundell (The Australian) noted the tabloid nature of the program, and that "issues are rarely explored beyond the simple events in the frame." He continued that despite being "sophisticated TV", The Force often felt like "a corporate training film for clean-cut police units in the WA police force." References External links The Force – Official website Category:Australian factual television series Category:Seven Network shows Category:Police procedural television series Category:2000s Australian television series Category:2006 Australian television series debuts Category:2010s Australian television series Category:Australian documentary television series Category:Television shows set in Perth, Western Australia Category:Documentary television series about policing |
Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe Four Home Unions v Rest of Europe was a rugby union match played in 1990 to raise money for the rebuilding of Romania following the overthrow of Nicolae Ceaușescu in December 1989. The Four Home Unions team's logo was that used by the British and Irish Lions. The Rest of Europe played under the badge of the Romanian Rugby Federation. The match was played at Twickenham, and the Four Home Unions won the match 43–18 with England captain Will Carling scoring two tries. The winners were awarded The Skilball Trophy. Teams Four Home Unions A G Hastings A G Stanger W D C Carling J C Guscott R Underwood C R Andrew R J Hill D M B Sole B C Moore M Griffiths P J Ackford in bio N P Francis J Jeffrey P J Winterbottom N P Mannion Replacements C H Chalmers S M Bates J A Probyn K S Milne D J Turnbull D F Cronin in teamsheet Rest of Europe M Toader M Dancla (uncapped) G Danglade (uncapped) N Fulina P Lagisquet P Capitani (uncapped) A Hueber (uncapped although later capped for France) M Pujolle P Dintrans G Rossi M Cécillon S Ciorascu T Janeczek H Dumitras A Tichonov Replacements L Armary P T Capdevielle K Tapper F Torossian F Gaetaniello I Mironov J Moreno Notes Category:British and Irish Lions matches Category:1989–90 in European rugby union Category:1989–90 in British rugby union Category:1989–90 in French rugby union Category:1989–90 in English rugby union Category:1989–90 in Welsh rugby union Category:1989–90 in Irish rugby union |
Frederik Rønnow Frederik Riis Rønnow (; born 4 August 1992) is a Danish professional association football player in the goalkeeper position, who currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt. Career Early career Rønnow started his career as a youth player at Horsens club Stensballe IK before he at the age of 16 years transferred to AC Horsens. He made his first team debut on 7 September 2011 in a cup match against Holstebro, a game Horsens won 5-0. Already being the first choice goalkeeper for the Danish U-21 team, and having been awarded the Horsens player of the year award for the 2012/13 season, Rønnow's agent, former Danish international John Sivebæk, expressed his reluctance for his client to be playing in the Danish 1st Division following Horsens relegation from the Danish Superliga. As a consequence, on 5 July Rønnow moved to Superliga club Esbjerg on a year long loan following the departure of Lukáš Hrádecký to league rivals Brøndby IF. Brøndby On 10 May 2018 he played as Brøndby beat Silkeborg IF 3–1 in the 2017-18 Danish Cup final. Eintracht Frankfurt In April 2018 it was announced that Rønnow would join Eintracht Frankfurt in July 2018, again mirroring the movements of Hrádecký. Rønnow made his debut in the German Super Cup on 12 August 2018. International career After playing for several Danish youth teams, he was called up to represent the Senior team on 9 March 2016 by the new head coach Åge Hareide, for the friendly matches against Iceland and Scotland. In June 2018 he was named in Denmark's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Career statistics Club statistics International statistics Statistics accurate as of match played 20 November 2018. Honours Brondby Danish Cup: 2017-18 External links Danish national team profile Official Danish League Stats References Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:Danish footballers Category:AC Horsens players Category:Danish Superliga players Category:Esbjerg fB players Category:Brøndby IF players Category:Bundesliga players Category:Eintracht Frankfurt players Category:Denmark international footballers Category:2018 FIFA World Cup players Category:Denmark youth international footballers Category:Denmark under-21 international footballers Category:Danish expatriate footballers Category:Expatriate footballers in Germany Category:Association football goalkeepers Category:People from Horsens |
Canelli Canelli (Piedmontese: Canèj) is a comune (municipality) of 10,459 inhabitants in the Province of Asti in the Italian region of Piedmont. Canelli is located on a bend of the river Belbo in the Alto Monferrato (High Monferrat), close to the border with the Langhe. The area around the town is rich in vineyards. The area is believed to be the birthplace of the Italian sparkling wine Asti. The village's history of the wine is still evident today with the popular synonym of Muscat Canelli that is still used for the Moscato grape used to produce the wine. The neighbouring comuni are Bubbio, Calamandrana, Calosso, Cassinasco, Loazzolo, Moasca and San Marzano Oliveto in the province of Asti, and Santo Stefano Belbo in the province of Cuneo. On 22 June 2014, Canelli along with Asti Spumante was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The territory of Canelli was already occupied in prehistoric times by settlers from Liguria. In Roman times it became a center of some importance, surrounded by numerous farms on which vines were cultivated. After the Roman era Canelli fell into a long decline, but was already being called a citta (town) by the year 961. By the middle of the 12th century, the descendants of the Counts of Acqui Terme had taken control. In 1235 Canelli became an equal partner in the Republic of Asti and Canelli. It became an outpost in the republic's frequent wars against its great rival, the Duchy of Monferrato. In 1613 Canelli broke the siege laid by Carlo I, later the Duke of Mantua, as part of a war of succession with the Duchy of Monferrato. The town's defenses were manned by soldiers from the Duchy of Savoy, actively supported by the citizens: Carlo's troops were unable to break through them. This heroic action is celebrated in a re-enactment that takes place every year in the third weekend in June - the Assedio di Canelli (Siege of Canelli). On the night of 5 November 1994 the town was badly hit by a violent flood of the river Belbo that affected a large part of the town, devastating the local economy and causing some casualties. Main sights Canelli Castle was built in the 11th century to defend the roads leading to the ports of Savona and Vado Ligure. The castle was destroyed in 1617 during the war against Monferrato. Rebuilt and renovated in 1930 by Arturo Midana as an elegant villa, it is currently owned by the Gancia family. Some sparkling white wines in Canelli are stored in its underground cellars. In these 'underground cathedrals', which are feats of engineering, millions of bottles are left to ferment at a constant temperature between . Extending under the town, the cellars of Canelli are a candidate for UNESCO World Heritage Site status. Economy The economy of Canelli is based on the production of sparkling wine, and of everything associated with it. The town is undoubtedly one of the wine capitals of the world, being home to such historic wineries as Gancia, Bosca, Contratto, Coppo and many others. The main varieties cultivated in the municipality are: Moscato Barbera Dolcetto Cortese Chardonnay The main wines produced are: Asti Moscato d'Asti Barbera d'Asti Dolcetto d'Asti Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato Freisa d'Asti The significant number of wineries has also given rise to many companies that produce wine-making equipment. The flood of 1994 was a disaster for the local economy: the mud and water that rushed into the cellars caused millions of Euros of fermenting wine to be lost. The economic diversification into wine-making equipment softened the blow. Festivals and events |
Assedio di Canelli (Siege of Canelli); 3rd weekend in June. See this Youtube video Citta del Vino (City of Wine Festival); 4th weekend in September. Fiera di San Martino (St. Martin's Fair); 2nd Sunday in November. Fiera Regionale del Tartufo (Regional Truffle Fair); 2nd Sunday in November. Canelli is one of the comuni (municipalities) that participates in the Palio di Asti. In 1974 it triumphed with the rider Mauro Finotto (nicknamed Jora) on the horse Anin / Spumantino. Canelli has two market days every week, on Tuesday and Friday. People Giovanni Carlo Aliberti (1670-1727), painter Twinned towns Canelli is twinned with: Menfi, Italy Piazza Armerina, Italy Mezőtúr, Hungary References External links Official website Category:Cities and towns in Piedmont |
Vodnik Monument The Vodnik Monument () or Valentin Vodnik Monument (), is dedicated to the Carniolan priest, poet and journalist Valentin Vodnik (1758−1819). It stands at Vodnik Square () in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, in the immediate vicinity of the Ljubljana Central Market. The idea for the statue was put forward by the politician Lovro Toman on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth and was organised by the Writers' Support Society in collaboration with the Slovene Society. It was made from 1887 to 1889 in bronze and with a simple stone pedestal in Vienna by the young sculptor (1859−1935) and was unveiled on 30 June 1889 with a three-day celebration as the first public Slovene national monument. The monument has a bronze verse by Vodnik on its back side and the bronze inscription Vodnik on its front side. The verse is written in Slovene and says: "No daughter no son, to come after me, enough memory done, my songs sing of me." Because Vodnik was an ardent supporter of the Illyrian Provinces, which he saw as fostering Slovene linguistic development, the letters R and F, meaning République Française (a reference to the First French Republic), as well as a laurel wreath, a sheaf and a swearing arm above it, and the inscription A Vodnik below the wreath, were added to the pedestal in 1929, soon after the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the Provinces. These are all made of bronze. They were a gift by France and were also decorated with the French tricolour. References External links monument Category:Monuments and memorials in Ljubljana Category:1889 sculptures Category:Illyrian Provinces Category:Statues of writers |
Stan Salett Stan Salett (born April 6, 1936) is a civil rights organizer, national education policy advisor and creator of the Upward Bound Program and helped to initiate Head Start. In the early 1960s Salett was an organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He was the first director of education of the Office of Economic Opportunity, where the Head Start program was created. He co-founded the National Committee for Citizens in Education, dedicated to promoting parent and citizen involvement in schools. During President Lyndon Johnson administration he initiated the National Upward Bound program. While working in Washington, D.C. he served on the staff of all three Kennedy brothers: President Kennedy's Committee on Youth Employment, Attorney General Robert Kennedy's President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Senator Edward Kennedy's Presidential campaign in 1980. He was an active school board member in Maryland in the 1980s. During President Bill Clinton's transition he vetted candidates for Attorney General and Secretary of the Interior. In 2011 he published his memoir, "The Edge of Politics: Stories from the Civil Rights Movement, the War on Poverty & the Challenges of School Reform." He received the New England Education Opportunity Association's Claiborne Pell Award in 2013. Presently he is President of the Foundation for the Future of Youth, a division of the Eigen Arnett Educational and Cultural Foundation. He has developed special search engines to meet a variety of human needs such as the elimination of human trafficking, the improvement of school performance and the scarcity of the global water supply. In 2016 Salett has been involved in The Independent Media Institute study which evaluated the movement to privatize public education. It was revealed that, "… in the past two decades, a small group of billionaires – including News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch, who once called public schools an "untapped 500-billion-dollar sector" – have worked to assert private control over public education ...." Salett was presented with the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Award from Boston Latin School for his career to public service and public policy work. The Award is given each year to alumni exemplifying the Boston Latin School motto, sumus primi. As of 2016, he resides in Washington, DC, and Chestertown, MD with his wife Elizabeth. He has 2 sons, singer-songwriters Peter Salett and Steve Salett, owner of Saltlands Studio in Brooklyn, NY and Reservoir in Manhattan. References External links The Edge of Politics Eigen Arnett Educational and Cultural Foundation The Global Resource and Database Stan Salett NEOA Acceptance Speech Category:Civil rights activists Category:Activists for African-American civil rights Category:Education policy Category:1936 births Category:Living people |
Ernest Marwick Ernest Walker Marwick (born 1915 Evie, Orkney; died 1977) was an Orcadian writer noted for his writings on Orkney folklore and history. Marwick's father was a travelling salesman who had a smallholding in the parish of Evie, to the north of Mainland, Orkney. Diagnosed with scoliosis in 1925 when he was ten years old, Marwick could no longer attend school as his days had to be spent lying on a wooden board. He used the time of illness to read extensively. After Marwick's marriage his home provided a meeting-place for local intellectuals, including George Mackay Brown and Robert Rendall. His Anthology of Orkney Verse was published in 1949. From 1955 to 1960 he was on the staff of the Orkney Herald newspaper. He subsequently moved to The Orcadian, his writing covering literary subjects. Other media work undertaken by Marwick included broadcasting on local and Scottish national radio programmes. Ernest Marwick was a founder member of the Orkney Heritage Society. He died in July 1977, having swerved off a straight road and crashed into a farm steading when driving. In 2015, one hundred years after his birth, Orkney International Science Festival focused attention on the contributions he made to Orkney's heritage. Selected works An Anthology of Orkney Verse (1949) The Folklore of Orkney and Shetland (1975) References Citations Bibliography Category:1915 births Category:1977 deaths Category:People from Orkney Category:Scottish historians Category:Scottish folklorists Category:Scottish journalists Category:20th-century Scottish writers Category:20th-century British historians Category:Road incident deaths in Scotland |
Transportation in New Jersey Transportation in New Jersey utilizes a combination of road, rail, air, and water modes. New Jersey is situated between Philadelphia and New York City, two major metropolitan centers of the Boston-Washington megalopolis, making it a regional corridor for transportation. As a result, New Jersey's freeways carry high volumes of interstate traffic and products. The main thoroughfare for long distance travel is the New Jersey Turnpike, the nation's fifth-busiest toll road. The Garden State Parkway connects the state's densely populated north to its southern shore region. New Jersey has the 4th smallest area of U.S. states, but its population density of 1,196 persons per sq. mi (462 persons per km2) causes congestion to be a major issue for motorists. New Jersey has a statewide mass transit system, centered on transportation to New York City and Philadelphia. New Jersey Transit, the chief operator of intrastate public transportation, manages three separate light rail systems, eleven commuter rail lines, and a statewide bus system. The Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) links transportation hubs in Manhattan and northeastern New Jersey, while the PATCO Speedline connects downtown Philadelphia to Camden County, New Jersey. Intercity rail is operated by Amtrak along the Northeast Corridor between the major population centers of the Northeastern United States. In addition, New Jersey is home to Newark Liberty International Airport, the nation's fifth-busiest international gateway, and the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the principal container ship facility of the New York metropolitan area. Roadways New Jersey has of roads managed by state, county, and municipal governments and toll road authorities. The major roadways fall under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), which operates the state highway system. State-owned highways and toll roads consist of 7% of road mileage and 66% of traffic volume. In contrast, county and municipal roads consist of 93% of road mileage and 34% of traffic volume. New Jersey, along with Oregon, is one of only two states which prohibit customers from pumping gasoline at gas stations. (However, Oregon has recently changed the law, allowing self-service at night time in rural areas.) As a result, all gas stations are either full service or minimum service. Distinctive features Jughandles According to the NJDOT, a jughandle is an "at-grade ramp" provided at or between intersections to permit motorists to make indirect left turns and/or U-turns. This design utilizes a setup that requires a motorist to use a ramp off the right lane of the main road in advance of the intersection or beyond the intersection. The NJDOT defines three types of jughandles in its design manual. "Type A" is the standard forward jughandle that intersects with a cross street. With forward ramps, all turning traffic (right and left) exit onto a jughandle ramp to the right. "Type B" is a variant with no cross-street intersected by the jughandle; it curves 90 degrees left to meet the main street, and is only used at a "T" intersection or a U-turn. "Type C" is the standard reverse jughandle; left-turning vehicles pass through the intersection and enter a ramp that loops roughly 270 degrees. Jughandles can cause motorist confusion because turning setups are inconsistent among intersections, and such an alignment is unfamiliar to motorists outside of the northeastern United States. Traffic circles In the 1920s and 1930s, traffic circles were built throughout the state because they were viewed as an efficient way to move traffic through three or more intersecting roads. As suburban and rural populations grew, the traffic circles became outdated because increased vehicle speed and traffic volume caused them to be more dangerous. Many traffic circles |
became notorious for having frequent accidents and being confusing, especially for non-locals. Part of the confusion has arisen because a circle is comprised as a series of uncontrolled intersections, so the driver to the right (entering the circle) has the right of way. Since the 1970s, the NJDOT has begun phasing out traffic circles by building a road through the circle, adding traffic signals, adding grade separation, or converting the circle into a modern roundabout. Right-in/right-out expressways A Right-in/right-out (RIRO) expressway (also called a Jersey freeway) is a partially limited-access divided highway without at-grade intersections. Despite its name, it is not a true freeway because driveways provide direct access to adjacent properties. A RIRO expressway employs interchanges, tight-radius ramps, and right turns to eliminate signalized intersections. To increase safety, RIRO expressways have a continuous median barrier and speed limits are lower than typical freeways. Examples are NJ 4, NJ 17, and NJ 208. State highways The NJDOT maintains the state's public road system. Each road is referred to as a Route, and most major highways within New Jersey are under NJDOT jurisdiction (except toll roads). State Routes are signed with the standard circular highway shield. Interstate Highways and U.S. Highways are assigned numbers corresponding to their existing route numbers, as there is no duplication between the systems. With the exception of Interstate Highways, most state highways are arterial roads with at-grade intersections, although several of these, such as NJ 24 and NJ 55, are built to freeway standards. Interstate Highways The Interstate Highway System includes of New Jersey's expressways and carries 20 percent of all vehicle travel. Interstate 95, which traverses the full length of the East Coast, is the most heavily traveled roadway in the state. Turnpikes are not included in New Jersey's Interstate Highway network, except for the northern section of the New Jersey Turnpike. U.S. Highways The U.S. Highway system is complementary to the Interstate Highway System. New Jersey's U.S. Highways have been gradually replaced by Interstate Highways and toll roads for long-distance travel, although the routes are still important for regional travel. The system is composed of principal arterial roads, which may feature jughandle ramps, interchanges, and traffic circles at major junctions. Toll roads New Jersey has a system of toll roads maintained by state agencies. Aside from portions of the New Jersey Turnpike designated as I-95 and I-78, none of the toll roads are Interstate Highways due to the restriction of tolled facilities or commercial establishments in the Interstate Highway System. New Jersey's toll roads are the New Jersey Turnpike, Garden State Parkway, and Atlantic City Expressway. The New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway are maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and the Atlantic City Expressway is maintained by the South Jersey Transportation Authority. All toll roads have service areas, at which food, gas, and other commercial services are provided. In addition, New Jersey toll roads are assigned internal numbers by NJDOT—the New Jersey Turnpike is 700 (south of the split with I-95), the Garden State Parkway is 444, the Palisades Interstate Parkway (not tolled, but maintained by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission) is 445, and the Atlantic City Expressway is 446. County routes All 21 counties in New Jersey have designated county routes. County routes are divided into 500-series routes, which complement the state highway system, and the 600-series routes assigned independently in each county. Each route is usually referred to by its preexisting local name in an address. Bridges and tunnels New Jersey has interstate compacts with all three neighboring states. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the |
Delaware River Port Authority (Pennsylvania), the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (Pennsylvania), and the Delaware River and Bay Authority (Delaware) operate nearly all of the bridges and tunnels between other states. Tolls are collected in one direction; it is free to cross into New Jersey, but motorists must pay when exiting the state. The exception to this is the Dingman's Ferry Bridge where tolls are charged both ways. The following table lists bridges with an Interstate Highway or U.S. Highway route, the four bridges to Philadelphia, and the six crossings to New York City: Mass transit Buses Public bus service New Jersey Transit operates 247 bus routes throughout the state with 1785 buses under direct control and 327 buses leased to private operators. New Jersey Transit provides local, commuter, and long-distance bus service in all 21 New Jersey counties. Outside of the state, New Jersey Transit has bus lines terminating at the Port Authority Bus Terminal and George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal in Manhattan, and the Greyhound Terminal in Philadelphia. New Jersey Transit's Wheels division is operated under contract by private companies using smaller fleets. Private bus carriers Several private bus companies serve New Jersey. Most of these carriers operate with state funding to offset losses, and state owned buses are provided to these carriers of which Coach USA companies make up the bulk. Other carriers include private charter and tour bus operators that take gamblers from other parts of New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, and Delaware to the casino resorts of Atlantic City. Dollar vans augment other systems in Hudson, eastern Bergen, and Passaic counties. Jitney buses Several cities in New Jersey are served by private jitney buses, including Paterson, Passaic, Union City, Jersey City, and Atlantic City. These services are operated with a variety of vehicles, from small cutaway minibuses, to full-sized coach buses. They operate without published schedules, but at high frequency. In some cases, buses run as often as once every minute. Numerous other small companies and owner-operators provide jitney bus service along major bus corridors in Hudson County. Railroads Rapid transit PATH The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey operates the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), linking the New Jersey cities of Newark, Harrison, Jersey City and Hoboken to Manhattan. Opened in 1908 as the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad, PATH has been operated by PANYNJ since 1962. PATH has 13 stations and spans of route mileage (not including track overlap). PATH operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. During normal hours, PATH operates four train services, using three terminals in New Jersey and two in Manhattan. On weekends, holidays, and from 11:00 pm to 5:00 am Monday to Friday, PATH combines the lines to operate two train services. Although there are no free transfers in Manhattan, several Manhattan stations are adjacent to New York City Subway stations. PATCO The Delaware River Port Authority operates the PATCO Speedline between Camden County in New Jersey and Center City, Philadelphia. The line has four stations in Philadelphia and nine stations in New Jersey, and is long. The New Jersey stations have park and ride facilities, and a major stop at Woodcrest Station is directly connected to Exit 31 of Interstate 295. The PATCO Speedline operates 24 hours a day, although connecting rail facilities maintained by SEPTA and NJ Transit are closed during late night. Light rail New Jersey Transit manages three separate light rail lines: the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, Newark Light Rail, and River Line. All of New Jersey Transit's light rail systems operate on a proof-of-payment fare collection system, as is typical |
of light rail systems throughout the United States. The oldest of the three systems is the Newark Light Rail, consisting of the original Newark City Subway and the newer Broad Street Line. The Newark City Subway was opened in 1935, and was the sole remaining streetcar line when New Jersey Transit took operations in 1980. The Broad Street Line, which operates between Newark Penn Station and Broad Street Station, was opened in 2006. The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and the River Line were constructed by New Jersey Transit during the early 2000s using the rights-of-way of freight railroads. The first Minimum Operating Segment of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail was completed in 2002, and in 2006, service to its current northern terminus of Tonnele Avenue began. The River Line, despite not receiving federal funding due to low ridership projections, was completed in 2004. The River Line uses lightweight diesel multiple units, running along trackage owned by Conrail between Trenton and Camden. Commuter rail The New Jersey Transit Rail Operations division consists of 11 lines and 162 stations, primarily concentrated in northern New Jersey. It is the largest commuter rail system in the United States in terms of track mileage (951 route miles) and fourth-largest in terms of weekday ridership. The rail lines are divided into two divisions: the Hoboken Division, former Erie-Lackawanna Railroad lines that run from Hoboken Terminal or through Newark-Broad St.; and the Newark Division, former Pennsylvania Railroad, CRNJ, and NYLBR lines that run through Newark Penn Station on the Northeast Corridor. The Newark Division also includes the Atlantic City Line, previously operated by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Across the system, stations range in size from urban complexes such as New York Penn Station to simple stops with only a small platform. Intercity rail Amtrak operates intercity passenger rail service in New Jersey along the electrified Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington. Amtrak operates approximately 110 trains daily in New Jersey. Amtrak operates two local routes: the Northeast Regional and Keystone Service. The Northeast Regional travels along the full length of the Northeast Corridor (except for a few trains which travel to Springfield, Massachusetts). From Washington, some extended service travels to Virginia as far as Newport News, Norfolk or Roanoke. The Keystone Service travels along the Northeast Corridor, and continues along the Keystone Corridor past 30th Street Station. While certain trains only travel along the Keystone Corridor, others continue past Philadelphia to New York. Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express uses tilting technology to reach a maximum speed of between Washington and New York. The speed of the Acela Express has made it competitive with the speed of regional air shuttles, and has allowed it to capture over half of the air/rail market of the cities it passes through. The state's busiest Amtrak station, Penn Station in Newark, is also the 14th busiest station in the Amtrak system. This is mainly because it is frequently used as an alternative stop for Amtrak passengers traveling in the New York area, as well as its status as the sole intercity rail station in heavily populated northeastern New Jersey. In addition, Amtrak operates several daily and night trains, which stop at Newark Penn Station and Trenton Rail Station: Ferries Delaware River On the Delaware Bay, the Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) operates the Cape May – Lewes Ferry, a ferry between Cape May, New Jersey and Lewes, Delaware. The Cape May-Lewes Ferry carries both automobiles and foot passengers, and the ferry trip takes approximately 80 minutes one way. The fleet includes three vessels, each having a capacity of approximately 100 cars and 1000 passengers. |
The DRBA also operates the Forts Ferry Crossing between Fort Mott, New Jersey and Fort Delaware and Fort DuPont in Delaware. The Delaware River Port Authority manages the RiverLink Ferry between the Camden waterfront and Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. Its vessels are the Independence, a 150-passenger vessel, and Freedom Ferry, a 600-passenger vessel. New York Harbor Several private companies operate ferries from New Jersey to Manhattan. The largest privately owned ferry companies are BillyBey Ferry Company and NY Waterway, which run ferries from Hudson County on the Hudson River, East River and Upper New York Bay and East River. NY Waterway also operates a ferry between Edgewater and the 39th Street Terminal and a ferry from Belford to Pier 11 at Wall Street. Liberty Water Taxi operates routes from Liberty State Park to the World Financial Center, Ellis Island and Liberty Island. SeaStreak operates ferries from the Raritan Bayshore through The Narrows. Freight transport In 2003, nearly 621 million million tons of freight were transported into, out of, within, and through New Jersey. One third of tonnage moves into the state, 27 percent moves outbound from the state, and 20 percent of tonnage moves within the state. The remaining 20 percent of tonnage consists of through traffic that originates and terminates outside of the state (based on truck and rail data). Trucks account for 75 percent of all goods moved in New Jersey and 97 percent of the volume of intrastate goods by weight. 36 percent of inbound goods and 22 percent of outbound goods are transported by water. Railroads New Jersey's freight rail system allows cost-effective shipment of goods and reduces traffic on highways. In 2007, New Jersey railroads carried 1,434,930 carloads of freight: 749,587 carloads were imported and 555,444 carloads were exported. The state has approximately of rail freight lines, operated by 3 national railroads, 2 regional railroads, and 14 short-line railroads. Major commodities shipped by rail include petrochemicals, construction materials, food products, raw materials, and finished goods for manufacturers. Seaports Port of New York and New Jersey The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey manages the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the principal container ship facility in the Port of New York and New Jersey. The facility consists of two integrated ports, Port Newark and the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal, which sit next to each other. The Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal is situated on Newark Bay, just east of the New Jersey Turnpike and Newark Liberty International Airport. It handles the largest container volume of any port in the eastern United States, and the third largest in the country. Since the facility is largely automated, it requires few workers and less container handling. The Port Authority also manages the Port Jersey along the Bayonne/Jersey City waterfront. Delaware River New Jersey has three ports along the Delaware River managed by the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC). The Port of Camden was established in 1834, and has been operated by the SJPC since 1928. The Port of Camden, composed of the Broadway Terminal and the Beckett Street Terminal, has rail and highway connections, and its Broadway Produce Terminal is capable of handling live produce. The South Jersey Port Corporation also operates the Port of Salem. The Port of Paulsboro is located across the river from the Philadelphia International Airport. Formerly a BP storage site for petroleum and chemicals, the facility is undergoing a renovation to relieve congestion from the ports of Camden. Pipelines Twenty-four companies operate of pipelines in New Jersey. Of the total pipeline length, 94.2% is used for gas distribution, 4.2% is used for gas transmission, |
and 1.5% carries hazardous liquid. Aviation Commercial airports Newark Liberty International Airport Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) is the 10th-busiest airport and fifth-busiest international air gateway in the United States. Newark Liberty is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the other two major airports in the New York metropolitan area, John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA), along with three smaller airports including Teterboro Airport. It is about southwest of Midtown Manhattan (New York City). In addition to domestic flights, Newark Liberty has extensive international service covering all inhabited continents except for Oceania. United Airlines operates its third-largest hub at the facility, after O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, and George W. Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, making it the airport's largest tenant. In 2001, Continental Airlines began non-stop service between Newark Liberty and Hong Kong, making it the terminus of the world's longest non-stop scheduled airline route. Since 2001, Continental (merged with United) has expanded international service to include Beijing, Shanghai, and Delhi. FedEx Express, which operates a large cargo hub at the airport, is the second-largest tenant. This hub design makes United Airlines by far the leading carrier in the New York market. The parking and terminals are connected by AirTrain Newark, which links to the Newark Liberty International Airport Station for transfers to Amtrak and NJ Transit trains. The AirTrain runs 24 hours a day between the airport and train with NJ Transit. Day Trains run every three minutes from 5:00 am to midnight (from 07:00 pm on Sundays). In the night, the train runs every 15 minutes Atlantic City International Airport Aside from Newark International Airport, the only other scheduled airline service is at Atlantic City International Airport (ACY), a regional airport located northwest of downtown Atlantic City. ACY has two runways and one terminal; current construction will upgrade airport baggage handling, expand the terminal to 14 jet bridges, and enlarge the service apron. Spirit Airlines is the airport's largest operator, and AirTran Airways has begun flights to Atlanta and Orlando from the airport. In addition, the airport is used for general aviation, military purposes, FAA testing, and other research. Non-commercial airports Teterboro Airport Located from midtown Manhattan in the New Jersey Meadowlands, Teterboro Airport is the main general aviation airport of New York City, and one of the busiest non-commercial airports in the country. Teterboro Airport is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Trenton-Mercer Airport Trenton-Mercer Airport is a regional airport located northwest of downtown Trenton in Ewing Township. The airport formerly hosted scheduled commercial service, but has been left without a commercial airline ever since Boston-Maine Airways terminated its flights to Hanscom Field in Bedford, Massachusetts. It is currently used for general and corporate aviation. Streamline, a subsidiary of Charter Air Transport, is prepared to start commercial service at Trenton-Mercer Airport on April 5. McGuire Air Force Base The McGuire Air Force Base is an active Air Force base located approximately east of Philadelphia that is part of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The base hosts the 87th Air Base Wing, 305th Air Mobility Wing, the Air Force Reserve Command's 514th Air Mobility Wing, and the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th Air Refueling Wing. McGuire is the only U.S. Air Force base hosting three AMC-gained flying wings of the Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. See also Transportation in New York City Transportation in Philadelphia References External links Governmental agencies New Jersey Department of Transportation New Jersey Transit Corporation New Jersey Turnpike Authority South Jersey Transportation Authority |
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Delaware River Port Authority Delaware River and Bay Authority Amtrak NJDOT History of transportation in New Jersey Maps NJDOT Official NJDOT state and county maps of transportation facilities (Maps are in PDF format) NJ Transit Official NJ Transit maps of its public transportation services (Maps are in PDF format) Category:Transportation planning |
1623 in philosophy 1623 in philosophy Events Galileo Galilei lays down the foundations of the scientific method. Publications Francis Bacon, De Augmentis Scientiarum (1623) Galileo Galilei, The Assayer (Il Saggiatore) (1623) Patrick Scot, The Tillage of Light (1623) Births May 26 - William Petty (died 1687) June 19 - Blaise Pascal (died 1662) Deaths 16 November - Francisco Sanches (born 1550) References Bibliography Arnǎutu, Robert R. A., Early Modern Philosophy of Technology: Bacon and Descartes, Zeta Books, 2017 . Debus, Allen G., The Chemical Philosophy, Courier Corporation, 2013 . Drake, Stillman, Essays on Galileo and the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Toronto Press, 1999 . Galileo Galilei, (trans: Stillman Drake), The Assayer, 1623 McClellan, James Edward; Dorn, Harold, Science and Technology in World History, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006 . Philosophy Category:Modern philosophy Category:Philosophy by year |
1937 Iowa State Cyclones football team The 1937 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1937 college football season. In their first season under head coach James J. Yeager, the Cyclones compiled a 3–6 record (1–4 against conference opponents), tied for last place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 161 to 50. They played their home games at State Field in Ames, Iowa. Clarence Dee was the team captain. Two Iowa State players were selected as first-team all-conference players: guard Ed Bock and back Everett Kischer. Schedule References I Category:Iowa State Cyclones football seasons Iowa State Cyclones football |
Ramon (footballer, born 1998) Ramon de Araújo Siqueira (born 19 September 1998), commonly known as Ramon, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a forward for Gainare Tottori on loan from FC Ryukyu. Club career In 2018, Ramon agreed a deal to sign with Spanish giants Real Madrid on a one-year loan deal, in which he would have played for their Castilla team. However, this deal fell through due to a knee injury found during his medical. In 2019 , Ramon joined Japanese second division side FC Ryukyu for the remainder of the J2 League season in their bid the avoid relegation. In 2020 Ramon joined FC Ryukyu on a permanent basis after his contract at Fluminense expired. International career Ramon represented Brazil at the 2015 South American Under-17 Football Championship. Career statistics Club Notes References External links Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Brazilian footballers Category:Brazilian expatriate footballers Category:Brazil youth international footballers Category:Association football forwards Category:J2 League players Category:Fluminense FC players Category:FC Ryukyu players Category:Gainare Tottori players Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Category:Expatriate footballers in Japan |
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lenoir County, North Carolina This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Lenoir County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. Current listings |} See also National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina References * Lenoir County |
Eucosma wimmerana Eucosma wimmerana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang), Mongolia, Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Europe, where it has been recorded from Sicily, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, the Baltic region, Slovenia and Romania. The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae feed on Artemisia campestris and Artemisia dracunculus. Larval feeding results in gall formation. The gall has the form of a swelling of the apical part of the main shoot. The larvae have a yellowish or reddish body and blackish-brown head. Pupation takes place within the gall or in the soil. Larvae can be found from September to May. References Category:Moths described in 1835 Category:Eucosmini |
QTS-11 The Type 11, () designated as QTS-11, is an air burst grenade launcher integrated with the QBZ-03 assault rifle in service of Chinese military since 2015. Reporting on the weapon as early as February 2011 initially identified the weapon as the ZH-05. History Deployment On February 22, 2018, state-owed Global Times announced the introduction of the weapon with the Sky Wolf Commando Unit, a branch of PLA Special Operations Forces from the Western Theater Command. The Sky Wolf Commando was publicly revealed recently on August 2, 2017. Chinese marines use QTS-11 in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. Design The QTS-11 system combines the QBZ-03 assault rifle with a 20 mm airburst grenade launcher and weighs between 5 kg and 7 kg when fully loaded. This makes China the third country to develop an airburst infantry weapon, after the American XM29 Objective Individual Combat Weapon and XM25 CDTE, and the South Korean S&T Daewoo K11. Unlike other nations' airburst weapons, the QTS-11 has a single-shot grenade launcher that requires each round to be manually loaded and reloaded after every firing, while the others are magazine fed. Initial PLA trials determined that a single-shot grenade launcher would make it easier to change the type of munitions fired. The PLA does not have multi-purpose munitions but instead has different munitions types, which reduce the electronics needed and increase the firepower of the munition. Additionally, only the laser range finder and fire control system are integrated with the weapon, leaving optics optional and modular. These changes make it the lightest, and least capable, of all the airburst weapons in its base configuration. The primary weapon of the system is the 20 mm grenade launcher, with the 5.8 mm rifle for secondary use. Grenades are pre-programmed through electronic sight with fire control system and loaded manually through bolt-action. Five types of grenade rounds available: impact detonation, airburst, armor-piercing, improved fragmentation and shotgun-type rounds. The U.S. encountered problems with the lethality of small 20 mm grenades during OICW development, resulting in a switch to larger 25 mm grenades for the XM25. The PLA claims their grenades have less electronics in them to carry more explosives and fragments to cause adequate wounding capability. The grenades are reportedly capable of a damage radius and an range with 220 m/s muzzle velocity. The QTS-11 can be equipped with an additional eyepiece device mounted on the helmet allowing soldiers to shoot around corners. The video image will be streaming from the electronic sight to the single-eye goggle. The fire-control system can also be turned off for manual sighting without the airburst programming capability. Users Gallery See also Norinco LG5 / QLU-11 XM29 OICW XM25 CDTE S&T Daewoo K11 Advanced Individual Combat Weapon PAPOP QLZ-04 References Category:Assault rifles of the People's Republic of China Category:5.8 mm firearms Category:Bullpup firearms Category:Grenade launchers of the People's Republic of China Category:Personal weapons Category:Multiple barrel firearms |
Al-Aimmah Bridge Jisr al-'Ā'immah (, Al-Aimmah Bridge, literally "Bridge of the Imams") is a bridge over the river Tigris in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. The bridge links the areas of A'dhamiyyah, which is a majority Sunni Arab area, from its east bank, with the Shi'te area of Kadhimiyyah on its west. A'dhamiyyah is where the Mosque of Sunni Imam Abu Hanifah is located. Kadhimiyyah is where the Mosque of Shi'ite Imams Musa al-Kadhim and Muhammad at-Taqi is located. History It was the place of a deadly stampede on the 31st of August 2005, when hundreds of Shiite pilgrims were crushed. The stampede caused the railings to give way, allowing hundreds to fall to their deaths in the river. There was also a Sunni casualty, that is Othman Ali Abdul-Hafez, who had drowned after trying to save people in the water. The bridge had been closed for the three months prior to the incident. Although Adhamiyah has been the site of many clashes between Iraqi insurgents and US forces as well as tensions between Shia security forces and Sunni residents, in September 2005, the residents of Adhamiyah were credited with saving hundreds of Shia lives. Shia pilgrims who were caught in a stampede on Al-Aimmah bridge, coming from the opposing shore of Kadhimiyah, began jumping from the bridge in an attempt to escape the crush, only to face drowning in the Tigris below. Adhamiyah residents dived into the waters, pulling hundreds of Shias to the shore, where their fellow residents transported them to hospitals and mosques, in some cases using the mattresses from their own beds as makeshift stretchers. The bridge was reopened on November 11, 2008. See also Islam in Iraq Mesopotamia References External links Category:Bridges in Iraq Category:Buildings and structures in Baghdad Category:Bridges over the Tigris River Category:1983 establishments in Iraq |
Ernest Ramsden Ernest Ramsden (1882–1951) was an English professional football left back who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town. Career statistics References Category:English footballers Category:Brentford F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Association football fullbacks Category:Denaby United F.C. players Category:Southern Football League players Category:1951 deaths Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players Category:Mexborough Athletic F.C. players Category:Sportspeople from Sheffield Category:1882 births Category:Midland Football League players |
Daily Assessment of Symptoms – Anxiety The Daily Assessment of Symptoms – Anxiety (DAS-A) questionnaire was specifically developed to detect reduction of anxiety symptoms in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) during the first week of treatment. The original version of the instrument was designed for use in clinical trials assessing new pharmaceutical treatments for patients with GAD. The instrument is able to detect symptom changes within 24 hours of treatment. Currently,[2009] this is the only GAD specific tool validated to assess symptom improvement sooner than one week following treatment initiation. References Category:Clinical psychology tests Category:Psychiatric instruments: anxiety |
Koichi Sekimoto was a Japanese football player. Playing career Sekimoto was born in Osaka Prefecture on May 23, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined Japan Football League club Sagan Tosu in 1997. He played many matches from first season and the club was promoted to new league J2 League from 1999. He retired end of 2002 season. In 2013, he returned as player for Prefectural Leagues club FC Iseshima. However he was diagnosed as osteosarcoma in August 2014. On January 23, 2016, he died of leiomyosarcoma, a type of cancer in Osaka Prefecture at the age of 37. Club statistics References External links Category:1978 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Association football people from Osaka Prefecture Category:Japanese footballers Category:J2 League players Category:Japan Football League (1992–98) players Category:Sagan Tosu players Category:Association football defenders Category:Deaths from leiomyosarcoma |
Mickey Newbury Milton Sims "Mickey" Newbury Jr. (May 19, 1940 – September 29, 2002) was an American songwriter, recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Early life and career Newbury was born in Houston, Texas, on May 19, 1940, to Mamie Ellen (née Taylor) and Milton Newbury. As a teenager, Newbury sang tenor in a moderately successful vocal group called The Embers. The group opened for several famous performers, such as Sam Cooke and Johnny Cash. Although Newbury tried to make a living from his music by singing in clubs, he put his musical career on hold at age 19 when he joined the Air Force. After four years in the military, he again set his sights on making a living as a songwriter. Before long, he moved to Nashville and signed with the prestigious publishing company Acuff-Rose Music. In 1966, country star Don Gibson had a Top Ten country hit with Newbury's "Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings" while Tom Jones scored a world hit with the same song. In 1968, Newbury saw huge success with four top-five songs across four different charts: "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" #5 on the Pop/Rock chart by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition; "Sweet Memories" #1 on Easy Listening by Andy Williams; "Time is a Thief" #1 on the R&B chart by Solomon Burke; and "Here Comes the Rain Baby" #1 on the Country chart by Eddy Arnold. This feat has not been repeated. Early career Based on his phenomenal success as a writer, Newbury scored a solo deal with RCA and recorded Harlequin Melodies. Sonically, the album is drastically different from anything else Newbury would record. The artist largely disowned the album, considering its successor Looks Like Rain his true debut. In contrast to the subtle expressiveness of Newbury's prime work, Harlequin Melodies is overproduced and packed with often distracting instrumental touches, shifting tempos, and strange production effects. Some of the songs on Harlequin Melodies would be re-recorded by Newbury for later albums, with very marked differences. "How Many Times (Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song)" was a highlight of Frisco Mabel Joy; "Good Morning, Dear" and "Sweet Memories" reappeared on Heaven Help the Child, and "Here Comes The Rain Baby" reappeared on A Long Road Home, the last album Newbury released during his lifetime. Owing to a verbal agreement with Steve Sholes, Newbury was able to get out of his five-year contract with RCA and sign with Mercury, where he could work with his good friends Jerry Kennedy and Bob Beckham. Just about every aspect of his next recording, Looks Like Rain, was unconventional by Nashville's standards at the time, beginning with Newbury's choice of studio. Cinderella Sound was located in a residential area of Madison and was run by guitarist Wayne Moss, who had converted his two-car garage into a recording studio. Newbury's decision to record outside the Nashville studio system would inspire other country singers, such as Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, who were also frustrated by the confines of Music City's traditional recording practices. Newbury would record three albums at Cinderella Sound that defied categorization. One significant aspect of their production is the inclusion sound effects to link the songs, which gave the LPs a conceptual feel and would become a Newbury trademark. His next album, Frisco Mabel Joy, includes his most famous song, "An American Trilogy," later made famous by Elvis Presley. The song is actually a medley of three 19th century songs: "Dixie", a blackface minstrel song composed by Daniel Decatur Emmett that became |
the unofficial anthem of the Confederacy since the Civil War; "All My Trials", originally a Bahamian lullaby, but closely related to African American spirituals and well known through folk music revivalists; and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," the marching song of the Union Army during the Civil War. According to Joe Ziemer's Newbury memoir Crystal & Stone, Newbury was moved to perform the song—which had been banned in some southern states—as a protest against censorship. It is the song most associated with Newbury and his highest-charting original recording, reaching #26 in 1972, and #9 on Billboard'''s Easy Listening chart. Newbury's version would remain in the Top 40 for seven weeks. In 1972, Elvis Presley's version reached #66 and peaked at #31 on the Easy Listening chart, but it became the grandiose highlight of his live shows. The song gained worldwide exposure when Presley performed it during his Aloha From Hawaii television special in January 1973. 1970s Throughout the '70s, Newbury continued producing albums that were critically acclaimed for their unique, mysterious atmosphere and poetic songs, such as Live at Montezuma Hall (1973), Heaven Help the Child (1973), and I Came to Hear the Music (1974). However, his albums did not sell much, in part because of their eclecticism and Newbury's growing disdain for the music business, especially in Nashville. By 1975, the outlaw country movement had captivated the industry, reaching its commercial zenith with the release of the Willie Nelson concept album Red Headed Stranger and the RCA compilation Wanted! The Outlaws a year later, which would be recognized as country music's first platinum album. The year before, Waylon Jennings recorded his album This Time at Tompall Glaser's "Hillbilly Central" studio at 916 Nineteenth Avenue South, bucking the Nashville studio system so he could record his music exactly as he wanted to. Jennings and Nelson, along with a coterie of other like-minded outlaws, were heralded by many as visionaries for their independent spirit and reaped the rewards of record-breaking sales. Newbury, meanwhile, who had arguably inspired the spirit of the outlaw country movement more than any other artist, was having difficulty keeping his albums in print. Newbury biographer Joe Ziemer sums up the singer's dilemma in his book Crystal and Stone: "Though diversity derives from aptitude and ability, diversity was Newbury's problem with radio stations. One dominant characteristic of his music is eclecticism, and that's what made his albums unattractive to strict radio formats." Newbury was not even living in Nashville by 1975, having moved to Oregon with his wife and son. Ironically, Newbury's profile could not have been higher on the radio in 1977, albeit in a referential way; in April, Jennings released the #1 country smash "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)," which contains the lines "Between Hank Williams' pain songs, Newbury's train songs..." The song became an instant classic, but most of the listeners who sang along with the tune likely had no idea who Newbury was. Although cited by Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, David Allan Coe, and several other country stars as a primary influence on their songwriting and albums, Newbury had little interest in cashing in on the outlaw country movement, telling Peter O'Brien of the Omaha Rainbow in 1977, "It's just categorising again, making a new pigeon-hole to stick somebody into. You got to be dressed a certain way, you got to be a drinker and a hell-raiser, cuss and make an ass of yourself, act like a kid. I've told 'em I quit playing cowboys when I grew up. I just get turned off by all that." In 1976, Newbury signed |
with ABC Hickory Records and recorded three albums: Rusty Tracks (1976), His Eye Is on the Sparrow (1977) and The Sailor (1979). Despite featuring some of the best musicians in Nashville (as well as film scorer Alan Moore), the recordings failed to find an audience, although his work remained highly regarded by critics and fellow artists. In his AllMusic review of The Sailor, Thom Jurek observes, "The Sailor, once again, refused to sell, perhaps because it was too late, perhaps because it was too early—Merle Haggard and George Jones made records that sounded exactly like this only three years later and scored big... Nashville's radio machine wasn't having it, and therefore the public never got the chance to make up its mind." 1980s In 1980, Newbury was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the youngest person to receive the honor at the time. Newbury signed with PolyGram-Mercury and recorded After All These Years in 1981. After that, the singer dropped out of sight, not recording again until 1988. He was not completely inactive during this period, appearing on the Bobby Bare and Friends television show in 1983 and participating on the Canadian program In Session with friend Larry Gatlin the same year. He also toured Australia in 1984 and sang "Sweet Memories" during a "guitar pull" as part of the television special The Door Is Always Open hosted by Waylon Jennings. However, Newbury was disenchanted with the music business, especially after Wesley Rose, who controlled the publishing rights to 300 Newbury compositions, sold the Acuff-Rose publishing company to Opryland USA for $22 million in 1985. Adding to his woes, the IRS came after Newbury as well. "All that came together at one time... So I wasted what should have been the best years of my life just fightin' off the wolves," he later remarked. "Plus I was old... Nobody wanted me anymore." In 1988, Airborne Records planned a release in which Newbury demos were treated with synthesizers and other then-contemporary production effects. These demos stemmed from sessions with producer Larry Butler in Nashville in March 1983 and featured new-age synthesizer sounds, which Newbury came to loathe. "I was so drunk then," he later explained. "I hate those cuts and never want to hear 'em again." Newbury also claimed to have thrown a cassette of the recordings on the ground and stomped on it. Newbury was aghast when he heard that Airborne was planning to release the recordings, and had even printed up the album art, but after learning that no CDs or cassettes had yet been made, Newbury instead re-recorded the songs Airborne planned to use, and the album was released with these new recordings, effectively Newbury's first recordings in years. Newbury recorded the album solo with accompaniment from violinist Marie Rhines. Later life In 1994, Newbury resurfaced with the live album Nights When I Am Sane. A year later he was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, which would impact his ability to record and perform for the remainder of his life. In 1996, he released Lulled by the Moonlight, his first collection of new compositions since 1981. Several live recordings followed, including Live in England (1998) and It Might as Well Be the Moon (1999). The final album released in Newbury's lifetime was the autobiographical A Long Road Home in 2002. Like most of Newbury's albums, it did not chart but was critically acclaimed, with No Depression's Peter Blackstock calling it "a masterpiece." Newbury died in Springfield, Oregon, following a battle with emphysema on September 29, 2002, aged 62. Legacy Ralph Emery referred to Newbury as the first "hippie-cowboy," |
and along with Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, he was one of the first to rebel against the conventions of the Nashville music society. The influence of the production methods can be heard in the albums Waylon Jennings went on to record in the 1970s (with instrumentation highly unconventional for country music), and his poetically sophisticated style of songwriting was highly influential on Kris Kristofferson, who later proclaimed, "I learned more about songwriting from him than any other writer... He was my hero and still is.". Newbury gained a reputation as a "songwriter's songwriter" and a mentor to others. It was Newbury who convinced Roger Miller to record Kristofferson's "Me & Bobby McGee", which went on to launch Kristofferson as country music's top songwriter. Newbury is also responsible for getting Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark to move to Nashville and pursue careers as songwriters. Van Zandt later described how Newbury's voice impressed him: "I can't really call it 'explain' but I'd tried tell Jeanene [Van Zandt's wife] about the sound of Mickey's voice and the guitar on a good night at the same time. It's hard; you can't do it. It's like from outer space. I've heard about people trying to explain a color to a blind person... There's no way to do it." During a show in Galway, Ireland, John Prine said, "Mickey Newbury is probably the best songwriter ever." According to his official website, Newbury has had over 1,500 versions of his songs recorded across many genres of music. His work would be recorded by singers and songwriters such as Johnny Cash, Vampire Weekend, Bob Luman, Roy Orbison, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bill Monroe, Johnny Rodriguez, Hank Snow, Ray Charles, Tony Rice, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy Wynette, Ray Price, Don Gibson, Ronnie Milsap, Brenda Lee, Charlie Rich, Lynn Anderson, David Allan Coe, Sammi Smith, Joan Baez, Tom Jones, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, John Denver, Kenny Rogers, Steve Von Till, B.B. King, Linda Ronstadt, Dax Riggs, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Bill Callahan, among many others. Elvis Presley's cover of "An American Trilogy" is especially famous. Presley began performing the song in concert in 1972 and released it as a single. He performed it in the 1972 documentary Elvis on Tour and in his 1973 international satellite telecast Elvis—Aloha from Hawaii''. Many of Newbury's songs, such as "The Thirty-Third of August", "The Future Is Not What It Used To Be", and "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)", delve into the dark recesses of the human psyche. Newbury, who battled depression in his life, later reflected, "How many people have listened to my songs and thought, 'He must have a bottle of whiskey in one hand and a pistol in the other.' Well, I don't. I write my sadness." Discography Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Singles References External links List of Newbury's songs covered by other artists Category:1940 births Category:2002 deaths Category:American country singer-songwriters Category:American male singer-songwriters Category:Songwriters from Texas Category:Musicians from Houston Category:Singers from Oregon Category:Singers from Texas Category:Deaths from pulmonary fibrosis Category:Disease-related deaths in Oregon Category:Elektra Records artists Category:RCA Records artists Category:Mercury Records artists Category:Drag City (record label) artists Category:20th-century American singers Category:Songwriters from Oregon Category:Country musicians from Texas Category:20th-century male singers |
Taishō Station (Nagasaki) Taishō Station (大正駅, Taishō-eki) is a train station located in Mizuho-chō, Unzen, Nagasaki. The station is serviced by Shimabara Railway and is a part of the Shimabara Railway Line. Lines The train station is serving for the Shimabara Railway Line, with the local trains stop at the station. Platforms Moriyama Station consists of a side platform with a single track which is served for the Shimabara Railway Line. Adjacent stations |- |colspan=5|Shimabara Railway See also List of railway stations in Japan References External links Category:Railway stations opened in 1955 Category:Railway stations in Nagasaki Prefecture |
Willie Davis (defensive end) Willie D. Davis (born July 24, 1934) is a retired American football defensive end. Davis played football at Grambling State University before being drafted 181st in the 1956 NFL Draft. Davis spent 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the Cleveland Browns and the Green Bay Packers. In the NFL, Davis was a five-time champion, including winning the first two Super Bowls under Vince Lombardi. Individually, Davis was a six-time All-Pro, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981. Biography College career Davis attended college at Grambling State University, where he played football at both offensive tackle and defensive end. Professional career Davis was selected with pick number 181 in the 15th round of the 1956 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, but he did not start his career until the 1958 NFL season due to military service in the United States Army. Davis wore number 77 and played at various positions on both offense and defense for the Browns, before being traded to the Green Bay Packers in 1960. Davis wore number 87 during his career with the Packers, where he was moved to a permanent position at defensive end by Vince Lombardi. For 10 seasons, Davis anchored the Packers' defensive line, playing 138 consecutive regular-season games and part of 162 regular-season games for his NFL career. Davis was a member of all five of Lombardi's NFL title-winning teams and played in Super Bowls I and II. Davis played in an era when neither tackles nor sacks were official statistics. However, John Turney, a member of the Professional Football Researchers Association, reports that Davis had in excess of 100 sacks during his 10-year Green Bay career (1960–69), "possibly more than 120," including a minimum of 40 over the 1963–65 seasons alone. Davis himself is quoted as saying, "I would think I would have to be the team's all-time leader in sacks. I played 10 years and I averaged in the 'teens' in sacks for those 10 years. I had 25 one season. [Paul] Hornung just reminded me of that the other day." Davis earned All-Pro honors 5 times (1962, 64–67). He was voted to the Pro Bowl five times (1963–67). Davis recovered 21 fumbles over his Packers career, which, more than three decades removed from his retirement, remains a team record. The Packers honored his retirement with a Willie Davis Day on December 21, 1969. Davis remains on the team's Board of Directors. Later life and legacy In the early 1970s, Davis worked as a color commentator on NFL telecasts for NBC. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1986, Davis was named the Walter Camp Man of the Year. In 1987, he was given the Career Achievement Award from the NFL Alumni, and in 1988 he was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame . In 1999, he was ranked number 69 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. Davis is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. He received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1968. He is a member or former member of the boards of Alliance Bank, Dow Chemical (1988–2006), Johnson Controls (1991–2006), K-Mart, L.A. Gear, Manpower (2001–), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1999–), MGM Mirage, Rally's Inc., Sara Lee (1983–), Schlitz Brewing, and WICOR Inc. He has been president of All-Pro Broadcasting, operators of radio stations KHTI, KATY-FM, WLDB-FM, WLUM-FM, and WZTI since 1976. Davis' son is actor Duane Davis. He also has a daughter, Lori |
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