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The 1963 Summer Universiade, also known as the III Summer Universiade, took place in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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The 1961 Summer Universiade, also known as the II Summer Universiade, was an international sporting event for university students that took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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The Kirk Range is a plateau in southwestern Malawi, extending in a north-south direction and skirting the southwestern shore of Lake Malawi and the western border of the Shire River valley. The range includes several peaks higher than 1800 meters in elevation. The northern end of the range overlooks the Central Region plateau and Lake Malawi. The range forms the Malawi-Mozambique border, and the divide between the watersheds of Mozambique's Revúboé River to the west and Malawi's Shire River to the east. The Lisungwe and Mkulumadzi (Wamkulumadzi) rivers are tributaries of the Shire that originate in the Kirk Range.
The lower slopes are part of the Southern miombo woodlands ecoregion. Higher elevations include pockets of high-altitude forests, grasslands, and shrublands that make up the Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic ecoregion.
The Dedza-Salima, Mua Livulezi, Chirobwe (Chilobwe), Mvai, Dzonze (Dzonzi), and Tsamba forest reserves cover parts of the range.
It is named after Sir John Kirk.
References
Plateaus of Malawi
Southern Rift montane forest–grassland mosaic | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk%20Range |
Sorginak (root form: sorgin, absolutive case (singular): sorgina) are the assistants of the goddess Mari in Basque mythology. It is also the Basque name for witches, priests and priestesses, making it difficult to distinguish between the mythological and real ones.
Sometimes sorginak are confused with lamiak (similar to nymphs). Along with them, and specially with Jentilak, sorginak are said often to have built the local megaliths.
Sorginak used to participate in Akelarre. These mysteries happened on Friday nights, when Mari and Sugaar are said to meet in the locally sacred cave to engender storms.
Etymology
The etymology of the name is disputed. The common suffix -gin (actor, from egin: to do) is the only agreement.
One theory claims that sor derives from sorte (fortune), and hence it would be rendered as fortune-teller. Another states that sor is the radical of sor(tu) (to create), and hence sorgin means literally: creator.
Most common references to sorginak
Sorginak are often said to recite the following spell to travel to and back from the akelarre: Under the clouds and over the brambles, or variants of it. In many legends a failed witch (normally a man) says the spell inverted (Under the brambles and over the clouds) and arrives to the akelarre quite bruised.
Sorginak also chant the following:
Other variants of this song are also known.
Sorginak often are said to transform themselves into animals, most commonly cats. These cats are sometimes said to bother pious women that do not wish to go the akelarre. It has also been recorded that they collected monetary fines from the people that did not wish to go to their ecstatic gatherings or those witches that absented themselves from them.
Inquisitorial documents describe horrific practices of witches, like eating children or poisonings. But popular legends do not speak of these practices, instead mentioning kissing "the devil's arse" or an animal's genitals, occasional poisoning of crops, bothering modest women (in the shape of cats or other animals) and anointing their bodies with flying ointment (containing entheogenic, Solanaceous plants) to "fly" to and from the akelarre and perform other supposed feats.
Major persecutions against Basque witches
While in the late Middle Ages there are a handful of references to witchery, they are mostly fines for accusing someone of being one.
This changes in the 16th and 17th centuries with the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition and the pan-European witch panic that afflicted the Early Modern Age. Since being conquered by Castile in 1512–21, Navarre (and to a lesser extent areas of the Basque Country) suffered numerous inquisitorial processes, mainly against Jews and Muslims, but occasionally also against Basque sorginak. Particularly important was the 1610 process of Logroño that focused on the akelarre of Zugarramurdi. The previous year, in 1609, French judge Pierre de Lancre had initiated a massive process in Labourd, focusing mainly on Basque women and priests. He was eventually displaced but not without causing many deaths and much suffering. The witch panic extended beyond the frontier and accusations of witchcraft proliferated among the local population until the Spanish Inquisition intervened. The Logroño process ended with 12 people burnt at the stake (five of them symbolically, as they had died under the tortures inflicted in the process) and shattered Pyrennean Navarre and led also to a serious reconsideration of the Inquisition's attitude towards accusations of witchcraft. The Spanish and Italian Inquisition generally approached accusations of sorcery and witchcraft with skepticism and similar processes were rare in comparison to other European countries where no such centralised institution existed.
Places associated with sorginak
Throughout the Basque Country there are many places associated with sorginak, often also associated with Mari or other mythological characters. This is an incomplete list of the most famous ones:
Álava
Aramaio: the places of Abadelaueta, Anbotondo and Amezola, as well as an undetermined field at the Gorbea mountain are said to have been places of akelarres.
Maeztu: a woman from this village, Margarita Jauri, was one of the "witches" tried by the Inquisition in the case of the Zugarramurdi covenant. Though finally acquitted, she was so traumatised by the detention and torture that she committed suicide soon after her release.
Urizaharra: the field of Urkiza or Urkizo seems to have been the site of the local akelarre.
Biscay
Anboto peak is the well established principal home of Mari, also known as Anbotoko Sorgina (Witch of Anboto) and Anbotoko Damie (Lady of Anboto). Her home was said to be specifically in an unreachable cave known as Sorginkoba (witch's cave).
Dima: the farmhouse of Petralanda was the main site of the akelarre of Arratia Valley in the 16th century, according to inquisitional records.
Durango was the center of a medieval Beguine heresy that ended with 13 people burnt at the stake. Later, in the 16th and 17th centuries other inquisitional trials were held in this town.
Mañaria: the cave of Azkondo was the witches' meeting place, according to local legend. José Miguel Barandiaran also mentions that the cliffs between the field of Akelarre and the cave of Silibranka (a paleolithic site) were the playfield of demons.
Murueta: the place of Etxebartxuko-landa, according to local legend.
Muxika: several places attributed as akelarre-sites are called generically eperlanda (partridges' field).
Orozko: local legend points to Garaigorta mountain as site of the local akelarre Also the cave of Supelegor, in the karstic area of Itxina, is associated with witches and especially lamiak, and it is even considered one of the mansions of Mari herself.
Zalla: it is called "town of sorcerers"
Zeberio: the local witches went to the akelarre of Petralanda (in Dima) but also met locally at Hereinoza household.
Gipuzkoa
Andoain: an old bridge is said to have been built by witches.
Ataun: the sites of Txabaltxo (near a creek), Iraubeltz (a wood), Mendabiita (a bridge), Zelaun (a plain), a creek near the Artzate farmhouse, the spring of Negarregi and the place of Dantzaleku are all said to have frequented by sorginak. Additionally several local sites bear their name: Sorginiturri (witches' spring), Sorginpelota (witches' ball game), Sorginzulo and Sorgizuloeta (witches' niche and niches respectively).
Azkoitia: the farmhouse of Kimutxo.
Bergara: Itxu mountain was the local site of akelarres.
Errenteria: a woman from this village (now an industrial town), María Zozoaia, was one of the main accused in the process of Zugarramurdi. According to inquisitional records, they gathered in the field of Matxarena, that they called Atsegin Soro (pleasure orchard).
Hernani: the cave of Sorgintxulo, as recorded by Barandiaran.
Hondarribia: a local (but none-the-less brutal) series of inquisitorial trials in 1530 discovered that witches met at Jaizkibel mountain, near the hermitage of St. Barbara. Other sites that the accused declared to be their meeting places were: near the hermitage of St. Philip and St. James, or near the hermitage and castle of St. Telmo. Local popular legend instead says that the akelarres happened near one of the local bridges: either Mendelo, Puntal or Santa Engracia, during the feast of St. Agatha.
Lezo: Inquisitor Ugarte was supposedly poisoned by the local witches in this village in 1531.
Lizartza: near a fence at Aini mountain.
Mendaro: the house of Silerokua or Silerene once was inhabited by a witch that, typically, transformed herself as cat to bother more chaste women, legend says.
Oiartzun: witches met near the cliffs of Irantzi and Puilegi, according to legend.
Oñati: the cave of Gaiztozulo (evil hole) is said to be one of the main homes of Mari and her court of sorginak.
Pasaia: local woman Mari Zuloko was imprisoned in St. Sebastian, accused of witchery. Later she was stoned and expelled from her hometown, settling in Donibane-Lohitzune.
Tolosa: it is said that witches used to wash clothes near Ugartebide. They also met in Edar Iturri and Sorginerreka.
Zegama here goddess Mari, also often considered a witch, is known as Aketigiko Sorgina (witch of Aketegi mountain). It is also believed that she lives in Sorginzulo cave.
Labourd
Lapurdi was particularly shaken by the large-scale trials of 1609 led by Pierre de Lancre, who was convinced that most people in the country were witches.
Arcangues: the people of this village had the fame of all being witches.
Ascain: in the 1609 trials, the priest of this village was burnt at the stake as a witch.
Saint-Jean-de-Luz: Alakoandia field and the bridges that are between this village and Ciboure.
Hendaye: the local beach was the favorite site for the akelarre, specifically in a site then known as Lakua (the lake). In the 1609 trials it was declared by one of the accused that there was as many people in the local akelarre as stars are in the sky.
Lahonce: the apparently many witches of this village met in Sohouta (Soule).
Sare: several legends place witches as living in the houses of Egoainea, Ihartzegaraia and Larraburua. The local akelarre was sometimes celebrated at the Fikozelai field. Many local witches were tried in 1609, including several minors and the lady of Txantokorena household.
Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle: Pierre de Lancre lived here during the witch-hunt of 1609, in the castle of Amou, whose lord had asked for the trials to be initiated. According to the judicial records, the local akelarre took place either in the cemetery, in private houses or even in the castle of Amou itself, while the trial was active. What this means, if the record is true, is that it was done in the sight of de Lancre himself, which is very unlikely. Other unlikely akelarre-sites mentioned in the process are the hotel Barbarenena, on the very night when de Lancre was sleeping there, and in the home of maistre Segura, de Lancre's criminal advisor. Many local presumed witches were accused of plotting to kill de Lancre.
Urrugne: two local witches were executed by de Lancre here. Others managed to flee to Lower Navarre.
Ustaritz: in 1576 Marie Txorropike of the Ianetabarta household was burnt at the stake. Forty other supposed witches were also executed. Several people, including minors, were also processed here in 1609. The akelarre was celebrated at a site called Pagola.
Ciboure: a large number of people from this town were processed in 1609, including five priests.
Navarre
Large portions of Navarre were severely affected by an inquisitorial process in 1610, focused in the akelarre of Zurgarramurdi.
Abaurregaina: there's a local natural bridge named Sorginzubi (witches' bridge).
Altsasu: local legend states that Mari lives in the cave of Odabe, having by main servant a sorgina.
Araitz: the local witches met at Urrizola slope before flying to the akelarre.
Arantza: the cliff of Arrutxipi is said to have been the living place of sorginak in the past.
Areso: the cave of Uli, at Ulizar mountain, was the favorite site for the akelarre.
Auritz: the sites of Basajaunberro (probably modern Patxaranberro), near Ortzanzurieta mountain and Sorginarizaga, near Roncesvalles. Two witch-hunts affected this municipality: in 1525–27 and in 1575.
Bargota: Local priest Juanis de Bargota was also a famous witch. He had special relationship with a female witch of Biana, Endregoto (Lady Goto in Basque). Both were processed by the Inquisition in 1610 but, while Endregoto was burned at the stake, Juanis de Bargota avoided punishment by showing extreme repentance.
Baztan: Abbot Aranibar of Urdazubi made many people confess guilty of witchery by means of torture in 1610, including many children. In 1612 a civil process was initiated against 7 local women. The tortures inflicted in the towers of Jauregizar and Jauregizuri were so brutal that the accused women claimed insistently to be moved to Logroño, to be judged by the Inquisition itself, as a lesser evil. It seems that the site of Dutxuketa (in Elbetea) might have been a meeting place for the witches. There is also a dolmen called Sorginetxe (witch's home).
Bera: the local witches met apparently on Larrun mountain, along with their colleagues of Sara and Azkaine.
Bertizarana: according to the inquisitorial records, witches met at Nabarte village. In 1611, also impelled by Abbot Aranibar, there was a witch-hunt in Legasa. Graciana de Maribertizena and her daughter were tortured brutally and confessed to all asked.
Biana: a hill near the Las Cañas lagoon was apparently the site of the local akelarres, to which people came also from Logroño. Biana was also the hometown of Endregoto, the partner of famous male witch Juanis de Bargota, burnt at the stake in 1610.
Burgi: according to an inquisitorial process of 1569, witches met in Larraionoa and Los Linares, as well as on a barrage at the river.
Ergoiena: Arleze cave is said to have been used by witches. Putxerri cave (also Putterri or Bueitarri), in the Aralar range is said to be inhabited by genii that show themselves as animals, now red, now black, now white; another legend says it is a mansion of Mari and her sorginak, called in the area Putxerriko Damea (Lady of Putxerri).
Esparza: Inquisitor Avellaneda tells how he tried to dismiss the incipient belief in witchery contacted local witches here and was initiated by anointing their magic oil on all them. He then believed to have seen his partners to have done unbelievable feats. After that experience he retook his inquisitorial duties with even greater dedication. The processes that shattered the Salazar valley in 1532 and 1539 record a place called Soto de Tarragona, impossible to locate, as site of the local akelarre. Sometimes the hermit of St. Tirso has been named as place of sabbats as well.
Etxalar was also affected by the 1610 process. In the process, the field of Aranduriaretxa (also Urristilde or Sarueta) and the site of Larbure, were named as akelarre locations.
Garaioa: in 1525, local Martin Lizuain was burnt at the stake in Auritz. In 1577, accused by a 5-year-old boy, seven women were processed and acquitted. Two of them died during the tortures.
Hiriberri: the mountain of Petxuberro (also Petiriberro) is said to have been the site of the akelarre of the Aezkoa Valley.
Izaba: a possible akelarre is said to have taken place in Berin-pikua.
Ituren: the local akelarre apparently used to take place on the heights of Mendaur mountain, near the summit. The processes of 1525 and 1610 affected this village.
Itza: the peak of Oskia or Arkaitz is said to be meeting place for witches here.
Larraun: in Alli cave a nearby, where the dolmen of Akelar is located. Also in the field of Urrizolaegia.
Lerga: the site of Campoluengo.
Lesaka: in the process of 1610 was said that the local akelarre took place in the field of Kolunba.
Miranda de Arga: field of Baiona.
Otxagabia: Legend says that Joan I of Navarre was killed by the black magic of the Bishop of Troyes (who was effectively accused of witchery in 1308–13); since then this queen's ghost dwells in the Irati forest, seeking revenge. The local akelarre apparently took place in the main plaza of the village, though sometimes took place in Aboddibidea, deep in the mountains.
Pamplona: the capital of Navarre was affected by the trial of 1527.
Piedramillera: near Dos Hermanas twin peaks.
Erronkari: Bedagin-pikoa was the site of the local akelarre. The valley was affected by the persecution of 1532.
Ultzama: the mountains of Aldaun, Xuxurro, Urbilaga and Elizamendia have been said to be sabbatic sites.
Urdazubi: In the 1609 witch-hunt of Labourd, several accused declared to have celebrated the sabbat inside the church of this village. According to Barandiaran, all neighbours of Alkerdi, where there is an important Paleolithic cave-site, as considered to be witches.
Ziordi: Bekatu-Larre (field of sins) was apparently the site of local akelarres. This village was affected by inquisitorial processes in 1575–76 and 1610.
Zugarramurdi: Akelarrenlezea (cave of the akelarre) is just 500 meters away from the village. Actually witches met in the field of Berroskoberro outside the caves. This village was the focus of the largest and more infamous inquisitorial process, that took place in 1610 in Logroño. Seven people were burnt at the stake and other five were burnt symbolically, along with their remains (they had died during the process). A local legend says that all women of Azkar are witches.
Lower Navarre
Bidarray: Ebrain bridge, known also as Infenuko zubia (Hell's bridge) is said to have been built by lamiak or sorginak in a single night.
Saint-Michel: the people of this village have been traditionally considered witches as a whole. In other time they were nicknamed akelartarrak (akelarreans).
Iholdy: the local witches apparently washed clothes at Oxarti creek.
Soule
Alçay-Alçabéhéty-Sunharette: Arlegiko Kutxia (Arlegi's cross) is a place that was said that witches made appearances. Another site of akelarres is Artegaina. Near this place there's a cave named Ertzagainako karbia, where legend says a dragon once dwelt.
Chéraute: the witches of this village and that of Lahuntza met a some field near Mauléon.
References
Guía del Akelarre Vasco, José Dueso, ROGER Ed. 2001.
See also
Akelarre
Basque mythology
Basque people
Mari (goddess)
Witchcraft
Witch-hunt
Spanish Inquisition
Pierre de Lancre
Megalith
María de Zozaya
Brujería
Basque history
Basque mythology
Basque culture
European witchcraft | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorginak |
The 1959 Summer Universiade, also known as the I Summer Universiade, took place in Turin, Italy.
Sports
Athletics
Basketball
Fencing
Swimming
Tennis
Volleyball
Water polo
Medal table
Italy leads this first edition in the total medals count.
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External links
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(Latin for '[signed] with one's own hand'), abbreviated to m.p. or mppr. or mppria is a phrase sometimes used at the end of typewritten or printed documents when there is no handwritten signature. It is typically found just after the name(s) of the person(s) who would have signed the document if it had not been printed or typewritten.
It is also found in several ancient documents in front of or after the writer's signature at the end of the document.
History
Medieval period
Richly decorated manu propria signs were frequently used by medieval dignitaries and literates to verify the authenticity of handwritten documents.
18th century
mppria was commonly used in the 18th century. However, it was not only used for Latin documents.
Full autograph title-page of Symphony no.97 by Joseph Haydn which reads 'Sinfonia in C/di me giuseppe Haydn mppria. '
Nobility Diploma André Falquet
From the 19th century
Later, official documents were routinely accompanied by this abbreviation, for example, the declaration of war on Serbia by Emperor Franz Joseph from 1914 ends with m.p.
Usage today
Ordinary personal cheques frequently include the abbreviation at the end of the signature line.
By country
Some of the countries that still regularly use manu propria include:
Albania in official documents: d.v. (),
Austria: e. h. (),
the Czech Republic: v. r. () or occasionally the Latin abbreviation m.p.,
Germany: gez. ()
Hungary in official documents: s.k. (),
Slovakia: v. r. (),
Slovenia: l.r. ().
Serbia: s.r. ()
See also
List of Latin phrases
Seal
Tughra
Autopen
References
Latin literary phrases
Latin words and phrases
Authentication methods
Identity documents
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Abulum is the solo debut album by Toad the Wet Sprocket singer/songwriter Glen Phillips. The album was produced on both CD and DVD formats. The DVD features the bonus track "Sleep of the Blessed".
Track listing
All songs written by Glen Phillips, except where noted otherwise.
"Careless" – 3:28
"Men Just Leave" – 3:08
"Back On My Feet" (Craig Northey, Glen Phillips) – 3:13
"Fred Meyers" – 3:15
"My Own Town" – 4:45
"It Takes Time" – 3:21
"Drive By" – 2:59
"Darkest Hour" – 4:09
"Professional Victim" – 4:16
"Train Wreck" – 5:14
"Maya" – 3:35
"Sleep of the Blessed" (Bonus track on DVD) – 4:14
Personnel
Glen Phillips – guitar, vocals
Richard Causon – accordion, keyboards [chamberlin], piano, Wurlitzer organ
Jennifer Condos – bass
Sandy Chila – drums, Wurlitzer organ, nass synthesizer, percussion, strings
Ethan Johns – guitar, harmony vocals, tambourine, percussion [shaker], mellotron, drums, keyboards [chamberlin], percussion
References
Glen Phillips albums
2001 debut albums
Albums produced by Ethan Johns | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abulum |
Operational risk management (ORM) is defined as a continual recurring process that includes risk assessment, risk decision making, and the implementation of risk controls, resulting in the acceptance, mitigation, or avoidance of risk.
ORM is the oversight of operational risk, including the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes and systems; human factors; or external events. Unlike other type of risks (market risk, credit risk, etc.) operational risk had rarely been considered strategically significant by senior management.
Four principles
The U.S. Department of Defense summarizes the principles of ORM as follows:
Accept risk when benefits outweigh the cost.
Accept no unnecessary risk.
Anticipate and manage risk by planning.
Make risk decisions in the right time at the right level.
Three levels
In Depth In depth risk management is used before a project is implemented, when there is plenty of time to plan and prepare. Examples of in depth methods include training, drafting instructions and requirements, and acquiring personal protective equipment.
Deliberate Deliberate risk management is used at routine periods through the implementation of a project or process. Examples include quality assurance, on-the-job training, safety briefs, performance reviews, and safety checks.
Time Critical Time critical risk management is used during operational exercises or execution of tasks. It is defined as the effective use of all available resources by individuals, crews, and teams to safely and effectively accomplish the mission or task using risk management concepts when time and resources are limited. Examples of tools used includes execution check-lists and change management. This requires a high degree of situational awareness.
Process
The International Organization for Standardization defines the risk management process in a four-step model:
Establish context
Risk assessment
Risk identification
Risk analysis
Risk evaluation
Risk treatment
Monitor and review
This process is cyclic as any changes to the situation (such as operating environment or needs of the unit) requires re-evaluation per step one.
Deliberate
The U.S. Department of Defense summarizes the deliberate level of ORM process in a five-step model:
Identify hazards
Assess hazards
Make risk decisions
Implement controls
Supervise (and watch for changes)
Time critical
The U.S. Navy summarizes the time-critical risk management process in a four-step model:
1. Assess the situation.
The three conditions of the Assess step are task loading, additive conditions, and human factors.
Task loading refers to the negative effect of increased tasking on performance of the tasks.
Additive factors refers to having a situational awareness of the cumulative effect of variables (conditions, etc.).
Human factors refers to the limitations of the ability of the human body and mind to adapt to the work environment (e.g. stress, fatigue, impairment, lapses of attention, confusion, and willful violations of regulations).
2. Balance your resources.
This refers to balancing resources in three different ways:
Balancing resources and options available. This means evaluating and leveraging all the informational, labor, equipment, and material resources available.
Balancing Resources versus hazards. This means estimating how well prepared you are to safely accomplish a task and making a judgement call.
Balancing individual versus team effort. This means observing individual risk warning signs. It also means observing how well the team is communicating, knows the roles that each member is supposed to play, and the stress level and participation level of each team member.
3. Communicate risks and intentions.
Communicate hazards and intentions.
Communicate to the right people.
Use the right communication style. Asking questions is a technique to opening the lines of communication. A direct and forceful style of communication gets a specific result from a specific situation.
4. Do and debrief. (Take action and monitor for change.)
This is accomplished in three different phases:
Mission Completion is a point where the exercise can be evaluated and reviewed in full.
Execute and Gauge Risk involves managing change and risk while an exercise is in progress.
Future Performance Improvements refers to preparing a "lessons learned" for the next team that plans or executes a task.
Benefits
Reduction of operational loss.
Lower compliance/auditing costs.
Early detection of unlawful activities.
Reduced exposure to future risks.
Chief Operational Risk Officer
The role of the Chief Operational Risk Officer (CORO) continues to evolve and gain importance. In addition to being responsible for setting up a robust Operational Risk Management function at companies, the role also plays an important part in increasing awareness of the benefits of sound operational risk management.
Most complex financial institutions have a Chief Operational Risk Officer. The position is also required for Banks that fall into the Basel II Advanced Measurement Approach "mandatory" category.
Software
The impact of the Enron failure and the implementation of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act has caused several software development companies to create enterprise-wide software packages to manage risk. These software systems allow the financial audit to be executed at lower cost.
Forrester Research has identified 115 Governance, Risk and Compliance vendors that cover operational risk management projects. Active Agenda is an open source project dedicated to operational risk management.
See also
Basel II
Benefit risk
Cost risk
Data governance
Fuel price risk management
Futures techniques
Key risk indicator (KRI)
Operational risk
Optimism bias
Risk
Risk management
Risk management tools
Solvency II
Tactical Risk Management
Three lines of defence
References
General
OPNAVINST 3500.39C OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM)
MARINE CORPS ORDER 3500.27B OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT (ORM)
Cited
External links
The Institute of Operational Risk The institute provides professional recognition and enables members to maintain competency in the discipline of operational risk.
Operational Risk Institute An association of operational risk training professionals that renders key training on Op Risk related subjects including Business Continuity.
Operational Risk Management Software 5 Essential features must incorporate in ORM Software to avoid risks.
Operational Risk Management of U.S. Insurers How well do you understand operational Risk Management.
Operational risk
Risk management in business | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational%20risk%20management |
The 2005 Winter Universiade, the XXII Winter Universiade, took place in Innsbruck and Seefeld, Austria.
Venues
Innsbruck
Seefeld
Medal table
2005
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Winter multi-sport events in Austria
January 2005 sports events in Europe
2000s in Innsbruck | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 2003 Winter Universiade, the XXI Winter Universiade, took place in Tarvisio, Italy. Total 1,266 athletes from 41 countries performed.
Venues
Tarvisio
Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Nordic combined
Ski jumping
Other venues
Forni Avoltri - Biathlon
Claut - Curling
Piancavallo - Figure skating, short track, snowboard
Pontebba - Ice hockey
Zoncolan - Carving
Villach - Ice hockey
Bischofshofen - Ski jumping
Medal table
Sports
Curling
Figure skating
2003
Winter Universiade
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Sport in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 2001 Winter Universiade, the XX Winter Universiade, took place in Zakopane, Poland.
Medal table
Sports
Figure skating
External links
FISU - Zakopane 2001 Winter Universiade
Official site - 2001 Winter Universiade
2001
Universiade
Universiade
Universiade 2001
Sports competitions in Zakopane
Multi-sport events in Poland
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Poland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20Winter%20Universiade |
Joe Ely (; born February 9, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He was "one of the main movers" of Austin, Texas's progressive country scene in the 1970s and '80s.
He has had a genre-crossing career, performing with Bruce Springsteen, Uncle Tupelo, Los Super Seven, The Chieftains and James McMurtry in addition to his early work with The Clash and more recent acoustic tours with Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark.
Biography
Early life and career
He was born in Amarillo, Texas. Ely spent his formative years from age 12 in Lubbock, Texas, and attended Monterey High School.
In 1971, with fellow Lubbock musicians Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, he formed the Flatlanders. According to Ely, "Jimmie [Gilmore] was like a well of country music. He knew everything about it. And Butch was from the folk world. I was kinda the rock & roll guy, and we almost had a triad. We hit it off and started playing a lot together. That opened up a whole new world I had never known existed."
In 1972, the band recorded their first album. Because the band's initial breakup occurred just after their first album was cut, the three musicians have followed individual paths, but have appeared together on each other's albums. They reformed for 2002's Now Again.
Solo career
Ely's own first, self-titled album, was released in 1977.
The following year, his band played London, where he met punk rock group the Clash. Impressed with each other's performances, the two bands later toured together, including appearances in Ely's hometown of Lubbock, as well as Laredo and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The Clash paid tribute to Joe Ely by including the lyrics "Well there ain't no better blend than Joe Ely and his Texas Men" in the lyrics of their song "If Music Could Talk," which was released in 1980 on the album Sandinista!. Ely sang backing vocals on the Clash single "Should I Stay or Should I Go?". Joe Strummer planned to record with Ely's band, but died before that ever happened—one of Ely's greatest regrets. Another collaboration was with Dutch flamenco guitarist Teye, with whom he recorded Letter to Laredo (1995) and Twistin' in the Wind (1998).
Throughout his career, Ely has issued a steady stream of albums, most on the MCA label, and a live album roughly every ten years.
On May 1, 1982, Joe Ely put on the Third Annual Tornado Jam in Lubbock, Texas to a crowd of 25,000. The Jam included Leon Russell, Joan Jett and The Crickets. The first Tornado Jam was fundraiser to help Lubbock, Texas after the Tornado, thus the name. The second Annual Tornado Jam had a crowd of 35,000.
In the late 1990s, Ely was asked to write songs for the soundtrack of Robert Redford's movie The Horse Whisperer, which led to re-forming The Flatlanders with Gilmore and Hancock. A new album from the trio followed in 2002, with a third in 2004.
In February 2007, Ely released Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch on his own label, Rack 'Em Records. Ely said in an interview with Country Standard Time that he thought it would be easier to release the material on his own label, instead of dealing with a regular record label and their release cycles. A book of Ely's writings, Bonfire of Roadmaps, was published in early 2007 by the University of Texas Press. In early 2008, Ely released a new live album featuring Joel Guzman on accordion recorded at the Cactus Cafe in Austin, Texas in late 2006.
The Flatlanders released their newest album Hills and Valleys on March 31, 2009.
In 2011, Ely released the critically acclaimed album, Satisfied at Last.
In September 2015, Ely released Panhandle Rambler, an album with a reflective west Texas feel. Lonestar Music Magazine says "the title fits the record just right, neatly framing a dozen songs that fit together thematically like a map of both the West Texas landscape and of Ely's epic decades-spanning musical ramble.
Ely spent 2016 as the reigning "Texas State Musician", a one-year designation which he formally accepted in a ceremony at the State Legislature that spring.
In October 2022, he was inducted to the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame
Austin City Limits.
Lawsuit against Universal Music Group
On February 5, 2019, Ely and John Waite filed a class-action lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) claiming the company is violating their right to terminate grants of copyright after 35 years in accordance with copyright law of the United States by ignoring Notices of Termination. May 3, 2019, UMG filed a motion to dismiss the case, stating the Notices of Termination were not valid because the songs were not grants of copyright but works for hire.
Discography
Joe Ely (1977)
Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978)
Down on the Drag (1979)
Musta Notta Gotta Lotta (1981)
Hi-Res (1984)
Lord of the Highway (1987)
Dig All Night (1988)
Love and Danger (1992)
Chippy (1994)
Letter to Laredo (1995)
Twistin' in the Wind (1998)
Live at the Cambridge Folk Festival (1998)
Streets of Sin (2003)
Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch (2007)
Silver City (2007)
Satisfied At Last (2011)
B4 84 (2014)
Panhandle Rambler (2015)
Full Circle: The Lubbock Tapes (2018)
Love in the Midst of Mayhem (2020)
Awards and nominations
See also
The Flatlanders
Los Super Seven
Music of Austin
References
External links
Official website
Joe Ely feature and CD reviews at Country Standard Time
Article on Ely's early years, by Johnny Hughes
"Joe Ely Remembers The Clash", Austin Chronicle, May 19, 2000
1947 births
Living people
American alternative country singers
Country musicians from Texas
Progressive country musicians
American country singer-songwriters
Singers from Austin, Texas
Musicians from Lubbock, Texas
Musicians from Amarillo, Texas
Singer-songwriters from Texas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Ely |
Franklin Foer (; born July 20, 1974) is a staff writer at The Atlantic and former editor of The New Republic, commenting on contemporary issues from a liberal perspective.
Personal life
Foer was born in 1974 in Washington, D.C. to a Jewish family. He is the son of Albert Foer, a lawyer, and Esther Safran Foer, the child of Holocaust survivors from Poland. He is the elder brother of novelist Jonathan Safran Foer and freelance journalist Joshua Foer.
He graduated from Columbia University in 1996 and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two daughters.
Career
Foer has written for Slate and New York magazine. He served as editor of American magazine The New Republic from 2006 until 2010, when he resigned—by his subsequent account, because of exhaustion over an interminable search for a patron who could save the magazine. He returned as editor in 2012.
His book How Soccer Explains the World was published in 2004. The book Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame, co-edited with fellow New Republic writer Marc Tracy, was published in 2012. It won a National Jewish Book Award in 2012. Foer has described it as an effort to avoid the "simple hagiography" he found in some of the many existing books about Jewish sports figures.
Foer was editor of The New Republic during the Scott Thomas Beauchamp controversy. His firing in December 2014 by New Republic owner Chris Hughes and his replacement by former Gawker editor Gabriel Snyder provoked an editorial crisis that culminated in the resignation from the magazine of two-thirds of the people on its masthead.
In 2017, Foer published World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech, which was named on The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017. Using Facebook, Amazon, Google, and Apple as case studies, World Without Mind argues for a closer examination for the role of technology in our lives, particularly the ways it is shaping the values of individuals globally.
In October 2022, Foer reported in The Atlantic an in-depth overview of possible legal consequences of activities performed by the former president Donald Trump.
Bibliography
How Soccer Explains the World (2004)
Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame, co-edited with Marc Tracy (2012)
Insurrections of the Mind: 100 Years of Politics and Culture in America (2014)
World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech (2017)
The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future (2023)
References
External links
Video discussion/debate with Foer and Paul Glastris on Bloggingheads.tv
1974 births
Living people
American magazine editors
American male journalists
American people of Polish-Jewish descent
The Atlantic (magazine) people
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Jewish American writers
The New Republic people
Foer family
Georgetown Day School alumni
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American journalists | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%20Foer |
The octet is a unit of digital information in computing and telecommunications that consists of eight bits. The term is often used when the term byte might be ambiguous, as the byte has historically been used for storage units of a variety of sizes.
The term octad(e) for eight bits is no longer common.
Definition
The international standard IEC 60027-2, chapter 3.8.2, states that a byte is an octet of bits. However, the unit byte has historically been platform-dependent and has represented various storage sizes in the history of computing. Due to the influence of several major computer architectures and product lines, the byte became overwhelmingly associated with eight bits. This meaning of byte is codified in such standards as ISO/IEC 80000-13. While byte and octet are often used synonymously, those working with certain legacy systems are careful to avoid ambiguity.
Octets can be represented using number systems of varying bases such as the hexadecimal, decimal, or octal number systems. The binary value of all eight bits set (or activated) is , equal to the hexadecimal value , the decimal value , and the octal value . One octet can be used to represent decimal values ranging from 0 to 255.
The term octet (symbol: o) is often used when the use of byte might be ambiguous. It is frequently used in the Request for Comments (RFC) publications of the Internet Engineering Task Force to describe storage sizes of network protocol parameters. The earliest example is from 1974. In 2000, Bob Bemer claimed to have earlier proposed the usage of the term octet for "8-bit bytes" when he headed software operations for Cie. Bull in France in 1965 to 1966.
In France, French Canada and Romania, octet is used in common language instead of byte when the eight-bit sense is required; for example, a megabyte (MB) is termed a megaoctet (Mo).
A variable-length sequence of octets, as in Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), is referred to as an octet string.
Octad
Historically, in Western Europe, the term octad (or octade) was used to specifically denote eight bits, a usage no longer common. Early examples of usage exist in British, Dutch and German sources of the 1960s and 1970s, and throughout the documentation of Philips mainframe computers. Similar terms are triad for a grouping of three bits and decade for ten bits.
Unit multiples
Unit multiples of the octet may be formed with SI prefixes and binary prefixes (power of 2 prefixes) as standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission in 1998.
Use in Internet Protocol addresses
The octet is used in representations of Internet Protocol computer network addresses.
An IPv4 address consists of four octets, usually displayed individually as a series of decimal values ranging from 0 to 255, each separated by a full stop (dot). Using octets with all eight bits set, the representation of the highest-numbered IPv4 address is .
An IPv6 address consists of sixteen octets, displayed in hexadecimal representation (two hexits per octet), using a colon character (:) after each pair of octets (16 bits are also known as hextet) for readability, such as .
See also
Variable-width encoding
Notes
References
External links
Units of information | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet%20%28computing%29 |
The 1999 Winter Universiade, the XIX Winter Universiade, took place in Poprad Tatry, Slovakia.
Medal table
Sports
Figure skating
1999
U
U
Winter Universiade, 1999
U
Multi-sport events in Slovakia
January 1999 sports events in Europe
Winter sports competitions in Slovakia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20Winter%20Universiade |
In music, an octet is a musical ensemble consisting of eight instruments or voices, or a musical composition written for such an ensemble.
Octets in classical music
Octets in classical music are one of the largest groupings of chamber music. Although eight-part scoring was fairly common for serenades and divertimenti in the 18th century, the word "octet" only first appeared at the beginning of the 19th century, as the title of a composition by Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, whose Octet Op. 12 (published posthumously in 1808) features the piano, together with clarinet, 2 horns, 2 violins, and 2 cellos. Later octets with piano were written by Ferdinand Ries (Op. 128, 1818, with clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and double bass), Anton Rubinstein (Op. 9, 1856, with flute, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass), and Paul Juon (Chamber Symphony, Op. 27, 1907) .
Octets tend to be scored in one of the following arrangements:
String octet – This arrangement is made up entirely of strings. Felix Mendelssohn's Octet Op. 20 is an example, as are the octets of George Enescu, Dmitri Shostakovich, Niels Gade, Carl Schuberth, Johan Svendsen, Carl Grädener, Joachim Raff, Woldemar Bargiel, Hermann Graedener, Reinhold Glière, Ferdinand Thieriot, Max Bruch, and Airat Ichmouratov.
Double quartet – Double quartets are made up of two string quartets, often arranged antiphonally. Louis Spohr composed four such octets between 1823 and 1847 (opp. 65, 77, 87 and 136), taking as a model a work by Andreas Romberg. Later examples in this mode include works by Nikolay Afanasyev (Housewarming and Le souvenir) and Mario Peragallo (Music for Double Quartet, 1948), as well as Darius Milhaud's paired 14th and 15th String Quartets Op. 291 (1948–49), which are composed to be playable simultaneously as an octet .
Cello octet – Eight cellos, a combination popularized by Heitor Villa-Lobos in his Bachianas Brasileiras nos. 1 (1930) and 5 (1938/1945), though technically these are for "cello orchestra" with a minimum of eight players. Villa-Lobos also arranged three of the preludes and four fugues from Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier for this ensemble. Several all-cello groups came into existence during the late 1970s and 1980s, notably the Yale Cellos, the 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Conjunto Ibérico cello octet, and their popularity caused a surge of interest in cello-ensemble writing among composers. Some of the most prominent to compose cello octets include Luciano Berio (Korót, 1998), Sylvano Bussotti (Poèsies à Maldoror, 1999), Edison Denisov (Hymne, 1995), Morton Gould (Cellos, 1984), Sofia Gubaidulina (Fata morgana: die tanzende Sonne, 2002), Gordon Jacob (Cello Octet, 1981), Arvo Pärt (version of Fratres, (1983), Steve Reich (Cello Counterpoint, 2003), Kaija Saariaho (Neiges, 1998), and Peter Sculthorpe (Chorale, 1994).
Wind octet – Usually scored for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven composed for this scoring, also known as Harmonie , though only Beethoven actually titled his one work for this grouping "Octet". The octets of Franz Lachner (Op. 156), Theodore Gouvy (Op. 71) and Carl Reinecke (Op. 216) are scored for flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons. Igor Stravinsky's Octet for wind instruments has an unusual scoring of flute, clarinet, two bassoons, two trumpets, and two trombones. George Antheil's Concerto for Chamber Orchestra is scored for an octet of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, horn, trumpet and trombone.
Wind and string octet – a combination of forces, popularized by Franz Schubert (whose Octet is for clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass). A number of ensembles have been formed with this instrumentation, including the Octuor de Paris, for whom Iannis Xenakis composed Anaktoria (1969). By contrast, the Octet by Louis Spohr is scored for clarinet, 2 horns, violin, 2 violas, cello, and double bass. Paul Hindemith wrote a less well-known piece for clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, two violas, cello and double bass. Another important 20th-century octet for winds and strings is Octandre by Edgard Varèse (1923), for flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet (doubling E clarinet), bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and double bass . Alec Wilder composed a series of crossover octets between 1938 and 1940 which are scored for a quintet of woodwinds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon) backed by a rhythm section of harpsichord, double bass and drums.
Octets in jazz
Jazz ensembles of eight players will frequently be termed an octet. These ensembles may be for any combination of instruments, but the most common line-up is trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, trombone, guitar, piano, bass and drums, with guitar occasionally making way for another horn, for example baritone sax. The Jamil Sheriff Octet is an example of a classic octet. Ornette Coleman's ensemble for the Free Jazz album (referred to as a double quartet) is an example of two quartets playing together at the same time.
Saxophonist David Murray leads an experimental jazz octet, the David Murray Octet.
The collaborations of trombonists J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding occasionally featured a trombone octet, most notably on their 1956 record Jay and Kai + 6.
Octets in popular music
British pop group the Dooleys were an eight-member group popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
British rock group Yes were an eight-member group during their Union tour in 1991.
Vocal octet
A vocal octet is a choir, or performance by a choir, of eight separate parts, for example, an SSAATTBB (1st & 2nd soprano, 1st & 2nd alto, 1st & 2nd tenor, baritone and bass) choir.
See also
Silesian Guitar Octet
Vocal octet OCTAVA
Los Angeles Electric 8
Sources
Further reading
Wackerbauer, Michael. 2008. Sextett, Doppelquartett und Oktett. Studien zur groß besetzten Kammermusik für Streicher im 19. Jahrhundert. Regensburger Studien zur Musikgeschichte 6). Tutzing: Hans Schneider. .
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In sociology, communicative action is cooperative action undertaken by individuals based upon mutual deliberation and argumentation. The term was developed by German philosopher-sociologist Jürgen Habermas in his work The Theory of Communicative Action.
Structures
Communicative action for Habermas is possible given human capacity for rationality. Habermas situates rationality as a capacity inherent within language, especially in the form of argumentation. "We use the term argumentation for that type of speech in which participants thematize contested validity claims and attempt to vindicate or criticize them through argumentation." The structures of argumentative speech, which Habermas identifies as the absence of coercive force, the mutual search for understanding, and the compelling power of the better argument, form the
key features from which intersubjective rationality can make communication possible. Action undertaken by participants through a process of such argumentative communication can be assessed as to their rationality to the extent which they fulfill those criteria.
Communicative rationality is distinct from instrumental, normative, and dramaturgical rationality by its ability to concern all three "worlds" as he terms them, following Karl Popper—the subjective, objective, and intersubjective or social. Communicative rationality is self-reflexive and open to a dialogue in which participants in an argument can learn from others and from themselves by reflecting upon their premises and thematizing aspects of their cultural background knowledge to question suppositions that typically go without question.
Communicative action is action based upon this deliberative process, where two or more individuals interact and coordinate their action based upon agreed interpretations of the situation. Communicative action is distinguished by Habermas from other forms of action, such as instrumental action, which is pure goal-oriented behavior, dealt with primarily in economics, by taking all functions of language into consideration. That is, communicative action has the ability to reflect upon language used to express propositional truth, normative value, or subjective self-expression.
Social implications
Much of Habermas' work has been in response to his predecessors in the Frankfurt School. Communicative rationality, for instance, can be seen as a response to the critique of enlightenment reason expressed in Max Horkheimer and T.W. Adorno's Dialectic of Enlightenment. Horkheimer and Adorno had argued that the Enlightenment saw a particular kind of rationality enshrined as dominant in western culture, instrumental reason, which had only made possible the more effective and ruthless manipulation of nature and human beings themselves. Habermas' form of critical theory is designed to rediscover through the analysis of positive potentials for human rationality in the medium of language, the possibility of a critical form of reason that can lead to reflection and examination of not only objective questions, but also those of social norms, human values, and even aesthetic expression of subjectivity.
Habermas' earlier work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, anticipates his concern for argumentation and can be read retrospectively as a historical case study of Western European societies institutionalizing aspects of communicative action in the political and social spheres. Habermas notes the rise of institutions of public debate in late seventeenth and eighteenth century Britain and France especially. In these nations, information exchange and communication methods pioneered by capitalist merchants became adapted to novel purposes and were employed as an outlet for the public use of reason. The notion of communicative rationality in the public sphere is therefore heavily indebted to Immanuel Kant's formulation of the public use of reason in What is Enlightenment? Habermas argues that the bourgeoisie who participated in this incipient public sphere universalized those aspects of their class that enabled them to present the public sphere as inclusive—he even goes so far as to say that a public sphere that operates upon principles of exclusivity is not a public sphere at all. The focus on foundations of democracy established in this work carried over to his later examination in The Theory of Communicative Action that greater democratization and the reduction to barriers to participation in public discourse (some of which he identified in the first public sphere of the Enlightenment) could open the door to a more open
form of social action. The shift from a more Marxist focus on the economic bases of discourse in Structural Transformation to a more "super-structural" emphasis on language and communication in Theory of Communicative Action signals Habermas' transition to a post-Marxist framework.
Critiques
Habermas views communication and debate in the public sphere as argumentatively meritocratic. Critics have argued that Habermas' notion of communicative rationality, upon which communicative action must be based, is illusory. The formal prerequisites of equality among argument participants, for instance, may mask the reality of unequal social capital. "There is no guarantee that a formally symmetrical distribution of opportunities to select and employ speech acts will result in anything more than an expression of the status quo." Historian Ian McNeeley, for instance, contrasts Habermas' view with Michel Foucault's notion of communication as embodying pre-existing power relationships: "Jürgen Habermas subscribes to an unrealistic ideal of power-free communication…Michel Foucault remedies this idealism by treating knowledge as power; his work is in fact suffused with applications of knowledge for the control of human bodies." In a like manner, the discursive fiction of consensus achieved through rational argumentation might be used as a legitimating prop for social action to the detriment of marginalized members-this is the basis of much feminist critique of Habermas' notions.
Another radical critique is that of Nikolas Kompridis, a former student of Habermas, who views Habermas' theory as another attempt to arrive at a "view from nowhere", this time by locating rationality in procedures of reaching agreement independent of any particular participants' perspective or background. In response, he proposes a "possibility-disclosing" role of reason to correct the problems with Habermas' work.
See also
Discourse analysis
Lifeworld
References
German philosophy
Social theories
Jürgen Habermas | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicative%20action |
Neil Young: Silver & Gold is a live video by Neil Young performing solo on acoustic guitar and piano. All but the last song were performed at Austin, Texas' Bass Concert Hall during his 1999 solo acoustic tour. The album largely consists of live performances of songs from Silver and Gold and CSNY's Looking Forward, his most recent studio releases.
Track listing
"Intro"
"Looking Forward"
"Out of Control"
"Buffalo Springfield Again"
"Philadelphia"
"Daddy Went Walkin'"
"Distant Camera"
"Red Sun"
"Long May You Run"
"Harvest Moon"
"The Great Divide"
"Slowpoke"
"Good to See You"
"Silver & Gold"
References
2000 video albums
Live video albums
Neil Young albums
2000 live albums
Albums produced by Larry Johnson (film producer)
Warner Records live albums
Warner Records video albums
Reprise Records video albums
Reprise Records live albums | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Young%3A%20Silver%20and%20Gold |
The 1997 Winter Universiade, the XVIII Winter Universiade, took place in Muju and Chonju (Jeonju), South Korea. The snow sport events were held in Muju Resort in Muju, while the ice events were held in Chonju.
On 6 July 1993 during the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo, FISU decided that South Korea would host the 1997 Winter Universiade. These were both the first winter multi-sport event and Universiade held in South Korea.
Logo
The two laughing profiles in a U-shape are inspired by a 'U', the first letter of the Universiade and intended to give out a soft and tender image.
The colors of blue and red, the two theme colors of the Korean national flag, Taeguk' ki, symbolizes the goal of the Winter Universiade '97-bringing harmony among university students from every corner of the globe through a sports festival.
The red circle at the upper right corner of the emblem is the symbol and dream of youth for a brighter and more peaceful future.
Mascot
The official mascot of the 1997 Winter Universiade is Mudori (무돌이), a squirrel. Its name is derived from the main host county, Muju.
Venues
Muju
Muju Resort – Alpine skiing
Ski jumping venue – Ski jumping, Nordic combined, opening and closing ceremonies
Cross-country skiing and biathlon venue (currently golf courses) – Cross-country skiing, biathlon and Nordic combined
Chonju (Jeonju)
Chonju Indoor Ice Rink #1 – Figure skating and short track speed skating
Chonju Indoor Ice Rink #2 (currently Hwasan Gymnasium) – Ice hockey
Chonju Stadium – Speed skating (on the temporary ice mat)
Medal table
Sports
Apline skiing
Figure skating
Ski jumping
See also
1999 Asian Winter Games
References
1997
U
U
U
Muju County
Sports competitions in Jeonju
Multi-sport events in South Korea
January 1997 sports events in Asia
February 1997 sports events in Asia
Winter sports competitions in South Korea | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 1995 Winter Universiade, the XVII Winter Universiade, took place in Jaca, Spain.
Medal table
1995
Universiade
Uni
Multi-sport events in Spain
Sport in Aragon
Winter Universiade
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Spain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 1993 Winter Universiade, the XVI Winter Universiade, took place in Zakopane, Poland.
1993
Universiade
Universiade
Universiade 1993
Sports competitions in Zakopane
Multi-sport events in Poland
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Poland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 1991 Winter Universiade, the XV Winter Universiade, took place in Sapporo, Japan.
Venues
Medal table
1991
U
Winter Universiade
U
Multi-sport events in Japan
Sports competitions in Sapporo
March 1991 sports events in Asia
Winter sports competitions in Japan
20th century in Sapporo | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Winter%20Universiade |
Barry John Yelverton, 3rd Viscount Avonmore (21 February 1790 – 24 October 1870), was an Irish nobleman.
He was the son of William Yelverton, 2nd Viscount Avonmore, and Mary Reade, eldest daughter of John Reade. In 1814, he succeeded his father as viscount.
He married, firstly, Jane Boothe, daughter of Thomas Boothe, in 1811 and had the following issue:
Hon. Barry Charles Yelverton (1814–1853), heir apparent to the viscountcy, 1814–1853
Hon. Sydney Eloisa Yelverton (1817–1883), married 1839, Forster Goring, son of Sir Charles Forster Goring, 7th Bt.
Hon. George Frederick William Yelverton (1818–1860), married 1857, Louisa Lenox Prendergast; heir apparent to the viscountcy, 1853–1860
Hon. Mary Augusta Yelverton (1820–1843)
Hon. Adelaide Matilda Yelverton (1821–1884), married 1860, Lt-Gen Humphrey Lyons, Indian Army
His first wife having died in 1821, Lord Avonmore married secondly, Cecilia O'Keefe, daughter of Charles O'Keefe and Letitia Yelverton, on 1 August 1822. They had the following issue:
Hon. Letitia Yelverton (1823–1897)
Hon. William Charles Yelverton, 4th Viscount Avonmore (1824–1883)
Hon. Louisa Elizabeth Yelverton (1827–1915), married 1873, Rudolph Hermann Hultzsch
Hon. Cecilia Priscilla Yelverton (1829–1854), married 1853, Colonel George Harrington Hawes
Hon. Walter Algionby Yelverton (1832–1844)
Hon. Anna Yelverton (1833–1910), married 1859, James Walker
Hon. Maletta Yelverton (1839–1910), married 1868, Captain Crofton Thomas Burton Vandeleur
Lord Avonmore died in Dublin and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his third and only surviving son, William.
References
1790 births
1870 deaths
People educated at Kilkenny College
Barry 3 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Yelverton%2C%203rd%20Viscount%20Avonmore |
The 1989 Winter Universiade, the XIV Winter Universiade, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Medal table
References
1989
U
U
U
Multi-sport events in Bulgaria
1980s in Sofia
Sports competitions in Sofia
March 1989 sports events in Europe
Winter sports competitions in Bulgaria | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989%20Winter%20Universiade |
Chosha Bay (Choshskaya Guba, ) is an inlet of the Barents Sea, 84 miles (135 km) wide and 62 miles (100 km) long, lies between the East shore of Kanin peninsula and the mainland of northern European Russia.
Bays of the Barents Sea
Bays of Russia
Bodies of water of Nenets Autonomous Okrug | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chosha%20Bay |
The 1987 Winter Universiade, the XIII Winter Universiade, took place in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia.
Medal table
References
1987
Universiade
U
Winter Universiade
Multi-sport events in Czechoslovakia
Sport in Prešov Region
February 1987 sports events in Europe
Winter sports competitions in Czechoslovakia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20Winter%20Universiade |
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary does not appear in the New Testament, but appears in apocryphal literature of the 3rd and 4th centuries, and by 1000 was widely believed in the Western Church, though not made formal Catholic dogma until 1950. It first became a popular subject in Western Christian art in the 12th century, along with other narrative scenes from the Life of the Virgin, and the Coronation of the Virgin. These "Marian" subjects were especially promoted by the Cistercian Order and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153).
Literary accounts with more detail, such as the presence of the Apostles, appeared in late medieval works such as the Golden Legend, and were followed by artists. By the end of the Middle Ages, large and crowded altarpieces gave the artist the opportunity to show his virtuosity in composition, colouring and figure poses. After the Reformation, it was used to assert the Catholic position, rejected by Protestants.
Normally accompanied or carried by angels (but not usually carried by Christ, as in Orthodox icons) the Virgin Mary rises passively heavenward, where she is to be crowned by Christ, while the Apostles below surround her empty tomb as they stare up in awe. God the Father or Christ (as in the Orthodox Dormition) may be seen in the heavens above. She may be surrounded with an almond-shaped mandorla. Her hands are usually clasped in prayer in medieval images, but later may be thrown wide, as she gazes up, as in Titian's highly influential altarpiece for the Frari Church (1515–18) in Venice, which agitated the previously decorous apostles. Examples include works by El Greco, Rubens (several compositions), Annibale Caracci, and Nicolas Poussin, the last replacing the Apostles with putti throwing flowers into the tomb.
Iconographic details
Some versions show the Virgin dropping her belt, the Girdle of Thomas, to Thomas the Apostle (best known for his Doubting Thomas episode) as she rises; this was to give him tangible proof of what he had seen, given his earlier scepticism. The "girdle" was a major relic of the Middles Ages, naturally existing in several versions. In a miniature by the Master of James IV of Scotland (1510s), an angel passes it down to Thomas. This also has the unusual scene of the funeral procession with the Apostles.
Rubens introduced two women, perhaps meant to be Martha and Mary, kneeling by the sarcophagus or bending over it. Having apparently unwrapped the shroud, they are usually holding it and collecting the roses found within. This motif was often included by later Flemish artists.
Although the final age of Mary is not given in the New Testament, from the Gospel evidence she was at least in her forties, and the Golden Legend gives her age at death as sixty or seventy-two. In paintings of the Crucifixion of Jesus and the following events, she is normally depicted as a fairly old woman. But most Assumptions give her a youthful or mature appearance, with exceptions like the Panciatichi Assumption by Andrea del Sarto, of c. 1522–23. By contrast the apostles are very often depicted as old men, with the youngest, Saint John, merely in his prime. From the later 16th century some images show a more intimate depiction in the in aria type of sacra conversatione, with a few selected saints replacing the crowd of apostles, and often the Virgin hovering not much above them.
The alternative Catholic scene from the end of the Virgin Mary's early life is the Death of the Virgin, which was more compatible with the Dormition of the Theotokos in Eastern Orthodox art and theology. Most treatments showed her lying in bed, surrounded by the Twelve Apostles, again reflecting the Golden Legend. Some painters show both scenes, one above the other. Catholic doctrine, still emerging when most of these were painted, has declined to specify whether Mary had died before her bodily Assumption, although the slightly varying accounts given one after the other in late versions of the Golden Legend agree that she did, and was placed in a tomb, from which she was raised up three days later.
Though once common in Catholic art, the last major treatment of the Death of the Virgin by itself was Caravaggio's painting in the Louvre, who caused a stir by depicting her as an untidy and realistic corpse, which some considered a breach of decorum, though compatible with the doctrine of the Church.
The Assumption was a suitable subject for illusionistic ceiling paintings, and first so used at Parma Cathedral by Antonio da Correggio in 1526–1530. The first Baroque ceiling was by Giovanni Lanfranco in 1625–1627 at San Andrea della Valle in Rome.
Selected works
With articles
Assumption of the Virgin (Andrea del Castagno), 1449–50
Assumption of the Virgin by Francesco Botticini 1475–76
Assumption of the Virgin (Perugino) 1506
Heller Altarpiece, 1507–09, Albrecht Dürer
Corciano Altarpiece, Perugino, 1513
Assumption of the Virgin (Palma Vecchio), c. 1513
Assumption of the Virgin (Rosso Fiorentino), 1513–14
Assumption of the Virgin by Titian, 1515–1518
Assumption of the Virgin (Fra Bartolomeo) c. 1516
Panciatichi Assumption, Andrea del Sarto, c. 1522–23
Assumption of the Virgin (Moretto), Moretto da Brescia, 1524–25
Assumption Altarpiece by Moretto da Brescia, 1529–30.
Assumption of the Virgin by Antonio da Correggio, 1526–1530
Assumption of the Virgin, by El Greco, c. 1577–79
Assumption of the Virgin by Annibale Carracci, 1590
Cerasi Assumption by Annibale Carracci, 1600–01
Assumption of the Virgin (Gentileschi) (Orazio), 1605–1608
Assumption (Guercino), c.1623
Assumption of the Virgin by Peter Paul Rubens, 1626, the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Rubens, 1637), Liechtenstein Collection
Other
The Assumption of the Virgin by Bernardo Daddi, c. 1337–1339
The Assumption of the Virgin with St. Thomas and Two Donors (Ser Palamedes and his Son Matthew) by Andrea di Bartolo, c. 1390s
The Dormition and the Assumption of the Virgin by Fra Angelico, 1424–1434
Assumption of the Virgin by Michaelangelo di Pietro Membrini, c. 1498
The Assumption of the Virgin, with the Nativity, the Resurrection, the Adoration of the Magi, the Ascension of Christ, Saint Mark and an Angel, and Saint Luke and an Ox by Joachim Patinir, c. 1510–1518
Assumption of the Virgin (L'Assomption) by Jacques Callot, c. 1592–1635
Assumption of the Virgin by Giovanni Lanfranco, before 1647
Assumption of the Virgin by Guercino, 1650
The Assumption of the Virgin by Giambattista Piazetta, 1735
Virgin of the Apocalypse by Gaetano Gandolfi, 1770–1780
The Assumption of the Virgin, by Martin Johann Schmidt, called Kremser-Schmidt, 1773
Gallery
Notes
References
Baumstark, Reinhold, Liechtenstein: The Princely Collections, 1985, Editors: Bradford D. Kelleher, John P. O'Neill, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sammlungen des Regierenden Fürsten von Liechtenstein, , Google books
Caxton, William, English edition of the Golden Legend, in English translation, probably by an unknown cleric, Story of the Assumption
Hall, James (1996), Hall's Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art, 1996 (2nd edn.), John Murray,
Hall, James (1983), A History of Ideas and Images in Italian Art, 1983, John Murray, London,
Entering heaven alive
Virgin Mary in art | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assumption%20of%20the%20Virgin%20Mary%20in%20art |
The 1985 Winter Universiade, the XII Winter Universiade, took place in Belluno, Italy.
Medal table
1985
U
U
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Multi-sport events in Italy
Sport in Veneto
February 1985 sports events in Europe
Winter sports competitions in Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20Winter%20Universiade |
Stromeferry railway station is a station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Stromeferry in the Highlands, northern Scotland. Stromeferry lies on the southern shore of Loch Carron, across from the ruined Strome Castle, near the west coast. The station is from , between Attadale and Duncraig. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
The station opened for passenger traffic on 19 August 1870.
For the first 27 years of its existence it was the line's terminus, bringing prosperity to the village.
The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1952 to 1967, for the last two years a Pullman camping coach was used.
Accidents and incidents
On 3 June 1883 the station was occupied by 150 Sabbatarians, defeating the local police force and railway employees, to prevent the despatch of fish to London. They were objecting to the transport of fish on a Sunday.
The station was destroyed by fire along with a train of 14 vehicles on 16 October 1891.
Facilities
Facilities at the station are minimal, consisting of a shelter, a help point, a bench and cycle racks. The station is step-free. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
Four trains each way call on weekdays/Saturdays and one each way all year on Sundays, plus a second from May to late September only.
References
Bibliography
External links
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations serving harbours and ports in the United Kingdom
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1870
Former Highland Railway stations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromeferry%20railway%20station |
Duncraig railway station is a remote railway station by the shore of Loch Carron on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, originally (privately) serving Duncraig Castle, a mansion near Plockton, in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. The station is from , between Stromeferry and Plockton. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services at the station.
History
The station was built as a private station for Duncraig Castle by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway), opening on 2 November 1897.
It became a public station in 1949. Duncraig was closed between 7 December 1964 and 5 January 1976; it was reopened after local train drivers refused to acknowledge the station's closure for the intervening 11 years. One of the drivers is quoted as saying:"We thought that if the English wanted to close a railway station they should pick on Euston or King's Cross"The station is a Category B listed building.
Facilities
The only facilities at the station are a small waiting room, a bench and a help point. The station, however, has step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is only one train each way, plus a second from May to late September only.
References
Bibliography
External links
Video footage of the station on YouTube
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1949
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1976
Beeching closures in Scotland
Former Highland Railway stations
Railway request stops in Great Britain
Listed railway stations in Scotland
Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area)
Former private railway stations
Reopened railway stations in Great Britain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncraig%20railway%20station |
Plockton railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line, serving the village of Plockton in the Highlands, north-west Scotland. The station is from , between Duncraig and Duirinish. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services here.
History
The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.
The station building was built by the Highland Railway, and designed by engineer Murdoch Paterson. It was B-listed by Historic Scotland in 1986. A camping coach was positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1956 to 1964, for the last two years a Pullman camping coach was used.
The building was completely renovated during 2009/2010 and is now a privately owned self-catering holiday cottage.
Facilities
The only facilities at the station are a car park, a help point, a bench and bike racks. The station has step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
Four trains each way call on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is only one train each way, plus a second from May to late September only.
References
Bibliography
External links
Video footage of the station on YouTube
Plockton
Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area)
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Listed railway stations in Scotland
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1897
Former Highland Railway stations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plockton%20railway%20station |
Duirinish railway station is a remote railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line near the settlement of Duirinish in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is approximately inland of Scotland's west coast, near Loch Lundie. The station is from , between Kyle of Lochalsh and Plockton. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services here.
History
The station was built by the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) between Stromeferry and Kyle of Lochalsh, opening on 2 November 1897.
Facilities
Facilities here, like many other stations on the line, are incredibly basic, consisting just of a shelter, a help point, some bike racks and a bench, although the station does have step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
Four trains each way call (on request) on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is only one train each way, plus a second from May to late September only.
References
Bibliography
External links
RAILSCOT on Dingwall and Skye Railway
RAILSCOT on Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway)
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1897
Former Highland Railway stations
Railway request stops in Great Britain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duirinish%20railway%20station |
Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is the terminus of the Kyle of Lochalsh Line in the village of Kyle of Lochalsh in the Highlands, northern Scotland. The station is from . ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all of the services here.
History
The station was opened on 2 November 1897 by the Highland Railway, following the completion of the extension of the Dingwall and Skye Railway from . The extension took more than four years to complete due to the unforgiving nature of the terrain through which it was driven - 29 bridges had to be constructed and more than 30 cuttings excavated through solid rock, which led to it costing £20,000 per mile (making it the most expensive rail route to be built in the UK at the time). As built, the station consisted of a broad island platform on a pier next to the water's edge and a chalet-style station building close to the western end. Several sidings were provided, along with a signal box and small locomotive shed. The station was host to two LMS caravans from 1935 to 1937 followed by one caravan in 1938 to 1939.
Originally the station provided a connection to the ferry services for the Outer Hebrides. However, as the ferry terminal at the Kyle of Lochalsh was from Stornoway, in 1970 Ross and Cromarty council voted to create a new £460,000 () ferry terminal at Ullapool which was only from Stornoway.
The signal box closed in 1984, when Radio Electronic Token Block working was introduced on the line by British Rail - although no longer operational it is still intact and has been adapted for use as a holiday cottage.
The station is located next to the piers that used to offer sailings to Skye, the ferries being superseded on 16 October 1995 by the Skye Bridge that lies close to the station.
Facilities
The station is well-equipped, with a ticket office, accessible toilets, benches and a telephone. There is a small restaurant/gift shop on the platform. There are car parking places on the access bridge.
Platform layout
The station has two platforms, which can each accommodate a nine-coach train, though only the western face (platform 1) is normally used by passenger trains. Three sidings are also still intact, including a run-round loop for loco-hauled trains alongside platform 1, and a loading bank siding adjacent to this). Access to each of the sidings and platform 2 is by means of ground frames. Use of platform 2 is rare, and is only booked to be used by one return train from Inverness on a Sunday.
Services
There are four daily departures from the station to and during the week, and either one (winter) or two (summer) services on Sundays.
References
Bibliography
External links
Friends Of the Kyle Line
Video footage of the station and branch in 1970
Kyle of Lochalsh Station in 2018
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Railway stations serving harbours and ports in the United Kingdom
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1897
Former Highland Railway stations
Listed railway stations in Scotland
Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle%20of%20Lochalsh%20railway%20station |
Alness railway station is a railway station on the Far North Line, serving the town of Alness, on the Cromarty Firth, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is from , between Dingwall and Invergordon. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
The Inverness and Ross-shire Railway (I&RR), which was to be a line between and , was authorised in 1860, and opened in stages. By the time that the last section, that between and Invergordon, opened on 25 March 1863, the I&RR had amalgamated with the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (I&AJR), the authorisation being given on 30 June 1862. On this last stretch, one of the original stations was that at Alness. The I&AJR in turn amalgamated with other railways to form the Highland Railway in 1865, which became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station at Alness was then closed by the British Transport Commission on 13 June 1960 and remained so for 13 years.
The station reopened on 7 May 1973 after significant housing development in the area. The initial service provision was three trains each way on weekdays and one on Sundays.
Accidents and incidents
A person died at the station in March 2023 after being struck by a train. The line was reopened the next day. A man was also struck by a train 16 years earlier, in September 2006.
Facilities
The station consists of one platform on the northern side of the railway, with only a small shelter available. The station also has a small car park, bike racks and a bench. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
On weekdays and Saturdays, there are 7 trains northbound (4 to Wick via Thurso, 1 to Invergordon, 1 to Ardgay and 1 to Tain) and 8 trains southbound to Inverness. On Sundays, there are five trains southbound to Inverness, and 5 trains northbound (3 to Tain, 1 to Invergordon and 1 through to Wick.
References
Bibliography
External links
RAILSCOT article on Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Alness station on navigable 1947 O.S. map
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Former Highland Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1863
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1973
Reopened railway stations in Great Britain
Railway stations served by ScotRail
1863 establishments in Scotland
Alness | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alness%20railway%20station |
Invergordon railway station is a railway station serving the town of Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line, from , between Alness and Fearn. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
The station opened on 28 July 1874, as part of the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, later the Highland Railway and then the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. As of 2011 the buildings are not in use. In 2008/2009, the station underwent a brightening-up programme run by the Invergordon "Off The Wall" group.
Accidents and incidents
On 26 November 1944, Royal Air Force Short Sunderland DD851 of the No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit departed Cromarty Firth, RAF Alness on an anti-submarine patrol of the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. During the initial climb a connecting rod on the starboard inner engine broke, the engine caught fire and fell off. The Sunderland, with a full load of fuel and depth charges then crashed into the railway line northeast of Invergordon railway station where all 11 of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) crew were killed. The crew are buried in the Stonefall Air Force Cemetery in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
Facilities
Both platforms have a help point and benches, whilst only platform 2 has a shelter (passengers on platform 1 have to use the old station buildings for shelter). There is a car park and bike racks adjacent to platform 1. Both platforms have multiple entries, all with step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Location
The station is located at the south end of Invergordon's High Street and is easily accessible from all areas of Invergordon, the closest area being the densely populated area of South Lodge. Northbound, leaving the station, the track snakes under a one-way road bridge and runs alongside Park Primary School until turning into single track; it then runs through the Invergordon distillery and Inverbreakie housing estate. It then enters the woods.
Platform layout
The station consists of two side platforms, which can each accommodate an eight-coach train, flanking a passing loop long on the predominantly single-track line from to and .
Services
The station has seen a number of timetable improvements since 2008, with the addition of an extra through train each way to/from Wick on weekdays and further shorter distance services to/from Inverness aimed at the commuter market (these mainly run as far as or ). Prior to this, 3 departures in each direction was the standard service on the line for many years.
In the December 2021 timetable, the station sees 6 services northbound on weekdays (4 to Wick via Thurso, 1 to Ardgay, 1 to Tain) and 4 northbound on Sundays (1 to Wick, 3 to Tain). On weekdays and Saturdays, there are 9 services southbound to Inverness, with 5 on Sundays.
References
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874
Former Highland Railway stations
Invergordon | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invergordon%20railway%20station |
Lisa D'Amour is a playwright, performer, and former Carnival Queen from New Orleans. D'Amour is an alumna of New Dramatists. Her play Detroit was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Biography
Education
D'Amour received a B.A. in English and Theater from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and her M.F.A. in playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin.
Personal life
D'Amour was born on October 17, 1969, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Currently, D'Amour lives as a peripatetic with her husband, Brendan Connelly.
Work
D'Amour's plays include Hide Town produced by Infernal Bridegroom Productions, Houston (2006), Anna Bella Eema produced by New Georges, NYC (2003), Blue Theater/Physical Plant, Austin, TX (2001), and Ten Thousand Things, Minneapolis. Winner, Best New Play, Austin Critics’ Table (2002). Stanley 2006 was to be produced at HERE Arts Center in SoHo, NYC but was withdrawn due to an intellectual property dispute involving the character Stanley Kowalski.
The Cataract was produced Off-Broadway at the Women's Project, running from March 22, 2006, to April 15, 2006, directed by Katie Pearl. The CurtainUp reviewer wrote: "D'Amour's voice is a vibrant new addition to the American theatre, and Women's Project has assembled an exciting team in this brave production." It was originally produced by PlayLabs, Minneapolis, MN, in 2003 and then in Providence, Rhode Island by Perishable Theatre.
Her play Nita & Zita, written and directed by D'Amour, premiered at
the State Palace Theater, New Orleans, in June 2002, and was produced Off-Broadway at the HERE Arts Center in 2003. The play won an Obie Award. The play relates the story of two sisters from Romania from the 1920s to the 1940s.
In August 2008, she collaborated with the printmaker / installation artist SWOON on "Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea", a fleet of seven intricately handcrafted vessels that navigated the Hudson River in August 2008. D'Amour made a performance to be presented by the crew in towns along the Hudson.
Her play Detroit, was originally set to première on Broadway in September 2010, after the production at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, directed by Austin Pendleton. Afterwards, the play opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in September 2012.
On March 8, 2014, Cherokee premiered at the Wilma Theater, it was the Woolly commissioned companion piece to Detroit, which was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in Drama, a 2013 Obie Award-winner (Best New American Play) and the 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn prize. This heartfelt and comedic play was D’Amour's examination of what it means to lead an authentic life.
Airline Highway premiered on Broadway in April 2015, marking her Broadway debut. The play was commissioned by the Steppenwolf Theater, Chicago, and opened there in December 2014. Airline Highway received four 2015 Tony Award nominations. The play received three 2015 Drama Desk Award nominations, including Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Julie White), Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (K. Todd Freeman) and Outstanding Play. This play examines a tight knit community of “outsiders” over the course of a single, legendary day. The Hummingbird Hotel is the figurative or literal home for a group of strippers, French Quarter service workers, hustlers, and poets who are bound together by their bad luck, bad decisions, and complete lack of pretense.
In 2018, D'amour wrote La Traviata, a short adaptation of Verdi's opera of the same title set in New Orleans, commissioned by Playing on Air. The episode was released in Fall 2019 featuring Debra Monk, Johanna Day, Katie Finneran, Zach Appelman, and directed by Michael Wilson.
Collaboration
She is co-artistic director of PearlDamour, with Katie Pearl, making collaborative, often site-specific performances For 20 years, they have been an Obie-Award-winning collaborative team who are known for large-scale performances that mix theater and installation — such as How to Build a Forest, an 8-hour performance in which they assemble and disassemble a simulated forest on an empty stage over 8 hours. Their work has been honored with the Lee Reynolds Award (2011), an Obie Award (2003) and two “Best Site Specific Performance” citations from the Gothamist for Bird Eye Blue Print (2007) and from the Minneapolis City Pages for LandMARK (2005). Their work is intensely interdisciplinary – crafted by extensive collaborations with artists of other fields.
D'Amour teaches playwriting, collaboration, workshops on interdisciplinary performance and serves as a mentor to individual playwrights and groups looking to devise their own work. Her workshops incorporate examples from her own work and process as well as in-class exercises and writing games. She has taught in universities, writing centers, theaters and high schools. Places she has taught workshops are Brown University, University of Iowa, University of Texas at Austin, University of Tulsa, and University of Rochester, to name a few.
Awards
2002: Best New Play from Austin Critics’ Table for Ten Thousand Things
2003 Obie Award for Nita & Zita
2008: A grant from the Alpert Awards in the Arts in Theatre, a $75,000 mid-career grant
2008: 'MAP' fund award for Terrible Things with collaborator Katie Pearl
2009: Creative Capital Award for ‘’How to Build a Forest''
2011: Steinberg Playwright Award with Melissa James Gibson.
References
External links
New Dramatists
Women's Project
The Children's Theatre Company
Lisa D'Amour at Internet Off-Broadway Database
American women dramatists and playwrights
Living people
Obie Award recipients
Writers from New Orleans
Actresses from New Orleans
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American actresses
21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
21st-century American women writers
American stage actresses
Millsaps College alumni
Moody College of Communication alumni | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20D%27Amour |
Science Digest was a monthly American magazine published by the Hearst Corporation from 1937 through 1988.
History
Science Digest was first published in January 1937 in an 8 x 5 inch digest size format of about 100 pages. First edited by G.W. Stamm, it was targeted at persons with a high school education level. It contained short articles about general science often excerpted from other publications in the style of Reader's Digest. The headquarters of Science Digest was in Des Moines, Iowa.
In November 1980 the magazine was expanded to an 11 x 8 inch glossy page format with full-length articles and color pictures targeted at a college-educated reader. The new version was largely the creation of its then editor Scott DeGarmo. It was issued bi-monthly with circulation of about 500,000 copies. At first it tended to favor breathless cover lines, and often turned to pseudoscience topics, including spontaneous human combustion and UFOs. Unable to compete with more serious publications, such as Discover and Omni, the magazine ceased publication in 1986.
The magazine briefly re-appeared as a quarterly in 1987, returning to the original small "digest" format, with many short articles and snippets of science information. This final relaunch lasted only one year.
Omega Science Digest
An Australian edition under the title Omega Science Digest began in January 1981 and had a circulation of 40,000. Omega, unlike its American counterpart, carried two original fiction stories per issue.
Columnists
Hugh Downs
Isaac Asimov
References
Bimonthly magazines published in the United States
Monthly magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Defunct digests
Magazines established in 1937
Magazines disestablished in 1986
Magazines published in Iowa
Mass media in Des Moines, Iowa
Science and technology magazines published in the United States | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%20Digest |
Chip Pitts (born November 24, 1960) is an American lecturer who has regularly taught at Stanford, Oxford, and as a Professor or Visiting Professor at other major universities in the West and Asia. Considered one of the world’s “top academics on corporate responsibility,” his teaching includes leadership, global governance, business and human rights, sustainability, and ethical globalization. Advisor to the UN Global Compact, he has led the Compact’s Good Practice Note project since its inception. Currently a board member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, he has also been a board leader (among others) of Bonn-based Fairtrade International, former President and Chair of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, and former Chair of Amnesty International USA.
Career
Pitts is an international attorney, human rights activist, businessman, and law educator who brings practical as well as academic experience to bear in lecturing on human rights and international business at law schools and universities including Stanford and Oxford.
Former Chief Legal Officer of Nokia, Inc. and partner at Baker & McKenzie law firm, Pitts has served as founding executive, entrepreneur, and investor in technology startups including Tellme Networks. Among awards Pitts has received are the Peacemaker of the Year award from the Dallas Peace Center, and the Dallas Bar Association's Pro Bono Volunteer of the Year award, in addition to other pro bono and outstanding service awards from various bar associations and other organizations. Recent pro bono litigation in which he has been involved includes EPIC’s successful lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and Transportation Security Administration against the “naked body scanners,” as well as the Kiobel litigation to preserve the Alien Tort Statute as a corporate accountability remedy.
He is a frequent keynote speaker at academic conferences, international conferences, world affairs councils, civil liberties conferences, and foreign policy committee meetings. For over two decades, he has represented the United States government as well as nongovernmental organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Rights First (fka Lawyers Committee for Human Rights), and the Advocates for Human Rights at the United Nations.
He was an advisor to the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights, and is a board or advisory board member of other organizations including The Negotiations Center, the London-Based Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the ACLU of Dallas.
He blogs at www.CSRLaw.org, and his writing has appeared in newspapers and magazines ranging from The Washington Post to the Wall Street Journal, from The Nation and The New Republic to Liberty magazine and The American Conservative, and from the Washington Spectator to Foreign Affairs. He has testified before foreign parliaments and the U.S. Congress, appears frequently in international media on topics including international law, privacy, national security, and human rights, and his broadcast commentaries have appeared among other places on National Public Radio and Public Radio International. Pitts is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the Pacific Council on International Policy in San Francisco.
Works
Pitts is the author, co-author, or editor of numerous articles and several books, including:
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Legal Analysis (Lexis Nexis, 2009)
Human Rights Corporate Accountability Guide: From Law to Norms to Values (BLIHR & Harvard, 2008).
Business, Human Rights, & The Environment: The Role of the Lawyer in CSR & Ethical Globalization 26:2 Berkeley J. Int'l Law 479 (2008).
Baker & McKenzie NAFTA Handbook (CCH 1994).
References
Amnesty International people
American human rights activists
American humanitarians
American political writers
American male non-fiction writers
American women's rights activists
Living people
Minority rights activists
1960 births | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%20Pitts |
Microsoft SharePoint Designer (SPD), formerly known as Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer, is a discontinued HTML editor freeware for creating or modifying Microsoft SharePoint sites, workflows and web pages. It is a part of Microsoft SharePoint family of products. SharePoint Designer 2007 is a part of Microsoft Office 2007 family, but is not included in any of the Microsoft Office suites. SharePoint Designer 2013 is the last version of this product.
History
SharePoint Designer and its sister product, Microsoft Expression Web, are successors of Microsoft FrontPage. While Expression Web serves as the full-featured successor to FrontPage, SharePoint Designer focuses on designing and customizing Microsoft SharePoint websites. For instance, it only includes SharePoint-specific site templates. The first version, SharePoint Designer 2007, retains more FrontPage features than Expression Web (such as web components, database, marquee, hit counter, navigation bars and map insert). SharePoint Designer 2007 was initially a commercial software product. On March 31, 2009, however, SharePoint Designer 2007 was made available as freeware.
On April 24, 2009, Microsoft released SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 2. On April 21, 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010 was released and made available for download. On October 24, 2011, Microsoft released SharePoint Designer 2007 Service Pack 3.
SharePoint Designer 2010, the successor to SharePoint Designer 2007, was released to web on April 21, 2010 in two flavors for IA-32 and x64 CPUs. Unlike its predecessor, however, it does not operate in absence of Microsoft SharePoint Server or Microsoft SharePoint Foundation and therefore cannot be used as a generic HTML editor.
On October 30, 2012, Microsoft released SharePoint Designer 2013. This is the last version of SharePoint Designer; following the announcement of SharePoint 2016 in Ignite 2015 conference, Mark Kashman, Senior Product Manager of Microsoft, announced that a corresponding SharePoint Designer would not be released with this product. The last update for SharePoint Designer was released on August 2, 2016.
In the Spring of 2018, Microsoft's documentation indicates that Microsoft Flow will be the workflow designer and engine going forward for providing customization to SharePoint workflows.
Features
SharePoint Designer shares its codebase, user interface and HTML rendering engine with Expression Web, and does not rely on Internet Explorer's Trident engine. It features a workflow designer that allows users of SharePoint to create workflow so that workflow can automate the process with the concept and objects such as list item, content type, and list column within SharePoint server. Starting from SharePoint 2013, it provides a text-based designer and a visual designer for non-developer users.
References
Further reading
External links
Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog
HTML editors
SharePoint Designer
SharePoint Designer
Windows-only freeware | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20SharePoint%20Designer |
Fearn railway station is a railway station serving the village of Hill of Fearn in the Highland council area of Scotland, located around from the village. It is situated on the Far North Line, form , between Tain and Invergordon, and is also the nearest station to Balintore, Hilton and Shandwick (the Seaboard Villages), Portmahomack and the Nigg Bay area of Easter Ross. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
The station opened on 1 June 1864, as part of the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway, later the Highland Railway and then the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Facilities
As well as a small car park, there are bike racks, a bench, a waiting shelter and a help point. The station has step free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Platform layout
The railway through Fearn station is single track, the nearest passing loops being at to the south and to the west. The station has a single platform which is long enough for a seven-coach train. The platform is very low and this gives rise to difficulties for passengers who are in any way infirm and unable to climb the height to the coaches, so there are portable steps available at the station. At the approach to Fearn station, conductors are obliged to use public address systems to warn alighting passengers of the low platform, and they also frequently do this when inspecting tickets of passengers travelling to Fearn.
Services
As of the December 2021 timetable, on weekdays and Saturdays, the stations sees 6 trains northbound (4 to Wick via Thurso, 1 to Tain, and 1 to Ardgay), and 7 trains southbound to Inverness. On Sundays, the station sees 4 trains northbound (1 to Wick via Thurso, 3 to Tain) and 4 trains to Inverness.
References
Bibliography
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Former Highland Railway stations
Listed railway stations in Scotland
Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearn%20railway%20station |
A stripper well or marginal well is an oil or gas well that is nearing the end of its economically useful life. In the United States a "stripper" gas well is defined by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission as one that produces or less of gas per day at its maximum flow rate; the Internal Revenue Service, for tax purposes, uses a threshold of per day.
Oil wells are generally classified as stripper wells when they produce 10-15 barrels per day or less for any twelve-month period.
Economic importance
In the United States in 2015, 11 percent of crude oil produced comes from a marginal oil well, and over 85 percent of the total number of U.S. oil wells are now classified as such. There are over 420,000 of these wells in the United States, and together they produce nearly of oil per day, 18 percent of U.S. production.
Additionally, as of 2006, there are more than 296,000 natural gas stripper wells in the lower 48 states. Together they account for over of natural gas, or about 9 percent of the natural gas produced in the lower 48 states. Stripper wells are more common in older oil and gas producing regions, most notably in Appalachia, Texas and Oklahoma.
A stripper well may cost between $10 and $30 per barrel to operate, averaging $2,000 per month.
Taxation
In Oklahoma, the regular tax rate is 7 percent, but may be 1 percent for marginal wells. In Michigan, stripper well tax is 4 percent. Other tax exemptions can be 15 percent of gross income. A 2005 tax credit for prices below $30/barrel was rarely in effect.
Premature abandonment
Many of these wells are marginally economic and at risk of being prematurely abandoned. When world oil prices were in the low tens in the late 1990s, the oil that flowed from marginal wells often cost more to produce than the price it brought on the market. From 1994 to 2006, approximately 177,000 marginal wells were plugged and abandoned, representing a number equal to 42 percent of all operating wells in 2006, costing the U.S. more than $3.8 billion in lost oil revenue at the EIA 2004 average world oil price.
When marginal wells are prematurely abandoned, significant quantities of oil remain behind. In most instances, the remaining reserves are not easily accessible when oil prices subsequently rise again: when marginal fields are abandoned, the surface infrastructure – the pumps, piping, storage vessels, and other processing equipment – is removed and the lease forfeited. Since much of this equipment was probably installed over many years, replacing it over a short period should oil prices jump upward is cost prohibitive. Oil prices would have to rise beyond their historic highs and remain at elevated levels for many years before there would be sufficient economic justification to bring many marginal fields back into production.
References
Sources
The Stripper Well Consortium
DOE - Fossil Energy: DOE's Marginal/Stripper Well Revitalization Programs
DOE - Fossil Energy Techline: Ultra-low Cost Well Monitoring Could Keep Marginal Oil Wells Active
Data-Linc Group: Oil and Gas/Decreasing Foreign Oil Dependency/by Milking Marginal Oil Wells
External links
National Stripper Well Association
Petroleum production
Oilfield terminology
Petroleum economics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripper%20well |
Epic is a novel written by Conor Kostick. It is the first book in the Avatar Chronicles trilogy and was published in 2004 by The O'Brien Press Ltd.
Plot summary
Epic takes place on a world named New Earth and follows the life of a boy named Erik Haraldson and his involvement in a game called Epic. Epic is a virtual game which echoes World of Warcraft and EverQuest, although interaction with this game directly affects income, social standing, and the careers of the people who play. Because of this relationship a growing separation of power occurs that mimics the real world, where those with money and power tend to keep it, and those without tend to stay impoverished (both in-game and in real life). In order to build up acclaim in the game, and thus in real life, poor players must work in-game for their entire lives in hopes of becoming powerful enough to take part in challenges set forth by the elite for prizes. With these prizes the citizens may live more comfortably in real life.
If a community wishes to redress a perceived injustice, they may challenge Central Allocations or C. A., which is a powerful, select group of nine individuals that controls all of the world's resources and funds the most powerful characters in the game world. All of the members of C. A. are wealthy and possess nearly unbeatable characters in the game. These are the individuals who set challenges which are held in special arenas where various players may attack each other - the last player alive is proclaimed the winner. If one wins against the Central Allocations team, then one gets what one wants, be it a new law, a medical procedure, or a material object. However, if one loses then everything one's character owns (including items and money) is forfeited and that person must create a new in-game character. Since death in the game results in death of the character, challenges are a risky method of gaining prosperity, as the characters involved are usually trained for months to years of real life time.
The story opens with Erik determined to obtain revenge for the unjust treatment of his parents. Unknown to Erik, his father, Harald, was exiled because he hit another person (Ragnok, a future member of Central Allocations). Ragnok was trying to assault Harald's wife. Having escaped from exile, Harald had hidden in a small out-of-the-way community with his wife, where they had Erik. In order to help his local friends, Harald challenges Central Allocations hoping to remain unknown to them, but his character is identified and he is exiled once more. Before these events, Erik had become fed up with the game, squandering many lives of his avatars in fighting Inry'aat, the Red Dragon, who guards a massive treasure hoard. Most of these attempts are spent trying to figure out a quick way to defeat the dragon. As an expression of his discontent with the world, Erik had gone against convention in making a human female avatar, which he named Cindella and had deliberately chosen an almost unknown character class, swashbuckler. He put all of his ability points into beauty, which most players consider a waste, as beauty has no benefit in battle. This, incidentally, is the cause for the bland, gray characters that predominate in Epic. But curiously, the tale takes a twist and Erik inherits much wealth from his investment in beauty as the game itself begins to respond to his unique avatar. As a result and freed by the plight of his parents from having to play the game in the usual, risk-avoiding grind, Erik dares to dream he can kill the red dragon and with its wealth, challenge the power of C. A.
With his friends' help and the use of a strategy he figured out from studying Inry'aat, the red dragon is indeed slain, and as a result Erik and his friends become some of the richest and most famous characters in all of Epic. Each of the group gains about four million bezants, which amounts to more wealth than they could earn in over one hundred thousand years of normal play. This victory propels the teenagers into a series of unexpected encounters including with an evil vampyre (who can kill people in real life from inside the game); the Executioner of C. A. (can kill people in-game); a sinister Dark Elf, and the Avatar of the game itself. The Avatar and the vampyre play a central role in the plot, as they are the opposing sides of the persona that the game itself inexplicably developed. The Avatar represents the game's desire to end its existence and save the people of New Earth, while the vampyre reflects its desire to simply continue existing. They balance each other out in the final conflict of the book, leaving Erik to revolutionise his world by ending the game of Epic.
Awards
Epic was awarded a place on the International Board on Books for Young People honours list for 2006.
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 2007.
A New York Public Library book for the teen age, 2008.
Soaring Eagle Book Award 2008-2009 Master List.
Sequels
The book was followed by two sequels, making the Avatar Chronicles a trilogy. The sequels are Saga and Edda.
A 2019 LitRPG publication, The Dragon's Revenge, is set on Earth in the near future and sees the protagonist enter the game of Epic. This is a prequel to the events of the off-Earth colony.
References
External links
Conor Kostick News
O'Brien Press website
2004 Irish novels
Irish young adult novels
Children's science fiction novels
O'Brien Press books | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic%20%28Kostick%20novel%29 |
The Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders is a body of nine people that govern Atlantic County, New Jersey alongside the county executive. The members of the board are referred to as freeholders.
Background
The members of the board are elected in two different ways. Five of the members are elected from popular vote through districts. The last four are elected from an at-large popular vote. Atlantic County adopted the executive form of government. The freeholders create the laws of the county.
Districts
1st District
Townships:
Atlantic City, Egg Harbor, Pleasantville.
2nd District
Townships:
Atlantic City, Egg Harbor, Linwood, Long Port, Margate, Northfield, Somers Point, Ventnor.
3rd District
Townships:
Egg Harbor, Hamilton Township.
4th District
Townships:
Absecon, Brigantine, Galloway Township, Port Republic.
5th District
Townships:
Buena Borough, Buena Township, Corbin City, Egg Harbor City, Estell Manor, Folsom Borough, Hamilton Township, Hammonton, Mullica Township, Weymouth.
Party affiliation
Freeholders
References
Atlantic County, New Jersey
County government in New Jersey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20County%20Board%20of%20Chosen%20Freeholders |
The 39th World Cup season began in October 2004 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2005 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall winners were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Anja Pärson of Sweden.
The break in the schedule was for the 2005 World Championships, held in Bormio, Italy, between 28 January and 13 February 2005. The women's competition was held in the neighboring skiing area of Santa Caterina.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
At the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.
Overall
Downhill
In men's downhill World Cup 2004/05 the all results count.
Super G
In men's super G World Cup 2004/05 all results count.
Giant slalom
In men's giant slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.
Slalom
In men's slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.
Super combined
In men's combined World Cup 2004/05 only one competition was held.
Ladies
At the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.
Overall
Downhill
In women's downhill World Cup 2004/05 all results count. Renate Götschl won her fourth Downhill World Cup.
Super G
In women's super G World Cup 2004/05 all results count.
Giant slalom
In women's giant slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.
Slalom
In women's slalom World Cup 2004/05 all results count.
Women's super combined
In women's combined World Cup 2004/05 only one competition was held.
Footnotes
References
External links
FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 2005
2004-05
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
Eliza Kellas (October 4, 1864 – April 10, 1943) was an American educator most known as former principal of Emma Willard School and co-founder of Russell Sage College.
Early years
Kellas was born on October 4, 1864, near Moores Forks in Franklin County, New York. She attended school in Mooers and Malone and began teaching at Malone in 1880 at the age of 16.
In 1887, Kellas began studies at Potsdam Normal School (now known as State University of New York at Potsdam) in Potsdam, New York. She graduated two years later and joined the faculty to teach in the Preparatory Department. Kellas left Potsdam in 1891 to accept a position as principal of the school of practice at Plattsburgh Normal School (now known as State University of New York at Plattsburgh) in Plattsburgh, New York. In 1895 she was named preceptress (equivalent to dean of students). In the late 1890s, Kellas studied briefly at University of Michigan and Sorbonne in Paris.
Kellas resigned from Plattsburgh after 10 years to become a governess to fellow a fellow pioneer in women's education in America, Mary Lyon. Kellas and Lyon traveled widely together between 1901 and 1905, when she entered Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated from Radcliffe in 1910.
Years in Troy
In February 1911, Kellas took the position of headmistress at Emma Willard School in Troy, New York, at the recommendation of Agnes Irwin, the recently retired Dean of Radcliffe College. Emma Willard had just moved to a new campus, the gift of Margaret Olivia Sage. The school's standards and reputation had veered from its founder's original vision and Kellas was charged with restoring those high standards of scholarship and deportment. Kellas worked tirelessly toward these goals, stressing science education for women. She also raised enough alumnae funds to construct several new buildings on campus. Within a few years, she helped make the Emma Willard one of the leading institutions of its kind in the country.
Under the leadership of Kellas, Emma Willard School expanded by reactivating the old campus in September 1916. The expansion was named Russell Sage College of Practical Arts, and was devoted to vocational training for young women. While remaining Principal at Emma Willard, Kellas became the first Dean of Russell Sage, as well as serving as the first President of the college. The year following Russell Sage's founding, Kellas secured a separate charter for the school from the New York State Board of Regents and they granted their first degrees in 1920. Through Kellas' efforts, Russell Sage became an independently chartered educational institution in 1927.
Kellas retired as Dean and President of Russell Sage College in 1928 and devoted her services entirely to Emma Willard School. She retired from Emma Willard School in 1942.
Kellas died in 1943 in Troy and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery.
Honors
Kellas Hall on the campus of Emma Willard School was named in honor of Eliza Kellas. Completed in 1927, it was the second student residence on campus.
Kellas Hall on the campus of SUNY Potsdam was named in honor of Eliza Kellas. It is home to the school's physics department, since Kellas stressed science in women's education.
Kellas Hall on the campus of Russell Sage College was named in honor of Eliza Kellas. It is a dormitory for freshman women.
References
1864 births
1943 deaths
Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
Emma Willard School
American governesses
Radcliffe College alumni
The Sage Colleges
American school principals
State University of New York at Potsdam alumni
State University of New York at Plattsburgh alumni
University and college founders
University of Michigan alumni
Women heads of universities and colleges
Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza%20Kellas |
Tain railway station is an unstaffed railway station serving the area of Tain in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, from , between Fearn and Ardgay. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
In its heyday the station had a staff of approximately thirty people. The station was opened on 1 June 1864 by the Highland Railway. Murdoch Paterson was the engineer involved in the construction of the station (1863–1864).
There have been two engine sheds at Tain in the past: the first was timber-built and originally from Invergordon, which included a turntable. It was re-erected and reopened in June 1864, but burned down on 20 April 1877. The second was stone-built and opened in 1877. There were no facilities at the shed, although there was a water column and a turntable at the station. It was closed on 18 June 1962, and later demolished. Both the turntable and the water tank were demolished at a later date, although the pit wall tops of the turntable remain visible. Two signal boxes have also been at the station, one at the north end and one at the south end, although both of these are now demolished.
Facilities
Both platforms have benches, although only platform 1 has a shelter. There is step-free access to both platforms (from two car parks, 1 adjacent to each platform), although the platforms are connected via a footbridge. The only help point is on platform 2. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Platform layout
The station has a passing loop long, with two platforms. Platform 1 on the southbound line can accommodate trains having seven coaches, whereas platform 2 on the down northbound line can hold eight.
Services
There are five through trains northbound (four to Wick & Thurso, one to Ardgay) in the December 2021 timetable, and eight trains to Inverness southbound on weekdays & Saturdays. The additional departures to Inverness run mainly in the morning peak & evening and are run primarily for commuters. On Sundays there are four trains to Inverness and a single departure to Wick.
References
Bibliography
External links
photo of disused turntable pit before being filled in
Railway stations in Highland (council area)
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
Former Highland Railway stations
1864 establishments in Scotland
Listed railway stations in Scotland
Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area)
Tain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tain%20railway%20station |
EXALEAD is a software company, created in 2000, that provided search platforms and search-based applications (SBA) for consumer and business users. The company was headquartered in Paris, France, and was a subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes ().
CloudView
The company's CloudView product is search and information access software used for both online and enterprise search-based applications as well as enterprise search. CloudView combines Web-scale semantic technologies, rapid drag-and-drop application development and hybrid quantitative/qualitative analytics to deliver a consumer-style information experience to mission-critical business processes. In the case of structured data, the SBA index replaces a traditional relational database structure as the primary vehicle for information access and reporting.
Exalabs
The CloudView product is also the platform for Exalead's public Web search engine, which was designed to apply semantic processing and faceted navigation to Web data volumes and usage. Exalead also operates an online laboratory which uses the Web as a medium for developing applied technologies for business.
Many of Exalabs projects are developed in conjunction with Exalead's partners in the Quaero project.
History
Exalead was founded in 2000 by François Bourdoncle and Patrice Bertin (both of whom were involved in the development of the Alta Vista search engine), and began commercializing its products in 2005. Exalead employed approximately 150 people.
On 8 June 2010, Dassault Systèmes acquired Exalead for 135 million Euros.
Since then, many startups have sprung from Exalead such as Dataiku founded by Florian Douetteau, former vice president and then CEO of Dataiku, a French analytics software editor.
See also
List of search engines
Search engine
References
External links
Exalead search engine
Internet search engines
Desktop search engines | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exalead |
The ocellated lizard or jewelled lizard (Timon lepidus) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae (wall lizards). The species is endemic to southwestern Europe.
Common names
Additional common names for T. lepidus include eyed lizard, and jeweled lacerta (in the pet trade),
Description
Timon lepidus is one of the largest members of its family. The adult is in total length (including tail) and may reach up to , weighing more than . About two-thirds of its length is tail. Newly hatched young are long, excluding tail.
This is a robust lizard with a serrated collar. The male has a characteristic broad head. It has thick, strong legs, with long, curved claws. The dorsal background colour is usually green, but sometimes grey or brownish, especially on the head and tail. This is overlaid with black stippling that may form a bold pattern of interconnected rosettes. The underside is yellowish or greenish with both the male and female sporting bright blue spots along the flanks, though the male is typically brighter in colour than the female. Young are green, grey, or brown, with yellowish or white, often black-edged, spots all over.
Geographic range
Timon lepidus is native to southwestern Europe. It is found throughout the Iberian peninsula (Spain, Portugal, Gibraltar), and is patchily distributed in southern France and extreme northwestern Italy. The range for each subspecies is:
Timon lepidus ibericus - northwestern Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal)
Timon lepidus lepidus
Timon lepidus oteroi
Ecology
Timon lepidus is found in various wild and cultivated habitats from sea level up to in southern Spain. It is rare at higher altitudes. It prefers dry, bushy areas, such as open woodland and scrub, old olive groves and vineyards, and is sometimes found on more open, rocky or sandy areas. It can occasionally be seen basking on roadsides. The lizard usually stays on the ground, but climbs well on rocks and in trees. It can dig holes and sometimes uses abandoned rabbit burrows.
Diet
Timon lepidus feeds mainly on large insects, especially beetles, and snails, and also robs birds’ nests and occasionally takes reptiles, frogs, and small mammals. It also eats fruit and other plant matter, especially in dry areas.
Reproduction
Breeding in T. lepidus occurs in late spring or early summer. Males are territorial in spring and fight in the breeding season. The female lays up to 22 eggs in June and July about three months after mating, hiding them under stones and logs or in leaf litter or in loose damp soil. It tends to lay fewer, larger eggs in dry areas. The eggs hatch in eight to 14 weeks. The lizard is sexually mature at two years of age.
Conservation
Timon lepidus was listed as near threatened on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. the species has been under protection in Spain; capture and trade is forbidden.
References
External links
Ocellated lizard SRS.EMBL-Heidelberg
Alles über die Art und der Haltung der wunderschönen Perleidechse! (All about keeping and breeding of the beautiful ocellated lizard!). (in German).
Photos at www.herp.it
Information about the ocellated lizard
Further reading
Arnold EN, Burton JA (1978). A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. (Illustrated by D.W. Ovenden). London: Collins. 272 pp. + Plates 1-40. . (Lacerta lepida, pp. 130-131 + Plates 20, 22 + Map 65).
Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Lacerta ocellata, pp. 12-13).
Daudin FM (1802). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon; et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Tome troisième [Volume 3]. Paris: F. Dufart. 452 pp. (Lacerta lepida, new species, p. 204). (in French and Latin).
Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Lacerta ocellata, pp. 218-225). (in French).
Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. . (Lacerta lepida, p. 300).
Mayer, Werner; Bischoff, Wolfgang (1996). "Beiträge zur taxonomischen Revision der Gattung Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Tiel 1: Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon und Teira als eigenständige Gattungen [Contributions to the taxonomic revision of the genus Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Part 1: Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon and Teira as full genera]". Salamandra 32 (3): 163-170. (Timon lepidus, new combination, p. 169). (in German, with an abstract in English).
Lizards of Europe
Reptiles described in 1802
Timon (genus)
Taxa named by François Marie Daudin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocellated%20lizard |
The 38th World Cup season began in October 2003 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded at the World Cup finals in Sestriere, Italy, in March 2004. Sestriere would host the alpine skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Hermann Maier of Austria and Anja Pärson of Sweden won the overall titles.
Men
Race results
Note:
At the World Cup finals in Sestriere only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.
Men's Overall Results
see complete table
Men's Downhill Results
see complete table
In men's downhill World Cup 2003/04 all results count. Stephan Eberharter won his third Downhill World Cup in a row.
Men's Super G Results
see complete table
In men's Super G World Cup 2003/04 all results count. Hermann Maier won his fifth Super G World Cup. This record is still unbeaten.
Men's giant slalom Results
see complete table
In men's giant slalom World Cup 2003/04 all results count.
Men's slalom Results
see complete table
In men's slalom World Cup 2003/04 the all results count. Rainer Schönfelder won the cup with only one win.
Men's Combined Results
see complete table
In men's Combined World Cup 2003/04 both results count.
Women
Race results
Note:
At the World Cup finals in Sestriere only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the best 15 finishers were awarded with points.
Women's Overall Results
see complete table
Women's Downhill Results
see complete table
In women's downhill World Cup 2003/04 all results count. Renate Götschl won her third Downhill World Cup.
Women's Super G Results
see complete table
In women's Super G World Cup 2003/04 all results count.
Women's giant slalom Results
see complete table
In women's giant slalom World Cup 2003/04 all results count.
Women's slalom Results
see complete table
In women's slalom World Cup 2003/04 all results count.
Women's Combined Results
No competition was held.
External links
FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 2004
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
André François le Breton (2 September 1708 – 5 October 1779) was a French publisher. He was one of the four publishers of the Encyclopédie of Diderot and d'Alembert, along with Michel-Antoine David, Laurent Durand, and Antoine-Claude Briasson. Le Breton contributed some articles to the Encyclopédie (see External links, below), but acted primarily as publisher and editor, often against Diderot's will.
In 1745, le Breton set out to publish a translation of Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia of 1728. He initially chose Jean Paul de Gua de Malves as his editor, but he tired of the job after two years, and in 1747, the editorship went to Diderot. For a more detailed account, see Encyclopédie.
With the assistance of his foreman Louis-Claude Brullé, le Breton would occasionally censor articles in order to make them less radical, frequently drawing the ire of Diderot. For example, le Breton did not included a portion of Diderot's article "Menance" that indirectly attacked Joly de Fleury, the French police commissioner. Le Breton also censored Diderot by changing certain words to distort the meaning of the article. Diderot wrote le Breton a furious letter, in 1764, accusing him of having "massacred" the work and reduced it to a "hodge-podge of insipid clippings". According to Friedrich Melchior Grimm, writing in 1777, "The entire extent of the injury done by this unexampled, murderous, and infamous depredation will never be known, since the perpetrators of the crime burned the manuscript as soon as it was printed and left the evil without remedy." This claim has proved not to be true for, unknown to Grimm, le Breton had kept copies of the page proofs. This collection of final proofs totaled 318 pages. The collection of proofs is known as the "18th volume" of the Enclyopédie.
In the 20th century, these proofs were used to reveal the extent of le Breton's censorship, which was most prominent in the articles "Sarrasins ou Arabes" and "Pyrrhoniene philosophie." In addition, le Breton excluded three of Diderot's articles titled, "Sectes du Christianisme" and "Tolérance" as well as the subarticle "Théologie Scholastique". In the latter case, le Breton edited Diderot's original article to be less favorable towards Pierre Bayle, a 17th-century philosopher whose views were deemed unacceptable. Bayle's views were deemed unacceptable because he was critical of the Church and its use of violence.
See also
Encyclopédie
Denis Diderot
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
References
Gordon, Douglas and Torrey, Norman, The censoring of Diderot's "Encyclopédie" and the re-established text." New York: Columbia University Press, 1947.
Wilson, Arthur M., An Unpublished Letter of Diderot, December 28, 1769. Modern Language Notes, Vol. 67, No. 7. (Nov., 1952), pp. 439–443.
Kafker, Frank A., The Recruitment of the Encyclopedists.'' Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol. 6, No. 4. (Summer, 1973), pp. 452–461.
External links
Encre noire, the Encyclopédie article written by le Breton (in French)
Publishers (people) from Paris
Printers from Paris
1708 births
1779 deaths
Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772)
Denis Diderot | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20le%20Breton |
The 37th World Cup season began in October 2002 on Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2003 at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer, Norway. The overall winners were Stephan Eberharter of Austria and Janica Kostelić of Croatia.
A break in the schedule was for the 2003 World Championships, held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, from 2–16 February 2003.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
At the World Cup finals in Lillehammer (Kvitfjell, Hafjell), only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the top 15 finishers were awarded with points.
Overall
see complete table
Downhill
see complete table
In men's downhill World Cup 2002/03 the all results count.
Super G
see complete table
In men's super G World Cup 2002/03 all results count.
Giant slalom
see complete table
In men's giant slalom World Cup 2002/03 all results count. Michael von Grünigen won his fourth Giant slalom World Cup.
Slalom
see complete table
In men's slalom World Cup 2002/03 the all results count. Race No. 10 at Sestriere was a K.O.-Slalom.
Combined
see complete table
In men's combined World Cup 2002/03 both results count.
Ladies
At the World Cup finals in Lillehammer (Kvitfjell, Hafjell), only the best racers were allowed to compete and only the top 15 finishers were awarded with points.
Overall
see complete table
Downhill
see complete table
In women's downhill World Cup 2002/03 all results count.
Super G
see complete table
In women's super G World Cup 2002/03 all results count.
Giant slalom
see complete table
In women's giant slalom World Cup 2002/03 all results count.
Slalom
see complete table
In women's slalom World Cup 2002/03 all results count. Race No. 11 at Sestriere was a K.O.-Slalom.
Combined
see complete table
In women's combined World Cup 2002/03 only one competition was held.
Footnotes
References
External links
FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 2003
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
Jack Gantos (born July 2, 1951) is an American author of children's books. He is best known for the fictional characters Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. Rotten Ralph is a cat who stars in twenty picture books written by Gantos and illustrated by Nicole Rubel from 1976 to 2014. Joey Pigza is a boy with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), featured in five novels from 1998 to 2014.
Gantos won the 2012 Newbery Medal from the American Library Association (ALA), recognizing Dead End in Norvelt as the previous year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". Dead End also won the 2012 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and made the Guardian Prize longlist in Britain.
His 2002 memoir Hole in My Life was a runner up Honor Book for the ALA Printz Award and Sibert Medal. Previously Gantos was a finalist for the U.S. National Book Award and a finalist for the Newbery Medal for two Joey Pigza books.
Biography
Jack Gantos was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh to construction superintendent John and banker Elizabeth () Gantos. He was raised in South Florida and the Caribbean, and followed his parents to St. Croix in the Virgin Islands. He got involved in the drug trade there, and ended up in New York City. After serving one and a half years of a six-year sentence he entered college and continued writing, finally publishing his first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. The latest Rotten Ralph book was published in 2014; there are now 20 titles in the series for young readers. Gantos has written for readers of all ages, including the memoir Hole in My Life, published in 2002.
During that time he began to work on picture books with Nicole Rubel, a student at the Boston Museum School. Rotten Ralph was the first to be published, by Houghton Mifflin in 1976. Within ten years Gantos and Rubel completed some twenty picture books including two more in the Rotten Ralph series. Meanwhile, Gantos began teaching about writing children's books. He was professor of creative writing and literature (1978–95) at Emerson College in Boston, and a visiting professor at Brown University (1986), University of New Mexico (1993), and Vermont College of Fine Arts (2004). He developed master's degree programs in children's book writing at both Emerson College and Vermont College.
Awards and honors
Best Books for Young Readers citation, American Library Association (ALA), 1976–93, for the "Rotten Ralph" series.
Children's Book Showcase Award, 1977, for Rotten Ralph
Emerson Alumni Award, Emerson College, 1979, for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Writing
Massachusetts Council for the Arts Awards finalist, 1983, 1988
Gold Key Honors Society Award, 1985, for Creative Excellence
National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1987
Quarterly West Novella Award, 1989, for X-Rays
Children's Choice citation, International Reading Association, 1990, for Rotten Ralph's Show and Tell
Batavia Educational Foundation grant, 1991
West Springfield Arts Council (WESPAC) grant, 1991
Parents' Choice citation, 1994, for Not So Rotten Ralph
New York Public Library Books for the Teenage, 1997, for Jack's Black Book
Silver Award, 1999, for Jack on the Tracks
finalist, 1998 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, for Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Great Stone Face Award, Children's Librarians of New Hampshire, ALANNA Notable Children's Book, NCSS and CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Riverbank Review Children's Book of Distinction, and New York Public Library "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing," all 1999, for Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Iowa Teen Award, Iowa Educational Media Association, Flicker Tale Children's Book Award nomination, North Dakota Library Association, and Sasquatch Award nomination, all 2000, for Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Newbery Honor, ALANNA, 2001, for Joey Pigza Loses Control
California Young Reader Medal, 2002, for Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Printz Honor, 2003, for Hole in My Life
Sibert Honor, 2003, for Hole in My Life
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Creative Writing, m fiction
Newbery Medal, 2012, for Dead End In Norvelt
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012, for Dead End in Norvelt
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize longlist, 2012, for Dead End in Norvelt
Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature, 2014, career award
Selected works
Picture books
Gantos is the author of dozens of published picture books including about twenty illustrated by Nicole Rubel. Rotten Ralph was the first published book for both creators and the first of about ten in the Rotten Ralph series as of 2012.
Rotten Ralph series by Gantos and Rubel
Rotten Ralph (Houghton Mifflin, 1976, )introducing the "very, very, nasty cat"
Three Strikes for Rotten Ralph (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011, )the latest of about ten
Rotten Ralph's Rotten Family (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014, )
Novels
Nonfiction
, a memoir
Writing Radar: Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories (2017)
Notes
References
Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006.
Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Books for Young Readers). 2002.
External links
Hole in my Life at publisher Macmillan
Webcast of Gantos at the Library of Congress
Jack Gantos to Publish New Joey Pigza Book
1951 births
Living people
American children's writers
Newbery Medal winners
Newbery Honor winners
Emerson College alumni
Writers from Pittsburgh
People from Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists
American male novelists
Novelists from Pennsylvania
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American male writers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Gantos |
The 35th World Cup season began in October 2000 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2001 at the World Cup finals at Åre, Sweden. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria, his third, and Janica Kostelić of Croatia, her first. Maier won 13 races and had nearly twice the points of his nearest competitor, compatriot Stephan Eberharter. In the women's competition, Kostelić won nine races and won the overall by 67 points over Renate Götschl of Austria. There were no North Americans in the top ten of either competition.
A break in the schedule was for the 2001 World Championships, held in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria, between 29 January and 10 February 2001.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Ladies
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
Footnotes
References
External links
FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 2001
de.wikipedia.org – Alpiner Skiweltcup 2001 –
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
Ardgay railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ardgay and its neighbour Bonar Bridge in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, from , between Tain and Culrain. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
Opened on 1 October 1864 as Bonar Bridge by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway and designed by Joseph Mitchell, it became the meeting point of the Sutherland Railway and the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway. It was renamed Ardgay on 2 May 1977.
Platform layout
The station has a passing loop long, flanked by two platforms. Platform 1 on the southbound line can accommodate trains having ten coaches, but platform 2 on the northbound line can only hold five.
Facilities
Both platforms have benches, but only platform 1 has a designated waiting area, as seen in the photo on the left. Platform 2 also has a help point, and there is a car park and bike racks adjacent to it. Platform 2 has step-free access, but platform 1 can only be accessed from the footbridge. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays, there are seven trains a day southbound to and five a day northbound, four of which continue on to (the other terminates here). On Sundays, there is one train in each direction.
References
Bibliography
External links
Railway stations in Sutherland
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1864
Former Highland Railway stations
Listed railway stations in Scotland
Category C listed buildings in Highland (council area) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardgay%20railway%20station |
eSeL is an art platform in Vienna, Austria. Founded 1998 by Lorenz Seidler, it provides a weekly newsletter "eSeL Mehl", various mailing lists, a photo-archive and an event-database. The label "eSeL" is also serving as a nickname for the artist Lorenz Seidler (originating in the phonetic pronunciation of his initials), who also is initiating, curating and conducting various art projects. eSeL's offices are located at Museumsquartier in Vienna.
About eSeL
The label eSeL (also serving as a nickname of founder Lorenz Seidler) represents the crossover of the roles of artist, curator, online medium and infrastructure-provider in contemporary artistic practice in the new media genres.
"Esel" means "donkey" in German. The label originates in the phonetic pronunciation of its founder's initials and soon became a standalone brand, expanding its animal analogies into a multitude of animals-participants. Qualities attributed to the eponymous animal are consciously matching with the initiative's characteristics: stubbornness (autonomy and independence), grey fur (searching for options beyond the polarity of right/wrong or good/bad), long ears (overhearing insider's information), asininity (asking alleged “stupid” questions).
eSeL aims at revealing and changing conventions and coherence in the art field, putting a special focus on structural implications and representation in the media sphere.
"Kunst kommt von Kommunizieren" ("art derives from communication") is eSeL's slogan - Contributions of the term "art" are shown as a constant process of (transitory) quality agreements.
The eSeL-initiative grew from an independent online medium for of art information and event listings to an institutional carrier and server for art activities in Vienna, combined with focused interventions through projects, performances, and exhibitions.
Reaching a young audience beyond the art circles, eSeL's information services deliberately feature upcoming initiatives next to well-established art positions from all fields of artistic practice in Vienna (Fine Arts, performance, dance, art-in-public space, film, media art, music and civil society's artistic activities, inviting participation by new artists as well as the audience).
Website
The website www.eSeL.at offers a selected database/calendar covering art events in Vienna and surrounding areas, a weekly newsletter ("eSeL Mehl") as well as a photo archive. The calendar eSeL.at is divided into daily overviews by date and into the categories "eSeL Neugierde" (editorial recommendation), "hAmSteR Events" (scene), „Maultier Kunst" (fine art), "Uhu Diskurs" (discourse / mediation), "Ameisen Urbanismus" (Architecture / City), "Nerz Techleben" (Internet / Technology), "Flimmer Ratte" (Film / Video Art), "Kanari Klangwelten" (Sound Art / Music), "Tauben Loge" (Performance / Choreography), "Pudel Design" (design), "Public Access" (society / participation), "Eselchen Kinderprogramm" (children / family) and „nicht in Wien“ (not in Vienna).
The addition of Social Media functionality to the eSeL-Website ("eSeL 2.0.") was awarded the second prize at the "IG Kultur Wien Innovation Award 2010".
Newsletter "eSeL Mehl"
The newsletter „eSeL Mehl“ is sent out every Thursday and offers an excerpt from the eSeL.at event database for the next seven days. The newsletter reaches over 10,000 subscribers weekly (February 2017). Each issue contains a photo selection compiled by Lorenz "eSeL" Seidler from the photographic documentation of current exhibitions and art events.
"eSeL RECEPTION" in MuseumsQuartier
The "eSeL RECEPTION" at Q21 at the MuseumsQuartier supplements esel.at since 2011 as an "open office" with an "analogue" information portal and with an exhibition and workshop area. It offers, among other things, a library with exhibition catalogs as well as a moderated flyer box. The eSeL reception serves as a low-threshold mediation of art-happenings for the visitors of the MuseumsQuartier and as a venue for events such as the series "Kunst & SpieleN".
Projects (selection)
Solo exhibitions:
2018 "love me sensor, #SupersensorKart"
2017 "Die Entsetzliche-Kunst-Tauschbörse", OK Linz & Dreisechsfuenf Vienna
2016 "Skandal Normal", OK Linz
2016 "Die Sammlung eSeL" (The eSeL Collection), Essl Museum
2015 "eSeL ́s Fotosalon Seidler" (eSeL's photo-lounge Seidler), Christine König Galerie
2015 "MIY Festival", Q21 - MuseumsQuartier
2012 "MULTImART", Viennafair
2011 "METAmART" - Kunst & Kapital (Art & Capital), Künstlerhaus Wien
2008-2009 "OPEN UP Kommunikation", Tanzquartier Wien
2007-2010 "ARTmART", Künstlerhaus Wien
2005 "UPDATE. Kunstrukturenutzen & schaffen", Künstlerhaus Wien
Group exhibitions:
"10 Min Shift" at WUK, Vienna
Performances:
22.6. &6.7 2018 "eSeL ABC" - Show, in the context of „Ins Freie“ and „Bachmannpreis im Lendhafen“
Infrastructure projects:
2010–2011 GAZEBO. Galerie für öffentliche Räume (Institution)
2004 netznetz.net - Festival der Netzkulturen (Institution)
2002–2003 e-basis-wien_MQ (Institution)
1999–2002 "Radio eSeL. Die Sendung mit dem Schaf" auf Radio Orange 94.0 (Media)
since 1999 www.esel.at (Media)
Audio projects:
2006 "Ich bin sh". eSeL remixed statements by Austrian net artists, activists and technicians to research, create and perform the projection of the role, issues and problems of a typical Austrian net culture artist. Audio
2005 "Update LeitFragen". Interactive Audio-Guide: Exhibition visitors could call via their mobile phones and answer questions to each exhibit of the UPDATE-exhibition. with Team Teichenberg and T-Systems Austria. Team Teichenberg
2005 "Add on Audio". Phrases from interviews were broadcast during the evening program of the art-in-public-space project “ADD ON. 20 Höhenmeter”. The final remix was documenting emerging issues of a six-week residence of artists, architects and visitors in a scaffolding tower in a public square in Vienna. (two tracks remixed by twisted noodle) Audio
2005 "Be a reporter". Interactive audience participation via mobile phone and broadcast via radio in the science event “Lange Nacht der Forschung”. with Team Teichenberg and T-Systems Austria.
2004 "Radio Republic". Daily radioshow and interventions as “State Secretary for Media Embedment” in the artists´ republic "State of the Arts" during the “Sommerzene Salzburg” Festival (President: Meg Stuart) | Audio
2004 "Radio Re Vu". Audiotour and various audio-interventions in public spaces in Kortrijk (Belgium) during the “Maison Folie” of the European Cultural Capitol 2004: Lille Buda Audio
2004 "UPDATE. The Album". Collaborative Music project. Musicians had to share audio samples and use them for songs about the exhibition. with Roger Stein and all participating artists. Roger-Stein.com
2003 "Hör Schau Schau". Audiocatalogue. Interviews and songs to the exhibition. with Roger Stein. Hilger gallery Audio
1999–2003 "Radio eSeL: Die Sendung mit dem Schaf". Biweekly radio show with guests and Call-Ins on Viennese radio station Radio Orange 94,0. Co-host: Sarah Pichler
Awards
2018 Binsh Award
2010 Innovation Prize of the City of Vienna
2009 Departure Call "Focus Kunst“
External links
www.esel.at
basis wien art archives
eSeL Mehl. Weekly Newsletter. link
kalender.esel.at – art events in Vienna calendar. link
References
Austrian contemporary artists
Postmodern artists
Austrian artists
Austrian entertainment websites
Digital art
Cultural organisations based in Austria | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESeL |
Carbucketty is a character from the musical Cats. The name was one of T. S. Eliot's ideas for cat names, for a "knockabout cat". His role is primarily that of a dancer and acrobat.
Carbucketty appeared in both the original London and Broadway shows. In 1987, when the Broadway show was reworked, the character was renamed Mungojerrie. The actor who played Mungojerrie after the show was reworked, Ray Roderick, had played Carbucketty for a few months prior.
Carbucketty's costume suggests a Bi-colour tabby and white kitten. He has defined stripes as well as spots on a white base. A short fluffy wig and chunky warmers give the impression of a young, fluffy kitten.
Most fans consider Carbucketty to be a counterpart of Pouncival- a kitten with a similar personality and design who appears in many productions around the world. This may be because for the filmed version of the show the costume and role of Carbucketty was named Pouncival, as it was deemed more sensible for an international market to use the names used internationally. However Carbucketty and Pouncival is one and the same part. For the entire record breaking 21-year run of Cats in London the part was named Carbucketty.
Carbucketty was originally played by Luke Baxter in the original London production.
Jye Frasca was the final Carbucketty in the West End Production at the New London Theatre 2002.
A UK tour started at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth in February 2003 with Paul Farrell as Carbucketty.
UK Tour Carbucketty’s:
Paul Farrell 2003,
Richard Curto 2003-04,
Philip Comley 2004-05,
Kevin McGuire 2006-07,
Craig Turbyfield 2007-08,
Joel Morris played the role from the beginning of the 2013-14 UK & Europe tour until May 2014, returning to the tour in August 2014 due to cast injury and remaining in the role until the tour's end in November, transferring across to the London Palladium revival of the show, once again reprising the role of Carbucketty from the opening in December 2014 until the run's end in April 2015. Morris briefly returned to the role in April 2017 during the international tour's stops in Croatia and Belgium, again due to cast injury.
Broadway show of 2016 features Giuseppe Bausilio as Carbucketty.
References
Characters in Cats (musical)
Literary characters introduced in 1981
ja:カーバケッティ | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbucketty |
Conor Kostick (born 26 June 1964) is an Irish historian and writer living in Dublin. He is the author of many works of history and fiction. A former chairperson of the Irish Writers Union and member of the board of the National Library of Ireland, he has won a number of awards.
Early life
Conor Kostick is the eldest of two boys born to teachers Gerrie and Marjorie Kostick in Chester, England. His father was Jewish-Irish, brought up in Dublin but having moved to the UK in the 1950s, where he became a physical education teacher, while his mother was a teacher of maths. One set of grandparents were Polish Jews, who moved to Ireland to escape pogroms.
Career
Conor Kostick was the editor of Socialist Worker in Ireland and a reviewer for the Journal of Music in Ireland.
A historian, he holds a doctorate, and has lectured and researched at Trinity College Dublin. He has been awarded research fellowships by the Irish Research Council and the University of Nottingham.
In August 2018, he was recruited by the UK's Ockham Publishing to lead a new imprint, Level Up publishing, with a remit to publish LitRPG.
Notable works
Epic, a LitRPG volume, was his first novel and was awarded a place on the International Board on Books for Young People Honours list for 2006 and on the Booklist Best Fantasy Books for Youth list for 2007. It sold more than 100,000 copies.
The sequel to Epic is Saga, first published in Ireland late in 2006; Edda, published 5 years later, in 2011, completed the 'Avatar Chronicles' trilogy.
Games
Conor Kostick was a designer for the world's first live action role-playing game, Treasure Trap.
Other roles
Kostick was twice chairperson of the Irish Writers Union. He was awarded the Farmleigh writer's residency for the summer of 2010. In 2015, Kostick was made chairperson of the Irish Copyright Licensing Agency.
He was President of the Irish Jury for the EU Prize for Literature in 2015, and in that year too he was appointed to the Board of the National Library of Ireland.
In 2018, the Kerala Literature Festival, India, chose to showcase Irish literature and Conor Kostick was one of seven Irish writers invited to participate. In 2019, Conor Kostick again was president of the Irish Jury of the EU Prize for Literature.
Nominations and awards
At their 2009 awards, the Reading Association of Ireland gave Kostick the Special Merit Award 'in recognition of his significant contribution to writing for children in Ireland.'
Kostick was a nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2012 and 2013.
As a historian, Kostick's awards include a gold medal from Trinity College Dublin, first prize in the 2001 Dublinia Medieval Essay Competition; fellowships from the Irish Research Council and the University of Nottingham; a Marie Curie Career Integration Grant; and, in 2015, the British Academy'''s Rising Star Engagement Award.
A former winner of Manorcon (2000), now one of Europe's grand prix Diplomacy events, Conor Kostick was a member of the Irish team that won the Diplomacy National World Cup in 2012.
Personal life
He is the brother of the playwright Gavin Kostick and a member of Independent Left.
Publications
Fiction
The Avatar Chronicles
Epic (O'Brien Press, 2004; Viking Children's Books, Spring 2007).
Saga (O'Brien Press, 2009).
Edda (O'Brien Press/Viking Children's Books, 2011).
Other books of fiction
Move (O'Brien Press, 2008)
The Book of Curses (O'Brien Press, 2007, Curses & Magic, 2013).
The Book of Wishes (Curses & Magic, 2013).
Eternal Voyager (Curses & Magic, 2015).
The Dragon's Revenge (Level Up, 2019).
The Retreat (Red Stag, 2020).
As Oisin Muldowney
Summoned! To an RPG World (Curses & Magic, 2022).
Non-Fiction
History
The Social Structure of the First Crusade (Brill, 2008).
Revolution in Ireland (Cork University Press, 2009 [1996]).
The Easter Rising, A Guide to Dublin in 1916 (Fifth Edition: O'Brien Press, 2009 [2000]), with Lorcan Collins.
The Siege of Jerusalem (Continuum, 2009).
Medieval Italy, Medieval and Early Modern Women – Essays in Honour of Christine Meek (Four Courts, 2010), editor.
The Crusades and the Near East: Cultural Histories (Routledge, 2010), editor.
Strongbow (O'Brien Press, 2013).
Michael O'Hanrahan (O'Brien Press, 2015).
Making the Medieval Relevant (De Gruyter, 2019), co-editor.
On games
The Art of Correspondence in the Game of Diplomacy (Curses & Magic, 2015).
Inclusive Yard Games: With Rule Changes for Visually Impaired Players (Curses & Magic, 2020), co-author with Maya Kostick.
Other non-fiction books
Irish Writers Against War'' (O'Brien Press, 2003), co-editor with Katherine Moore.
References
External links
Level Up editor
EPIC by Conor Kostick at O'Brien Press
Interview with Kostick as historian
Interview for readers from Poland
Interview of Kostick as novelist
1964 births
Living people
People from Chester
Irish children's writers
Writers of young adult science fiction
Irish male novelists
Irish Marxist historians | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conor%20Kostick |
Don Gordon (born Donald Walter Guadagno; November 13, 1926 – April 24, 2017) was an American film and television actor. His most notable film roles were those in which he appeared alongside his friend Steve McQueen: Bullitt (1968), Papillon (1973) and The Towering Inferno (1974). Between the first and the last of those films he appeared in The Gamblers (1970), WUSA (1970), Cannon for Cordoba (1970), The Last Movie (1971), Z.P.G. (1972), Fuzz (1972), Slaughter (1972), The Mack (1973),
The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) and Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) as the ill-fated assistant to protagonist Damien Thorn.
Early life
Gordon was born Donald Walter Guadagno in Los Angeles on November 13, 1926. He sold newspapers at the age of eight to help support his family during the Great Depression. He enlisted in the Navy at the age of fifteen after the attack on Pearl Harbor, convincing his mother to say he was eighteen. He won eleven battle stars.
Gordon entered drama school after the war and changed his name. As recounted after his death in The New York Times, Gordon was standing outside the drama school at Sunset Boulevard and Gordon Street, when "a classmate told him that he would never make it in show business with the surname Guadagno. The student then pointed to the street sign and said, 'Your name should be Don Gordon.'"
Career
Gordon's television successes began with a starring role in the 1960–1961 syndicated series The Blue Angels, based on the elite precision flight demonstration pilots of the United States Navy Blue Angels. In 1962, Gordon was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for his role as Joey Tassili on CBS's legal drama, The Defenders, starring E.G. Marshall. During 1977–1978, he co-starred in the television show Lucan, and he played Harry in the CBS drama The Contender (1980).
Later career
Gordon's last credited film work was the 2005 documentary, Steve McQueen – The Essence of Cool. Gordon was interviewed along with several others who had worked with McQueen, with whom he was a close friend and colleague.
Personal life
On February 18, 1948, Gordon (aged 21) married actress Helen Westcott (aged 20) in Oxnard, California. In 1950, they had a daughter named Jennifer, and they divorced in 1953. He married actress Bek Nelson on December 31, 1959, in Los Angeles. They adopted a daughter, Gabrielle, in 1966, and they divorced on May 23, 1979.
Gordon died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on April 24, 2017, aged 90, survived by his wife, Denise, and his daughters, Jennifer and Gabrielle. He was diagnosed with cancer shortly before his death.
Selected filmography
Twelve O'Clock High (1949) - First Patient in Base Hospital (uncredited)
Halls of Montezuma (1951) - Marine (uncredited)
Let's Go Navy! (1951) - Sailor (uncredited)
Force of Arms (1951) - Sgt. Webber (uncredited)
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951) - Mervin (uncredited)
Girls in the Night (1953) - Irv Kellener
Law and Order (1953) - Bart Durling (uncredited)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) - Soldier (uncredited)
Revolt at Fort Laramie (1956) - Jean Salignac
The Benny Goodman Story (1956) - Tough Boy in Gang (uncredited)
The Walter Winchell File "The Bargain" (1958) - Deek
Cry Tough (1959) - Incho
The Twilight Zone (Season 5, Episode 16, The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross) (1964) - Salvadore Ross
The Outer Limits (Season 1, Episode 19, The Invisibles) (1964) - Agent Luis B. Spain
Combat! (Season 4, Episode 8, Crossfire) (1965) - Pvt. Stevens
The Lollipop Cover (1965) - Nick Bartaloni
12 O'Clock High (Season 3, Episode 9, The Fighter Pilot) (1966) - Lt. Dominic DeJohn
The Invaders (Season 2, Episode 6, The Trial) (1967) - Charlie Gilman
Bullitt (1968) - Delgetti
The Gamblers (1970) - Rooney
WUSA (1970) - Bogdanovich
Cannon for Cordoba (1971) - Jackson Harkness
The Last Movie (1971) - Neville Robey
Z.P.G. (1972) - George Borden
Fuzz (1972) - Anthony La Bresca
Slaughter (1972) - Harry
The Mack (1973) - Hank
The Return of Charlie Chan (1973) - Lambert
Papillon (1973) - Julot
The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) - Pigliani
Columbo (Season 4, Episode 2, Negative Reaction) (1974) - Alvin Deschler
The Towering Inferno (1974) - Kappy
Out of the Blue (1980) - Charlie
Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981) - Harvey Dean, assistant of the Antichrist Damien Thorn
The Beast Within (1982) - Judge Curwin
Knight Rider (1982) - Police Lt Dickerson
The Dukes of Hazzard (1983) - Frank Scanlon
Knight Rider (1985) - Randy Cavanaugh
Lethal Weapon (1987) - Cop #2
Code Name Vengeance (1987) - Harry Applegate
Skin Deep (1989) - Curt
The Exorcist III (1990) - Ryan
The Borrower (1991) - Charles Krieger
References
External links
RIP Don Gordon
1926 births
2017 deaths
American male film actors
American male television actors
American people of Italian descent
Male actors from Los Angeles
Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
United States Navy personnel of World War II
Deaths from cancer in California | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Gordon%20%28actor%29 |
The 1983 Winter Universiade, the XI Winter Universiade, took place in Sofia, Bulgaria. This was one of only four Universiades since Winter 1981 with no official mascot.
Medal table
External links
International University Sport Federation (FISU)
1983
U
U
U
Multi-sport events in Bulgaria
Sports competitions in Sofia
1980s in Sofia
February 1983 sports events in Europe
Winter sports competitions in Bulgaria | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 34th World Cup season began in October 1999 and concluded at the World Cup finals in March 2000. The overall winners were Hermann Maier (his second) and Renate Götschl (her first), both of Austria.
Maier set a new record for total points in one season, with 2000. This was not eclipsed until Tina Maze garnered 2,414 in the 2013 season.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
see complete table
Downhill
see complete table
In men's downhill World Cup 1999/2000 the all results count.
Super G
see complete table
In men's super G World Cup 1999/2000 all results count. Hermann Maier won his third Super G World Cup in a row. Austrian athletes won six races out of seven.
Giant slalom
see complete table
In men's giant slalom World Cup 1999/2000 all results count. Austrian athletes won eight races out of nine.
Slalom
see complete table
In men's slalom World Cup 1999/2000 the all results count.
Combined
see complete table
In men's combined World Cup 1999/2000 both results count. Kjetil André Aamodt won his fourth Combined World Cup.
Ladies
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant slalom
Slalom
Combined
References
External links
FIS-ski.com – World Cup standings – 2000
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
Pak Dujin (, 10 March 1916 – 16 September 1998) was a Korean poet. A voluminous writer of nature poetry, Pak Dujin is chiefly notable for the way he turned his subjects into symbols of the newly emerging national situation of Korea in the second half of the 20th century.
Life
Pak Dujin was born in Anseong, 40 miles from Seoul in modern-day South Korea, an area to which he often refers nostalgically in his poetry. His family was too poor to give him any formal education, but two early poems of his appeared in the publication Munjang (Literary Composition) in 1939. After Korea's liberation from Imperial Japanese rule, Pak co-founded the Korean Young Writers' Association alongside Kim Dongni, Cho Yeonhyeon, and Seo Jeongju. During that time, he shared a first collection of poetry with fellow poets Park Mok-wol and Cho Chi-hun. This was the Blue Deer Anthology (Cheongnokjip, 1946), which was followed by individual collections of his own, Hae (The Sun, 1949), Odo (A Prayer at Noon, 1953) and several more, all distinguished by their treatment of nature.
Pak worked in a managerial position until 1945, then in publishing, and later as a professor in various universities. Among the awards given his poetry were the Asian Free Literature Prize (1956), Seoul City Cultural Award (1962), Samil Culture Award (1970), Korean Academy of Art Prize (1976) and the Inchon Prize (1988).
Work
Of Pak Dujin's contribution to Korean literature, the Literature Translation Institute of Korea writes:
Park Dujin is one of the most prolific and renowned poets in all of modern Korean literature...Through verses that sing of green meadows, twittering birds, frolicking deer, and setting suns, the poet is often understood by critics to be presenting his own creative commentary on social and political issues. According to one theorist, “A Fragrant Hill” (HyangHyeon), one of Park’s first published poems, uses just such imagery to prophecy Korea’s liberation from Japan. The ‘peaceful co-existence of wild animals and plants’ in “HyangHyeon”, for example, can be interpreted as standing for the ‘latent power of the nation,’ with the flame that rises from the ridge symbolizing the ‘creative passion of the people.’
It is because of this particular significance held by the natural symbols in Park’s poetry that the lyrical quality of his poems is set apart from the romantic, pastoral lyricism of many other representative Korean poets. The role of the natural world in Park Dujin’s poetry is that of a catalyst for understanding the world of man, rather than an end in itself. To 'characterize (his) poetic stance as involving a state of exchange between or joining of the self and nature', according to literary critic Cho Yeonhyeon, 'is incorrect from the outset. Park operates from a standpoint that presupposes the impossibility of even distinguishing between the two'.
With the further publication of his collections ... Park also began to draw a Christian ideal into his poetry and, in so doing, to display a particular poetic direction. Inspired by a powerful consciousness of his people’s situation in the aftermath of the Korean War, Park went on to publish works that demonstrated both rage and criticism in reference to various policies and social realities that he himself saw to be nothing short of absurd. Even through the sixties, with the collections The Spider and the Constellation (Geomi wa Seongjwa, 1962) and A Human Jungle (Ingan millim, 1963), Park continued to seek a creative resolution to the trials of his time, representing history not as a given, but as a process shaped by all its participants.
The onomatopoeia, figurative expressions, and the poetic statements in prose form used so boldly are perhaps the most notable technical devices in Park's poems from this period. With the onset of the 1970s, when he published such collections as Chronicles of Water and Stone (Suseok yeoljeon, 1973) and Poongmuhan, the nature of his poetry evolved once again; founded now on private self-realization, these poems are often said to reveal Park's attainment of the absolute pinnacle of self-discovery at which ‘infinite time and space are traveled freely.’ As such, Park, known as an artist who elevated poetry to the level of ethics and religion, is today evaluated more as a poet of thematic consciousness than of technical sophistication.
His poem "Peaches Are in Bloom" is a good example of the way his rapturous and incantatory verse unites cultural and personal references to make it expressively symbolic of his country.
Tell them that the peaches are in bloom and the apricots
By the warm home you left abandoned, and now on that hedge once recklessly trampled, cherries and plums ripen.
Bees and butterflies praise the day, and the cuckoo sings by moonlight.
In the five continents and six oceans, O Ch’ôl, beyond the hoofed clouds and winged skies, into which corner shall I look in order to stand face to face with you?
You are deaf to the sad note of my flute in the moonlit garden, and to my songs of dawn on the green peak.
Come, come quickly, on the day when the stars come and go, your scattered brothers return one by one. Suni and your sisters, our friends, Maksoe and Poksuri too return.
Come then, come with tears and blood, come with a blue flag, with pigeons and bouquets.
Come with the blue flag of the valley full of peach and apricot blossoms.
The south winds caress the barley fields where you and I once frolicked together, and among the milky clouds larks sing loud.
On the hill starred with shepherd’s purse, lying on the green hill, Ch’ôl, you will play on the grass flute, and I will dance a fabulous roc dance.
And rolling on the grass with Maksoe, Tori and Poksuri, let us, let us unroll our happy days, rolling on the blue-green young grass.
Legacy
After Pak Dujin's death in 1998, a boulder with his poem "Nostalgia" inscribed on it was erected in his memory at the entrance of Anseong Municipal Library. The Pak Dujin Hall on the library's third floor was opened in 2008. This is dedicated to the poet's literary work and life and also has on display examples of his calligraphy and ceramics on which he had inscribed his poems. The Pak Dujin Memorial Society, based in the poet's home town of Anseong, hosts a national essay contest in his memory as well as the annual Pak Dujin Literature Festival.
Works in translation
Sea of Tomorrow (1971), translated by Edward W. Poitras
"A reading of seven poems by Pak Tu-jin", Yi Sang-sop, Korea Journal, Nov. 1981, pp.39—46
Poems from "The Lives of the Stones", Korean Literature Today 1.3, 1996
"River of Life, River of Hope" (): Selected Poems of Pak Tu-Jin (2005), translated by Edward W. Poitras
two poems; three poems
A study guide for Pak Tu-jin’s “August River” (2016)
See also
Korean poetry
Korean literature
List of Korean-language poets
References
Korean male poets
1916 births
1998 deaths
20th-century Korean poets
20th-century male writers
People from Anseong | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak%20Dujin |
The 1981 Winter Universiade, the X Winter Universiade, took place in Jaca, Spain.
Medal table
1981
Universiade
Uni
Multi-sport events in Spain
Winter Universiade
Sport in Aragon
Winter Universiade
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Spain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%20Winter%20Universiade |
Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located on the Far North Line. It is from , between Ardgay and Invershin. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
The station opened in 1871, as part of the Sutherland Railway, later becoming part of the Highland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
The original nameboard is now preserved at the Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway, in Kent (see left).
Location
The station is close to Carbisdale Castle, which operated from 1945 to 2011 as a youth hostel owned by the Scottish Youth Hostels Association. The hostel has been closed since 2011 as a result of structural damage. Following its sale to a consortium in 2016, planning permission was granted in 2017/2018 to turn the castle back into a private residence but now with swimming pool.
Facilities
The station has a waiting shelter, a bench, a help point and cycle racks, and has step-free access. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
On , Transport Scotland introduced a new "Press & Ride" system at Culrain, following successful trials of the system at over the previous four months. Previously, passengers wishing to board a train at Scotscalder had to flag the train by raising their arm (as is still done at other request stops around the country); this meant that the driver needed to reduce the train's speed before a request stop (to look out for any potential passengers on the platform and be able to stop if necessary), even if the platform was empty. The new system consists of an automatic kiosk (with a button for passengers to press) at the platform; this will alert the driver about any waiting passengers in advance and, if there is no requirement to stop, the train can maintain line speed through the request stops, thus improving reliability on the whole line.
Platform layout
The station has a single platform which is long enough for a five-coach train. The railway line through Culrain is single track, with the nearest passing loop to the north being at and to the south at .
Services
On Mondays to Saturdays, there are four trains a day southbound to and four northbound to . On Sundays, there is one train in each direction.
References
Bibliography
External links
Railway stations in Sutherland
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1871
Former Highland Railway stations
Railway request stops in Great Britain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culrain%20railway%20station |
Detonation is a Dutch death metal band, with members from the Netherlands and the United States. In recent years, the band has gravitated towards a less thrashy melodic death metal sound.
History
Detonation was founded in 1997 under the name Infernal Dream. The band started out with Koen Romeijn on vocals/guitar, Mike Ferguson on guitar, and Thomas Kalksma on drums. In August 1998, Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije joined the band as bass player. The band's name was changed to Detonation in 1998 and entered a studio for the first time to record two songs for the Crushed Skull Compilation Volume 1 CD. A month later, Detonation performed live for the first time. The Crushed Skull compilation was released in January 1999 through Skull Crusher Records.
In October of that same year, the band entered the studio for the second time to record the MCD Lost Euphoria, which contained four songs. Lost Euphoria was released in January 2000 through Skull Crusher Records. After the release, Detonation played ten shows as the supporting act for the Dutch metal band Orphanage.
In March 2001, Detonation entered the studio again to record three new songs that were to be released as a promo CD meant primarily for labels and venues. After playing numerous shows, which also included Detonation's first show outside The Netherlands (Open Hell Fest in the Czech Republic), the band decided to record their debut studio album, An Epic Defiance. The album was recorded within two weeks at Studio Excess and contained twelve songs. The artwork was done by Niklas Sundin (Dark Tranquillity) for Cabin Fever Media.
On 19 October 2002, An Epic Defiance was self-released and sent to record labels. The album caught the attention of the French record label, Osmose Productions and Detonation signed a recording contract for three albums. An Epic Defiance was officially re-released worldwide on CD and limited LP on 19 June 2003. In July 2003, Detonation successfully completed their first foreign tour, playing three shows throughout England. After promoting the album in the Netherlands, the band again headed to the UK to successfully complete a ten-day tour throughout the country.
In February 2004, Detonation took part in a thirteen-day European tour as a support act for Dimension Zero along with Immemorial. In August 2004, the band was forced to recruit a session drummer due to an arm injury of Thomas. Fedor Tieleman of the Dutch band M-90's was recruited as the session member.
In December 2004, Detonation entered Excess Studios once again to record their second studio album, Portals to Uphobia. Due to numerous problems the official release date was delayed until 12 September 2005. Detonation then toured with Decapitated, Gorerotted, and Dam. Over 30 shows were scheduled throughout Europe, but due to a breakdown of the rented tour bus, Detonation had to cancel several shows. The band eventually managed to complete about half of the shows with their own transportation.
In January 2007, Detonation recorded their third studio album, Emission Phase, which was released at the end of April 2007. The artwork was made by Eliran Kantor and the production was taken care of by Bouke Visser and Jochem Jacobs from Split Second Sound. The release was promoted by an eight-day tour throughout the UK and several individual gigs (festival) in the Netherlands.
On 17 March 2008, the band announced their first ever line-up change. Koen Romeijn who had been playing rhythmic guitar/vocals since 1997 decided to lay down his guitar and focus on the vocals. The person they chose to replace him was Danny Tunker from Fuelblooded and The Saturnine.
On 3 May 2008, Detonation announced that their drummer Thomas Kalksma (who was also a forming member of the band) had decided to leave the band for differences of opinion about the future of Detonation. He left in good terms and mentioned that he would continue his drummer career.
In November 2008, Michiel van der Plicht joined the band as the permanent new drummer, after already doing a couple of shows as session member. At the end of 2011, the band recorded their fourth studio effort "Reprisal", produced by Harry van Breda. It was released in April 2011. Before the album was released, Michiel van der Plicht, Danny Tunker and Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije left the band to focus and their other bands (God Dethroned and Delain, respectively). Harry van Breda filled out as bass guitar player while Allard van der Kuip joined as drummer.
In 2012, the band announced a hiatus for an undetermined period of time, but reformed in 2013 with an original bassist and a new drummer.
Line-up
Current members
Koen Romeijn – vocals, rhythm guitar (1997–present)
Mike Ferguson – lead guitar (1997–present)
Harry van Breda – bass (2011–2012)
Session members
Fedor Tieleman – drums (2004)
Former members
Thomas Kalksma – drums (1997–2008)
Otto Schimmelpenninck van der Oije – bass (1998–2011)
Danny Tunker – rhythm guitar (2008–2011)
Michiel van der Plicht – drums (2008–2011)
Allard van der Kuip – drums (2011–2012; died 2021)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
An Epic Defiance (2002, re-released in 2003)
Portals to Uphobia (2005)
Emission Phase (2007)
Reprisal (2010)
Other releases
Crushed Skull Volume 1 (compilation, 1999)
Lost Euphoria (MCD, 2000)
Promo 2001 (promo CD, 2001)
References
External links
Detonation – official website
Detonation at Encyclopaedia Metallum
Dutch heavy metal musical groups
Dutch death metal musical groups
Dutch melodic death metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1997
Dutch musical quintets | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detonation%20%28band%29 |
The 33rd World Cup season began in October 1998 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1999 at the World Cup finals at Sierra Nevada, Spain. The overall winners were Lasse Kjus of Norway, his second, and Alexandra Meissnitzer of Austria, her first.
A break in the schedule was for the World Championships, held 2–14 February in the United States at Vail and Beaver Creek, Colorado.
Two-time (and defending) World Cup overall winner Katja Seizinger from Germany missed the entire season due to a severe knee injury suffered in June 1998. She retired in April 1999 at age 26 with eleven season titles (two overall, four downhill, and five super-G).
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant Slalom
Slalom
Combined
Ladies
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant Slalom
Slalom
Combined
References
External links
FIS-ski.com - World Cup Standings - 1999
1998–99
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
Praed Street () is a street in Paddington, west London, in the City of Westminster, most notable for being the location of London Paddington station. It runs south-westerly, straight from Edgware Road to Craven Road, Spring Street and Eastbourne Terrace. East of Norfolk Place, the street is one-way eastbound; westbound traffic has to use Sussex Gardens and Norfolk Place, and this includes the eight London bus routes that serve the street: the 7, 23, 27, 36, 205, N7, N27 and N205.
History
Praed Street was originally laid out in the early 19th century, being built up in 1828. It was named after William Praed, chairman of the company which built the canal basin which lies just to the north.
In 1893 plans were put forward by the Edgware Road and Victoria Railway company to build an underground railway along the Edgware Road which included the construction of a Tube station at Praed Street. The scheme was rejected by Parliament and the line was never built.
Overview
On the north west side of the street are Paddington Station and the Great Western Hotel, the Royal Mail Western depot, and St Mary's Hospital. The south east side is predominantly retail but includes the frontage for Paddington Underground (Bakerloo, Circle and District lines) station. At the far north east end, on the north west side, is a prominent 1980s extension to the Hilton London Metropole Hotel.
Morocco maintains a consulate at number 97-99.
In literature and film
Solar Pons, a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes created by August Derleth, had his home at 7B Praed Street.
American poet Richard Hugo wrote the poem "Walking Praed Street", which first appeared in his book of poems, The Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir. The poem's first two lines are said to be two of the greatest American lines ever written: "I've walked this street in far too many towns./ The weather, briefly: in Salerno, rain."
Praed Street appeared in the political thriller novel House of Cards, and subsequently in its television adaptation, as an accommodation address set up by main protagonist Francis Urquhart as part of a plot to force the resignation of the sitting Prime Minister.
Praed Street is the setting for the 1928 novel The Murders in Praed Street by John Rhode.
Praed Street is mentioned in Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby. Somebody compares a house there with the house (Bramford in New York) where the protagonists live: "There was a house in London, on Praed Street, in which five separate brutal murders took place within sixty years."
In The Dark Labyrinth by Lawrence Durrell, a character complains he 'could not be carried away by fairy tales of the Second Coming written in this Praed Street vein' (chapter three).
See also
List of eponymous roads in London
References
External links
Streets in the City of Westminster
Paddington | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praed%20Street |
The 1978 Winter Universiade, the IX Winter Universiade, took place in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechoslovakia.
Medal table
1978
U
U
Winter Universiade
Multi-sport events in Czechoslovakia
Sport in Hradec Králové Region
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Czechoslovakia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 1975 Winter Universiade, the VIII Winter Universiade, took place in Livigno, Italy.
The competition was held as, and also known as, the World University Ski Championships, as the games included only two events (alpine and Nordic skiing).
Medal table
Alpine Skiing
Men: Slalom
Gold – Philip Hardy (France)
Silver – Fausto Radici (Italy)
Bronze – Bruno Confortola (Italy)
Men: Giant Slalom
Gold – Fausto Radici (Italy)
Silver – Bruno Confortola (Italy)
Bronze – Jean-Pierre Puthod (France)
Men: Downhill
Gold – Bruno Confortola (Italy)
Silver – Werner Margreiter (Austria)
Bronze – Renato Antonioli (Italy)
Men: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Bruno Confortola (Italy)
Silver – Philip Hardy (France)
Bronze – Herbert Marxer (Liechtenstein)
Women: Slalom
Gold – Aleftina Askarova (Soviet Union)
Silver – Brigitte Jeandel (France)
Bronze – Patrizia Ravelli (Italy)
Bronze – Carmen Rosoleni (Italy)
Women: Giant Slalom
Gold – Fabienne Jourdain (France)
Silver – Patrizia Ravelli (Italy)
Bronze – Zusana Sosvaldová (Czechoslovakia)
Women: Downhill
Gold – Irene Böhm (Switzerland)
Silver – Brigitte Jeandel (France)
Bronze – Carmen Rosoleni (Italy)
Women: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Irene Böhm (Switzerland)
Silver – Brigitte Jeandel (France)
Bronze – Carmen Rosoleni (Italy)
Nordic Skiing
Men: 15 km
Gold – Yuriy Vahruzhev (Soviet Union)
Silver – Valeriy Isayev (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Yevgeniy Belyayev (Soviet Union)
Men: 30 km
Gold – Valeriy Isayev (Soviet Union)
Silver – Yuriy Vahruzhev (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Nikolay Gorshkov (Soviet Union)
Men: 4 x 10 km Relay
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Czechoslovakia
Bronze – Poland
Women: 10 km
Gold – Blanca Paulu (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Natalya Kruglikova (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Nuranya Latfulina (Soviet Union)
Women: 3 x 5 km Relay
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Czechoslovakia
Bronze – Poland
References
1975
U
U
U
Multi-sport events in Italy
Sport in Lombardy
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975%20Winter%20Universiade |
Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, from , between Culrain and Lairg. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
The station opened on 13 April 1868, as part of the Sutherland Railway, later becoming part of the Highland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Location
It is extremely close to the previous station on the line, at , situated at the opposite side of Shin Viaduct (or 'Oykel Viaduct'), a major structure on the Far North line which crosses the Kyle of Sutherland at its narrowest point.
Facilities
Invershin only has very basic facilities, being a waiting shelter, a help point and bike racks. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
On , Transport Scotland introduced a new "Press & Ride" system at Invershin, following successful trials of the system at over the previous four months. Previously, passengers wishing to board a train at Scotscalder had to flag the train by raising their arm (as is still done at other request stops around the country); this meant that the driver needed to reduce the train's speed before a request stop (to look out for any potential passengers on the platform and be able to stop if necessary), even if the platform was empty. The new system consists of an automatic kiosk (with a button for passengers to press) at the platform; this will alert the driver about any waiting passengers in advance and, if there is no requirement to stop, the train can maintain line speed through the request stops, thus improving reliability on the whole line.
Services
In the December 2021 timetable, four trains call at Invershin each way (four to Inverness, four to Wick via Thurso) on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is just one train each way.
This station is designated as a request stop. This means that passengers intending to alight must inform the guard in advance, and any passengers wishing to board must press a "request" button located at the kiosk on the platform.
References
Railway stations in Sutherland
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Former Highland Railway stations
Railway request stops in Great Britain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invershin%20railway%20station |
The 32nd World Cup season began in October 1997 in Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1998 at the World Cup Finals in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The overall winners were Hermann Maier of Austria, his first, and Katja Seizinger of Germany, her second.
A break in the schedule in February was for the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant Slalom
Slalom
Combined
Ladies
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant Slalom
Slalom
Combined
References
External links
FIS-ski.com - World Cup Standings - 1998
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
is a 1992 Japanese tokusatsu
cyberpunk body horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto. It is a bigger-budget sequel to Tsukamoto's 1989 film Tetsuo: The Iron Man, utilizing similar themes and ideas as his first film, and largely the same cast, though the story is not a direct continuation of that of its predecessor. In Body Hammer, a Japanese salary man, played by cult actor Tomorowo Taguchi, finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.
Although not as well received as its predecessor, Body Hammer won the Critic's Award at the 3rd Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1992.
A third installment, entitled The Bullet Man, was released in May 2010.
Plot
Yatsu - known as "The Metal Fetishist" or "The Guy" - holds out his index finger like a gun and fires at a man, killing him.
Taniguchi Tomoo, a salaryman married and with a son named Minori, does not have any memories before his adoption at eight years old. On a trip out, two skinheads inject him with an unknown substance and kidnap Minori. After a chase, they retreat, leaving the boy unharmed. Rattled by the encounter, during which he thought his son was killed, Tomoo starts working out and is suddenly capable of enormous feats of strength.
Later, Minori is kidnapped again from his house. Tomoo chases the kidnappers to a roof where he again finds himself hanging on the edge, close to death. However, this time he manages to pull himself up, only to be told the skinhead already threw Minori off. Enraged, Tomoo unconsciously transforms his arm into a cannon. He shoots at the skinhead, who holds Minori in front of him, causing Tomoo to kill his own son. The skinhead escapes, leaving a distraught Taniguchi and his wife, who saw everything.
The skinheads arrive at their hideout, where their accomplices work out lifting enormous weights. They meet the Mad Scientist, return the ejection gun, and report the result of the experiment. The skinheads kidnap Tomoo, and the Mad Scientist manipulates his memories, furthering his change from man to machine. Yatsu, the leader of this cult, informs the Mad Scientist that his only goal is destruction and that every cult member will get an injection. Believing the injection gun is complete, Yatsu kills the Mad Scientist. Before he can kill Tomoo, he escapes.
All cult members inject themselves and rapidly transform. One cult member pursues Taniguchi. In an abandoned factory, the skinhead tells Tomoo that they all want to be made into gods by Yatsu. The cult member taunts Tomoo by mentioning his son's death, causing him to transform and kill him. Later, it is revealed that the ejection gun is imperfect and all cult members' bodies are rapidly rusting.
Taniguchi's wife, Kana, discovers that Tomoo's injection was actually blocked by his pocket organizer and that he has had this ability all along. When he gets home, she panics and flees the house, only to be kidnapped.
Yatsu tells Kana about her husband, who possesses incredible power but chooses not to use it unless he's pushed. Tomoo eventually finds the cult's hideout. Yatsu talks to Taniguchi, then seemingly kills Kana. Her death pushes Tomoo completely over the edge and he fully transforms. Yatsu and Taniguchi fight and Tomoo eventually gains the upper hand. Yatsu shoots a cable into Tomoo, linking their minds.
Tomoo and Yatsu are actually brothers, whose father wanted to create the perfect human weapon. He trained his sons with guns, then made the guns part of them. The boys witness their father killing their mother in a bizarre sex ritual involving the woman sucking on a gun. Tomoo lost his mind, transformed his arm into a cannon and repeatedly shot at his parents while grinning. He had been repressing all memories of his past because of this traumatizing experience.
Tomoo and Yatsu merge into a giant half-human, half-metal creature. Tomoo begs Kana to inject him with the gun that will make him rust to death, but she refuses to harm him. The Tomoo/Yatsu creature merges with the cultists and turns into a giant, tank-like vehicle that moves through the city. Kana holds on to the side of the machine as it travels down a highway.
An unknown amount of time later, Kana, Tomoo - in his human form - and his son walking through the ruins of what was once a city, with her remarking how peaceful the place has become.
Cast
Tomorowo Taguchi as Taniguchi Tomoo
Shinya Tsukamoto as Yatsu
Nobu Kanaoka as Kana
Kim Soo-Jin as Taniguchi's Father
Hideaki Tezuka as Big Skinhead
Tomoo Asada as Young Skinhead
Torauemon Utazawa as Mad Scientist
Release
Reception
Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 3/4 stars: "When Shinya Tsukamoto was growing up in Tokyo, there were still green and open spaces in the city--but now he sees it transformed into a towering, compacted mass of steel and concrete".
References
External links
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer; expansive review by Roger Ebert
1992 films
1992 horror films
1990s Japanese films
1990s science fiction films
1990s science fiction horror films
Biopunk films
Body horror films
Cyberpunk films
Films directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
Films scored by Chu Ishikawa
Films using stop-motion animation
Japanese action horror films
Japanese science fiction action films
Japanese science fiction horror films
Japanese sequel films
Japanese splatter films | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuo%20II%3A%20Body%20Hammer |
The 1972 Winter Universiade, the VII Winter Universiade, took place in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
References
https://books.google.com/books/about/Lake_Placid_Universiade.html?id=lTRGygAACAAJ
1972
U
U
U
Winter multi-sport events in the United States
International sports competitions in New York (state)
February 1972 sports events in the United States
March 1972 sports events in the United States
Sports in Lake Placid, New York
1972 in sports in New York (state) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 1970 Winter Universiade, the VI Winter Universiade, an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes, took place in Rovaniemi, Finland.
Medal table
Participating nations
References
1970
U
Winter Universiade
Winter Universiade
Multi-sport events in Finland
Sports competitions in Rovaniemi
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Finland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 31st World Cup season began in October 1996 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1997 in the United States at the World Cup finals at Vail, Colorado. The overall winners were Luc Alphand of France and Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden, the only championship for each.
Alphand, who won by just 34 points, became the first male French overall winner in 29 years, since Jean-Claude Killy in 1968. After his overall victory, as well as discipline titles in both downhill (his third straight) and super-G (the only two events in which Alphand competed during the season), Alphand retired from international competition. Five-time overall World Cup champion Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg also retired during the season after suffering another knee injury during a race in December 1996.
A break in the schedule was for the World Championships, held 3–15 February in Sestriere, northwestern Italy.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant Slalom
Slalom
Combined
Ladies
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant Slalom
Slalom
Combined
References
External links
FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1997
1996–97
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
Lairg railway station is a railway station just south of the village of Lairg in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, from , between Invershin and Rogart. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
The station opened on 28 July 1874, as part of the Sutherland Railway, later becoming part of the Highland Railway and later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
Until April 2009 the station provided an interchange point for postbus services to the remote communities of Durness, Kinlochbervie and Tongue, Highland. Following considerable local opposition to the cancellation of the services they have now been replaced by temporary services operated, under contract from the Highland Council, by Stagecoach plc. The future of the services has yet to be determined.
Facilities
Both platforms have waiting areas and benches, whilst there are also bike racks and a help point adjacent to platform 2. Platform 2 has step-free access from the car park, whilst platform 1 can only be accessed from the footbridge. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
Four Inverness to via Thurso trains call here each way on weekdays and Saturdays (along with a fifth Inverness departure southbound in the early morning) and a single departure each way on Sundays.
References
Railway stations in Sutherland
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1874
Former Highland Railway stations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lairg%20railway%20station |
The 1968 Winter Universiade, the V Winter Universiade, took place in Innsbruck, Austria.
Medal table
Alpine skiing
Men: Slalom
Gold – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Per Sunde (Norway)
Bronze – Bill Marolt (United States)
Men: Giant slalom
Gold – Per Sunde (Norway)
Silver – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – Franz Vogler (West Germany)
Men: Downhill
Gold – Scott Pyles (United States)
Silver – Günther Scheuerl (West Germany)
Bronze – Loris Werner (United States)
Men: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Robert Wollek (France)
Bronze – Scott Pyles (United States)
Women: Slalom
Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States)
Silver – Viki Jones (United States)
Bronze – Christina Ditfurth (Austria)
Women: Giant slalom
Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States)
Silver – Viki Jones (United States)
Bronze – Marisella Chevallard (Italy)
Women: Downhill
Gold – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland)
Silver – Christina Ditfurth (Austria)
Bronze – Paola Strauss (Italy)
Women: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States)
Silver – Viki Jones (United States)
Bronze – Christina Ditfurth (Austria)
Nordic skiing
Men: 15 km
Gold – Jon Hoias (Norway)
Silver – Yevgeniy Platunov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Anatoliy Zakharov (Soviet Union)
Men: 4 x 10 km relay
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Japan
Bronze – Finland
Women: 10 km
Gold – Yanna Yelistratova (Soviet Union)
Silver – Lyubov Menchikova (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Lidiya Doronina (Soviet Union)
Women: 3 x 5 km relay
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Poland
Bronze – Czechoslovakia
Nordic combined
Small hill ski jumping and 15km cross-country
Men:
Gold – Hiroshi Itagaki (Japan)
Silver – Masatoshi Sudo (Japan)
Bronze – Antonin Kucera (Czechoslovakia)
Ski jumping
Men: Small Hill - K90
Gold – Hiroshi Itagaki (Japan)
Silver – Masakatsu Asari (Japan)
Bronze – Yukio Kasaya (Japan)
Figure skating
Men:
Gold – Vladimir Kurenbin (Soviet Union)
Silver – Marian Filc (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Günter Anderl (Austria)
Women:
Gold – Kumiko Okawa (Japan)
Silver – Helli Sengstschmid (Austria)
Bronze – Kazumi Yamashita (Japan)
Pairs:
Gold – Bohunka Šrámková / Jan Šrámek (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomirov (Soviet Union)
Ice dancing:
Gold – Heidi Mezger / Herbert Rothkappl (Austria)
Silver – Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – none
Ice hockey
Men:
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Czechoslovakia
Bronze – Canada (University of Toronto Varsity Blues)
Speed skating
Men: 500M
Gold – Erhard Keller (West Germany)
Silver – Keiichi Suzuki (Japan)
Bronze – Takayuki Hida (Japan)
Men: 1500M
Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union)
Silver – Valeriy Bayonov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Arkadiy Kichenko (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Pekka Halinen (Finland)
Men: 3000M
Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union)
Silver – Pekka Halinen (Finland)
Bronze – Anatoliy Nokhrin (Soviet Union)
Men: 5000M
Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union)
Silver – Anatoliy Nokhrin (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Yoshiaki Demachi (Japan)
References
1968
U
Winter Universiade
U
Winter multi-sport events in Austria
Sports competitions in Innsbruck
Winter Universiade
1960s in Innsbruck | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968%20Winter%20Universiade |
Leslie Arthur Julien Hutchinson, known as "Hutch" (7 March 1900 – 18 August 1969), was a Grenada-born singer and musician who was one of the biggest cabaret stars in the world during the 1920s and 1930s.
Early life
Born in Gouyave, Grenada, in 1900, when it was part of the British Windward Islands, to George Hutchinson and Marianne (née Turnbull), Hutch took piano lessons as a child.
In 1916, he moved to New York City while still in his teens. He originally emigrated to study for a degree in medicine as he had won a place due to his high aptitude, but instead he began playing the piano and singing in bars.
Career
In New York City, Hutch joined a black band led by Henry "Broadway" Jones, who often played for white millionaires such as the Vanderbilts, attracting the wrath of the Ku Klux Klan. In 1924, Hutch left America for Paris, where he had a residency in Joe Zelli's club and became a friend and lover of Cole Porter.
Encouraged by Edwina Mountbatten, he came to England and opened at the Café de Paris in London on 19 January 1927 as part of a double act with his friend, black tenor Opal Cooper. The two men made a record together ("Moonlight on the Ganges" and "Because I Love You") and they also appeared in variety at the Holborn Empire. Hutchinson went on to be the second pianist in the pit in the Rodgers and Hart musical, One Dam' Thing After Another, which opened at the London Pavilion on 20 May 1927. He had moved from the Café de Paris to another London club, Chez Victor, in February 1927 (this time without Cooper) and after an extended spell there, he transferred to the Devonshire Restaurant in November 1927. Hutchinson soon became the darling of society and the population in general. Hutch was a favourite singer of the then Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII). Hutch was a major star in Britain during the 1920s and 1930s, and was, for a time, the highest paid star in the country. He was regularly heard on air with the BBC, with one of his biggest hits, his version of "These Foolish Things". Hutchinson soon became embittered by being frequently obliged to enter parties via the servant's entrance, in spite of his popularity.
Hutch recorded several of Cole Porter's songs, including "Begin the Beguine" and Porter's list song "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)", to which he supposedly made up some 70 new verses.
Hutch was "one of the first stars in Britain" to volunteer to entertain the troops at home and abroad during World War II, but he received no formal recognition for his service, and his name would never appear in any Honours list.
Discography
Hutch was a busy recording artist in the 1930s and 40s. His final recording, made just before his death, was for Morgan Records and was the LP "The Magic That Was Hutch".
Personal life
He married Ella Byrd, a woman of African, English, and Chinese ancestry, in 1923 or 1924 in New York City. Their daughter, Lesley Bagley Yvonne, was born on 9 April 1926. He fathered seven further children with six different mothers. Gordon was born in August 1928, Gabrielle in September 1930, Jennifer in October 1939, Gerald and Chris in 1948, and Graham (Chris's full brother) in 1953, and Emma in April 1965.
In 1930, one of Hutch's mistresses, British debutante Elizabeth Sperling, was discovered to be pregnant with his child. Her family tried to hush up the affair, hastily marrying Sperling off to an army officer Col Arthur Corbett, and attempting to pass off the child as his. When the child was born, however, and discovered to be of mixed race, Corbett refused to acknowledge her as his own. She (Gabrielle) was put up for adoption and Sperling's outraged father, the former diplomat Rowland Sperling sued Hutch.
Hutch is rumoured to have had a lengthy affair with the then-Lady Edwina Mountbatten. The rumour scandalised the British upper classes, becoming the subject of tabloid news, and an embarrassment to Lady Mountbatten's royal in-laws. The Mountbattens sued the tabloids for libel. As a result of the scandal, Hutch was shunned by many of his former patrons, and his career was effectively over.
Other reported mistresses were the Hollywood actresses Tallulah Bankhead and Merle Oberon.
Hutch may have been bisexual and was alleged to have had relationships with Cole Porter and Ivor Novello.
Death
Leslie Hutchinson suffered from ill-health in his later years and died at New End Hospital, Hampstead in London from pneumonia on 18 August 1969. Forty-two people attended his funeral on 22 August 1969 at the Parish Church of St. John, Hampstead.
Legacy
On 12 October 2012, an English Heritage blue plaque in commemoration of Hutch was unveiled by his daughter Gabrielle Markes at 31 Steele's Road, Belsize Park, his home from 1929 to 1967.
The "scandalous" character Jack Ross on the British series Downton Abbey, played by Gary Carr, is likely based on Hutch.
In November 2016, Hutch was featured in episode four of the BBC series Black and British: A Forgotten History, titled The Homecoming, presented by historian David Olusoga. On the occasion of the programme, a plaque was unveiled by two of his children, Gabrielle and her half-brother Chris, in the presence of extended family at Mayfair restaurant Quaglino's, where he used to perform later in his career.
Filmography
Actor:
Big Business (1930) . ... Pianist
Beloved Imposter (1936) (Pianist)
Happidrome (1943)
Brass Monkey (1948) (aka Lucky Mascot) (as Leslie A. Hutchinson) . ... Hutch
The Treasure of San Teresa (1959) (aka Hot Money Girl (UK) (US), aka Long Distance (US), aka Rhapsodie in Blei (West Germany)) (as Hutch) . ... Piano Player at Billie's
Soundtrack:
Big Business (1930) (performer: "Always Your Humble Slave")
Brass Monkey (1948) (aka Lucky Mascot) (performer: "To-Morrow's Rainbow")
As self:
Cock o' the North (1935)
Starlight (1936) TV series
Cultural references
Kenneth Williams regularly performed impersonations of Hutchinson, including one at the Mingaladon RAF station in 1947.
Flanders and Swann referenced him in the closing verse of "Song of Reproduction" (from At the Drop of a Hat) - "With a tone control at a single touch / I can make a Caruso sound like Hutch".
On 25 November 2008, Channel 4 TV in the UK showed a documentary on his life called High Society's Favourite Gigolo.
The musical play Hutch opened at the Riverside Studios on 14 May 2013. written by Joe Evans, adapted from the biography by Charlotte Breese, and featuring the music of Cole Porter.
The character Jack Ross in the ITV drama Downton Abbey, written by Julian Fellowes, is based on Leslie Hutchinson.
A National Scandal, a play by Eddie Lewisohn about Hutch and Lady Edwina Mountbatten, with Paul Hazel as Hutch and Bethany Blake as Edwina, opened Upstairs at The Gatehouse in Highgate, London, in October 2018.
References
External links
1900 births
1969 deaths
Bisexual male musicians
Burials at Highgate Cemetery
Grenadian LGBT people
Bisexual singers
Grenadian musicians
Grenadian emigrants to the United States
People from Saint John Parish, Grenada
Deaths from pneumonia in England
20th-century British male singers
20th-century Grenadian people
20th-century LGBT people | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Hutchinson |
Mark Eric "Slick" Johnson is an American professional wrestling referee, best known for working for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Career
World Championship Wrestling
Johnson gained national exposure in the late 1990s when he joined the Atlanta, Georgia-based World Championship Wrestling (WCW) promotion as a referee. After suffering elbow injuries in 1998 caused during a match by Konnan, he was sidelined until late 1999. When he returned, Johnson was given the gimmick of an unethical referee who actively favoured heel wrestlers (as opposed to the other referees, who officiated matches in an objective fashion). While in WCW, he was a member of the New World Order faction, wrestled several matches, refereed a total of eighty five main events and had the dubious distinction of being pantsed by Stacy Keibler during a match on pay-per-view. He remained with WCW until the promotion was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation in March 2001.
In late 2001, Johnson toured Western Europe with the World Wrestling All-Stars promotion.
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
Johnson worked for the Nashville, Tennessee based Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) promotion from its inception in 2002, portraying a corrupt referee who accepted bribes, continuing the character he first adopted in WCW. He left TNA after several months to focus on his rock band, The Slick Johnsons, which was entering a Battle of the Bands in an attempt to gain a recording contract. He returned to the promotion in March 2005, replacing Mike Posey as a regular referee.
At Against All Odds on February 12, 2006, Johnson confronted Director of Authority Larry Zbyszko, demanding to know who was to referee the main event title match between Christian Cage and NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, suggesting that his experience in WCW made him an appropriate choice of referee. His inquiry was rebuffed by Zbyszko, who later revealed the referee to be the debuting Earl Hebner. Over the following weeks, Johnson repeatedly requested to referee main event matches, with Zbyszko rejecting his appeals each time. Zbyszko eventually was about to give in to Johnson's incessant requests when Johnson suddenly withdrew his request to become a senior referee. Johnson explained that TNA management would be sending in a new representative in the near future, and that everyone would have a clean slate at that point. This sparked the storyline of the new face of TNA management, in which backstage dialogue between Zbyszko and Johnson served to build up the debut of the newest authority figure in TNA Wrestling, later revealed at Slammiversary to be none other than Jim Cornette. During this time Johnson would frequently wear outrageous referee uniforms, such as elaborate bowties and striped shorts akin to those worn by a soccer referee.
On June 13, 2007, he left TNA to pursue other interests. At Bound for Glory on October 14, 2007, Johnson returned to TNA Wrestling as a full-time referee. At Final Resolution in 2008, he refereed a match between Gail Kim and Awesome Kong. Johnson was powerbombed and hit with a chair by Awesome Kong. At Victory Road, he turned heel again when he helped Angelina Love of The Beautiful People regain the TNA Women's Knockout Championship even though Tara clearly had her foot on the ropes. Later on in the pay-per-view, Slick was seen leaving the Knockouts shower room and as he left, Madison Rayne of The Beautiful People came out from the same cubicle as him adjusting her top, implying that the two had sex. However, it didn't last; he resumed being fair to both faces and heels shortly thereafter. Johnson left TNA in late 2010.
References
External links
Living people
People from Atlanta
Professional wrestling referees
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
New World Order (professional wrestling) members | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Johnson%20%28referee%29 |
John Gruber (born 1973) is a technology blogger, UI designer, and is the inventor of the Markdown markup language.
History
Gruber is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received his Bachelor of Science in computer science from Drexel University, then worked for Bare Bones Software (2000–02) and Joyent (2005–06).
In 2004, Aaron Swartz and Gruber worked together to create the Markdown language , with the goal of enabling people "to write using an easy-to-read and easy-to-write plain text format, optionally convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML)".
Daring Fireball
Since 2002, Gruber has written and produced Daring Fireball, a technology-focused blog. He has described his Daring Fireball writing as a "Mac column in the form of a weblog." It was partly inspired by kottke.org by Jason Kottke. The site is written in the form of a tumblelog called The Linked List, a linklog with brief commentary, in between occasional longform articles that discuss Apple products and issues in related consumer technology. Gruber often writes about user interfaces, software development, Mac applications, and Apple's media coverage.
The blog's name comes from Gruber's childhood aspiration for a career as a human cannonball stuntman act named the Daring Fireball. His costume was to be "a complete rip-off of Evel Knievel combined with the Dallas Cowboys", and the blog's logo (Unicode character U+272A ✪ "Circled White Star") references the helmet he designed for the act.
In 2004, Gruber began selling memberships, where readers donate an amount of money annually and gain access to other perks. The perks included more detailed feeds, but Gruber has downplayed the importance of the extra features, comparing them to "PBS tote bags." Daring Fireball logo T-shirts are also sold, which include a membership.
For most of the time when Daring Fireball was a part-time project, Gruber worked as an independent web designer; between late 2005 and April 2006, Gruber's worked at Joyent where he helped with the TextDrive acquisition.
In April 2006, Daring Fireball became Gruber's full-time job, funded by advertisement revenue, membership fees, T-shirt sales, and donations from software projects also hosted on the site, such as Markdown. From 2006 to 2017, the site displayed advertisements from The Deck, an advertising network serving sites like A List Apart and 37signals in addition to Daring Fireball. In addition to this, many Amazon.com links once carried Daring Fireball's referral ID, and the site's preferences once included a choice of local Amazon store. Amazon removed Daring Fireball from their affiliate program for a violation of their terms of service.
The Talk Show
The Talk Show is a technology podcast started by Gruber intended as a "director's commentary" to Daring Fireball. Guests are usually programmers, designers, analysts and journalists.
In June 2007, Gruber and Dan Benjamin began co-hosting an independent podcast featuring conversations and commentary on trends, mainly focusing on technology at thetalkshow.net. This format persisted but the show "started over" and helped establish Benjamin's 5by5 Studios network. The show ran from July 2010 until May 2012 for a total of 90 episodes. Gruber moved the show to the Mule Radio Syndicate network in May 2012. This time, Gruber changed the format and became the sole host of the show with alternating guests each episode. The show ran for 80 episodes and in May 2014, The Talk Show parted ways with Mule Radio and became part of Daring Fireball. The show continues to use the episode number scheme and logo started at Mule Radio.
While Gruber has remained a constant through all four iterations of the show, archives of the show's episodes are inconsistent. The initial 27 episodes that were co-hosted with Benjamin were removed by Dan in 2016. Only some of the episodes created during the time at Mule Radio remain available.
Some recurring guests include John Moltz, Marco Arment, Merlin Mann, Craig Hockenberry, John Siracusa, Rene Ritchie, Guy English, MG Siegler, Ben Thompson, Joanna Stern, Brent Simmons, Om Malik, Jason Snell, Christa Mrgan, Dave Wiskus, Matthew Panzarino, and Serenity Caldwell.
Apple Inc. senior vice president (SVP) of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller appeared as a guest on the live episode of The Talk Show during WWDC 2015 in San Francisco. Apple SVPs Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi appeared as guests on a recorded episode published February 12, 2016. Phil Schiller and Craig Federighi also appeared on the live episodes of The Talk Show during WWDC 2016 and 2017.
The Talk Show is known for its lengthy episodes. Todd Vaziri periodically updates a graph showing episode lengths.
Other works
In early 2013, Gruber, Brent Simmons, and Dave Wiskus founded software development firm Q Branch to develop the Vesper notes app for iOS. The venture was not successful, and Q Branch has since shut down. In March 2020, Gruber started a new podcast with friend and colleague Ben Thompson called Dithering. Each episode is exactly 15 minutes long and access to the show is granted via subscription.
References
External links
Daring Fireball, ,
The Talk Show,
Markdown,
,
1973 births
American male bloggers
American bloggers
American technology writers
Drexel University alumni
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
American podcasters
21st-century American non-fiction writers | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gruber |
The 1966 Winter Universiade, the IV Winter Universiade, took place in Sestriere, Italy.
Medal table
References
1966
U
U
U
Multi-sport events in Italy
Sport in Piedmont
February 1966 sports events in Europe
Winter sports competitions in Italy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 30th World Cup season began in November 1995 in Tignes, France, and concluded in March 1996 at the World Cup finals in Lillehammer, Norway. The overall champions were Lasse Kjus of Norway and Katja Seizinger of Germany, the first of two overall titles for both.
The World Cup schedule was realigned for the 1995–96 season, with the North American events moved to the early part of the season, in late November and early December. Previously, these races in Canada and the United States were scheduled near the end of the season, in late February and early March.
A break in the schedule was for the 1996 World Championships, held 12–25 February in souther Spain at Sierra Nevada. These championships were originally scheduled for 1995, but were postponed due to a lack of snow.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
see complete table
Downhill
see complete table
In Men's Downhill World Cup 1995/96 all results count.
Super G
see complete table
In Men's Super G World Cup 1995/96 all results count. Atle Skårdal won the cup with only one race win. All races were won by a different athlete.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1995/96 all results count.
Slalom
see complete table
In Men's Slalom World Cup 1995/96 all results count. Sébastien Amiez won the cup despite only one race win.
Combined
see complete table
In Men's Combined World Cup 1995/96 both results count.
Ladies
Overall
Downhill
Super G
Giant Slalom
Slalom
Combined
References
External links
FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1996
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
The Catholic Church in Angola is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Catholicism was introduced to Angola by the Portuguese in 1491 when the first missionaries arrived.
Many of the missionaries saw themselves as Portuguese, rather than integrating into Angolan society. Non-Portuguese missionaries were required to renounce the laws of their own country and submit to Portuguese law, as well as prove their ability to speak and write the Portuguese language. The Colonial Act of 1930 advanced the view that Portuguese Catholic missions to the country were "instruments of civilization and national influence".
Demographics
The last census in 2014 noted that 56.4% of the population were Roman Catholic.
As of 2020, approximately 53.85% of the population professed the Catholic faith, due largely to Angola's status as a former Portuguese colony.
Internal structure
The Catholic Church has 19 dioceses in Angola, including 5 archdioceses. All the bishops are members of the regional Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé.
Archdiocese of Huambo
Diocese of Benguela
Diocese of Kwito-Bié
Archdiocese of Luanda
Diocese of Cabinda
Diocese of Caxito
Diocese of Mbanza Congo
Diocese of Sumbe
Diocese of Viana
Archdiocese of Lubango
Diocese of Menongue
Diocese of Ondjiva
Diocese of Namibe
Archdiocese of Malanje
Diocese of Ndalatando
Diocese of Uíje
Archdiocese of Saurímo
Diocese of Dundo
Diocese of Lwena
Influence
The Catholic University of Angola opened in 1998.
In 2020, the Vatican noted that there are over 1200 priests and 2200 nuns in Angola, serving 469 parishes and 44 Catholic hospitals.
The Catholic radio station Ecclesia is broadcast in 16 of Angola's 18
provinces. Vatican Radio and Maria Radio also operate in the country.
See also
Catholic Church by country
Religion in Angola
Christianity in Angola
Protestantism in Angola
References
External links
Current site of Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome
Former site of Episcopal Conference of Angola and Sao Tome | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20in%20Angola |
Rogart railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Rogart and Pittentrail, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, from Inverness, between Golspie and Lairg. ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
The Sutherland Railway opened between and on 13 April 1868. Among the intermediate stations was one at Rogart, which opened with the line.
In common with six other stations north of Bonar Bridge (now ), the station at Rogart was closed on 13 June 1960 with the intention of making economies; but the cuts were seen as too drastic, and Rogart station alone was reopened on 6 March 1961. Three months later, on 12 June 1961, it was renamed Rogart Halt, but has since reverted to Rogart.
Facilities
The station has benches on both platforms, with a shelter on platform 1, and a waiting area on platform 2. there are also bike racks and a help point on platform 2, as well as a small car park adjacent to platform 2. There are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train. Three old railway coaches offer accommodation, with discounts for those arriving and leaving by train.
On , Transport Scotland introduced a new "Press & Ride" system at Rogart, following successful trials of the system at over the previous four months. Previously, passengers wishing to board a train at Scotscalder had to flag the train by raising their arm (as is still done at other request stops around the country); this meant that the driver needed to reduce the train's speed before a request stop (to look out for any potential passengers on the platform and be able to stop if necessary), even if the platform was empty. The new system consists of an automatic kiosk (with a button for passengers to press) at the platforms; this will alert the driver about any waiting passengers in advance and, if there is no requirement to stop, the train can maintain line speed through the request stops, thus improving reliability on the whole line.
Platform layout
The platform on the northbound line can accommodate trains having five coaches, whereas the southbound platform can hold six.
Services
The station sees 4 trains to Inverness and 4 trains to Wick, on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays this drops to just 1 train each way.
References
Bibliography
Railway stations in Sutherland
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1960
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1961
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Former Highland Railway stations
Railway request stops in Great Britain | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogart%20railway%20station |
The 1964 Winter Universiade, the III Winter Universiade, took place in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czechoslovakia.
Medal table
Medalists
Alpine skiing
Men: Slalom
Gold – Fritz Wagnerberger (West Germany)
Silver – Yoshiharu Fukuhara (Japan)
Bronze – Taliy Monastyrev (Soviet Union)
Men: Giant slalom
Gold – Jerzy Wojna (Poland)
Silver – Hajima Tomii (Japan)
Bronze – Fritz Wagnerberger (West Germany)
Men: Downhill
Gold – Fritz Wagnerberger (West Germany)
Silver – Günther Scheuerl (West Germany)
Bronze – Manfred Kostinger (Austria)
Men: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Fritz Wagnerberger (West Germany)
Silver – Günther Scheuerl (West Germany)
Bronze – Jerzy Wojna (Poland)
Women: Slalom
Gold – Annie Famose (France)
Silver – Pascale Judet (France)
Bronze – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland)
Women: Giant slalom
Gold – Hiltrud Rohrbach (Austria)
Silver – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland)
Bronze – Cécile Prince (France)
Women: Downhill
Gold – Annie Famose (France)
Silver – Hiltrud Rohrbach (Austria)
Bronze – Pascale Judet (France)
Women: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland)
Silver – Hiltrud Rohrbach (Austria)
Bronze – Ilona Miclos (Romania)
Nordic skiing
Men: 15 km classical
Gold – Igor Vorongichin (Soviet Union)
Silver – Valery Tarakanov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Nikolay Arzilov (Soviet Union)
Women: 5 km
Gold – Nina Demina (Soviet Union)
Silver – Krastana Stoeva (Bulgaria)
Bronze – Weronika Budna (Poland)
Nordic combined
Small hill ski jumping and 15km cross-country
Men:
Gold – Vyacheslav Dryagin (Soviet Union)
Silver – Stefan Oleksak (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – Takashi Fujisawa (Japan)
Ski jumping
Men: Small Hill - K90
Gold – Baldur Preiml (Austria)
Silver – Yuriy Zubarev (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Andrzej Szfolt (Poland)
Figure skating
Men:
Gold – Karol Divín (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Nobuo Sato (Japan)
Bronze – Valeriy Meshkov (Soviet Union)
Women:
Gold – Miwa Fukuhara (Japan)
Silver – Junko Ueno (Japan)
Bronze – Helli Sengstschmid (Austria)
Ice dancing:
Gold – György Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi (Hungary)
Silver – Jutta Peters / Wolfgang Kunz (West Germany)
Bronze – Irena Spatenková / Michal Jiránek (Czechoslovakia)
References
1964
U
U
Winter Universiade
Multi-sport events in Czechoslovakia
Sport in Hradec Králové Region
Winter Universiade
Winter sports competitions in Czechoslovakia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964%20Winter%20Universiade |
Bernard Lewis (born 10 February 1926) is the English entrepreneur behind the River Island fashion brand and clothing chain.
Early life
He was born on 10 February 1926, and educated at the Jewish Free School, and Northern Polytechnic Institute. He helped in his parents’ greengrocer as a child and from that experience gained skills like learning how to price stock, understand what customers wanted and reduce waste. He served in the RAF from 1944 to 1945.
Career
Lewis opened his first fruit and vegetable shop in the North London area (on Holloway Road) at the age of 20 and began selling clothing, primarily blouses and skirts, then dresses, in the 1940s. His first clothes shop was in Mare Street, Hackney.
During the 1970s, he launched a chain of clothing stores, later called Chelsea Girl.
Lewis also founded Lewis Separates.
He founded the Lewis Trust Group with his elder brother David and younger brother Geoffrey, but the latter two left in 1977.
Lewis is estimated to be worth £1,030m (€1,484m). In 2015, he was at position 83 on the Sunday times Rich List.
River Island is now run by his nephew, Ben Lewis.
Personal life
His "right-hand man in the 1970s" was Leonard, his elder son from his first marriage. In 1968, he married Jennifer Oldham, née Johnston, who modeled and acted under the name Jenny Meredith. She died in 1975.
In 1981, he married Vanessa Bracey who had been a buyer for Chelsea Girl since 1970, and whom he had been in a relationship with since 1972. They have two sons, Sam and Jacob.
References
Living people
1926 births
English Jews
People from the City of London
British billionaires
English businesspeople in fashion
People educated at JFS (school)
Conservative Party (UK) donors | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Lewis%20%28entrepreneur%29 |
The 1962 Winter Universiade, the II Winter Universiade, took place in Villars, Switzerland.
Medal table
Alpine skiing
Men: Slalom
Gold – Willy Bogner (West Germany)
Gold – Ulf Ekstam (Finland)
Bronze – Masayoshi Mitani (Japan)
Men: Downhill
Gold – Philippe Mollard (France)
Silver – Walter Kutschera (Austria)
Bronze – Willy Bogner (West Germany)
Men: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Willy Bogner (West Germany)
Silver – Philippe Mollard (France)
Bronze – Manfred Köstinger (Austria)
Women: Slalom
Gold – Cécile Prince (France)
Silver – Barbi Henneberger (West Germany)
Bronze – Annie Famose (France)
Women: Giant Slalom
Gold – Barbi Henneberger (West Germany)
Silver – Astrid Sandvik (Norway)
Bronze – Annie Famose (France)
Bronze – Gertraud Ehrenfried (Austria)
Women: Downhill
Gold – Barbi Henneberger (West Germany)
Silver – Gertraud Ehrenfried (Austria)
Bronze – Cécile Prince (France)
Women: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Barbi Henneberger (West Germany)
Silver – Cécile Prince (France)
Bronze – Gundl Sernetz (Austria)
Nordic skiing
Men: 12 km Classical
Gold – Igor Veranzhinin (Soviet Union)
Silver – German Karpov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Ivan Kondrachev (Soviet Union)
Nordic combined
Small Hill Ski Jumping and 15km Cross-Country
Men:
Gold – Vyacheslav Dryagin (Soviet Union)
Silver – Albert Larinov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Yosuke Eto (Japan)
Ski jumping
Men: Small Hill - K90
Gold – Shigeyuki Wasaka (Japan)
Silver – Yosuke Eto (Japan)
Bronze – Renzo Nigawara (Japan)
Ice hockey
Men:
Gold – Czechoslovakia
Silver – Soviet Union
Bronze – Sweden
Figure skating
Women:
Gold – Junko Ueno (Japan)
Silver – Jitka Hlavacková (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – Helga Zollner (Hungary)
References
World List of Future International Meetings - Part 2 - Page 79, Reference Department, Library of Congress., 1961
1962
U
U
U
Multi-sport events in Switzerland
Sport in the canton of Vaud
March 1962 sports events in Europe
Winter sports competitions in Switzerland | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962%20Winter%20Universiade |
Tokodede (also known as Tukude, Tocodede, Tokodé, and Tocod) is one of the languages of East Timor, spoken by about 39,000 people in the municipality of Liquiçá, especially the administrative posts of Maubara and Liquiçá along the northern reaches of the Loes River system. The number of speakers has declined in recent years. It is a Malayo-Polynesian language in the Timor group.
The first significant text published in Tokodede was , translated by João Paulo T. Esperança, Fernanda Correia, and Cesaltina Campos from an article by João Paulo T. Esperança entitled "A Brief Look at the Literature of Timor". The Tokodede version was published in the literary supplement Várzea de Letras, published by the Department of Portuguese Language of the National University of Timor-Leste, in Dili, in December 2005.
References
External links
Peneer meselo laa Literatura kidia-laa Timór, the first significant text published in Tocodede
John 8,1-11 in Tokodede
Tokodede dictionary on-line
Timor–Babar languages
Languages of East Timor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokodede%20language |
The 29th World Cup season began in November 1994 in Park City, USA (December 1994 in Tignes, France for men), and concluded in March 1995 at the World Cup finals in Bormio, Italy. The overall champions were Alberto Tomba of Italy (his first) and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland (her third).
A break in the schedule was for the 1995 World Championships at Sierra Nevada in southern Spain. However, due to the lack of snow, these championships were postponed until 1996.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
see complete table
In Men's Overall World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Alberto Tomba won the Overall World Cup with only twelve results - eleven wins and one fourth place.
Downhill
see complete table
In Men's Downhill World Cup 1994/95 all results count. Josef Strobl was able to win his very first World Cup downhill race with start number 61.
Super G
see complete table
In Men's Super G World Cup 1994/95 all results count. Peter Runggaldier won the cup with only one race win. All races were won by a different athlete.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1994/95 all results count. Alberto Tomba won his fourth Giant Slalom World Cup.
Slalom
see complete table
In Men's Slalom World Cup 1994/95 all results count. Alberto Tomba won his fourth Slalom World Cup by winning the first seven races in a row. Together with the last two slalom races last season 1993/94, he won 9 slalom races in a row.
Combined
see complete table
In Men's Combined World Cup 1994/95 both results count. Marc Girardelli won his fourth Combined World Cup.
Ladies
Overall
see complete table
In Women's Overall World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Vreni Schneider won her third Overall World Cup with only six points margin. Katja Seizinger was unable to score points only in one event (the slalom at Garmisch-Partenkirchen).
Downhill
see complete table
In the Women's Downhill World Cup 1994/95 all results counted. Picabo Street won six races and five of them in a row. Together with Hilary Lindh, they won nine out of 10 races for the United States.
Super G
see complete table
In Women's Super G World Cup 1994/95 all results count. Katja Seizinger won her third Super G World Cup in a row.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1994/95 all results count. Vreni Schneider won her fifth Giant Slalom World Cup. But this time she was unable to win a single competition.
Slalom
see complete table
In Women's Slalom World Cup 1995/96 all results count. Vreni Schneider won her sixth Slalom World Cup, the last four of them in a row.
Combined
see complete table
In Women's Combined World Cup 1994/95 only one competition was held.
Nations Cup
Men
Ladies
References
External links
FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1995
1994–95
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
SolarWorld is a German company dedicated to the manufacture and marketing photovoltaic products worldwide by integrating all components of the solar value chain, from feedstock (polysilicon) to module production, from trade with solar panels to the promotion and construction of turn-key solar power systems. The group controls the development of solar power technologies at all levels in-house.
SolarWorld AG is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Photovoltaik Global 30 Index and the ÖkoDAX.
In May 2017, wholly owned subsidiary SolarWorld Americas, based in Oregon, US, joined fellow American solar panel manufacturer Suniva in its Section 201 trade action to request relief from what it claimed are unfair practices from solar panel importers to the United States. The requested remedy was a tariff on imported solar panels. FirstSolar, the largest US solar panel manufacturer, joined the action on October 10, 2017, while the Solar Energy Industry Association (the major American solar trade association) was leading the opposition to the tariff requests.
The company filed for insolvency of its German subsidiaries alone in May 2017. While subsidiary SolarWorld America was not itself insolvent, it subsequently was put up for sale or other action to help resolve the debts of the German parent company. In the beginning of August 2017, leaving all liabilities behind, all the assets alone were acquired by the original Founder of SolarWorld Ag, Frank Asbeck along with Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) to form SolarWorld Industries GmbH, thus becoming completely debt-free and the only Solar Manufacturer in the world with zero-debt and zero liability. According to the Press Release issued by SolarWorld Industries GmbH, it will now have just 500 employees, drastically down from earlier, thus cutting costs. According to the company, the company will continue its transition to mono PERC-only cells production. The new entity, SolarWorld Industries GmbH takes over the production facilities and distribution businesses in Europe, Asia and Africa. "We plan to start with a production capacity of 700 MW, which can also be boosted to the previous capacity of more than 1GW. At launch, the company will have 515 employees. Of these, more than 12% are employed in research and more than 5% are trainees,” he said adding that the new company had already signed a 25MW order, without giving further details.
The newly founded SolarWorld Industries GmbH filed for insolvency again in March 2018. In June 2018 the regional public TV station MDR reported, that most of SolarWorlds production workers have been transferred into other forms of employment and production will be closed by end of September.
More than two years after the insolvency, the Solarworld factory in Freiberg gets a new opportunity. The buildings are sold for around twelve million euros to the new owner. The Swiss company Meyer Burger wants to produce solar cells in Freiberg and Bitterfeld-Wolfen. The production is expected to start in the first half of 2021.
History
SolarWorld was founded in 1988 as individual company by engineer and chief executive officer Frank Asbeck, and engaged in projects to produce renewable energy. In 1998, these activities were transferred to the newly founded SolarWorld AG, which went public on 11 August 1999.
In 2006 Shell divested its crystalline silicon solar business activities to SolarWorld.
SolarWorld has received German Sustainability Award in the category of "Germany’s Most Sustainable Production 2008".
Since 2010 the company has a joint venture with Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec). Due to a financial crisis, Solarworld was restructured and QSTec became the largest shareholder in 2013.
In 2012, Washington, D.C. based law firm, Wiley Rein, was hacked. According to Bloomberg News, the hackers wanted information about the German manufacturer SolarWorld. SolarWorld's computers were hacked about the same time.
In 2016, SolarWorld started ‘gradually’ migrating cell production to PERC and five busbar technology. At the core of SolarWorld's high-tech strategy is migrating all solar cell production to PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) technology and moving from three busbars to five in order to boost conversion efficiencies and limit capital expenditures at the same time as these changes are relatively simple and low-risk ramps, compared to entire new cell concepts such as heterojunction, according to Neuhaus at PV CellTech. SolarWorld's PV CellTech presentation also revealed that average efficiencies of PERC cells in high-volume production had achieved 21.4%, resulting in PV module power distribution average of 303.3W. SolarWorld has also developed a bi-facial version of its current PERC cell that has entered production and more capacity is expected to be allocated to bi-facial cells and modules.
On May 10, 2017, SolarWorld AG filed for insolvency citing “ongoing price distortions” and “no longer a positive forecast for the future”. According to Mr. Piepenburg, the administrator, it is now of major importance to maintain business operations as smoothly as possible. In May 2016, a lawsuit brought by U.S. silicon supplier Hemlock was reported as "threatening the continued existence of the company" with damage claims up to $770 million.
The German facilities of SolarWorld were purchased by its founder Frank Asbeck in conjunction with Qatar Solar Technologies. Three days later, an appeals court upheld the verdict in the Hemlock case, resulting in SolarWorld AG being responsible to pay the damage claims.
SolarWorld Americas, the largest U.S. crystalline-silicon solar manufacturer for more than 42 years, is continuing to implement efficiencies and working with external partners to position the company for stabilization and a continued competitive position in the marketplace. Solarworld USA spokesman Ben Santarris said the company is sticking with the assumption of continuing normal operations, and continued to work with suppliers and customers to determine what the right size of the company should be going forward.
On August 18, 2017, however, news came that the German administrator of SolarWorld AG's bankruptcy had put SolarWorld Americas up for sale, though no potential buyers had been identified at that time. The US-based subsidiary, which reportedly produced half of "SolarWorld" branded modules worldwide, was put "in something of a limbo" by the bankruptcy and a spokesperson stated the company had entered an "open ended" mergers and acquisitions process.
Facilities
Within the SolarWorld Group many specialized workers were employed in the enterprise's units located in Bonn (headquarters), Freiberg, and Hillsboro, Oregon (US headquarters).
The business also had a manufacturing facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, purchased in 2007 from Japan's Komatsu Group.
In 2008, it was the largest solar cell manufacturing facility in North America. That factory was taken over by SunPower in October 2018, as part of SunPower's acquisition of SolarWorld Americas.
In 2013 SolarWorld took over production from Bosch Solar Energy in Arnstadt and continued to employ about 800 workers.
SolarWorld AG has sales offices in Germany, Spain, US, South Africa, UK and Singapore.
Grid parity
In 2010, SolarWorld called for lowering Germany's lucrative solar feed-in tariffs and its CEO, Frank Asbeck, supported a 10 percent to 15 percent drop for the incentives. In 2011, utility-scale solar power stations achieved grid parity for domestic consumers as guaranteed tariffs fell below retail electricity prices. Feed-in tariffs continued to drop well below the gross domestic electricity price. Since the beginning of 2012, newly installed, small rooftop PV system also have achieved grid parity. The current policy is to revise tariffs on a monthly basis reducing them by 1 percent unless actual deployment does not meet agreed upon targets. As of spring 2015, tariffs ranged from 8 to 12 euro-cents per kilowatt-hour depending on the PV system's size.
Vehicles
SolarWorld is the main sponsor of the SolarWorld No. 1 solar car developed by the FH Bochum SolarCar Team.
On 19 November 2008, SolarWorld AG announced a bid to buy German automaker Opel from General Motors. The bid was for 1 billion Euro, 250 million being paid in cash and 750 million being paid in bank credits. SolarWorld specified conditions such as Opel should be split from General Motors. Solarworld announced that it intends to create the first electric automotive OEM. However, GM rejected the bid saying "Opel is not for sale".
References
Further reading
European consortium mulls mega solar factory to outshine Chinese, Deutsche Welle website, May 20, 2014.
External links
SolarWorld USA website
Solar energy in Germany
Photovoltaics manufacturers
Manufacturing companies of Germany
Manufacturing companies established in 1988
Companies based in Bonn
German brands
Companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarWorld |
The 1960 Winter Universiade, the I Winter Universiade, took place in Chamonix, France.
Medal table
Alpine Skiing
Men: Slalom
Gold – Walther Herwig (Switzerland)
Silver – Sbynek Mohr (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – Bernard Cottet (France)
Men: Giant Slalom
Gold – Philippe Stern (Switzerland)
Silver – Walther Herwig (Switzerland)
Bronze – Klaus Herwig (Switzerland)
Men: Downhill
Gold – Manfred Köstinger (Austria)
Silver – Walter Kutschera (Austria)
Bronze – Heinz Gallob (Austria)
Men: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Heinz Gallob (Austria)
Silver – Pier Giorgio Vigliani (Italy)
Bronze – Peter Lakota (Yugoslavia)
Women: Slalom
Gold – Cécile Prince (France)
Silver – Marie-José Dusonchet (France)
Bronze – Trandl Legat (Austria)
Women: Downhill
Gold – Marie-José Dusonchet (France)
Silver – Gertraud Gaber (Austria)
Bronze – Franca Quaglia (Italy)
Women: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Marie-José Dusonchet (France)
Silver – Cécile Prince (France)
Bronze – Gertraud Gaber (Austria)
Nordic Skiing
Men: 4 x 8 km Relay
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Czechoslovakia
Bronze – Poland
Women: 3 x 4 km Relay
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Czechoslovakia
Bronze – Poland
Nordic Combined
Small Hill Ski Jumping and 15km Cross-Country
Men:
Gold – Jaromir Nevlud (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Albert Larinov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Yuriy Krestov (Soviet Union)
Ski Jumping
Men: Small Hill - K90
Gold – Albert Larinov (Soviet Union)
Silver – Jaromir Nevlud (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – Milan Rojina (Yugoslavia)
Figure Skating
Men:
Gold – Alain Calmat (France)
Silver – Nobuo Sato (Japan)
Bronze – Heinrich Podhaisky (Austria)
Women:
Gold – Jitka Hlaváčková (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Eva Grozajová (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – Helga Zollner (Hungary)
1960
1960 in multi-sport events
1960 in French sport
International sports competitions hosted by France
Multi-sport events in France
Sport in Haute-Savoie
February 1960 sports events in Europe
March 1960 sports events in Europe
Universiade 1960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960%20Winter%20Universiade |
The 28th World Cup season began in late October 1993 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 1994 at the World Cup finals at Vail in the United States. The overall champions were Kjetil André Aamodt of Norway (his first) and Vreni Schneider of Switzerland (her second).
A break in the schedule in February was for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. This was a shift by the International Olympic Committee to have the Winter Olympics offset from the Summer Olympics, although keeping each on four-year schedules. As a result, this Winter Olympics took place just two years after the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
see complete table
In Men's Overall World Cup 1993/94 all results count.
Downhill
see complete table
In Men's Downhill World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Marc Girardelli won the cup without winning a single competition.
Super G
see complete table
In Men's Super G World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Jan Einar Thorsen won the cup with only one race win. All races were won by a different athlete.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Christian Mayer won the cup with only one race win.
Slalom
see complete table
In Men's Slalom World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Alberto Tomba won his third Slalom World Cup.
Combined
see complete table
In Men's Combined World Cup 1993/94 both results count.
Ladies
Overall
see complete table
In Women's Overall World Cup 1993/94 all results count.
Downhill
see complete table
In Women's Downhill World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Katja Seizinger won her third Downhill World Cup in a row. Tragically Austrian Ulrike Maier died after a bad crash in the race No. 23 at Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Super G
see complete table
In Women's Super G World Cup 1993/94 all results count.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1993/94 all results count.
Slalom
see complete table
In Women's Slalom World Cup 1993/94 all results count. Vreni Schneider won seven races and won her fifth Slalom World Cup, the last three of them in a row.
Combined
see complete table
In Women's Combined World Cup 1992/93 both results count.
Nations Cup
Overall
Men
Athletes from 11 different teams were able to win competitions.
Ladies
References
External links
FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1994
1993–94
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
Louis Sergio Antonelli (January 6, 1957 – October 6, 2021) was an American speculative fiction author who wrote primarily alternate history, secret history, science fiction, and fantasy. He resided in Clarksville, Texas. Antonelli's stories have been published in print publications based in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada, as well as e-zines based in India and Portugal.
Early life
Antonelli was born in Medford, Massachusetts and grew up in Rockland. As a young man, he attended Columbia University and lived in New York City.
In 1982, at the age of 25, Antonelli ran as a Republican for the United States House of Representatives in a district including most of the West Side of Manhattan Island along with parts of The Bronx. He lost to the Democratic incumbent Ted Weiss by a margin of 85%–15%.
In 1985, Antonelli moved to Texas. In 1992, he was elected to a term as a member of the Cedar Hill ISD school board and served until 1995.
In 2020, he ran for Congress in Texas's 4th congressional district as a Libertarian, winning 1.9% of the vote.
Writing career
Antonelli was a professional journalist. In January 2015, he was named managing editor of The Clarksville Times based in Clarksville, Texas.
Antonelli got a late start in his fiction writing career; his first story ("Silvern" in the June 2003 issue of RevolutionSF) was published when he was 46 years old. His first professional sale was "A Rocket for the Republic", published in Asimov's Science Fiction in September 2005. His 2012 short story "Great White Ship" was nominated for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
, he had 112 short stories published either in print or online. His stories have appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, Worlds of Wonder, Jim Baen's Universe, Continuum Science Fiction, Astounding Tales, Bewildering Stories, Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine, Nova Science Fiction, Planetary Stories, Aphelion, Ray Gun Revival, 4 Star Stories, Drink Tank, Nova Science Fiction, Omni Reboot, the Song Stories anthology, the FenCon IV Souvenir Program Book, and other publications.
Eleven of his stories have received honorable mentions in The Year's Best Science Fiction published by St. Martin's Press for 2011, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005 and 2004. "A Rocket for the Republic" placed third in the Asimov's Science Fiction Readers Poll for 2005 in the Short Story category. His 2012 short story "Great White Ship" was nominated for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History. "On a Spiritual Plain" (originally published in Sci-Phi Journal No. 2, November 2014) was nominated for Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2015. His debut novel, "Another Girl, Another Planet", was nominated for the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History novel in 2017.
Bibliography
Novel
Another Girl, Another Planet (2016)
Collections
Fantastic Texas (2009)
Texas & Other Planets (2010)
Music for Four Hands with Edward Morris (2011)
The Clock Struck None (2014)
Non-Fiction
Letters from Gardner (2014)
Anthologies
The First Bewildering Stories Anthology (2006, Adventure Books, , paperback, 164 pages)
Zombified: An Anthology of All Things Zombie (2011, Sky Warrior, , paperback, 206 pages)
Zombie Writing (2012, Create Space, , paperback, 160 pages)
Song Stories: Volume 1 (2013, Song Story Press, ASIN B00BTZRVIE, e-book, 196 pages)
Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age (2013, Every Day Publishing, , hardcover, 360 pages)
2015 Hugo Awards controversy
In July 2015, in the midst of the "Sad Puppies/Rabid Puppies" controversy, Antonelli (whose nomination for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story was part of both "Puppies" slates for the Hugo ballot) wrote a letter to the Spokane Police Department telling them to be on the lookout for World science fiction convention Guest of Honor David Gerrold (who was scheduled to be master of ceremonies at the award ceremony in Spokane) as a person who may incite violence calling him "insane and a public danger and needs to be watched when the convention’s going on."
Antonelli later apologized, and Gerrold accepted the apology, saying "Let's put this one to bed, once and for all. Lou Antonelli did something dumb. People were outraged. Someone who cared about him held up a mirror and he recognized he was (in his words) turning into his own crazy uncle. He apologized. I'm satisfied that his apology was sincere. And that should be the end of it."
Personal life
He was married to Patricia (Randolph) Antonelli, a Dallas native.
Antonelli died suddenly at the age of 64 at his residence in Clarksville, Texas.
References
External links
Antonelli's Blog - This Way to Texas
1957 births
2021 deaths
American male novelists
American male short story writers
American science fiction writers
American short story writers
Columbia College (New York) alumni
People from Clarksville, Texas
People from Medford, Massachusetts
People from Rockland, Massachusetts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Antonelli |
The 27th World Cup season began in November 1992 in Sestriere, Italy for men and Park City, Utah, USA for women, and concluded in March 1993 at the newly created World Cup Final in Åre, Sweden. A break in the schedule was for the 1993 World Championships, held in Morioka, Japan, from February 4–14.
Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg won his fifth overall title, which was the most for a man in World Cup history until surpassed by Austrian Marcel Hirscher in 2017. Anita Wachter of Austria won the women's overall title, her first. Both winners won narrow victories because of their superior performance in the combined (Girardelli won all three for men en route to a 32-point victory over Kjetil André Aamodt; Wachter won one of the two for women (and was fourth in the other) en route to a 20-point victory over Katja Seizinger). In December, defending women's World Cup champion Petra Kronberger of Austria abruptly retired, saying that she had lost her motivation to continue.
Lack of snow in Europe during the winter caused the schedule to be significantly rearranged. All of the races at the classic sites of Wengen and Kitzbühel were cancelled. Snowmaking was installed at Kitzbühel that summer as a result. Also, Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two countries—the Czech Republic and Slovakia—effective as of January 1, 1993, although the ski team remained unified until the end of the season.
At the end of the season in March, the International Ski Federation (FIS) added a World Cup Final, which immediately became a permanent part of the World Cup agenda. During this final, weather permitting, men's and women's races are held in each of the four disciplines: slalom, giant slalom, Super G, and downhill, as well as a team parallel slalom competition. Only a limited number of racers are invited to ski at the Finals, including the top 25 in the World Cup standings in each discipline, plus the current junior World Champions in each discipline, plus competitors for the overall title who failed to qualify on points within the discipline (if any). Because of the smaller field, World Cup points are only awarded to the top 15 finishers in each race.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
see complete table
In 1993, all the results count toward the overall title. Marc Girardelli won his fifth overall title.
Downhill
see complete table
In 1993, all results were used to determine the title. Franz Heinzer won his third Downhill title in a row.
Super G
see complete table
In Men's Super G World Cup 1992/93 all results count.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In 1993 all results counted toward the title.
Slalom
see complete table
In 1993 all results counted towards the title.
Combined
see complete table
In 1993, all three results count. Marc Girardelli won his third Combined World Cup by winning all three competitions.
Ladies
Overall
see complete table
In 1993 all results count.
Downhill
see complete table
In 1993 all results count.
Super G
see complete table
In 1993 all results count.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In 1993 all results count.
Slalom
see complete table
In 1993 all results count. Vreni Schneider won her fourth Slalom World Cup.
Combined
see complete table
In 1993 both results count.
Nations Cup
Overall
Men
Ladies
References
External links
FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1993
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%E2%80%9393%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
Golspie railway station is a railway station serving the village of Golspie in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is on the Far North Line, situated between Rogart and Dunrobin Castle, from . ScotRail, who manage the station, operate all services.
History
It was designed with a combined post office by the architect William Fowler, and opened on 13 April 1868. Originally, it was the northern terminus of the Sutherland Railway, which had been intended to continue to Brora but had run out of money after reaching Golspie. The Duke of Sutherland used his own personal finances to build the line onwards through Brora to Helmsdale, this being the Duke of Sutherland's Railway, completed on 19 June 1871.
The station formerly had two platforms and a passing loop. One platform remains in use and the loop has been lifted. The station building is in an excellent state of repair following recent renovation.
The former goods yard is to the south of the station. The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1935 to 1939. A camping coach was also positioned here by the Scottish Region from 1957 to 1959 and 1964, no coaches were at the station in 1960 and 1961, then a Pullman camping coach was here in 1962, 1963 and 1965 and finally two ordinary coaches were here in 1966 and 1967.
Golspie Station House which sits on the unmanned platform was converted in 2002/2003 to a four bedroom home.
The 'Golspie North' and 'Golspie South' signal boxes are demolished.
Facilities
The station has one platform, with a small car park, a waiting shelter, bike racks and a help point. As there are no facilities to purchase tickets, passengers must buy one in advance, or from the guard on the train.
Services
On weekdays and Saturdays, there are 4 trains each way (i.e., 4 to Inverness and 4 to Wick). On Sundays, this drops to just one in each direction.
References
External links
Railway stations in Sutherland
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868
Railway stations served by ScotRail
Former Highland Railway stations
Listed railway stations in Scotland
Category B listed buildings in Highland (council area)
William Fowler railway stations
1868 establishments in Scotland
Golspie | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golspie%20railway%20station |
Fort Stevens may refer to one of two decommissioned American military forts:
Fort Stevens (Oregon), a fort in Oregon that guarded the mouth of the Columbia River
Fort Stevens (Washington, D.C.), a fort in Washington, D.C. that defended the city during the Civil War | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Stevens |
Alexandria National Cemetery is the name of two US National Cemeteries:
Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia), in Virginia
Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Louisiana), in Louisiana, listed on the NRHP | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria%20National%20Cemetery |
The 26th World Cup season began in November 1991 in the United States and concluded in March 1992 in Switzerland. The overall winners were Paul Accola of Switzerland, his first, and Petra Kronberger of Austria, her third straight.
A major change during this season was made to the scoring system, moving from a "Top 15" system, with 25 points for first, 20 for second, and 15 for third down to 1 for 15th, to a "Top 30" system, with 100 for first, 80 for second, and 60 for third down to 1 for 30th. A slight change was made to the points awarded at lower levels in 1992-93, and that revised system has remained in effect until the present. This was also the first season after the dissolution of Yugoslavia into multiple nations, with its traditional skiing resorts (Kranjska Gora and Maribor) becoming part of Slovenia, and the Soviet Union also dissolved during this season, on 25/26 December 1991.
A break in the schedule in February was for the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France from 9-22 February.
Calendar
Men
Ladies
Men
Overall
In Men's Overall World Cup 1991/92 all results count.
Downhill
see complete table
In Men's Downhill World Cup 1991/92 all results count. Swiss athletes won seven races out of nine.
Super-G
see complete table
In Men's Super-G World Cup 1991/92 all results count.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In Men's Giant Slalom World Cup 1991/92 all results count. Alberto Tomba won his third Giant Slalom World Cup.
Slalom
see complete table
In Men's Slalom World Cup 1991/92 all results count. Alberto Tomba won six races and finished every race on the podium.
Combined
see complete table
In Men's Combined World Cup 1991/92 all three results count. Paul Accola was able to win all three competitions.
Ladies
Overall
In Women's Overall World Cup 1991/92 all results count. Petra Kronberger captured her third Overall World Cup win in a row despite having only two wins, both in downhill races. But she was able to score points in all but five competitions under the new "Top 30" scoring system. By contrast, Carole Merle won seven races and, according to the points system used from the following year onwards, she would have won this overall World Cup -- which was part of the motivation underlying the point value change before the following season.
Downhill
see complete table
In Women's Downhill World Cup 1991/92 all results count.
Super-G
see complete table
In Women's Super-G World Cup 1991/92 all results count. Carole Merle won her fourth Super-G World Cup in a row.
Giant Slalom
see complete table
In Women's Giant Slalom World Cup 1991/92 all results count.
Slalom
see complete table
In Women's Slalom World Cup 1991/92 all results count. Vreni Schneider won her third Slalom World Cup.
Combined
In Women's Combined World Cup 1991/92 both results count.
Nations Cup
Overall
Men
Ladies
References
External links
FIS-ski.com - World Cup standings - 1992
FIS Alpine Ski World Cup
World Cup
World Cup | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%E2%80%9392%20FIS%20Alpine%20Ski%20World%20Cup |
The Specialty Food Association, Inc. (SFA) is membership-based trade association in the United States representing 3,000+ member companies. The SFA was established in 1952 to foster trade, commerce and interest in the specialty food industry in the U.S., worth $148 billion as of May 2020.
The Association is a not-for-profit organization whose members are specialty food artisans, purveyors, importers and entrepreneurs, as well as distributors, retailers, and others involved in the specialty food trade.
Bill Lynch was named Interim President of SFA in May 2020 and appointed President of SFA in November 2020.
Activities
The Specialty Food Association is a source of industry information, educational events and in-person and online networking opportunities, including workshops, certification and training programs and events.
Among the Association's programs are the annual Winter Fancy Food Show, traditionally held in January in San Francisco, CA, at the Moscone Center and the annual Summer Fancy Food Show, traditionally held at the end of June in New York, NY at the Jacob Javits Center.
The Summer Fancy Food Show is the largest show for specialty food in North America, with 34,000 attendees and 2400 exhibitors annually. More than 50 countries will be participating in the show, with Italy as partner country for 2020.
The Association's quarterly digital publication, Specialty Food magazine, has a circulation of more than 30,000 trade professionals. [5] Its daily email newsletter, SFA News Daily, reaches more than 49,000 individuals every business day. Its daily email newsletter, Specialty Food News Daily, reaches more than 52,000 individuals every business day, as of June 2018.
Award programs
SFA produces the annual Sofi Awards, which recognize creativity and taste across multiple food categories in the specialty food products industry. Gold, Silver, Bronze and New Product winners are announced in the spring and highlighted at both Fancy Food Shows. At each Summer show, a Product of the Year is announced. The annual Leadership Awards honor industry leaders who are active members of the SFA and who are spearheading positive environmental, community, and business practices.
The SFA's Hall of Fame for the specialty food industry's mission is to honor individuals whose accomplishments, impact, contributions, innovations, and successes within the specialty food industry deserve praise and recognition. Multiple individuals are inducted into the Hall of Fame each year. The Association’s Lifetime Achievement Awards recognize and celebrate extraordinary industry pioneers.
Location
Specialty Food Association (formerly NASFT) is currently located at 136 Madison Ave in New York City.
References
External links
Official website
Food industry trade groups
Organizations established in 1952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialty%20Food%20Association |
Vector 13 is a comic strip published in the British magazine 2000 AD. It featured the eponymous agency set up to investigate anomalous phenomena and conspiracy theories. It was influenced by American TV drama The X-Files (which was at the height of its popularity at the time) and other events such as the 1995 release of the alien autopsy film; as the general interest in the paranormal and parapolitics waned, the series was wound up and replaced by Pulp Sci-Fi as a venue for single issue self-contained stories. In turn it foreshadowed other comics series dedicated to similar agencies, such as Caballistics, Inc.
The format was created by former 2000 AD editor and long-time contributor Alan McKenzie.
Plot
Each story was presented by the Men in Black, as being a true file from their cases touching on a whole range of Forteana from Mothman to the Chupacabras and broader conspiracy theories such as those surrounding Project MKULTRA.
In the middle of the series run (and as the interest in such subjects peaked) the MiB even broke out of their own strip and fictionally took over the running of the magazine from #1014 (appearing as part of the logo from #1015), as traditional mascot character Tharg was allegedly away dealing with a crisis. This first issue coinciding with a promotion of the X-Files series 2 trading cards.
Cases were not always consistent - "Series 1, Case Nine: Spear of Destiny" and "Series 3, Case Three: The Dream Factory" directly contradicted each other; Case Nine revealed that the Spear Of Destiny was used as the flagpole for the 1969 Moon landing, whereas Case Three stated that the Moon landing had been faked in order to cover up a much more advanced space programme prevalent throughout the Solar System.
Bibliography
Installments include:
Series 1:
"Case One: Who Was the Mothman?" (by Shaky Kane and John Ridgway, in 2000 AD #951, 1995)
"Case Two: In Hollow Lands" (by Kek-W and Paul Marshall, in 2000 AD #952, 1995)
"Case Three: Circle of Evil" (by Nick Abadzis and Kevin Cullen, in 2000 AD #953, 1995)
"Case Four: Parallel Lines" (by John Tomlinson and Lee Sullivan, in 2000 AD #954, 1995)
"Case Five: The Henderson Event" (by Alan McKenzie and Dave D'Antiquis, in 2000 AD #955, 1995)
"Case Six: Marion" (by Dan Abnett and Sean Phillips, in 2000 AD #956, 1995)
"Case Seven: Are They Cats?" (by Peter Hogan and John Ridgway, in 2000 AD #957, 1995)
"Case Eight: Echo Location" (by Dan Abnett and Nigel Dobbyn, in 2000 AD #958, 1995)
"Case Nine: Spear of Destiny" (by Peter Hogan and David Hine, in 2000 AD #959, 1995)
Series 2:
"Case One: Berserkers" (by Brian Williamson and John Ridgway, in 2000 AD #965, 1995)
"Case Two: Danse Macabre" (with Dan Abnett and Kevin Cullen, in 2000 AD #966, 1995)
"Case Three: Heatwave" (by Kevin Gill and Dave D'Antiquis, in 2000 AD #967, 1995)
"Case Four: Operation Mordred" (by Peter Hogan and Lee Sullivan, in 2000 AD #968, 1995)
"Case Five: Shadrach" (by Dan Abnett and Nick Percival, in 2000 AD #969, 1995)
"Case Six: A Salver in the Heavens" (by Dan Abnett and John Ridgway, in 2000 AD #970, 1995)
"Case Seven: Psi-Wars" (by Kek-W and Kevin Cullen, in 2000 AD #971, 1995)
"Case Eight: Red in Tooth and Claus" (by John Tomlinson and Lee Sullivan, in 2000 AD #972, 1995)
"Case Nine: Blackout" (by Dan Abnett and Mike Perkins, in 2000 AD #973, 1996)
"Case Ten: Thrillkill" (by Brian Williamson and John Burns, in 2000 AD #974, 1995)
"Case Eleven: K2" (with Kevin Gill and Mike Hadley, in 2000 AD #975, 1995)
Series 3:
"Case Zero: Oath of Office" (by Gordon Rennie and Garry Marshall, in 2000 AD #987, 1996)
"Case One: Extraction Point" (by Simon Jowett and Paul Johnson, in 2000 AD #988, 1996)
"Case Two: Trinity" (by Simon Furman and John Higgins, in 2000 AD #989, 1996)
"Case Three: The Dream Factory" (by Kek-W and Steve Yeowell, in 2000 AD #990, 1996)
"Case Four: Parts and Labour" (by Dan Abnett and Mick Austin, in 2000 AD #991, 1996)
"Case Five: Assassin" (by Alan McKenzie and Dave D'Antiquis, in 2000 AD #992, 1996)
"Case Six: Screaming Friar" (by Brian Williamson and John Burns, in 2000 AD #993, 1996)
"Case Seven: Buzz-Saw" (by Kevin Gill and Kevin Cullen, in 2000 AD #994, 1996)
"Case Eight: Worlds at War" (by Dan Abnett and John Ridgway, in 2000 AD #995, 1996)
"Case Nine: Down to the Woods" (by Brian Williamson and Kevin Cullen, in 2000 AD #996, 1996)
"Case Ten: Video Nasty" (by Pat Mills and John Ridgway, in 2000 AD #997, 1996)
"Case Eleven: Imaginary Friend" (by Nick Abadzis and Paul Johnson, in 2000 AD #998-999, 1996)
Series 4:
"Case One: Devil in the Deep Blue Sea" (by Steve White and Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1024, 1997)
"Case Two: It's Good to Talk" (by Nick Abadzis and Sean Phillips, in 2000 AD #1025, 1997)
"Case Three: The Blackwater Incident" (by Shaky Kane and David Bircham, in 2000 AD #1026, 1997)
"Case Four: Bad Moon Rising" (by Steve White and Amanda Fletcher, in 2000 AD #1027, 1997)
"Case Five: Patent Pending" (by Gordon Rennie and Mike Perkins, in 2000 AD #1028, 1997)
"Case Six: Bodysnatchers" (by Gordon Rennie and Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1029, 1997)
"Case Seven: The Immortality Question" (with Paul Neal and Cyril Julien, in 2000 AD #1030, 1997)
"Case Eight: Unhallowed Ground" (by Gordon Rennie and Allan Bednar as "Neal Brand", in 2000 AD #1031, 1997)
"Case Nine: The Sad Child" (by Dan Abnett and Paul Marshall, in 2000 AD #1032, 1997)
"Case Ten: Case Closed?" (by David Bishop and Simon Davis, in 2000 AD #1032, 1997)
Series 5:
"Case Zero: Shadows and Light" (by Gordon Rennie and Dylan Teague, in 2000 AD #1060, 1997)
"Case One: Side Step" (by Dan Abnett and Chris Weston, in 2000 AD # 1062, 1997)
"Case Two: Cryptogram" (by Dan Abnett and Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1063, 1997)
"Case Three: Graven Images" (by John Smith and Cliff Robinson, in 2000 AD #1064, 1997)
"Case Four: HALO" (by Chris Standley and Robert McCallum, in 2000 AD # 1065 (1997))
"Case Six: MK-Ultra" (by Gordon Rennie and Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1067, 1997)
"Case Seven: Night of the Jaguar" (by Steve White and Marc Wigmore, in 2000 AD #1068, 1997)
"Case Eight: Midnight Rambler" (by Gordon Rennie and Paul Johnson, in 2000 AD #1069, 1997)
"Case Nine: JFKed" (by Dan Abnett and Allan Bednar as "Neal Brand", in 2000 AD #1070, 1997)
"Case Ten: Angels" (by Robbie Morrison and Lee Sullivan, in 2000 AD #1071, 1997)
"Case Eleven: Search & Rescue" (by Gordon Rennie and Cliff Robinson, in 2000 AD #1072, 1997)
"Case Twelve: Deep Freeze" (by Kek-W and Paul Marshall, in 2000 AD #1073, 1997)
"Case Thirteen: Sands of Death" (by Robbie Morrison and Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1074, 1997)
"Case Fourteen: Chupacabras" (by Chris Standley and Allan Bednar as "Neal Brand", in 2000 AD #1075, 1997)
"Case Fifteen: Time's Arrow" (by Gordon Rennie and Patrick Woodrow, in 2000 AD #1076, 1998)
Series 6:
"Case One: Houdini" (by Dan Abnett and Robert McCallum, in 2000 AD #1078, 1998)
"Case Two: Chill Out" (by D. McDonagh and Charles Gillespie, in 2000 AD #1079, 1998)
"Case Three: Shades of Grey" (by Dan Abnett and Robert McCallum, in 2000 AD #1080, 1998)
"Case Four: Einstein's Monsters" (by Gordon Rennie and Cyril Julien, in 2000 AD #1081, 1998)
"Case Five: Seal of Solomon" (by Gordon Rennie and Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1082, 1998)
"Case Six: Godhead Revisited" (by Dan Abnett and Allan Bednar, in 2000 AD #1083, 1998)
A stand-alone episode:
"Divine Fury" (with Lee Marks and Cliff Robinson, in 2000 AD #1117, 1998)
Specials:
"Case 459: Sheep's Clothing" (by Dan Abnett and Lee Sullivan, in 2000 AD Winter Special 1995)
"Case 667: Suburban Hell" (by Igor Goldkind, Dix and Nick Abadzis, in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1996)
See also
Bureau 13
Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense
MIB
External links
2000 AD page
British comics
Forteana
2000 AD comic strips
2000 AD characters
Fictional government investigations of the paranormal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector%2013 |
Tyrell Corporation may refer to:
Fictional company in the film Blade Runner that develops replicants
The Tyrrel Corporation, a 1990s English recording group | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrell%20Corporation |
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