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512111 | Seram Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seram%20Island | Seram Island
38 mammal species and includes nine species that are endemic or near endemic, several of which are limited to montane habitats. These include the Seram bandicoot, Moluccan flying fox, Seram flying-fox, Manusela mosaic-tailed rat, spiny Ceram rat and the Ceram rat, all considered threatened.
Saltwater croc... | 11,800 |
512111 | Seram Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seram%20Island | Seram Island
centuries, Seram was generally within the sphere of influence of Ternate, although it was often ruled more directly by the Ternaten vassal state of Buru. The expedition of António de Abreu (as captain) and Francisco Serrão sighted and explored the entire southern coast of Seram in early 1512, for the first... | 11,801 |
512111 | Seram Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seram%20Island | Seram Island
armed guerilla struggle against Indonesian rule by the counter revolutionary Republic of South Moluccas movement led by Soumokil.
# Administration.
Seram includes three of the regencies within the province of Maluku. West Seram (Kabupaten Seram Bagian Barat), capital at Dataran Hunipopu, had a population... | 11,802 |
512111 | Seram Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seram%20Island | Seram Island
a West Melanesian people who reputedly retained a custom of headhunting until the 1940s. Today, however, most of the population of Seram is either Muslim or Christian due to both conversion and immigration. Seram was affected by the violent inter-religious conflict that swept Maluku province starting in la... | 11,803 |
512111 | Seram Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seram%20Island | Seram Island
go, and fish are important products. Oil is produced in the northeast near Bula by CITIC Seram Energy who took over from KUFPEC (Indonesia) Limited in 2006. The Oseil oil field is located onshore in the northeast of the island in the Seram Non-Bula Production Sharing Contract area. The discovery well was d... | 11,804 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
Focus puller
A focus puller or first assistant camera (1st AC) is a member of a film crew's camera department whose primary responsibility is to maintain image sharpness on whatever subject or action is being filmed.
"Pulling focus" or "rack focusing" refers to the act of changing the lens's focus distan... | 11,805 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
the frame, as dictated by the specific requirements of the shot.
A good focus puller will have an intimate knowledge of cinematographic and optical theory. Depending on the parameters of a given shot, there is often very little room for error. As such, the role of a focus puller is extremely important wit... | 11,806 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
personnel consider the focus puller to have the most difficult job on set.
British cinematographer Oliver Stapleton has written:
During production, 1st ACs are also responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of all camera equipment and accessories, including; lenses, filters, batteries, film magazines/re... | 11,807 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
the Director of Photography. On larger budget productions, the camera is usually mounted on a dolly for most of the day, which is operated by the Dolly Grip. At the end of each shooting day, 1st ACs clean the equipment and pack it up in preparation for the next day. If there is a problem with the rushes (s... | 11,808 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
begins with a blocking rehearsal, in which the various actors' positions are established. During the rehearsal, the 2nd AC lays tape marks on the floor at all points an actor pauses movement. The actors then leave set to go through hair and makeup, and stand-ins come in to take their places at these variou... | 11,809 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
disc on the follow focus device. Using the stand-ins or 2nd AC, marks are checked through the viewfinder and/or the onboard monitor for accuracy. Marks may be repositioned in order to provide specific framing desired, and the 1st AC must be aware of this and re-measure/re-set his marks accordingly. Additio... | 11,810 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
sure everything has been set up properly. During a take, the focus puller modifies the focus based on the dialog, movement of the actors or subject, movement of the camera, the DoP's directions, and compensates on the fly for actors missing their marks or any unforeseen movement. In cases where an obstruct... | 11,811 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
he's made a mistake—be it a timing error, a missed mark, or any other issue which may have rendered some part of the take "soft," he or she will typically report this to the operator (who most likely noticed the error in the viewfinder) or director of photography, and may ask for another take if another wa... | 11,812 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
useful when a fast-paced production simply does not allow time for the focus puller to set and check all marks that may be needed, or if no rehearsal will be provided.
Professional 1st ACs have many tricks for pulling focus in difficult situations or when accurate measurement is impossible. Often, before ... | 11,813 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
shooting circumstances.
In addition to keen eyesight, reflexes, and intuition, the focus puller's primary tools are a cloth or fiberglass tape measure, steel tape measure, laser rangefinder, and in some cases an on-camera ultrasonic rangefinder which provides a real-time distance readout mounted on the si... | 11,814 |
512131 | Focus puller | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focus%20puller | Focus puller
ens and inspecting, with the aid of a flashlight and magnifying glass, the aperture to which the film is held during exposure. The focus puller is looking for any foreign bodies, e.g. hair, bits of broken film, fluff etc., that would show on the film and therefore ruin the scene that has just been filmed. ... | 11,815 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
TWA Flight 847
Trans World Airlines Flight 847 was a flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles. On the morning of Friday, June 14, 1985, Flight 847 was hijacked shortly after take off from Athens. The hijackers were seeking the release of 700 Shi'ite Mus... | 11,816 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
body was thrown onto the apron. Dozens of passengers were held hostage over the next two weeks until released by their captors after some of their demands were met.
# Hijacking events.
Flight 847 was operated with a Boeing 727-200, registration The flight originated in Cairo on the morning of June 14. ... | 11,817 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
takeoff by two Arabic-speaking Lebanese men who had smuggled a pistol and two grenades through the Athens airport security. One was later identified as Mohammed Ali Hamadi, who was later captured and sentenced to life imprisonment in Germany. Hamadi is an alleged member of Hezbollah.
## To Beirut, then ... | 11,818 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
traffic control until they relented. He said at one point, "He has pulled a hand-grenade pin and he is ready to blow up the aircraft if he has to. We must, I repeat, we must land at Beirut. We must land at Beirut. No alternative."
At the time, Lebanon was in the midst of the Lebanese Civil War, and Beir... | 11,819 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
over-run by Islamic militias, and nearby residents could simply drive onto the runway.
The hijackers had systematically and regularly beaten all the military passengers, but during this stop, they selected U.S. Navy diver, Robert Stethem, beat him, shot him in the right temple, and dumped his body out o... | 11,820 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
following day, Saturday, 15 June, where an additional 65 passengers and all five female cabin crew members were released. The hijackers wished to fly to Tehran, but mysteriously returned to Beirut for a third time on Sunday afternoon, 16 June, and remained there for unknown reasons.
The initial demands ... | 11,821 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
Ali Atwa, and in exchange the hijackers released eight Greek citizens, including Greek pop singer Demis Roussos, to be flown by a Greek government business jet from Algiers back to Athens.
By Monday afternoon, June 17, the 40 remaining hostages had been taken from the plane and held hostage throughout B... | 11,822 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
schoolyard and met with international journalists, then driven to Syria by the International Red Cross to the Sheraton Hotel and a press conference in Damascus.
The hostages then boarded a U.S. Air Force C-141B Starlifter cargo plane and flew to Rhein-Main AB, West Germany, where they were met by U.S. V... | 11,823 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
a gun being held to a pilot's head, sticking out of the cockpit window, while all three pilots were being interviewed by reporters. The scene was interrupted by one of the French-speaking Hezbollah guards left by the hijackers to hold the crew after most passengers and the cabin crew had been released in... | 11,824 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
either hijacker spoke. Notably, she interrupted an attempt to end the hijacking in Algiers when airport officials refused to refuel the plane without payment by offering her own Shell Oil credit card, which was used to charge about $5,500 for 6,000 gallons of jet fuel, for which she was reimbursed. She a... | 11,825 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
operated the airline's final revenue flight of their Boeing 727 fleet. The aircraft was later scrapped in May of 2002.
## Alleged perpetrators.
Hezbollah specialist Magnus Ranstorp of the University of St. Andrews credits "leading" Hezbollah members Hassan Izz-Al-Din (later involved in the Kuwait Airwa... | 11,826 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
Ali Atwa, and Hassan Izz-Al-Din, having been earlier indicted in United States district courts for the 1985 skyjacking of the American airliner, were among the original 22 fugitives announced by President George W. Bush to be placed on the newly formed FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. Rewards of $5 milli... | 11,827 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
of Stethem's 1985 murder and was sentenced to life in prison. However, he was paroled and released by German officials on December 20, 2005, and returned to Lebanon. There has been speculation that his parole was granted as part of a covert prisoner swap, in exchange for the release of Susanne Osthoff. T... | 11,828 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
to be named by the FBI to the list.
Several news outlets reported the announcement by Hezbollah of the death of Imad Mugniyah in a car bomb explosion in Syria on February 13, 2008. The remaining three fugitives from TWA Flight 847 remain on the list, and at large.
Hezbollah reportedly denies culpabilit... | 11,829 |
512123 | TWA Flight 847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=TWA%20Flight%20847 | TWA Flight 847
lah of the death of Imad Mugniyah in a car bomb explosion in Syria on February 13, 2008. The remaining three fugitives from TWA Flight 847 remain on the list, and at large.
Hezbollah reportedly denies culpability in the TWA Flight 847 hijacking, among its denials of numerous other attacks that have been... | 11,830 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
New River (Kanawha River tributary)
The New River is a river which flows through the U.S. states of North Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Part of the Ohio River watershe... | 11,831 |
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Service.
This low-level crossing of the Appalachians, many millions of years old, has long been a biogeographical corridor allowing numerous species of plants and animals to spread between the lowlands of the American East Coast and those of the Midwest; other unusual kinds of plant... | 11,832 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
with favorites including Hawks Nest State Park and various overlooks on lands of the New River Gorge National River.
The New River Gorge and the U.S. 19 bridge crossing it are shown on the West Virginia State Quarter, minted in 2005.
# Course.
This ancient river begins in the moun... | 11,833 |
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become the Kanawha River in south-central West Virginia. The Kanawha then flows into the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Much of the river's course is lined with steep cliffs and rock outcrops, particularly in its gorge in West Virginia.
The New River is formed by the c... | 11,834 |
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Claytor Dam, creating Claytor Lake. North of the dam the New River accepts the Little River and passes the city of Radford, Virginia before passing through Walker Mountain via a narrow water gap. After flowing north through Giles County, Virginia and the town of Narrows, the river cr... | 11,835 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
Virginia. A few miles northwest of Fayetteville, much of the New River's flow is diverted through the Hawks Nest Tunnel for use in power generation. The water re-enters the river just upstream of Gauley Bridge, where the New merges with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River. The... | 11,836 |
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bridge, and the fourth highest in the Americas.
# Geology.
Ironically, the New River is considered by some geologists to be one of the oldest rivers in the world. and certainly one of the oldest rivers in North America. The New River flows in a generally south-to-north course, at t... | 11,837 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
In the geologic past, the New River was a much longer stream. Geologists have named it the Teays. The last advance of Pleistocene continental glacial ice buried most of this river. At that time, the waters of the New were diverted into rivers (the present-day Ohio & Kanawha Rivers) c... | 11,838 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
The New River dissects all physiographic provinces of the Appalachian Mountains, and therefore is believed to be a corridor facilitating the movement of southern plant and animal species into West Virginia. In addition to serving as a refuge for some species, New River Gorge provides... | 11,839 |
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coastal plain and piedmont, such as melic grass, living with northern mountain species. Because time has favored the new River Gorge, certain unique species have been able to carve their own niches here. Several species of fish have evolved that are endemic (found nowhere else) to th... | 11,840 |
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falls within the Mixed Mesophytic Forest Region. Recognized forest types include oak-hickory, mixed oak, oak-maple, oak-yellow pine, hemlock-hardwoods, northern hardwoods, cove hardwoods, and bottomland and floodplain hardwoods.
Also located in the gorge is the rare Appalachian Flat... | 11,841 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
animals. For this reason, animals more commonly found much farther south may reach the northern extent of their range in the New River Gorge area. Likewise, animals more commonly associated with the northern forests may reach the southern extent of their range in this area. Other ani... | 11,842 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
mink, muskrat, river otter. Continuous forest, abandoned mine portals, rivers and streams provide habitat for a diverse variety of amphibians like hellbenders (large aquatic salamanders). There are nearly 40 species of reptiles like the eastern fence lizard, five-lined skinks, copper... | 11,843 |
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like loons, cormorants, hooded mergansers and other migratory birds including the Cerulean warbler, a species in decline elsewhere in its range.
## Fish.
The New River basin has seven endemic species of fish, which are the: Appalachia darter, bigmouth chub, bluestone sculpin, candy... | 11,844 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
New River Gorge today will provide glimpses of old stone walls, foundations of homes and buildings, coal mine entrances, and coke ovens decaying alongside the railroad tracks.
The New River and its Gorge and Valley have been turned into protected parks and recreation areas along muc... | 11,845 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
project on the Virginia-North Carolina border. Plans had been proposed in the early 1960s to dam the New River in Virginia, backing up water into North Carolina for pumped storage, the production of hydroelectric power, and the regular flushing of pollution downstream. Proponents cal... | 11,846 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
New River Gorge that would have a chance of success in Congress. That designation passed Congress in 1978.
# Recreation.
The New River is spanned by the New River Gorge Bridge near Fayetteville, West Virginia, which is open for BASE jumping on Bridge Day. It is also a very popular ... | 11,847 |
512078 | New River (Kanawha River tributary) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New%20River%20(Kanawha%20River%20tributary) | New River (Kanawha River tributary)
from upstream to downstream:
- Pisgah National Forest (on the South Fork)
- Elk Knob State Park (on the North Fork)
- New River State Park, North Carolina
- New River Trail State Park, Virginia
- Shot Tower Historical State Park, Virginia
- Claytor Lake State Park, Virginia
- ... | 11,848 |
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is one of the nation's American Heritage Rivers. In 1975, North Carolina designated a segment of the river as "New River State Scenic River", by including it in the state's Natural and Scenic Rivers System. The segment was added to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System the follo... | 11,849 |
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flows, are present in most tributaries. Other sources of pollutants within park boundaries include unlined landfills, illegal dumps, pesticide sprayed directly into the New River, agricultural runoff, road salt runoff, direct discharge of residential sewage, inadequate municipal sewa... | 11,850 |
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of these various potential sources of bacteria. One of these studies was conducted in New River Gorge by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service. The results indicate that human-caused wastewater pollution is present in each of the four New River Gor... | 11,851 |
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influences on the boundary continue to put pressure on a highly fragmented base resource. Power lines and rights-of-way present additional problems. There is currently only limited information on all such areas throughout the park. Right-of-ways are routinely maintained with herbicid... | 11,852 |
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such as the Environmental Assessment for gypsy moth management, require detailed information and hard scientific data in order to justify management actions.
Many areas within New River Gorge have been impacted by either strip or deep mining for coal, as well as by oil and gas opera... | 11,853 |
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on this inventory.
Air pollution sources resulting from activities within the park includes windblown soil and dust from construction activities, smoke from residential wood burning, automobile emissions, and forest fires. A significant issue for the park is solid waste management. ... | 11,854 |
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has been found in several historic structures within the park, and this has lengthened the time and costs involved in renovation of these buildings.
Over time, the New River Gorge has provided a refuge for plants and animals as habitats have shifted with changing weather patterns. A... | 11,855 |
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ver
- Great Konhaway River
- Kanawha River
- Kunhaway River
- Mon-don-ga-cha-te
- Wood River
- Wood's River
- Woods River
# See also.
- New River Gorge National River
- New River Gorge Bridge
- Sandstone, West Virginia
- List of North Carolina rivers
- List of Virginia r... | 11,856 |
512128 | CFB Kingston | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Kingston | CFB Kingston
CFB Kingston
Canadian Forces Base Kingston (also CFB Kingston) is a Canadian Forces Base operated by the Canadian Army located in Kingston, Ontario.
# History.
The Barriefield Military Camp, commonly called Camp Barriefield, was established as a military base at the outbreak of the First World War in 19... | 11,857 |
512128 | CFB Kingston | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Kingston | CFB Kingston
honour of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Vimy Barracks became home to the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals which relocated to the Barriefield Military Camp from the Borden Military Camp. The Signal Training Centre, later renamed the Royal Canadian School of Signals was also established at the base.
The Barr... | 11,858 |
512128 | CFB Kingston | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Kingston | CFB Kingston
during the First and Second World Wars. From 1945-1969 the McNaughton Barracks were host to the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers School.
The base was renamed to Canadian Forces Base Kingston (CFB Kingston) in 1966 in the lead-up to the February 1968 unification of the Canadian Army, Roya... | 11,859 |
512128 | CFB Kingston | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Kingston | CFB Kingston
the National Defence College, the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College and the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics were some of the units supported by the base and under the authority of the commander of CFB Kingston. On September 1, 1988, the 1st Canadian Division Headquarter... | 11,860 |
512128 | CFB Kingston | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Kingston | CFB Kingston
1997, Air Command reorganized by disbanding the 10 Tactical Air Group and replacing this unit with the newly formed 1 Wing. The headquarters for 1 Wing was relocated to CFB Kingston, however, the unit's 6 tactical helicopter squadrons flying the CH-146 Griffon were spread out at Canadian Forces bases acros... | 11,861 |
512128 | CFB Kingston | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Kingston | CFB Kingston
Electronics (CFSCE)
- Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment
- 21 Electronic Warfare Regiment
- 772 Electronic Warfare Squadron
- 2 Electronic Warfare Squadron
- Canadian Forces Crypto Maintenance Unit
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- 1 Wing (commonly referred to as 1 Wing Kingston)
- Royal Canadian Nav... | 11,862 |
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Office
- Kingston Garrison Learning and Career Centre
- Dispute Resolution Centre
- Canadian Forces Housing Agency
- 2 Military Police Regiment Detachment Kingston
- Military Communications and Electronics Museum
- Royal Military College of Canada; CFB Kingston is the base designated to support RMC, ... | 11,863 |
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Building MB39 Recognized - 1996
- Sherman Hall, Building MB37 Recognized - 1996
- Vimy Barracks
- Barracks Block, Building VB-7 Recognized - 2002
- Beament Hall, Building VB-2 Recognized - 1996
- Carruthers Hall, Building VB-1 Recognized - 1996
- Forde Building VB-16 Recognized - 1997
- McKee Hall, ... | 11,864 |
512128 | CFB Kingston | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CFB%20Kingston | CFB Kingston
ario Power Authority's for their leadership in pursuing energy efficiency. CFB Kingston and Direct Energy partnered in 2005 to create the largest Federal Building Initiative project ever conducted in Canada, resulting in a $21-million energy performance contract (EPC) expected to save the base more than $2... | 11,865 |
512133 | Justus Perthes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justus%20Perthes | Justus Perthes
Justus Perthes
Johann Georg Justus Perthes (11 September 1749, Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – 2 May 1816, Gotha, Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg) was a German publisher and founder of the publishing house that bears his name.
# Life.
He was born in the Thuringian town of Rudolstadt, the son of a Schwarzbur... | 11,866 |
512133 | Justus Perthes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justus%20Perthes | Justus Perthes
and laid the foundation of the geographical branch of the business for which it is chiefly famous, by the first publishing of the "Hand-Atlas" from 1817–1823 after Adolf Stieler (1775–1836).
Wilhelm Perthes engaged the collaboration of the most eminent German geographers of the time, including Stieler, ... | 11,867 |
512133 | Justus Perthes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justus%20Perthes | Justus Perthes
was first edited in 1855, and Bruno Hassenstein (1839–1902); and in next generation to his son Bernhard Perthes (1858–1919), who was born after his father Bernhardt Wilhelm had died.
Since 1785 the firm also issued the Almanach de Gotha, a statistical, historical and genealogical annual (in German and F... | 11,868 |
512133 | Justus Perthes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justus%20Perthes | Justus Perthes
"[Map of Texas, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas] / bearbeitet v. H. Habenicht."] hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
- The 1875 Stieler Hand-Atlas, and many other maps and atlases, are viewable online at DavidRumsey.com
- More information about the history and the current sit... | 11,869 |
512133 | Justus Perthes | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justus%20Perthes | Justus Perthes
online at DavidRumsey.com
- More information about the history and the current situation of the huge archive (map archive, bibliothèque) of 'Justus Perthes Geographische Anstalt Gotha' (including 'VEB Hermann Haack Geographisch-Kartographische Anstalt Gotha', publishing firm in the German Democratic Rep... | 11,870 |
512143 | Clapper loader | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clapper%20loader | Clapper loader
Clapper loader
A clapper loader or second assistant camera (2nd AC) is part of a film crew whose main functions are that of loading the raw film stock into camera magazines, operating the clapperboard (slate) at the beginning of each take, marking the actors as necessary, and maintaining all records and... | 11,871 |
512143 | Clapper loader | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clapper%20loader | Clapper loader
Functions.
Clapper loaders have a very important role as practically the only people on set who directly and physically oversee the state of the undeveloped negative. The loader – the only person who actually handles the negative between the manufacturer and the laboratory – thus can easily render an en... | 11,872 |
512143 | Clapper loader | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clapper%20loader | Clapper loader
of photography Oliver Stapleton has written on his website:
# Duties.
A full description of the job duties includes the following (although different shoots may often not always require all of these):
- generally assisting the rest of the camera crew (focus puller, camera operator, director of photogr... | 11,873 |
512143 | Clapper loader | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clapper%20loader | Clapper loader
clean the magazines and the loading environment
- organizing and cleaning the equipment space
- maintaining and cleaning the equipment
- loading and unloading of film stock from and to the magazines
- labelling of equipment, boxes, magazines, and storage spaces
- marking actors and props (leaving a ... | 11,874 |
512143 | Clapper loader | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clapper%20loader | Clapper loader
terfacing with continuity in order to note which takes to print
- charging of batteries for camera and accessories
- preparation of film to be sent to the lab
- keeping records of time, per diems, and expenses for the entire camera crew
- liaising regularly with production, rental houses, editing, la... | 11,875 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
Bertram Turetzky
Bertram Jay Turetzky (born February 14, 1933) is a contemporary American double bass (contrabass) soloist, composer, teacher, and author of "The Contemporary Contrabass" (1974, 1989), a book that looked at a number of new and interesting ways of playing the double bass including featu... | 11,876 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
as a featured soloist in the major music centers of the world and is the most widely recorded solo doublebass player with seven albums on Advance, Ars Nova, Nonesuch, Takoma, Desto and Finnadar music labels.
Turetzky is a versatile musician, conversant in chamber music, baroque music, classical, jazz,... | 11,877 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
Man" which spoke to the early development of jazz bass playing.
Bernard Jacobson of the Chicago Daily News described Turestzky as "a virtuoso of caliber unsurpassed by any other practitioner of his instrument today."
# Biography.
Turetzky was born in Norwich, Connecticut, United States, and grew up ... | 11,878 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
featuring the work of American composers George Perle, Edgard Varèse, Donald Martino, Kenneth Gaburo, Ben Johnston, and an early instrument and tape piece by Charles Whittenburg. Recording activities continued with records on labels Nonesuch, Son Nova, Ars Antigua, and Desto. He has worked with Charles... | 11,879 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
UCSD faculty position, while Seigfried is working with Turetzky on the latter's autobiography.
He is married to flutist Nancy Turetzky, and they have two sons and a daughter, and live in Del Mar, California.
He also plays the guitar, piano, and banjo.
# Selected discography.
- Recording (solo LP), ... | 11,880 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
Music of John Cage, Ben Johnson, and Pauline Oliveros, Nonesuch Records, 1969-70.
- Recording, Music for Young Listeners, by Netty Simons, CRI Records, 1973.
- Recording, Gorge, by Phil Winsor, at Mills College, Oakland, funded by a Ford Foundation Grant, 1973.
- Recording, Dragonetti Lives, Takoma ... | 11,881 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
Ogden, Netty Simons, Desto DC7128, 1976.
- Recording, Tree Music (principal soloist), Logs and Logs XVI, by Paul Chihara, CRI SD 269, 1976.
- Recording (solo LP), The Contemporary Contrabass, Nonesuch, 1976.
- Recording (solo LP), New Music for Contrabass, compositions by Charles Mingus, Boguslaw Sc... | 11,882 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
for Virtuoso/2, New World Records, Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc., NW 254 Stereo, recorded December 4, 1977, released November 1978.
- Recording for ABC, Works by Hoffman, Turetzky, Mingus, and McCartney-Lennon, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, August 5, 1978.
- Recording for ABC, with Nancy Turetzky, ... | 11,883 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
on "20th Century Ukrainian Violin Music" 1987 cassette recording CYFP 2032 by Yevshan Corporation, Canada, Library of Congress Card no. 78-7509959 (first recorded in 1964, 1975 on ORION-ORS 79331), First western recording of music by Ukrainian composer Leonid Hrabovsky, recorded September 1978, release... | 11,884 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
Brewster Records, 1982.
- Recording, Turetzky settings and performance of selections from Sherley Anne Williams, Some Sweet Angel Chile, Blues Economique Records, September 25, 1984.
- Recording, Turetzky settings and performance of Jerome Rothenberg's, Poland 1931 and Dada Suite, Blues Economique Re... | 11,885 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
Notebook on CD titled Crux, O.O. Discs, USA, 1992.
- Recording, Second Avenue Klezmer Ensemble, Traditions and Transitions Second Avenue Productions, San Diego, 1992.
- CD recording of Stuart Saunders Smith's' Notebook on CD titled Crux, O.O. Discs, USA, 1992.
- CD recording of SONOR Ensemble of the... | 11,886 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
New World Records 80541-2, 1998.
- CD recording, Logs by Paul Chihara, CRI CD 815, 1999.
- CD recording, Three Pieces for Double Bass Alone, by Donald Erb, on CD titled Suddenly It's Evening, CRI CD 857, 1999.
# Bibliography.
- Book, The Contemporary Contrabass, by Bertram Turetzky. The New Instrum... | 11,887 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
Barney Childs, Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1975.
- Book, New Directions for Clarinet by Philip Rehfeldt. The New Instrumentation, Vol. IV, co-edited by Turetzky and Barney Childs, Berkeley: The University of California Press, 1976.
- Book, The Contemporary Guitar, by John Schneider.... | 11,888 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
co-edited by Turetzky and Barney Childs, Berkeley: The University of California Press, Second Edition, Revised, 1989.
# Notes and references.
- Applebaum, Samuel. "The Way they Play", Paganiniana Publications, 1984.
- Anderson, E. Ruth. "Contemporary American composers. A biographical dictionary", S... | 11,889 |
512132 | Bertram Turetzky | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertram%20Turetzky | Bertram Turetzky
ay", Paganiniana Publications, 1984.
- Anderson, E. Ruth. "Contemporary American composers. A biographical dictionary", Second edition, G. K. Hall, 1982.
- Larkin, Colin. "The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music", Guinness Publishing, 1992.
- Press, Jaques Cattell (Ed.). "Who's who in American Mu... | 11,890 |
512147 | 7th Golden Raspberry Awards | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th%20Golden%20Raspberry%20Awards | 7th Golden Raspberry Awards
7th Golden Raspberry Awards
The 7th Golden Raspberry Awards were held on March 29, 1987, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel to recognize the worst the movie industry had to offer in 1986. For the first time, the Razzies had a tie for Worst Picture, between "Howard the Duck" and "Under the Che... | 11,891 |
512155 | The Suppliants | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Suppliants | The Suppliants
The Suppliants
The Suppliants may refer to:
- The Suppliants (Aeschylus) by Aeschylus, an ancient Greek play where the Danaides seek protection from King Pelasgus
- The Suppliants (Euripides) by Euripides, an ancient Greek play where the mothers of the Seven Against Thebes seek help from Theseus to bu... | 11,892 |
512150 | Heracleum (plant) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heracleum%20(plant) | Heracleum (plant)
Heracleum (plant)
Heracleum is a genus of biennial and perennial herbs in the carrot family Apiaceae. They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and in high mountains as far south as Ethiopia. Common names for the genus or its species include hogweed and cow parsnip.
The genus name ... | 11,893 |
512150 | Heracleum (plant) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heracleum%20(plant) | Heracleum (plant)
of Eurasia, a serious invasive species in many areas of Europe and North America
- "Heracleum sosnowskyi", Sosnowsky's hogweed, a common weed throughout Europe and Asia
- "Heracleum persicum", Persian hogweed, native to Iran, Iraq, and Turkey
- "Heracleum sphondylium", common hogweed, native to Eur... | 11,894 |
512150 | Heracleum (plant) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heracleum%20(plant) | Heracleum (plant)
that common name refers to all three species as a group. Both "H. maximum" and "H. sphondylium" are often referred to as cow parsnip. To avoid confusion, these species are sometimes referred to as American cow parsnip and European cow parsnip, respectively.
The morphological similarity of species wit... | 11,895 |
512150 | Heracleum (plant) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heracleum%20(plant) | Heracleum (plant)
to 2000, the former name was most popular, but today the latter name is in vogue.
# Phototoxic effects.
Most species of the genus "Heracleum" are known to cause phytophotodermatitis. In particular, the public health risks of giant hogweed ("H. mantegazzianum") are well known.
At least 36 species of... | 11,896 |
512170 | Saparua | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saparua | Saparua
Saparua
Saparua is an island east of Ambon Island in the Indonesian province of Maluku; the island of Haruku lies between Saparua and Ambon. The main port is in the south at Kota Saparua. The island of Maolana is located near its southwestern side and Nusa Laut off its southeastern tip.
Saparua was administer... | 11,897 |
512170 | Saparua | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saparua | Saparua
Maolana) covers a land area of 168.1 sq.km, and had a population of 32,312 as of the 2010 census. The inhabitants of Saparua speak the Saparua language, as well as Indonesian and Ambonese Malay.
Saparua was the location of Indonesian national hero, Pattimura's rebellion against Dutch forces in 1817. It was als... | 11,898 |
512170 | Saparua | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saparua | Saparua
donesia's Minister of Health during the 1960s and 1970s.
# Villages on Saparua.
There are 17 administrative villages, listed below with their populations at the 2010 Census; ten comprise the new district of East Saparua, while seven remain with the existing Saparua district
- Saparua (2,680)
- Tiouw (1,443)... | 11,899 |
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