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6867172 | Prototype (Star Trek: Voyager) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prototype%20(Star%20Trek:%20Voyager) | Prototype (Star Trek: Voyager)
on the prototype with 3947, answering his questions about other units in their society and informing him that Data is the only android among them and is treated like any human, Janeway tries to figure out how to rescue her. They finally realize that if a shuttle could get past the robots'... | 6,122,600 |
6867172 | Prototype (Star Trek: Voyager) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prototype%20(Star%20Trek:%20Voyager) | Prototype (Star Trek: Voyager)
a breach in the robotic shields to sneak closer to the ship.
When asked by Torres why robots are at war with each other, 3947 further reveals the robot race's history: their Builders (two races, the Pralor and the Cravic) were at war with each other and designed these robots to be soldie... | 6,122,601 |
6867172 | Prototype (Star Trek: Voyager) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prototype%20(Star%20Trek:%20Voyager) | Prototype (Star Trek: Voyager)
the war. A horrified Torres realizes she has upset the balance of the war by creating her prototype, and, with only a moment's hesitation, plunges an electrically charged knife into the prototype's body, causing it to short-circuit and be destroyed. 3947 uses a bolt of electricity which k... | 6,122,602 |
6867290 | Benoît Mariage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benoît%20Mariage | Benoît Mariage
Benoît Mariage
Benoît Mariage (born 19 July 1961) is a Belgian film director.
# Filmography.
- 2014: "Les Rayures du zèbre"
- 2007: "Cow-boy"
- 2003: "L'autre"
- 1999: "Les convoyeurs attendent"
- Documentaries
- 2001: " Nemadis, the Years Without News"
- 2011: "On the road again, le cinéma de B... | 6,122,603 |
6867240 | Israel Export Institute | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israel%20Export%20Institute | Israel Export Institute
Israel Export Institute
The Israel Export Institute (IEI; ) is an Israeli governmental agency which operates under the Ministry of Trade and Labor to facilitate trade opportunities, joint ventures, and strategic alliances between international businesses and Israeli companies.
Established in 1... | 6,122,604 |
6867240 | Israel Export Institute | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israel%20Export%20Institute | Israel Export Institute
in various fields of interest, and provides assistance and information on the Israeli economy, development and market prospects.
The institute coordinates exhibitions and conferences in Israel and abroad and provides an on-line database of Israeli exporting companies. The institute is supervise... | 6,122,605 |
6867240 | Israel Export Institute | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Israel%20Export%20Institute | Israel Export Institute
- Electronics
- Telecommunications
- IT
- Computer hardware and software
- Healthcare
- Pharmaceuticals
- Dental equipment
- Biotechnology
- Automotive
- Packaging
- Electrical
- Hardware
- Subcontracting
- Automotive (OEM and aftermarket)
- Packaging
- Space and aviation
- Safet... | 6,122,606 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
Operation Midford
Operation Midford was New Zealand's contribution to the Commonwealth Monitoring Force in Rhodesia in late 1979 and early 1980 that eventually led to the Lancaster House Agreement and the independence of Zimbabwe.
# Background.
The Rhodesian Bush War had dragged on for some 14 year... | 6,122,607 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
Army (ZIPRA), armed wing of Joshua Nkomo's Zimbabwe African People's Union, and the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA), armed wing of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union.
## Lancaster House talks.
In April 1979 an election was held in Zimbabwe Rhodesia in which 63% of the ... | 6,122,608 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
that troops might be needed for a special operation.
In New Zealand, selection and training began immediately and a force of 75 officers and men were selected and moved to Papakura Military Camp for specialist training. None of the soldiers were formally told where they might be headed but initially ... | 6,122,609 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
American puppets, due to New Zealand troops serving in Vietnam. However, when it was pointed out that one man in every four in the New Zealand contingent was 'coloured' (Māori/native New Zealanders), the New Zealanders became very acceptable. The Commanding Officer for the Kiwi Contingent was the very... | 6,122,610 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
brassard. It was also decided that the uniform that was to be worn by all members of the MF was to be "Jungle Green" fatigues, and "Jungle Hats" would be worn by all members of the MF serving in the operational areas. This would serve to distinguish them from the Rhodesian Army, whose camouflage fatig... | 6,122,611 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
briefing and issued anti-malaria tablets (Maloprim) which were known locally as the "Tuesday Pill". The entire nation was reminded on both radio and television to take their pill each Tuesday. Troops were also given the opportunity to exchange money and were given the location of their billets.
The R... | 6,122,612 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
and a veritable mountain of stores and equipment.
# Preparation and planning.
The next several days were packed with detailed briefings, O Groups, and the issuing of stores, ammunition, and equipment. As well, due to the height of Rhodesia above sea level, every Kiwi soldier was required to attend a... | 6,122,613 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
of the Monitoring Force during his initial briefing which was usually held at the RLI Barracks at Cranborne.
Other briefings included:
- The CMF's lecture on the responsibility of the Monitoring Force
- An overview on the background of the war and the politics involved
- The background to the oper... | 6,122,614 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
Hurricane – Northeast border
- D. Operation Repulse – Southeast border
- E. Operation Grapple – Midlands
- F. Operation Splinter – Kariba
- G. Operation Tangent – Matabeleland
- H. "SALOPS" – Salisbury & District
The Peacekeeping Forces on the ground, were broken down as follows:
- There were 1... | 6,122,615 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
5. 2 x border Liaison Teams.
# Forward deployment.
The decision to deploy the Monitoring Force was made on 24 December 1979, and the forward deployment took place over the next three days with the ceasefire coming into effect at 2359 + 1, on 28 December. This was an extremely tense time as no one kn... | 6,122,616 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
that would never have been authorised under normal circumstances. There were a number of contacts during this phase of the operation, including: A Rhodesian Escort AFV (Crocodile) was destroyed by a mine near Bulawayo, an RAF Puma helicopter crashed killing the three-man aircrew, a Hercules aircraft w... | 6,122,617 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
communists, both Regular Force and guerrillas were required to register their name, weapon and that weapon's serial number. Both the ZIPRA and ZANLA had played down the size of their forces and over that seven-day period more than 22,000 communist soldiers marched into the 16 Assembly Places.
The she... | 6,122,618 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
were to arrive at the Assembly Places carrying all of their own equipment, however for the most part, most of them carried little more than an AK47, a couple of magazines and the clothes they stood in. Many wore no boots. Food and meat shortages caused major problems on a number of occasions and almos... | 6,122,619 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
weapon "locked, cocked and ready to rock"; that is several magazines taped together on the weapon, the weapon cocked with a round in the tube, safety catch "off", and sights set to maximum range. This resulted in a plague of UD's (unauthorised discharges) and numerous casualties. It also caused tremen... | 6,122,620 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
Places, the RV Teams were disbanded and those men were then added to various Assembly Places so as to boost the numbers there. Assembly Place "November" and Assembly Place "Quebec" were both closed as no communists had been recently operating in that area (Northern border), and the Commonwealth troops... | 6,122,621 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
results were announced on 4 March 1980. During this period, a contingent of British police officers were flown into Rhodesia and they served as observers at the many polling places scattered throughout the country. There were many breaches in the ceasefire as all three sides attempted to gain a positi... | 6,122,622 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
as Mugabe and Nkomo jostled for power, it became commonplace for hand grenades to be thrown into the interior of each other's beer halls by supporters.
# Withdrawal.
On 2 March 1980, all Monitoring Force personnel were pulled back to a tented camp in and around New Sarum airport, and immediately the... | 6,122,623 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
of the country to Zimbabwe. The whites who remained were mainly farmers as they stood to lose everything, as the first law Mugabe passed was that anyone leaving Zimbabwe, could take no more than a couple of hundred dollars with them. Those Rhodesians who left the country were virtually penniless.
By ... | 6,122,624 |
6867118 | Operation Midford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Midford | Operation Midford
ion of Zimbabwe declared itself independent as a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
# Sources.
- Kaye, C.M.S. "Mission Extraordinary Zimbabwe – Rhodesia", British Army Review, 1980.
- Lock, Peter. & Cooke Peter, "Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia", P&P Publishing, Wellington, 1995... | 6,122,625 |
6867278 | Nicholas W. Thomas | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nicholas%20W.%20Thomas | Nicholas W. Thomas
Nicholas W. Thomas
Nicholas W. Thomas (May 23, 1810 – March 27, 1864) was the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1857 to 1859.
He was born in Jenkintown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa., on May 23, 1810. He was the son of Joseph and Eleanor Thomas. He married Arminda Barnard; toget... | 6,122,626 |
6867327 | Tisir Al-Antaif | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tisir%20Al-Antaif | Tisir Al-Antaif
Tisir Al-Antaif
Tisir Ahmed Al-Antaif () (born February 16, 1974 in Dammam) is a Saudi Arabian footballer playing in the goalkeeper role.
He played for Al-Ittifaq at club level and for the national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
# External links.
- Profile at Ogol | 6,122,627 |
6867266 | Ferry Wharf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferry%20Wharf | Ferry Wharf
Ferry Wharf
Bhaucha Dhakka (also called as Ferry Wharf) is a wharf along the Thane Creek, along the coast of Dockyard Road on the Eastern seafront of Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The wharf serves as the port for numerous fishermen who bring in their daily catch. Ferry services li... | 6,122,628 |
6867266 | Ferry Wharf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferry%20Wharf | Ferry Wharf
of Central Railway. Local trains towards Bandra, Andheri,Vashi,Belapur,Panvel halt at this station. These trains originate from CSMT that is Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
Ferry Wharf aka Bhaucha Dhakka was built by Lakshman Hari Chandarjee Ajinkya(1789-1858) . He belonged to the Pathare Prabhu comm... | 6,122,629 |
6867266 | Ferry Wharf | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferry%20Wharf | Ferry Wharf
and in the Marathi book ‘Pathare Prabhuncha Itihaas’ by Pratap Velkar reveal that Mumbai did not have a regular pier or wharf till 1835 for either goods or passengers. The government started leasing out land on the Bombay frontage to private individuals to build wet docks and basins. Laksman Hari Chandarjee... | 6,122,630 |
6867152 | Keith Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20Barker | Keith Barker
Keith Barker
Keith Hubert Douglas Barker (born 21 October 1986) is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Warwickshire. He is an all-rounder. He previously played professional football, where he was a striker. He came through the academy of Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, from whom he was lo... | 6,122,631 |
6867152 | Keith Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20Barker | Keith Barker
Barker's godfather is former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd. Barker also played for Enfield and was offered a contract by Lancashire, but he decided to play football with Blackburn Rovers.
In the 2004–05 academy season, Barker scored 17 goals in 27 appearances, making him the under-18 top scorer, as Rove... | 6,122,632 |
6867152 | Keith Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20Barker | Keith Barker
debut two days later, playing the full 90 minutes in their 1–1 draw with Hereford United at Spotland. He scored one goal for the club in 16 appearances, equalising in a Football League Trophy tie away to Crewe Alexandra on 31 October which finished 1–1, with the hosts winning in a penalty shootout.
Barker... | 6,122,633 |
6867152 | Keith Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20Barker | Keith Barker
continued to play for Enfield, where he was spotted by former England coach David Lloyd, whose son plays for Accrington. On Lloyd's recommendation he was watched by Warwickshire second team coach Keith Piper, and subsequently offered a trial. In August 2008 he was signed on a contract until 2010, after imp... | 6,122,634 |
6867152 | Keith Barker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20Barker | Keith Barker
in the second team.
On 19 April 2009 Barker made his List A debut for Warwickshire against Somerset at Edgbaston. Batting at number 8, he made 28 runs before being bowled by Peter Trego. He then took the wicket of James Hildreth, finishing with figures of 1-47 as Warwickshire lost by 8 wickets.
In 2012, ... | 6,122,635 |
6867335 | Amanda Brunker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amanda%20Brunker | Amanda Brunker
Amanda Brunker
Amanda Brunker (born 12 June 1974) is a novelist, journalist and columnist for the Irish "Sunday World" tabloid newspaper, and former Miss Ireland.
After attending Mount Temple Comprehensive School she turned to modelling, entering and winning the Miss Ireland competition in 1991 when sh... | 6,122,636 |
6867335 | Amanda Brunker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amanda%20Brunker | Amanda Brunker
g, acted in the film "Head Rush", had a cameo role on the former Irish soap "Glenroe", been a nightclub hostess and presented her own late night TV show "The Dinner Party".
She also performed at Oxegen 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ib3l8Wx45M The performance was hailed in the Irish and Estonian... | 6,122,637 |
6867332 | Belgrade Drama Theatre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belgrade%20Drama%20Theatre | Belgrade Drama Theatre
Belgrade Drama Theatre
The Belgrade Drama Theatre (; abbr. BDP) is a theatre located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.
# History.
Belgrade Drama Theatre was founded in August 1947, and it was the first city theater formed in Belgrade after the Second World War. The first opening night of "Th... | 6,122,638 |
6867332 | Belgrade Drama Theatre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belgrade%20Drama%20Theatre | Belgrade Drama Theatre
Drama Theatre, with Belgrade Comedy, made one theater house - "Contemporary Theater", and in December 1975, it became the Belgrade Drama Theater again.
In the mid-1950s and in the beginning of the 1960s, BDP had its "golden" period, mostly owing to particularly successful performances of the wor... | 6,122,639 |
6867332 | Belgrade Drama Theatre | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Belgrade%20Drama%20Theatre | Belgrade Drama Theatre
rage and Her Children", "A View from the Bridge" and other contemporary classics came near the cult status among the theatergoers.
In the spring of 2003, a thorough reconstruction of the theater building was completed, bringing it to the level of high European standards.
As of 2010, Belgrade Dr... | 6,122,640 |
6867349 | Bharat Coking Coal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bharat%20Coking%20Coal | Bharat Coking Coal
Bharat Coking Coal
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited with its headquarter in Dhanbad, India. It was incorporated in January, 1972 to operate coking coal mines (214 in number) operating in the Jharia and Raniganj Coalfields and was taken over by the Government of... | 6,122,641 |
6867349 | Bharat Coking Coal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bharat%20Coking%20Coal | Bharat Coking Coal
(raw and washed) in India. Medium coking coal is produced in its mines in Mohuda and Barakar areas. In addition to production of hard coke, BCCL operates washeries, sand gathering plants, a network of aerial ropeways for transport of sand, and a coal bed methane-based power plant in Moonidih.
# Curr... | 6,122,642 |
6867349 | Bharat Coking Coal | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bharat%20Coking%20Coal | Bharat Coking Coal
7.
# Operationg Areas.
A broad area-wise distribution of coalmines of Bharat Coking Coal Limited is given below:
# Central Hospital Dhanbad (CHD).
Central Hospital, Dhanbad situated at Jagjivan Nagar comes under direct administrative control of BCCL and managed by Medical Department of BCCL. The ... | 6,122,643 |
6867147 | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%20220%20in%20Virginia | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
In the U.S. state of Virginia, U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a major north-south state highway that extends from the North Carolina state line through Roanoke to the West Virginia state line. South of Roanoke, US 220 is a four-lane highway within the proposed Intersta... | 6,122,644 |
6867147 | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%20220%20in%20Virginia | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
highway. Some high traffic areas and non-divided stretches have speed limits of or lower. In particular, the stretch through Boones Mill is not divided; the town is also well known as a speed trap. This segment follows the same general alignment as the Norfolk Southern Railway's Winston-Salem... | 6,122,645 |
6867147 | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%20220%20in%20Virginia | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
SR 419 and again becomes a freeway, this one passing just east of downtown Roanoke and becoming Interstate 581 northwest to Interstate 81.
US 220 overlaps I-81 northeast to near Daleville, where it exits to the north onto a four-lane road through Daleville and Fincastle. Near Eagle Rock, the... | 6,122,646 |
6867147 | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%20220%20in%20Virginia | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
respectively by the Virginia Central Railroad and Richmond and Alleghany Railroad.
US 220 is a two-lane road for the rest of its route from Covington to West Virginia, as it travels through a series of valleys in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. It begins by following more of the Jackson R... | 6,122,647 |
6867147 | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%20220%20in%20Virginia | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
Carolina Road. "The route was improved as a stage road in the early years of the republic. In 1838 it was rebuilt to serve the Pittsylvania, Franklin and Botetourt Turnpike, which served to connect south central Virginia with the Valley."
As a U.S. Highway, US 220 was initially part of U.S. ... | 6,122,648 |
6867147 | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%20220%20in%20Virginia | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
filled starting in 1922, with the legislative designation of a spur of SR 14 from Clifton Forge south to Eagle Rock, which was numbered State Route 142 in 1923. 1924 saw the beginning of the extension of SR 142 southwest to US 11 at Troutville, and it was also extended along SR 14 east to Lon... | 6,122,649 |
6867147 | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%20220%20in%20Virginia | U.S. Route 220 in Virginia
extending from Warm Springs to West Virginia, was also created in 1924 as a spur from SR 39 at Monterey. The entire Covington-West Virginia corridor (SR 395 and part of SR 338) became State Route 800 in 1928 (along with an extension southwest from Covington), and was renumbered State Route 18... | 6,122,650 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
The Wellington to Craven Arms Railway was formed by a group of railway companies that eventually joined the Great Western Railway family, and connected Wellington, Shropshire and Shifnal, with Coalbrookdale, Buildwas, Much Wenlock and a junction near ... | 6,122,651 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
extension from Lightmoor to Coalbrookdale;
- the Wenlock Railway from Coalbrookdale to Buildwas;
- the Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway from Buildwas to Much Wenlock;
- the Wenlock Railway from Much Wenlock to Marsh Farm Junction, north of Craven Arms.
The railways were ope... | 6,122,652 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
significant volumes of merry-go-round coal traffic between 1967 and 2015. The line is now entirely closed to ordinary traffic, but the heritage Telford Steam Railway operates on a section near Doseley.
# Background.
From the early medieval period, Coalbrookdale was a centre of extrac... | 6,122,653 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
through which the river ran, and the hilly terrain in general, discouraged canal building, and for a time limited railway access too.
There was considerable industry in the steep-sided valley of the river Severn around Coalbrookdale. From 1709 Abraham Darby the elder established an ir... | 6,122,654 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
avoiding the difficult terrain of the Severn Valley. It was authorised on 3 August 1846, and the authorisation included a mile branch to Coalbrookdale. Construction proceeded and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway opened its main line in 1849. Many manufacturers transferred their tr... | 6,122,655 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
were made. However the Madeley branch was built, and opened in November 1854 as far as Madeley Court from near Shifnal at what became Madeley Junction. It was extended on 1 October 1855 to Lightmoor, which was a major centre of the metal industry.Jones, page 38
# Wellington and Lightm... | 6,122,656 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
the Wellington and Severn Junction Railway. Despite opposition from other railway companies, the Royal Assent was given to the Wellington and Severn Junction Railway Act on 20 August 1853. The S&BR gave technical assistance and some financial help. The cost of building the line was est... | 6,122,657 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
from that time. It opened fully on 1 May 1858.
At a shareholders' meeting on 25 March 1858, it was reported that the line was nearly completed into Lightmoor. A junction was to be formed there with the Madeley and Lightmoor branch of the Great Western Railway. However the Wellington a... | 6,122,658 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
unacceptable features. Hasty rectification was made, and the line was opened for passenger traffic, in fact all the way to Lightmoor, on 2 May 1859. Lightmoor was not a passenger destination in itself, being a centre of the iron industry, so in collaboration with the GWR, the passenger... | 6,122,659 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
was worked by the Coalbrookdale Company until 1 July 1861. After that it was leased to the West Midland Railway and the Great Western Railway jointly; the lease was ratified by Act of 1 August 1861. Following an agreement with the West Midland Railway the Wellington and Severn Junction... | 6,122,660 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
bring a railway line to Buildwas, four miles away. A meeting held in September 1853 was supportive, but it took some years to prepare a definite scheme: it went to Parliament, and on 21 July 1859 the Royal Assent was given: it authorised a Railway from Much Wenlock to join the Severn V... | 6,122,661 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
1 February 1862 for passenger and goods traffic; the opening day was the same day as the opening of the Severn Valley Railway between Shrewsbury and Kidderminster. The Severn Valley Railway was leased from the outset by the GWR. The Severn Valley Railway's undertaking had been leased t... | 6,122,662 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
were only two miles from the line at Buildwas. At the same time the collieries and iron industries of South Wales beckoned. Coal of different qualities was required for mixing as the iron production processes became more sophisticated. A line to Craven Arms would connect with the [[Shr... | 6,122,663 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
from Much Wenlock towards Craven Arms, making a junction with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway at Marsh Farm, three miles north of Craven Arms. Capital was £125,000.
## Buildwas to Coalbrookdale.
The Coalbrookdale extension was planned collaboratively with the Much Wenlock and Se... | 6,122,664 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
junction with the Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway at Buildwas across the River Severn to the lower works of the Coalbrookdale Company.
An Act of 1864 set out the arrangements for the GWR to operate the Coalbrookdale extension. The estimated cost of building the extension was to be... | 6,122,665 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
Birmingham Railway had been absorbed by the Great Western Railway on 1 September 1854, so that the main line at Wellington, and the Madeley branch to Lightmoor were part of that company. The GWR had a Bill in Parliament in the same session as the Wenlock Railway's Bill. It was to autho... | 6,122,666 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
to traffic on 1 November 1864, having cost £70,000 for two miles of line.
The GWR closed Lightmoor station on the day of opening of the extension.
## Much Wenlock to Craven Arms.
The Craven Arms section of the Wenlock Railway was a much tougher construction task. Five years were pl... | 6,122,667 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
and mineral traffic on 5 December 1864, enabling limestone from Wenlock Edge to be brought to Coalbrookdale. The company was unable to raise further money, and decided on 4 December 1863 not to proceed with the line onward to Craven Arms for the time being.
In 1865 the GWR agreed to m... | 6,122,668 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
by 30 lb. chairs. This decision meant that the whole of the track between Presthope and Marsh Farm Junction had to be taken up and relaid at an extra cost of £2,244. On 9 December 1867 Colonel Rich approved of the line, and the entire line from Buildwas to Marsh Farm Junction was opene... | 6,122,669 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
contentious. In 1861 the [[London and North Western Railway]] had opened its [[Coalport branch line]], and the possibility arose of connecting the Wenlock lines to it, by-passing the GWR. In 1872 plans were prepared for a line from Lightmoor to the LNWR line near [[Madeley Court]]; inc... | 6,122,670 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
but now that Company said that the downturn in the Shropshire iron trade meant that they could not do so. There was now no possibility of making the new line.
# Absorbed by the Great Western Railway.
Small railway companies reliant on a dominant partner often found that continued ind... | 6,122,671 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
but the smaller companies stalled. In fact the working agreement with the GWR expired at the end of June 1893, but by the end of December 1893 agreement had still not been reached, and the GWR stated that it was not prepared to continue to work the line on the present terms. The GWR of... | 6,122,672 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
had power-operated steps enabling passenger calls to be made at stopping places without elevated platforms. They were considered ideal for lightly-trafficked lines. From 1 May 1906 they were brought into the passenger services on the Wellington to Craven Arms and Shifnal network. Their... | 6,122,673 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
branch passenger closure.
The Madeley branch from Shifnal to Lightmoor had always been very sparsely used, and the passenger train service was correspondingly thin. The service was withdrawn on 23 March 23 1915, but reintroduced for a short period from 13 July 1925 to 21 September 21 ... | 6,122,674 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
trials were carried out with one of the [[GWR railcars|GWR's A.E.C. diesel railcars]]. However the trial was unsuccessful because of the severity of the gradients and, in addition, the inability of the earlier cars to haul a trailer if traffic demanded it.
# Decline.
Following the en... | 6,122,675 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
of the Royal Family to the area.
The passenger service from Wellington to Much Wenlock closed to passengers on 23 July 1962. and concurrently the line between Ketley Junction and Ketley station was closed completely, Ketley and Much Wenlock being serviced via Madeley.
On 4 December 1... | 6,122,676 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
line between Madeley Jn and Buildwas via Lightmoor carried merry-go-round coal trains feeding the power stations, and the usage was considerable, but Ironbridge B has now been decommissioned, from 2015. At present (2019) there is no ordinary revenue traffic.
# Heritage railway.
The [... | 6,122,677 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
closed 23 July 1962;
- Lawley Bank; opened 2 May 1859; closed 23 July 1962;
- Horsehay [and Dawley]; opened 2 May 1859; closed 23 July 1962;
- Doseley Halt; opened 1 December 1932; closed 23 July 1962;
- "Lightmoor Junction"; convergence of S&BR Madeley branch;
- Lightmoor; opened... | 6,122,678 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
Valley Railway station;
- Start of Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway
- Farley Halt; opened 24 October 1934; closed 23 July 1962;
- Much Wenlock; opened 1 February 1862; closed 23 July 1962;
- Start of Wenlock Railway;
- Stretton Westwood Crossing Halt; opened 1933 for quarr... | 6,122,679 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
closed 31 December 1951;
- "Marsh Farm Junction"; convergence with Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway.
## Madeley Branch (GWR).
- "Madeley Junction"; divergence from Shifnal to Wellington section of main line;
- Madeley Court; opened 2 May 1859; renamed Madeley 1897; closed 22 March 1... | 6,122,680 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
to the Victoria Bridge near Arley... and like it was designed by Sir John Fowler and cast by the Coalbrookdale Company. The four iron ribs are in nine sections bolted together and spring from brick abutments. The decking is supported from the arch by cast iron verticals heavily cross-b... | 6,122,681 |
6867176 | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wellington%20to%20Craven%20Arms%20Railway | Wellington to Craven Arms Railway
lbrookdale Company. The four iron ribs are in nine sections bolted together and spring from brick abutments. The decking is supported from the arch by cast iron verticals heavily cross-braced. The original wrought iron and timber decking was replaced in 1933 by steel beams and plates, ... | 6,122,682 |
6867198 | Keith McGowan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20McGowan | Keith McGowan
Keith McGowan
Keith McGowan OAM (9 March 1943 – 22 December 2013) was an Australian radio presenter. He was born in Melbourne, Australia and died there, aged 70 years.
# Radio career.
McGowan got his first job in radio in May 1957, when he started as an office boy at 3UZ at the age of 14. His mother ha... | 6,122,683 |
6867198 | Keith McGowan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20McGowan | Keith McGowan
his days at 6PR from 1964 to 1968 were the highlight of his career.
In 1990 he joined Melbourne radio station 3AW hosting the overnight program "Overnighters" from midnight until 5.30 am Monday to Friday. McGowan would develop a cult following in Melbourne through this long running show. Regular contribu... | 6,122,684 |
6867198 | Keith McGowan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20McGowan | Keith McGowan
"Overnighters" program on 3AW for 21 years. His final program was broadcast on Friday, 22 July 2011. McGowan said the highlight of his career was that after 54 years of broadcasting, "I chose my own time to give it all away".
# Television.
In the 1960s McGowan hosted a show called "Teen Time On Ten" on ... | 6,122,685 |
6867198 | Keith McGowan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20McGowan | Keith McGowan
books, known as the Overnighters books. Titles include "Thanks for the Memories", "You Must Remember This", "Motherhood and Apple Pie" "The way we were" "Good on You, Dad" and "Down memory lane".
Following his retirement he was a regular contributor on "radioinfo" a website for broadcast professionals.
... | 6,122,686 |
6867198 | Keith McGowan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20McGowan | Keith McGowan
a passenger on the train that left the tracks and hit a bridge causing it to collapse on two carriages of the train, resulting in 83 deaths. The tragedy occurred in Granville in Sydney's west and became known as the Granville rail disaster. McGowan survived because he always sat in the last carriage as he... | 6,122,687 |
6867198 | Keith McGowan | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Keith%20McGowan | Keith McGowan
The tragedy occurred in Granville in Sydney's west and became known as the Granville rail disaster. McGowan survived because he always sat in the last carriage as he felt it was safer. His first-hand reporting of the tragedy on radio 2UW, on the John Laws program, was "one of the most powerful news report... | 6,122,688 |
6867261 | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegart%20Rodríguez%20Carballeira | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira (December 9, 1914 in Madrid – June 9, 1933 in Madrid) was an activist for socialism and sexual revolution, born and raised by her mother as a model for the woman of the future. She spoke 6 languages when eight years old, fi... | 6,122,689 |
6867261 | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegart%20Rodríguez%20Carballeira | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
was pregnant, she moved to Madrid, where Hildegart was born. Aurora set a clock to wake herself up every hour, allowing her to change her sleep position so blood could irrigate the fetus uniformly.
Her birth certificate and baptism act says: Hildegart Leocadia Georgina Hermenegilda Mari... | 6,122,690 |
6867261 | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegart%20Rodríguez%20Carballeira | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
to later research by Rosa Cal, her father was a brilliant military chaplain, Alberto Payás.
In June 1928, at age 13½, Hildegart enrolled in the School of Law of the Complutense University of Madrid. She later gave lessons at its School of Philosophy during the Second Spanish Republic.
... | 6,122,691 |
6867261 | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegart%20Rodríguez%20Carballeira | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
other European personalities, accompanying Herbert George Wells in his visit to Madrid, but rejecting his offer to go to London as his secretary.
This offer by Wells, who wanted her to develop fully out of the influence of her mother, furthered the persecution ideas of Aurora.
# Death.... | 6,122,692 |
6867261 | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegart%20Rodríguez%20Carballeira | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
to Spanish Wikipedia) (one shot to the head and three to the heart, according to Giles Tremlett's Ghosts of Spain).
She was sentenced to 26 years, but was later transferred to a mental institution in Ciempozuelos, Madrid, where she died in 1955.
# Works by Hildegart.
- "La rebeldía se... | 6,122,693 |
6867261 | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegart%20Rodríguez%20Carballeira | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
una mujer española". Madrid, Ediciones Morata, 1977 258 PP.
- "Métodos para evitar el embarazo. (Maternidad voluntaria)". Zaragoza, Guara, 1978 128 p.
# Bibliography.
- "A mi no me doblega nadie: Aurora Rodríguez, su vida y su obra (Hildegart)" - Rosa Cal Martínez. Sada : Edicións do ... | 6,122,694 |
6867261 | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hildegart%20Rodríguez%20Carballeira | Hildegart Rodríguez Carballeira
e-Inclán, Ferrol
# Works inspired by her life.
## Novels.
- "Aurora de sangre (Vida y muerte de Hildegart)" Eduardo De Guzmán 1972 Editorial Mundo Actual.
- "Aurora de sangre o la virgen roja". Rafael Azcona. Jet Films 1977. Script for Fernán Gómez's film, based on De Guzmán's novel.... | 6,122,695 |
6867400 | Tablelands Advertiser | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tablelands%20Advertiser | Tablelands Advertiser
Tablelands Advertiser
The Tablelands Advertiser is the weekly newspaper published for residents of the Atherton Tableland and Mareeba area.
The Tablelands Advertiser has a home delivery system that covers around four times the area of any other publication in the region. This means that over hal... | 6,122,696 |
6867365 | SCOOP (software) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SCOOP%20(software) | SCOOP (software)
SCOOP (software)
SCOOP (Simple Concurrent Object Oriented Programming) is a concurrency model designed for the Eiffel programming language, conceived by Eiffel's creator and designer, Bertrand Meyer.
SCOOP defines a way for an object oriented program to be written without the concept of threads, lock... | 6,122,697 |
6867365 | SCOOP (software) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SCOOP%20(software) | SCOOP (software)
prototype implementation was developed in 1995 by Eiffel Software. An article by Compton and Walker provides an overview of SCOOP and describes another early implementation. Nienaltowski, Arslan and Meyer have published a description of the model as of 2003. Work on SCOOP proceeded at the Chair of Soft... | 6,122,698 |
6867365 | SCOOP (software) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SCOOP%20(software) | SCOOP (software)
processor that is different from the processor handling the referencing object. A SCOOP processor is the abstract notion of an autonomous thread of control that handles the execution of operations on one or more objects. SCOOP processors are independent of underlying concurrency mechanisms like process... | 6,122,699 |
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