title: Arkady Ostashev

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Arkady Ilyich Ostashev (; 30 September 1925 – 12 July 1998), Soviet and Russian scientist, designer of rocket and space systems, mechanical engineer, participant in the launch of the first artificial satellite of the Earth and the first cosmonaut,  Candidate of Technical Sciences, associate professor, laureate of the Lenin (1960) and State (1979) Prizes , one of the leading managers of work in the field of experimental development of rocket technology OKB-1, student and interpersonal relationship of Sergey Pavlovich Korolev.

Biography

Born on 30 September 1925, in the village Maly Vasilyev, Noginsky District, Moscow Oblast, USSR. In his school years Arkady, together with his elder brother Yevgeny, under the leadership of the magazine "Knowledge is power", designed and assembled a telescope with a 10-fold increase with the necessary bed and a mechanism of rotation in two planes, lenses for the eyepiece and the objective sent to the editorial Board of the journal free of charge. It observed the Moon , they dreamed of flying to the planets of the Solar System. A. I. Ostashev in 1942 graduated from 9 classes of Middle school No. 32, Elektrougli, Noginsky District, Moscow region. After graduating from school, he studied for 2.5 months at preparatory courses at the Moscow Aviation Institute and passed exams according to the program of 10 classes, according to the results of which he was enrolled in the MAI named after S. Ordzhonikidze. In the fourth year of the Institute, A.I. Ostashev managed to learn German documents on rocketry, obtained by a group of specialists sent by the country's leadership in Germany after the war. After a careful study made by the German specialists in missile development of A.I. Ostashev finally decided on the theme of his diploma project : «the Composite Rocket with a winged last stage", with спецчастью – stability of motion of the cruise stage. Diploma with this theme written under the direction of S. P. Korolev in Podlipki (city).

From 1947 until graduating from the Aviation Institute in 1948, A. I. Ostashev worked in Department No. 3 of the special design bureau of the Research Institute-88 of the Ministry of Defense Industry as a senior technician and under the guidance of Sergei Pavlovich Korolev prepared a diploma for defense. In this enterprise, A.I. Ostashev worked for more than 50 years  in positions from an engineer to the head of the complex. In 1952 he graduated from the VIC (higher engineering courses) in BMSTU, in the same year he graduated from the University of Marxism–Leninism in Mytishchi city Committee of the CPSU. In 1956 Arkady Ilyich joined the ranks of the CPSU. In 1975, A.I. Ostashev was the head of testing of the rocket-space systems according to the Russian-American program "ASTP" . All the scientific and engineering activities of A. I. Ostashev since 1948 connected with the development and introduction of the system of tests of missiles and rocket-space complexes. At the preliminary design of a famous "SEVEN" R-7, under the guidance of A. I. Ostashev created volume No. 14 fully dedicated to the testing of missiles. Arkady Ilyich author and co-author of over 200 scientific papers , articles and inventions. In addition to engineering and scientific work, he was leading and teaching. Since 1964, he has been Docent (Department "Integrated system for measurement of aircraft") MAI them. S. Ordzhonikidze, lectured at Department No. 308.

A. I. Ostashev died on 12 July 1998, in Moscow. Personal will and testament Arkady Ilyich Ostashev was cremated for burial in the grave of the elder brother Ostashev Yevgeny Ilyich. In December 1998, after obtaining the relevant approvals and permits from the leadership of Kazakhstan dust A. I. Ostashev was moved by his wife and son to Baikonur (city) and buried in the grave of his older brother Ostashev Yevgeny Ilyich, who died on 24 October 1960 41 site  the Baikonur cosmodrome in preparation for the launch of Intercontinental ballistic missile R-16.

Family
 Wife — Ostasheva (before Vasilyev's marriage) Lyudmila Vasilyevna (1924-2003). Married since 1949.
 Daughter — Ostasheva Olga Arkadyevna (born in 1951).
 Son — Mikhail Arkadyevich Ostashev (born in 1956).

Awards

 Order of the Red Banner of Labor (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (stamped "top secret") dated April 20, 1956) — For merits in the creation of long-range ballistic missiles and in connection with the 10th anniversary of OKB-1 — 1956
 Order of Lenin — for the creation and launch of the first artificial satellite of the Earth — Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 264/38 of December 21, 1957. Medal of the USSR Academy of Sciences for the first satellite.
 Lenin Prize — The decision of the Committee on Lenin Prizes in the Field of science and technology of April 20, 1960, "For the discovery and study of the outer radiation belt of the Earth and the study of the magnetic field of the Earth and the Moon."
 Order of Lenin — Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 253/34 of June 17, 1961, For the successful fulfillment of a special task of the Government to create samples of rocket technology, the Vostok satellite spacecraft and the implementation of the world's first flight of this ship with a man on board."
 Order of the Red Banner of Labor — Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated January 15, 1976 "For participation in the implementation of a joint space flight under the Soyuz - Apollo program."
 The State Prize was awarded by the Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated November 6, 1979, "For work in the field of space research" (creation and implementation of the methodology for testing Progress cargo ships).
 Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
 Medal "Veteran of Labour"
 Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
 other medals
 Gratitude President of the Russian Federation (9 April 1996 г.) — for a great personal contribution to the development of Russian cosmonautics

For the results achieved in his professional activity, A. I. Ostashev was awarded a personal pension of republican significance ( characteristics for assigning a personal pension).

Memory
In the museum at site No. 2 of the Baikonur cosmodrome organized an exposition dedicated to him. In Elektrougli, Noginsky District, Moscow region at the local history Museum has a booth dedicated to the Ostashev brothers. There is a memorial plaque at the house he grew up in. In the Museum of the enterprise, where A. I. Ostashev worked for more than 50 years, there is material, dedicated to him (in the hall of "Labor Glory" the first showcase). In 1993 in the Russian state archive for scientific-technical documentation placed documents from the personal archives of A. I. Ostashev.

Publications
A. I. Ostashev has publications in books, ("Academician S. P. Korolyov scientist, engineer, man", "the Beginning of the space era", "an Unforgettable Baikonur", "Soyuz-Apollo" and others), magazines (The magazine "Russian space No. 10 2015, Our heritage 97/2011, Science and life No. 1 1997 and others) and the papers on the following topics: test RKT, the history of the development of cosmonautics history of development SKB-3, OKB-1, TsKBEM, NPO "Energy" and RSC "Energia". In the early 1990s Arkady Ilyich was a frequent guest at the Memorial house-Museum of academician Korolev. He came to "tell" his memories on a tape recorder. From the memoirs of the Director of the Memorial house-Museum of academician Korolev L. A. Filinoy:
...Arkady Ilyich leads the whole Deposit of episodes from the life of S. P. Korolev, Moscow and Baikonur, but in the stories he never emphasizes its role, sometimes leading, as if he was there and only. This ability to look from the side, being in the center of events, the wilful detachment allows to him, like the custodian of the great MYSTERIES of TIME, keep it to once share the secret, tell you first hand... And more. Over the years, you realize that the most difficult thing in life, oddly enough, is the ability to be grateful to people, without the statute of limitations of the good done to you. This quality was given to S. P. Korolev. So the book Sergey Pavlovich Korolev: The Genius of the 20th Century was written not only by the best student of the Korolev School, the most talented test pilot of rocket technology of the 20th century, but also by a very honest person who remained forever grateful and devoted to the Chief Designer.
In 1997, the American writer J.. Harford published the book «Korolev» , (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1997.) materials for which the author collected a few years. J.. Harford met with Ostashev and interviews were used in the book, but with some mistakes. Having received from the author instance and translating it into Russian, A.I. Ostashev wrote a letter of protest to the author. After the death of Ostashev in 2001 and 2005 there were published two editions of his book «the Test of rocket and space technology business of my life. Events and facts». In 2010 published the book "Sergei Pavlovich Korolev is the Genius of the twentieth century" lifetime personal memoirs about academician S. P. Korolev (M. GOU VPO MSFU ), materials for which A. I. Ostashev collected from the moment of the enterprise, headed by S. P. Korolev, and until 1998. Gennady Artamonov, one of Ostashev's colleagues, wrote the following poem about him:
Rocket fire tried to get away,
But could not, and she froze...
In granite black
Memory we still have to go
In the Park of silence, the silence of the plates.
October the Baikonur not forgotten.
And now here without unnecessary big words
"Come" and lay down Arkady Ostashev.
He came to his brother, to relax,
Maybe with him to pass the eternal path.
Burning steppes, and melt concrete...
October he will not forget the polygon.

Bibliography
 "Testing of rocket and space technology – the business of my life" Events and facts – A.I. Ostashev, Korolyov, 2001.
 A.I. Ostashev, Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov – The Genius of the 20th Century — 2010 M. of Public Educational Institution of Higher Professional Training MGUL .

Further reading
About A. I. Ostasheve written in books:
 "S. P. Korolev Father" N. S. Koroleva, Moscow, Nauka, 2007.
 "Rockets and people" – B. E. Chertok, M: "mechanical engineering", 1999.
 «Notes rocketeer» – Vasily Mishin, OOO Publishing and Polygraphic company "Lavatera", 2013.
 "The hidden space" – Nikolai Kamanin, М: "Inforteks-if", 1995.
 «A breakthrough in space» – Konstantin Vasilyevich Gerchik, M: LLC "Veles", 1994.
 "Korolev: Facts and myths" – J. K. Golovanov, M: Nauka, 1994.
 "Top secret General" – E.T. Beloglazova, M: "the Heroes of the Fatherland", 2005.
 "The cosmic heights – from the depth of centuries" Kaliningrad – Korolev – R. D. Позамантир, L. K. Bondarenko, M: "Moscow journal", 1998.
 «At risk» – A. A. Toul, Kaluga, "the Golden path", 2001.
 "Melua, A.I." " Rocket technology, cosmonautics and artillery. Biographies of scientists and specialists.- 2nd ed., supplement, St. Petersburg: "Humanistics", 2005. С. 355. ISBN 5-86050-243-5
 "People duty and honor" – A. A. Shmelev, "libris", 1996.

 "Behind the wall of secret " - A. A. Koreshkov, Vladimir, "CAI "Cathedral", 2010 - .
 "People duty and honor" – A. A. Shmelev, the second book. M: Editorial Board "Moscow journal", 1998.
 "Telemetry OKB-1" – A.S. Loskutov
 "Telemetry. The eyes and ears of the chief designer" – В.И. Сковорода-Luzin.- M: "Overlay", 2009.
 "Space with a cheerful face" Y. Markov, CPI Mask 2011.
 "Unknown Baikonur" – edited by B. I. Posysaeva, M.: "globe", 2001.
 "Rocket and space feat Baikonur" – Vladimir Порошков, the "Patriot" publishers 2007.
 "Bank of the Universe" – edited by Boltenko A. C., Kiev, 2014., publishing house "Phoenix",
 "S. P. Korolev. Encyclopedia of life and creativity" – edited by C. A. Lopota, RSC Energia. S. P. Korolev, 2014
 "To stand on the way to space" – Author: Valentin Lebedev, M: publisher ITRK in 2016,
 "Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age" by Matthew Brzezinski, Henry Holt and Company, 2008.
 "We grew hearts in Baikonur" – Author: Eliseev V. I. M: publisher OAO MPK in 2018,
 "Space science city Korolev" – Author: Posamentir R. D. M: publisher SP Struchenevsky O. V.,
 "Flight tests of rocket and space technology. Time. Spaceports. People. " – Author: Posysaev Boris Ivanovich Mozhaisk: publisher Mozhaisk printing plant, 2020.
 "I look back and have no regrets. " – Author: Abramov, Anatoly Petrovich: publisher "New format" Barnaul, 2022.
 "History in faces and destiniesv" – Author: Posamentir R. D. M: publisher SP Struchenevsky O. V.,

References

External links

 Осташев Arkady Ilyich. Online exhibition from the series «Archive and personality: cooperation for history»
  Ostashev A.I. on page «Cosmic memorial»
 Trooper of the Royal school // "Kaliningradskaya Pravda"
 Brothers Ostashev from Elektrougli // "news Agency suburbs"
 Famous people of the city of Elektrogli
 Calendar encyclopedia of cosmonautics // A. Zheleznyakov.
 Another meeting with Korolev // "Kaliningradskaya Pravda"
 Memories lead investigator OKB-1 A. I. Ostashev "Unforgettable days" on the days before the start of Y. A. Gagarin // "the Federal archival Agency"
 The order of the President of the Russian Federation of 09.04.1996,
 Memories of S. P. Korolev. Section 4. S. P. Korolev – organizer

 Memoirs of a veteran of the rocket and space Corporation Energia, a companion of S. P. Korolev, test engineer space-rocket complexes, laureate of Lenin and State prizes of the USSR Arcadia Ilyich Ostashev
 The Russian educational portal of the NGO "World of Science and Culture".  Cosmic calendar. 30 September
 Photo of pokoritelya space
 Memories of S. P. Korolev.Section 3. Designer
 The history of RSC Energia since 1946 till 2011. Three volumes of electronically.
 Arkady Ostashev //Family history
 Ostashev A. I. electronic memorial
 Eduard Shcherbakov "A cohort of pioneers"
 Arkady Ilyich Ostashev, a well-known tester of S. P. Korolev, winner of the Lenin and State Prizes, recalls the tests of the R-7 rocket // Social and educational portal "Space Workers"
 Popular science magazine "Russian Space", No. 10, 2015, p. 46 – a Tribe of titans
 The newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets  // The disaster at Baikonur
 All-Russian public organization of veterans – the RUSSIAN COUNCIL of VETERANS
 The Russian Union Of Veterans // Day of memory and grief.
 Space feat Eugene Ostashev//Newspaper "ELEKTROUGLI DAY by DAY" 12 April 2011.
 Rocket science and Cosmonautics of Russia. Biographical Encyclopedia
 "All about space" magazine .
 The first military satellites of the USSR // Weekly newspaper "Military-industrial courier" No. 1 2022.
  Portal of the history of the Moscow Aviation Institute
 For the 50th anniversary of the flight of Yuri Gagarin //Press note No. 3 |Jan – APR| 2011.
 Read the book "Sergei Pavlovich Korolev - the genius of the 20th century: lifetime personal memories of academician S.P. Korolev"
 List of OKB-1 employees involved in the preparation and launch of the Vostok-1 spacecraft
 "Academic Bulletin" 2012, No. 109, page 7

 Memoirs of a military test pilot (1953-1957) Major General V. S. Patrushev, Honored Test Pilot of Baikonur

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title: Jon Anders Lindstad

text:
Jon Anders Lindstad (born 4 July 1994) is a Norwegian freestyle skier. He competed in halfpipe at the FIS World Championships in 2011 and 2013. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in halfpipe.

References

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1994 births
Living people
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Norwegian male freestyle skiers
Olympic freestyle skiers for Norway


title: Celo-Zongo Airport

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Celo-Zongo Airport  is an airport serving Zongo in Kongo Central Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

See also

 List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

 OurAirports - Celo-Zongo
 Celo-Zongo

External links
 HERE Maps - Celo-Zongo

Airports in Kongo Central Province


title: Aricoris

text:
Aricoris is a genus in the butterfly family Riodinidae present in the Neotropical realm.

Species
Aricoris aurinia (Hewitson, [1863]) present in Uruguay and Brazil
Aricoris campestris (Bates, 1868) present in Brazil
Aricoris caracensis (Callaghan, 2001) present in Brazil
Aricoris chilensis (C. & R. Felder, 1865) present in Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina
Aricoris cinericia (Stichel, 1910) present in Uruguay and Argentina
Aricoris colchis (C. & R. Felder, 1865) present in Brazil
Aricoris constantius (Fabricius, 1793) present in Brazil
Aricoris domina (Bates, 1865) present in Panama and Costa Rica
Aricoris epulus (Cramer, [1775]) present in Suriname, Argentina and Brazil
Aricoris erostratus (Westwood, 1851) present in Panama, Colombia and Venezuela
Aricoris gauchoana (Stichel, 1910) present in Uruguay
Aricoris hubrichi (Stichel, 1926) present in Uruguay and Argentina
Aricoris incana (Stichel, 1910) present in Peru and Argentina
Aricoris indistincta (Lathy, 1932) present in Uruguay and Argentina
Aricoris middletoni (Sharpe, 1890) present in Brazil
Aricoris montana (Schneider, 1937) present in Uruguay and Argentina
Aricoris notialis (Stichel, 1910) present in Argentina
Aricoris propitia (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil
Aricoris signata (Stichel, 1910) present in Brazil
Aricoris terias Godman, 1903 present in Paraguay and Argentina
Aricoris zachaeus (Fabricius, 1798) present in French Guiana

Sources
funet
TOL image, implied clade.

Nymphidiini
Riodinidae of South America
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by John O. Westwood


title: Oliver Lyne

text:
Richard Oliver Allen Marcus Lyne (21 December 1944 – 17 March 2005), also known as R.O.A.M. Lyne, was a British academic and classicist specialising in Latin poetry. He was a tutor in classics at Balliol College and Professor of Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Oxford.

Early life
Lyne was born on 21 December 1944 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, to Richard and Rosalind Lyne.  He was educated at Highgate School, then an all-boys private school in London, where his father was a teacher of Latin.  He studied classics at St John's College, Cambridge. His tutor was Guy Lee. In 1966, he graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, also from the University of Cambridge, in 1970. His doctoral supervisor was F. R. D. Goodyear.

Academic career
While undertaking his doctorate, Lyne held two held short-term fellowships; at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and at Churchill College, Cambridge. In 1971, he moved to the University of Oxford where he became a Fellow of Balliol College. In 1999, he was appointed Professor of Classical Languages and Literature.

Death
On 17 March 2005, Lyne died at the age of 60 having suffered a cerebral haemorrhage while at his holiday home located in Marche, Italy.

An edited volume, R. O. A. M. Lyne: Collected Papers on Latin Poetry, was published in 2007 as a memorial to him; the introduction was written by Stephen Harrison.

Personal life
Lyne married Linda (née Rees) in 1969. He had met her when they were both students. Together they had two children; Raphael, born 1971, and Rosy, born 1973.

His older brother is Adrian Lyne, a film director.

Select works

References

1944 births
2005 deaths
Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford
People from Peterborough
People educated at Highgate School
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge
English classical scholars
Scholars of Latin literature


title: John Gielgud, roles and awards

text:
Sir John Gielgud, OM, CH (; 1904–2000) was an English actor and theatre director. He appeared on stage, television and radio and in film in a career that spanned eight decades. Film historian Brian McFarlane, writing for the British Film Institute, wrote of Gielgud that "in terms of the performing arts, it is no exaggeration to say that he towered over the century".

Gielgud, a member of the theatrical dynasty the Terry family, began working on stage in 1921 before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After completing his studies he worked in repertory theatre and in the West End before establishing himself at the Old Vic in the 1930s. He continued working on the stage until 1990 both as a director and actor. Although he made some films early in his career, he did not start working regularly in the medium until he was in his sixties; in the course of just over thirty years between 1964 and 1998 he appeared in over sixty films. He was active on television and radio, appearing in numerous plays and interviews, and was also in demand as a narrator.

Gielgud is one of the few people who have won all four major annual American entertainment awards, these being an Oscar (for Arthur, 1981); an Emmy, (for Summer's Lease, 1991); a Grammy (for Ages of Man, 1979); and Tony Awards (for The Importance of Being Earnest, 1948; Ages of Man, 1959; Big Fish, Little Fish, 1961).  He also won BAFTAs, (for Julius Caesar, 1953; Murder on the Orient Express, 1975; special Fellowship award, 1992);  Golden Globes, (for Arthur and War and Remembrance, 1988); and a Laurence Olivier Award (Special Award, 1985). He died on 21 May 2000, at the age of 96.

Stage credits

As actor
This table contains Gielgud's known professional theatrical roles. It also contains the occasions when he both acted and directed. It does not contain those productions where Gielgud was a director but did not appear on stage.

As director

This table contains Gielgud's stage work as a director. It does not include those productions in which he also appeared, which are shown in the table above.

Radio plays

Gielgud took part in numerous radio broadcasts in his career, including interviews, poetry readings and talks about the theatre and acting. The following is a list of plays in which he was involved.

Filmography

Television

Awards and honours

Notes and references
Notes

References

Bibliography

External links

 John Gielgud at British Film Institute

 John Gielgud on Pathé News

Male actor filmographies
British filmographies


title: Dorothy Bradford

text:
Dorothy Bradford may refer to

 Dorothy Bradford (artist) (1918–2008), British painter
 Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford (1897–1986), British painter
 Dorothy Bradford (1597–1620), wife of William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)

See also
 Bradford
 Bradford (name)


title: Südliche Weinstraße Wildlife Park

text:
The Südliche Weinstraße Wildlife Park () is located in the Wasgau, a region on the Franco-German border that forms the southern part of the Palatine Forest and the northern part of the Vosges, near the village of Silz in the south of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The park is not named after the German Wine Route which passes about 6 kilometres away, but after the county of Südliche Weinstraße (literally "Southern Wine Road"). The tourist attraction receives about 100,000 visitors annually.

Location
The park, which is part of the Franco-German Palatine Forest-North Vosges Biosphere Reserve, is located in the Klingbach valley and is surrounded by hills. It lies between 200 and 350 metres above sea level and has an area of about 100 hectares. The French border is 12 kilometres away to the south.

History
The park was based on a planning study by the president of the wildlife enclosure section of the International Hunting Association, Heinrich Prinz Reuß. The planning laid particular value on family-oriented amenities and only used land that would otherwise have been abandoned. The then Mayor of Silz, Franz Andelfinger, became involved as the  Oberamtsrat at the Südliche Weinstraße county council aiming to unite professional expertise and municipal requirements and to locate the wildlife and walking park in the parish of Silz.

The park was officially handed on 18 April 1975 by the then Minister for Transport and the Economy for Rhineland-Palatinate, Heinrich Holkenbrink.

Features

Species
15 different species of larger animal live here, totally about 400 individuals. Some of them can be seen in the open. Mammals include European bison, red and fallow deer, mouflon, wild boar, wolf, red fox, Arctic fox and ferrets. In the aviaries are Snowy owls and Eagle owls; in addition, there are two duck ponds.

Facilities
As well as a restaurant, kiosk und barbecue hut there is an observation tower, a petting zoo, a children's play park and an adventure play area. The "short circular path" (kleine Rundweg) takes about an hour, the "long" walk about two hours. There are no significant steep sections. Branching paths are sometimes steeper and not suitable for wheelchairs, prams or pushchairs.

References

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Culture of the Palatinate (region)
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title: VA-94 (U.S. Navy)

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VA-94 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established as Bombing Squadron VB-99 on 1 July 1943, redesignated as VB-20 on 15 October 1943, and as VA-9A on 15 November 1946. It was finally redesignated as VA-94 on 12 August 1948. The squadron was disestablished on 30 November 1949. Its nickname was Bombing Twenty's Tough Kitty from 1943 to 1946.

Operational history
 July–October 1943: VB-99 was established as an experimental squadron for the new SB2C aircraft until its redesignation as VB-20 and assignment to Carrier Air Group 20 (CVG-20).
 31 August 1944: The squadron’s first combat action involved an attack on the Bonin Islands, Japan.
 September 1944: The squadron participated in pre-invasion strikes on Palau Islands and provided air support for the invasion of Peleliu.
 October 1944: Squadron aircraft participated in air strikes against Okinawa, Formosa and Luzon.
 24 October 1944: The squadron participated in the Battle for Leyte Gulf. VB-20’s SB2Cs flew sorties against a powerful Japanese surface force in the Sibuyan Sea. These attacks contributed to the sinking of the Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the two largest battleships in the world. The following squadron personnel were awarded the Navy Cross for this action: Ensigns M. E. Adams, R. J. Barnes, H. A. Koster, R. D. Olson, M. T. Ross, and D. D. J. Spanagel; Lieutenant (jg)s P. P. Cook, J. M. Glynn, R. D. Reed, J. P. Trytten, and J. E. Tsarnas; Lieutenants W. N. Christensen, J. S. Cooper, H. C. Hogan, R. E. Moore, R. D. Warner and R. S. Wilcox; and Commander R. E. Riera.
 25 October 1944: Squadron aircraft were part of the Fast Carrier Task Force that attacked the Japanese carrier force in the Battle off Cape Engaño. Four Japanese carriers were sunk during this engagement. The following squadron personnel were awarded the Navy Cross for their actions during the Battle off Cape Engaño: Ensigns H. C. Bearden, D. F. Hughes, C. Z. Stevens III, and W. P. Wright; Lieutenant (jg) W. C. Pohtilla; Lieutenants W. W. Anderson, C. Burkhart and L. C. Flynt; and Commander R. E. Riera.
 November 1944: Squadron aircraft flew strikes against a Japanese troop convoy in Ormoc Bay, Leyte and enemy positions on Luzon.
 December 1944: The squadron participated in strikes flown against Luzon.
 January 1945: Squadron aircraft flew strikes against Luzon, Formosa, Hong Kong, and Japanese convoys in South China Sea and Okinawa.
 12 January 1945: The following squadron personnel were awarded the Silver Star medal for action against a Japanese cruiser protecting a convoy of cargo ships: Lieutenants W. N. Christensen and W. W. Anderson and Lieutenant (jg) H. Rubner.

Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
NAS San Diego – 01 Jul 1943
NAS Kaneohe – 21 Apr 1944*
NAS Barbers Point – 30 Apr 1944*
NAS Puunene – 17 Jun 1944*
NAS San Diego – 23 Feb 1945
NAS Wildwood – 16 Apr 1945
NAAS Edenton – 22 Jun 1945
NAAS Elizabeth City – 01 Nov 1945
NAAS Charlestown – 01 Mar 1946
* Temporary shore assignment while the squadron conducted training
in preparation for combat deployment.

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
SBD-5 Dauntless – Jul 1943
SB2C-1C Helldiver – 15 Nov 1943
SB2C-3 Helldiver – Jul 1944
SB2C-4E Helldiver – 18 Apr 1945
SBW-5 Helldiver – 04 Aug 1945
SB2C-5 Helldiver – Mar 1946
AD-2 Skyraider – 04 Oct 1948

See also
 Attack aircraft
 List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
 History of the United States Navy

References

Attack squadrons of the United States Navy
Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons


title: Juanma (footballer, born 1990)

text:
Juan Manuel Delgado Lloria (; born 17 November 1990), commonly known as Juanma , is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japanese club V-Varen Nagasaki.

He spent the vast majority of his career in Spain in the lower leagues, his Segunda División input consisting of ten matches with UCAM Murcia. He competed professionally in Greece (Asteras Tripolis and Kalloni), Scotland (Heart of Midlothian) and Japan (V-Varen Nagasaki, Omiya Ardija and Avispa Fukuoka).

Club career

Early career
Born in Valencia, Juanma started out at FC Jove Español San Vicente in the Tercera División. He then moved to Segunda División B, where he represented CD Dénia and Deportivo Alavés. He scored and was sent off – after having already been replaced – in his competitive debut for the latter on 17 October 2012, a 2–1 away win against Huracán Valencia CF in the third round of the Copa del Rey.

Greece
In the summer of 2013, Juanma joined Greek club Asteras Tripolis FC. He played his first game as a professional on 15 September of that year, featuring six minutes in a 1–1 Super League draw at OFI Crete FC. His first goal came on 12 January 2014, when he contributed to a 3–0 home victory over Platanias FC.

After featuring in 36 games in all competitions and leaving by mutual consent, Juanma spent the 2014–15 season with fellow league side Kalloni FC. He scored his first goal for his new team on 9 November 2014, in a 2–0 away defeat of Panionios FC. He netted twice on 9 February of the following year, helping to a 2–2 home draw against Skoda Xanthi F.C. and an eventual 11th-place finish; subsequently, he signed a new contract.

Hearts
Juanma signed for Heart of Midlothian on a three-year deal in June 2015, with Kalloni being entitled to 20% of any future transfer. On 2 August, in his Scottish Premiership debut, he capitalised on a Brad McKay mistake to score the opener at home against St Johnstone, in an eventual 4–3 win. Six days later, in a 2–1 victory at Dundee, he netted twice in five minutes, starting with a penalty. On 19 December, against the same opponent, he received a straight red card in a goalless draw for headbutting David Wotherspoon, and manager Robbie Neilson attributed it to frustration at Scottish referees being more lenient on fouls against strikers than their Spanish counterparts.

On 31 August 2016, Juanma was loaned to UCAM Murcia CF for one year, making his professional debut in the Spanish league system on 21 September when he came on as a 35th-minute substitute and scored once in a 4–0 home win over UD Almería in the Segunda División.

Japan
Juanma agreed to a permanent contract with Japanese club V-Varen Nagasaki in January 2017. He spent the following years in the same country (in both the J2 League and the J1 League), with Omiya Ardija and Avispa Fukuoka.

On 14 December 2022, Juanma returned to V-Varen.

Career statistics

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Spanish men's footballers
Footballers from Valencia
Men's association football forwards
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
CD Dénia footballers
Deportivo Alavés players
UCAM Murcia CF players
Super League Greece players
Asteras Tripolis F.C. players
AEL Kalloni F.C. players
Scottish Professional Football League players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
J1 League players
J2 League players
V-Varen Nagasaki players
Omiya Ardija players
Avispa Fukuoka players
Spanish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Japan


title: Metroxylon paulcoxii

text:
Metroxylon paulcoxii is a species of palm endemic to Samoa. It is reported there from the islands of 'Upolu and Savai'i. The species is named in honor of ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox.

Metroxylon paulcoxii can attain a height of , with a non-branching trunk up to  in diameter. Leaves are pinnately compound, with spines on the sheaths, petioles, and leaf margins. Leaflets can number as many as 150, each up to  wide and  long. Inflorescences have second-order branching, with as many as 450 flowers per branch. Flowers are  wide, with staminate (male), pistillate (female), and hermaphroditic flowers frequently present on the same plant. Fruits are pear-shaped, fibrous and corky, up to  long. Seeds are spherical, up to  in diameter.

The species is similar to M. warburgii (also present in Samoa), but with shorter leaflets and with second-order branching in the inflorescence instead of third-order.

References

External links

Flora of Samoa
paulcoxii
Plants described in 1998


title: CJ de Silva

text:
Christiana Jade de Silva-Ong (born August 1, 1987) is a Filipino art director, painter, illustrator and graphic designer. She was known as a "Gifted Child" and a "Promil Kid", being featured in an infant formula ad in 1998. She had three major one-woman exhibits and now a senior art director.

Background
De Silva was born in Manila and was raised in the city of Malabon. She studied high school in St. Scholastica's College Manila. And in 2008, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Fine Arts, with a degree in Visual Communication.

Work

Exhibits
De Silva had three major one-woman exhibits and participated in many group art shows through the years.
 Cj de Silva: The First Solo Exhibit (1998) - The Ayala Museum, Makati
 Cj de Silva: The Year After (1999) - The Ayala Museum, Makati
 Gift for the Gifted (2003) - Philam Life Theater Lobby, Manila City
 stART with Mio (2009), A Benefit Exhibit - Gallery 7, Eastwood
 8 Clinique: You Are a Work of Art (2012) -  Whitespace Gallery, Makati
 16x16 Young Star Philippines' 16th Anniversary Exhibit (2012) - Rockwell Powerplant Mall, Makati
 Bloom Arts Festival (2012) - Cubao X, Cubao, Quezon City
 Bloom Arts Festival (2013) - The Collective, Makati

Illustration and Graphic Design
Cj de Silva has illustrated the 2006 First Prize awardee in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Ang Ikaklit sa Aming Hardin, written by Bernadette Villanueva Neri. She has also designed and illustrated the album art of itchyworms' fifth studio album After All This Time. de Silva has also illustrated some fictional gig posters as part of the marketing campaign for Quark Henares' film Rakenrol. Cj de Silva's illustrations were also featured in Esquire Philippines. She is also known for painting and illustrating on sneakers and became one of Keds Philippines ambassadors.

Advertising
Right after graduating from college, de Silva started working in TBWA-Santiago Mangada Puno. Being part of the Creative team, she has won a few advertising awards. She was part of the team that won the Philippines' first Webby Award for the internet film entitled "A Toy Love Story That Will Make You Cry".

Personal life
In 2013, de Silva married director Wincy Aquino Ong.

References

1987 births
Living people
Advertising people
Filipino artists
University of the Philippines Diliman alumni
Artists from Manila
People from Malabon


title: Bloor streetcar line

text:
The Toronto Transit Commission operated the Bloor streetcar line along Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue, extending at its longest from Jane Street (Jane Loop) in the west end of the city to Luttrell Avenue (Luttrell Loop) in the east. Both Luttrell and Jane loops at the termini were transfer points between streetcars and suburban bus routes. The line was abandoned in 1966 with the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway line, except for two stubs of the line abandoned in 1968.

Pre-TTC (1890–1921)
In 1890, the privately owned Toronto Street Railway started a horsecar service on Bloor Street between Sherbourne and Bathurst Streets. In 1891, the Toronto Railway Company (again privately owned) took over the line and extended horsecar service west to Dufferin Street. In 1893, the TRC replaced the horsecars on the route with electric streetcars. In 1894, the Bloor route was further extended west to Lansdowne Avenue.

The City-owned Toronto Civic Railways opened its Danforth route from Broadview Avenue to Luttrell Avenue in the east in 1913. Passengers could connect with TRC streetcars running south on Broadview Avenue. In the west end of the city, the TCR opened its own Bloor route from Dundas Street West to Quebec Avenue in 1915, and to Runnymede Road in 1917. Passengers could connect with TRC streetcars running on Dundas Street West.

In 1918, the Prince Edward viaduct over the Don Valley was completed, and the TRC's Bloor route was extended east from Sherbourne Street to Broadview Avenue. Unlike most other TRC streetcar routes, the City of Toronto built and owned this extension but had the TRC operate it. The extension was built on a private right-of-way on the side of the street. Thus, with the completion of the viaduct, the TRC's Bloor route operated from Broadview Avenue in the east to Lansdowne Avenue in the west. There were no streetcar tracks between Lansdowne Avenue to Dundas Street West, and thus no connection between the TRC's Bloor line and the TCR's Bloor line further to the west.

TTC operations (1921–1966)
On September 1, 1921, the Toronto Transportation Commission (today's Toronto Transit Commission) took over the TRC and TCR streetcar systems, and would connect the TRC and TCR lines along Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue.

On October 2, 1921, the TTC temporarily joined the TRC's Broadview line (on Broadview Avenue) to the TCR's Danforth line after completion of Luttrell Loop at Danforth and Luttrell Avenues; Peter Witt streetcars ran over the route. In the west end, the TTC extended the former TCR's Bloor line (renamed to Bloor West by the TTC) from Runnymede Road to Jane Street, opening the new Jane Loop on October 9, 1921.

On July 1, 1923, the TTC created its new Bloor route from Luttrell Loop to Lansdowne Avenue. There were still no streetcar tracks on Bloor Street between Lansdowne Avenue and Dundas Street West. After the completion of two railway underpasses on that section of Bloor Street, the TTC extended the Bloor line west to join with the former TCR Bloor line at Dundas Street West. Starting August 25, 1925, Peter Witt streetcars ran on the Bloor line from Luttrell Loop in the east end to Jane Loop in the west end. Between the two end loops, the line was  long, and was served by Peter Witt trains consisting of a large Peter Witt motor pulling a three-door "Harvey" trailer.

On October 22, 1932, Bloor streetcars started running on new track in the middle of Bloor Street between Sherbourne and Parliament streets replacing side-of-street operation on a private right-of-way.

On October 12, 1938, twelve PCC streetcars were introduced on the Bloor line replacing twelve trailers. By November 5, all trailers had been replaced by PCCs. By December 1, PCCs provided all Bloor line service.

On July 4, 1947, High Park Loop opened on the south side of Bloor Street at High Park Avenue. It was built to provide an off-street terminal for picnic charters to High Park.

On August 24, 1949, four new A7-class (4400-series) PCCs with multiple-unit capability went into service during the rush hours but running as single units. On August 30, the TTC had a one-day test run of PCCs 4408 and 4409 running as an MU-train. However, there was a delay in further use of MU trains in order to resolve concerns from the union about operating MU trains.

On February 9, 1950, the TTC opened the Hillington Loop at Danforth Carhouse at the corner of Danforth and Hillington avenues. This provided an off-street location to couple and uncouple PCC trains, which would go into service the following month.

March 13, 1950, two-car, multiple-unit PCC trains started running during the rush hours. The first trains used pairs of A7-class PCCs of the 4400-series.

On September 12, 1953, the TTC opened the Bedford Loop that circled a building located at the north-west corner of Bloor Street and Bedford Road. Besides becoming the western terminal of the Danforth tripper in 1954, Bedford Loop was available to store streetcars to handle crowds from Varsity Stadium across the street.

On March 30, 1954, the TTC opened the Yonge subway to replace its busiest route, the north–south Yonge streetcar line. The new Bloor subway station had stairs allowing riders to walk up to a pair of platforms in the middle of Bloor Street, where they could board eastbound or westbound Bloor streetcars.

Also on March 30, 1954, the Danforth tripper was rerouted to run between Hillington Loop (stop: Coxwell Avenue) and Bedford Loop using MU trains. Until the Yonge subway opened, this tripper route had run downtown from Luttrell Loop.

Routes
Besides the Bloor route, other routes shared portions of the Bloor streetcar line.

From July 1, 1923, to July 13, 1951, the King streetcar route (today 504 King) provided rush-hour service along Bloor Street West between Dundas Street West and Jane Loop. The TTC ended this service due to declining ridership. Starting July 16, 1951, all King service turned back at Vincent Loop (until 1966 located opposite today's Dundas West station).

From July 8, 1923, to 1954, the Danforth tripper ran from Luttrell Loop along Danforth Avenue and south on Church Street to loop downtown. After the opening of the Yonge subway on March 30, 1954, the tripper ran from Hillington Loop (stop: Coxwell Avenue) to Bedford Loop at Bedford Road. The Danforth tripper was a rush-hour service.

From December 8, 1945, until the Bloor–Danforth subway opened, the Harbord streetcar route was changed to run along Bloor Street West between Ossington Avenue and Dovercourt Road.

Starting July 1, 1923, the Carlton streetcar (today 506 Carlton) ran along Danforth Avenue between Main Street and its terminal at Luttrell Loop. Then on May 15, 1955, the Carlton streetcar started to use its own loop on Main Street just north of Danforth Avenue in order to relieve streetcar congestion at Luttrell Loop. However, between April 25 and June 13, 1966, the Carlton streetcar temporarily returned to Luttrell Loop during the construction of Main Street subway station and the station's streetcar loop.

Multiple-unit operation

A characteristic of the Bloor streetcar line was the use of multiple-unit (MU)  PCCs running as two-car trains. By 1949, traffic congestion was making it difficult for streetcar service to stay on schedule using less than 2-minute headways. The idea was that a coupled pair of streetcars could go through an intersection faster than two single streetcars. With trains, two cars at a time could approach an intersection, stop for passengers and then proceed together through the intersection.

Only 175 of the TTC's PCC fleet could be run in trains. In 1949, the TTC had received 100 new MU PCCs (designated class A7) from Canadian Car and Foundry in Fort William using shells made by the St. Louis Car Company. Later in 1952, the TTC purchased 75 PCCs second-hand from the Cleveland Transit System. The TTC added couplers to the 50 ex-CTS cars built by Pullman-Standard (class A11), which were already wired for MU operation. However, the remaining 25 ex-CTS cars (class A12, built by the  St. Louis Car Company) were not so wired, and the TTC had to wire them from scratch for MU operation in addition to adding couplers.

MU operation required special adjustment to the overhead to handle the two raised trolley poles on each train. To operate an electric switch at an intersection, the overhead wire at had an NA contact and a lock contact before the switch, and an unlock contact after it. The streetcar operator sent a signal from the console to the NA contact to choose a switch direction different from the default direction (usually straight ahead) and trip the lock contact. The unlock contact automatically resets the switch back to the typical or default direction. The locking and unlocking contacts had to be spaced further apart for trains to avoid derailing the second car at the switch. Only switches on the Bloor line could handle MU-trains; if a diversion was required, the cars had to be uncoupled.

A PCC train required an operator in each of the two cars to separately control the doors on each car. Only the operator of the first car drove the train.

Demise (1966–1968)

On February 26, 1966, the Bloor-Danforth subway opened, replacing the Bloor streetcar line. In addition to the Bloor and Danforth tripper streetcar routes, the Harbord, Coxwell and Parliament streetcar routes were also abandoned at the same time, and the Fort streetcar route was replaced by a shorter Bathurst route.

However, two temporary streetcar routes were created: the Bloor and Danforth shuttles. By 1966, new streetcar loops had been added at the new Woodbine and Keele subway stations. The Danforth shuttle ran between Woodbine station and Luttrell Loop, and the Bloor shuttle, between Keele station and Jane Loop. On May 11, 1968, the Bloor-Danforth subway was extended east to Warden station and west to Islington station. With these two subway extensions, the Bloor and Danforth shuttle streetcar routes were abandoned, thus fully ending the Bloor streetcar line.

References

External links

Toronto streetcar system
Railway lines closed in 1966


title: Dekese Airport

text:
Dekese Airport  is an airport serving the community of Dekese in Kasaï Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

See also

 Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 List of airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

External links
 OpenStreetMap - Dekese Airport
 OurAirports - Dekese Airport
 FallingRain - Dekese Airport
 HERE Maps - Dekese Airport

Airports in Kasaï Province


title: Aminobacter ciceronei

text:
Aminobacter ciceronei is a bacterium from the genus of Aminobacter which was isolated from agricultural soil in California in the United States. Aminobacter anthyllidis has the ability to degrade Chloromethane and Bromomethane.

References

External links
Type strain of Aminobacter ciceronei at BacDive -  the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Phyllobacteriaceae
Bacteria described in 2005


title: Mr. Sloane

text:
Mr. Sloane is a British comedy television series that was first broadcast on Sky Atlantic on 23 May 2014. The six-part series was written by Robert B. Weide, Aschlin Ditta and Oliver Lansley and directed by Robert B. Weide. It is set in Watford in 1969.

Overview
In 1969 in Watford, Hertfordshire, Jeremy Sloane, a depressed accountant, has lost his job and his wife, Janet. Sloane gets a part-time job, and at a hardware shop he meets a young, free-spirited American manic pixie dream girl named Robin who may just help him get his life back on track.

Cast
Nick Frost as Jeremy Sloane
Olivia Colman as Janet
Ophelia Lovibond as Robin
Peter Serafinowicz as Ross
Lawry Lewin as Beans
Michael Malarkey as Craig
Brendan Patricks as Reggie

Production
Filming began in April 2013. The series is a Big Talk Productions and Whyaduck Productions production with BBC Worldwide as the distributor.

In October 2014, Sky announced the show would not be returning for a second series.

International broadcast
The series premiered in Australia on 15 June 2015 on BBC First.

References

External links

British comedy television shows
2014 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
2010s British comedy television series
English-language television shows
Sky Atlantic original programming
Television shows set in London
Television series set in 1969


title: 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results

text:
These are the full results of the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships which took place on 15–16 February 2014 in Hangzhou, China.

Men's results

60 meters

Heats – 15 February

Final – 15 February

400 meters

Heats – 15 February

Final – 15 February

800 meters

Heats – 16 February

Final – 16 February

1500 meters
15 February

3000 meters
16 February

60 meters hurdles

Heats – 15 February

Final – 15 February

4 x 400 meters relay
16 February

High jump
16 February

Pole vault
15 February

Long jump
15 February

Triple jump
16 February

Shot put
16 February

Heptathlon
15–16 February

Women's results

60 meters

Heats – 15 February

Final – 15 February

400 meters

Heats – 15 February

Final – 15 February

800 meters
16 February

1500 meters
15 February

3000 meters
16 February

60 meters hurdles
15 February

4 x 400 meters relay
16 February

High jump
16 February

Pole vault
15 February

Long jump
15 February

Triple jump
16 February

Shot put
15 February

Pentathlon
16 February

References

Results

Asian Indoor Championships Results
Events at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships


title: A Place in the Country

text:
A Place in the Country consists of six essays or monographs by W.G. Sebald, each devoted to a specific writer or artist.

Contents

A Comet in the Heavens: On Johann Peter Hebel
J'Aurais Voulu Que Ce Lac Eut Été L'océan: On Jean Jacques-Rousseau
Why I Grieve I Do Not Know: On Eduard Morike
Death Draws Nigh, Time Marches On: On Gottfried Keller
Le Promeneur Solitaire: On Robert Walser
As Day and Night: On Jan Peter Tripp

References

Further reading

German essay collections
20th-century German literature
Works by W. G. Sebald
1998 non-fiction books
Suffolk


title: Vernandi

text:
The Vernandi was a short-lived French automobile.

The car made its first appearance at a hillclimbing event at Gaillon in the late summer of 1928.   A few weeks later Vernandi took a stand at the 22nd Paris Motor Show and exhibited their V8 engined 1494cc racing car:  the engine had overhead valves and according to some sources was fitted with one or possibly two superchargers.   The car was the result of a design by an engineer called Causan who was responsible for a number of mechanically advanced designs during these years, provided for automakers such as Bignan and  La Licorne.

Only one Vernandi was built, although there were plans for a second 2.9-litre engined V 16 engined car.

The Vernandi name was seen again at the end of June 1929 when the car was scheduled to participate in the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. However, the 1929 Grand Prix was noteworthy for the number of cars that did not start, and the Vernandi driven by Jules Nandillon was one of these seven "non-runners".

Sources and notes

Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of France
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1928
French companies established in 1928
1929 disestablishments in France
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1929


title: Greymachine

text:
Greymachine is an experimental music project founded in 2006. It is led by Godflesh and Jesu frontman Justin Broadrick. The act also features Isis frontman and guitarist Aaron Turner, Jesu bassist Diarmuid Dalton and Head of David bassist Dave Cochrane.

Broadrick started Greymachine as a solo project with some "drum beats I'd recorded, along with very abstract, improvised guitar parts and lot's [sic] of synth noise." He eventually enlisted other contributors for the project. The debut album of the act, Disconnected, was released on 4 August 2009, via Turner's own record label, Hydra Head Records. Allmusic described the album as "one of the most anticipated metal records of the year." The track “Vultures Descend” from the album was released as a promotional single.

About the project, Broadrick stated: "Most of my music has a strong sense of misanthropy. Greymachine just [more obviously] deals with self loathing, self disgust, frustration, isolation, disillusionment, ego, exhibitionism and utter confusion, fear and disenchantment."

Personnel
Justin Broadrick - guitar, vocals, electronics, programming, drums
Dave Cochrane - bass
Diarmuid Dalton - bass
Aaron Turner - guitar, vocals, electronics

Discography
Studio albums
Disconnected (2009)

Singles
"Vultures Descend" (2009)

References

External links
Greymachine - Disconnected on Hydra Head Records

Musical groups established in 2006
Heavy metal supergroups
Industrial metal musical groups
Sludge metal musical groups
British industrial music groups
Noise musical groups
Avant-garde metal musical groups
Post-metal musical groups
British experimental musical groups
Welsh heavy metal musical groups
British heavy metal musical groups


title: Anne Aasheim

text:
Anne Aasheim (22 April  1962 – 30 March 2016) was a Norwegian editor.

She was born in Porsgrunn and started her journalist career in the neighboring city's largest newspaper Varden in the late 1970s. She worked in Dagen and Bergens Arbeiderblad before being hired in NRK Hordaland in 1988.

She served as acting director of NRK P3 in Trondheim and NRK P2 in Oslo before being appointed as director of the local news post Østlandssendingen in 1997. In 1999 she served as acting director of culture in the news corporation, before serving as director of national and district news from 2001 to 2005. After a period as editor-in-chief of Dagbladet from 2006 to 2010, she resigned and became the new managing director of the Arts Council Norway in 2011.

She was married to researcher Mette Tollefsrud, resided in Ila, Oslo.

Aasheim died of lung cancer in Oslo in 2016.

References

1962 births
2016 deaths
People from Porsgrunn
NRK people
Dagbladet people
Norwegian newspaper editors
Norwegian women editors
Norwegian LGBT writers
Deaths from lung cancer in Norway
21st-century Norwegian LGBT people
21st-century Norwegian writers


title: Jaylen Watkins

text:
Jaylen Watkins (born November 27, 1991) is a former American football safety. He played college football for the University of Florida. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

High school
A native of Cape Coral, Florida, Watkins attended Cape Coral High School. He played quarterback, wide receiver and defensive back at Cape Coral, leading his team to an 11–1 record in his senior season, advancing to the FHSAA 4A Regional semifinals. He passed for 1,230 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior and rushed for 928 yards with 10 touchdowns. He also had 29 receptions for 461 yards and five touchdowns. He also ran track at Cape Coral and advanced to the 4A Track Championships in the 4x100 relay. He was selected to play in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas.

Considered a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, he was rated as the fourth best cornerback prospect in his class.

College career
Watkins attended the University of Florida from 2010 to 2013. He appeared in 48 games, with 28 starts, at both cornerback and safety. He primarily played special teams as a freshman, before earning an increased role in the defense as a sophomore and throughout his tenure at Florida. During his career, he accumulated 133 tackles, including four for loss, 21 pass breakups and three interceptions.

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles
Watkins was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round (101st overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft.

On September 5, 2015, Watkins was released by the Eagles.

Buffalo Bills
On September 7, 2015, Watkins was signed to the Buffalo Bills' practice squad and practiced with his brother Sammy Watkins.

Philadelphia Eagles (second stint)
On November 27, 2015, Watkins was re-signed by the Eagles off the Bills' practice squad.

On March 4, 2017, Watkins signed a one-year extension with the Eagles. Watkins won a Super Bowl ring when the Eagles defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.

Los Angeles Chargers
On March 30, 2018, Watkins signed a one-year contract with the Los Angeles Chargers. In the Chargers' second preseason game, Watkins suffered a torn ACL and was placed on injured reserve on August 19, 2018.

On February 15, 2019, Watkins re-signed with the Chargers.

Houston Texans
On March 30, 2020, Watkins signed a two-year contract with the Houston Texans. He was released on September 5, 2020.

Los Angeles Chargers (second stint)
On November 7, 2020, Watkins was signed to the Los Angeles Chargers' practice squad. He was elevated to the active roster on November 21 and December 17 for the team's weeks 11 and 15 games against the New York Jets and Las Vegas Raiders, and reverted to the practice squad after each game. On January 1, 2021, Watkins was promoted to the active roster.

Personal life
He is the older half-brother of Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Sammy Watkins.

References

External links
Twitter
Rotoworld profile
Florida Gators bio

Living people
1991 births
People from Cape Coral, Florida
Players of American football from Lee County, Florida
American football cornerbacks
Florida Gators football players
Philadelphia Eagles players
Buffalo Bills players
Houston Texans players
Los Angeles Chargers players


title: Russel Kaufman

text:
Russel E. Kaufman is an American researcher who is president emeritus of The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. In addition to his administrative role at Wistar, Kaufman maintains a research program that focuses on the genetics behind various types of blood diseases and cancer. During his time in research, some of Kaufman's discoveries include the characterization of the β-globin genes and the discovery of the CD7 ligand, K12. Additionally, he has focused on the regulation of genes expressed in hematopoietic stem cells and their progenitors.

Kaufman is active in a number of Philadelphia regional organizations and national organizations related to cancer research. He has served as chair of the Greater Philadelphia Life Sciences Congress, a board member of the board of directors for the University City Science Center, an adviser to the National Institutes of Health, and an adviser to the American Cancer Society. In 2008, Kaufman received the Cancer Control Award from the American Cancer Society for his "exemplary individual achievements in the field of cancer control.". In 2012, the Philadelphia Business Journal named Kaufman Life Sciences CEO of the Year.

Prior to taking his role at Wistar in 2002, Kaufman worked at Duke University Medical Center, where he served as chief resident, division chief of medical oncology, vice chair of the Department of Medicine, and vice dean for education and academic affairs.

Select publications
 Ge, Y., Azuma, R., Gekonge, B., Lopez-Coral, A., Xiao, M., Zhang, G., Xu, X., Montaner, L., Wei, Z., Herlyn, M., Wang, T., Kaufman, Russel E.: Induction of metallothionein expression during monocyte to melanoma-associated macrophage differentiation. Front. Biol 7(4): 359–367, 2012.
 Wang, T., Ge, Y., Xiao, M., Lopez-Coral, A., Azuma, R., Somasundaram, R., Zhang, G., Wei, Z., Xu, X., Rauscher, FJ 3rd, Herlyn, M., Kaufman, R.E.: Melanoma-derived conditioned media efficiently induce the differentiation of monocytes to macrophages that display a highly invasive gene signature. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 25:493-505, 2012.
 Wang, T., Huang, C., Lopez-Coral, A., Slentz-Kesler, K.A., Xiao, M., Wherry, E.J., Kaufman, R.E.: K12/SECTM1, an interferon regulated molecule, synergizes with CD28 to costimulate human T cell proliferation. J Leukoc Biol 91:449-459, 2012.
 Lam, G.K., Liao, H.X., Xue, Y., Alam, S.M., Scearce, R.M., Kaufman, R.E., Sempowski, G.D., Haynes, B.F.: Expression of the CD7 ligand K-12 in human thymic epithelial cells: regulation by IFN-gamma. J Clin Immunol 25:41-49, 2005.
 Sempowski, G.D., Lee, D.M., Kaufman, R.E., Haynes, B.F.: Structure and function of the CD7 molecule. Crit Rev Immunol 19:331-348, 1999.

References

External links
Dr. Kaufman's lab page on The Wistar Institute's website

Cancer researchers
Living people
American health care chief executives
Year of birth missing (living people)
Searle Scholars Program recipients


title: Spatial Economic Analysis

text:
Spatial Economic Analysis is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the development of theory and methods in spatial economics. It is published by Routledge on behalf of the Regional Studies Association and the British and Irish Section of the Regional Science Association International. The editor-in-chief is Professor Paul Elhorst of the Faculty of Spatial Sciences at the University of Groningen. He succeeded the founding editor-in-chief, Prof Bernard Fingleton of the University of Cambridge in September 2016.

References

External links

Taylor & Francis academic journals
English-language journals
Academic journals established in 2006
Quarterly journals
Economics journals
Regional science
Economic geography


title: Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow

text:
Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow is a British factual television series that was first broadcast on BBC Two on 5 January 2014. The two-part series was presented by Dan Snow.

Production
The series will be distributed by BBC Worldwide and is a BBC and Discovery Channel co-production.

Reception
Sam Wollaston of The Guardian wasn't convinced the series deserved two episodes. The Sentinel said "the experience should have been the blueprint for I'm A Celebrity".

References

External links

2014 British television series debuts
BBC television documentaries
English-language television shows


title: Palatine Ways of St. James

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The Palatine Ways of St. James () are those sections of the Way of St. James in the Palatinate region of Germany and part of the historic pilgrimage route to the northwest Spanish town of Santiago de Compostela. It was there that, according to Christian tradition, the Apostle Saint James the Greater was buried.

Overview
Several such pilgrimage routes within the Palatinate have become known. Two, the North Route (Nordroute) and the South Route (Südroute), begin at the River Rhine at the imperial cathedral of Speyer and end in the small town of Hornbach (Südwestpfalz county), where the grave of Saint Pirmin is found in the former abbey. South of Hornbach the now united pilgrimage route crosses the border into France. Both Palatine routes are waymarked by the Palatine Forest Club and one link to the French pilgrimage routes follows. In the Palatine Forest old footpaths have been identified as parts of the Way of St. James.

Earlier sections of the Way of St. James converge from the north and east at Speyer. The northern route is well documented. From the southern boundary of Rhenish Hesse it should actually be counted as part of the Palatine Ways of St. James. It linked the two other imperial cathedrals in Mainz and Worms – via intermediate stations in Oppenheim and Frankenthal – with Speyer. In the south of Frankenthal, the district of Pilgerpfad that emerged after the Second World War took its name from the pilgrimage route. The Way crosses the middle of the district and is marked with the scallop symbol of St. James.

From 2007 to 2011 an Abbey Route (Klosterroute) was researched and described that ran from Worms through the Palatinate to Metz. This route joins the North Route at Landstuhl, but does not follow it to Hornbach. In Blieskastel it joins the route that comes from Hornbach via Saarbrücken to Lorraine.

Routes

North Route

Course
The original, well-known route is the 125-kilometre-long North Route. It leaves Speyer, partly following the Speyerbach stream, in a westerly direction through the Anterior Palatinate part of the Upper Rhine Plain. Near Neustadt an der Weinstraße the route enters the Palatine Forest through the Haardt mountain chain. Here the Way of St. James heads through the Elmstein valley and generally climbs along the Speyerbach until it reaches the source region of the stream near Johanniskreuz. There, on the boundary between the Lower and Middle Frankenweide, it crosses the watershed between the Rhine and the River Moselle at a height of 470 metres. Next, it leaves the Palatine Forest heading downhill through the Karlstal valley following the Moosalb stream to the Gelterswoog lake. It then runs along the northern edge of the Sickingen Heights past the town of Landstuhl, only to descend near Vogelbach to the lowlands of the Landstuhl Marsh to the former pilgrimage church. From there the Way runs southwest, and later southwards, via the Zweibrücken Westrich. From the Schlossberg hill it grazes the borough of Homburg at Kirrberg. In the town of Zweibrücken the route crosses the Schwarzbach stream and enters the water meadows of its left tributary, the Hornbach. It follows this stream uphill and finally reaches its eponymous pilgrimage village coming from the north.

Stations

South Route

Course
Later, a southern route was also recorded. This branch runs through the southern Palatine Forest, the German part of the Wasgau. The Way runs initially from Speyer towards the south gradually ascending the Rhine valley as far as its confluence with the Klingbach in an old loop in the Rhine that, since the straightening of the Rhine, has been called the Michelsbach. The route then follows the Klingbach westwards through the South Palatinate part of the Rhine Plain.

The adjoining bend to the north via Landau, whose stations are marked with an asterisk (*), is a considerable detour (26 instead of 13 kilometres); it is not authentic but was introduced for touristic reasons. For pilgrims it was clearly more sensible to take the direct route from Herxheim continuing along the Klingbach to Klingenmünster and the Palatine Forest, a saving of 3 hours journey time.

The route now crosses the Wasgau – initially in the valley of the Erlenbach stream and then along the present-day French border – in a northwesterly direction, before arriving at Hornbach from the east, from the Hackmesserseite region. The entire route of the longer variant via Landau is 125 kilometres long, the more likely direct route upstream along the Klingbach is only 112 kilometres long.

Stations

Abbey Route

Course
The Abbey Route (Klosterroute)  is so named from the large number of (former) abbeys along its course.

The Way begins at Worms Cathedral and runs westwards to the former pilgrimage village of Zell. It continues to Göllheim, where it branches and runs for about 20 kilometres in two roughly parallel legs. The northernmost runs to the old abbey of Münsterdreisen near Dreisen (Münsterhof); the abbey church of Otterberg is its next destination. From here it continues straight to Landstuhl or via Kaiserslautern. Here the southern branch which runs from Göllheim and past the ruins of Rosenthalerhof Abbey reaches the abbey church in Enkenbach. In Landstuhl the two legs re-unite with the North Route of the Palatine Ways of St. James and run past the pilgrim church in Vogelbach to Homburg. Whilst the North Route now heads for Hornbach, the Abbey Route leaves the Palatinate and joins the Saarland Route in Blieskastel, which runs from Hornbach via Saarbrücken to Metz.

References

Literature

External links
 Kuntz Verlag: Pfälzer Jakobswege
 St. Jakobusgesellschaft Rheinland-Pfalz-Saarland, Informationsmaterial und Wegbeschreibungen, retrieved, 31 January 2012

Transport in Rhineland-Palatinate
Culture of the Palatinate (region)
Camino de Santiago routes
Hiking trails in Rhineland-Palatinate


title: Andorra at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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Andorra sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.  This marked the nation's fourth participation in a Winter Paralympics  The delegation consisted of a single athlete, alpine skier Xavier Fernandez, who failed to post a finishing time in either of the two events he competed in.

Background
Andorra has participated in every Winter Paralympics since the 2002 edition.  They have only participated in the Summer Paralympics once, in 2012. They had never won a medal at any Paralympics Games before the Sochi edition.  Alpine skiing is the only sport Andorra had ever competed at in a Winter Paralympics. Xavier Fernandez was chosen as the Andorran flag-bearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony, and for the closing ceremony.

Disability classification
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; or Les autres.  Les autres includes+ any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Events with "B" in the code are for athletes with visual impairment, codes LW1 to LW9 are for athletes who stand to compete and LW10 to LW12 are for athletes who compete sitting down. Alpine skiing events grouped athletes into separate competitions for sitting, standing and visually impaired athletes.

Alpine skiing

Xavier Fernandez was 41 at the time of the Sochi Paralympics.  He is classified LW10-1, and competes in a sitting position.  On 13 March 2014, he was one of 41 athletes who competed in the slalom event, however, he was unable to finish the race due to a fall.  Two days later, there were 45 competitors entered in the giant slalom event.  Fernandez was disqualified during the first run for unspecified reasons.

See also
Andorra at the Paralympics
Andorra at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Nations at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
2014
Winter Paralympics


title: USA-239

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USA-239, also known as GPS IIF-3, GPS SVN-65, and Navstar-67 is an American navigation satellite which forms part of the Global Positioning System. It was the third of twelve Block IIF satellites to be launched.

Built by Boeing and launched by United Launch Alliance, USA-239 was launched at 12:10 UTC on 4 October 2012, atop a Delta IV carrier rocket, flight number D361, flying in the Medium+(4,2) configuration. The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 37B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and placed USA-239 directly into medium Earth orbit. The rocket's second stage failed to provide the expected full thrust in all of its three burns due to a leak above the narrow throat portion of the thrust chamber, however the stage had enough propellant margins to put the satellite in the correct orbit.

As of 18 February 2014, USA-239 was in an orbit with a perigee of , an apogee of , a period of 717.96 minutes, and 54.87 degrees of inclination to the equator. It is used to broadcast the PRN 24 signal, and operates in slot 1 of plane A of the GPS constellation. The satellite has a design life of 15 years and a mass of .
 As of 2019 it remains in service.

References

Spacecraft launched in 2012
GPS satellites
USA satellites
Spacecraft launched by Delta IV rockets


title: Argentina at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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Argentina competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.

Alpine skiing

Men

Snowboarding

Para-snowboarding is making its debut at the Winter Paralympics and it will be placed under the Alpine skiing program during the 2014 Games.

Men

Cross-country skiing

Men

See also
Argentina at the Paralympics
Argentina at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Nations at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
2014
Winter Paralympics


title: Evacuees

text:
Evacuees may refer to:

 People who have undergone evacuation
 The Evacuees, a 1975 BBC Play for Today by Jack Rosenthal


title: Cilla (2014 TV series)

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Cilla is a British drama serial about the early career of Cilla Black. It was broadcast in three parts on ITV, and began on 15 September 2014 with Sheridan Smith playing the starring role. Smith was highly praised for her performance.

Following Cilla Black's death in August 2015, the series was broadcast again on ITV between 4–6 August 2015, as well as repeats on ITV Encore.

Plot
The series is based around Black's hometown of Liverpool and follows her rise to fame from 1960 amateur appearances in clubs, her relationships with Bobby Willis and Brian Epstein to the latter's death in 1967.

Episode 1 (15 September 2014)
In 1960s Liverpool, young Priscilla "Cilla" White is working as a typist, but frequently performs at Liverpool's famed Cavern Club, where she meets young singer-songwriter Bobby Willis. Mersey Beat, a local music publication, prints an article on Cilla in which she is mistakenly referred to as "Cilla Black". However, young Cilla likes the sound of it and decides to use if for her stage name. It is arranged for her to audition for the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein. However, she gets a bad case of nerves and the song's key is too low for her, and she loses ground to her rival, Beryl Marsden.

Episode 2 (22 September 2014)
Three years later, Cilla's confidence returns after her disastrous audition.  Bobby urges her to give singing another go, and Brian Epstein gives Cilla another chance to audition by inviting her into the studio to record what would become her debut single, Love of the Loved. The song fails to break the Top 30, but Brian then insists that Cilla change direction and take a gamble on a cover of a Dionne Warwick ballad entitled Anyone Who Had a Heart. The gamble pays off and Anyone Who Had a Heart shoots straight to the top of the charts.

Episode 3 (29 September 2014)
Cilla follows up Anyone Who Had a Heart with a second consecutive number one, You're My World. However, she fails in her subsequent bid to corner the American market and tempers flare in her blossoming relationship with Bobby who is beginning to feel sidelined as Cilla's ego causes her to force Bobby to turn down his own recording contract. In the meantime Brian Epstein's life is unraveling as The Beatles begin to scale back on their activities and eventually to drift apart, and Epstein, a closeted homosexual, continually seeks young men to rough him up and he lies to Cilla about how he suffered his bruises. Epstein develops a dependency on sleeping pills with tragic repercussions as he overdoses on the pills and dies. By his bed is a contract for Cilla to star in her own series. Cilla, distraught about Brian's death, signs the contract and Cilla debuts on the BBC in January 1968. Cilla later marries Bobby, and the drama ends with a photo of the real Cilla and Bobby on their wedding day in 1969.

Cast

Production
ITV announced the three-part series on 16 February 2014. Filming began in Liverpool in March 2014.

For the role, Smith had to learn the two singing voices that Black uses, a loud belt she originally used to make herself heard in the noisy Cavern Club and a softer one she used in a recording studio.

Locations
Several locations in Liverpool were used.

 The offices of Liverpool Film Office stood in for the Cavern Club interior, with the Cavern's exterior represented by the Elude Bar and Restaurant on Porter Street.
 Cilla's family home at 380 Scotland Road (now demolished) was filmed in Holt Road, Kensington (exterior scenes), and the Belgrave pub in Bryanston Road in Aigburth (interior scenes).
 The family homes of Bobby Willis' (Anfield) and Ringo Starr's mother ("Welsh Streets", Aigburth) were represented by houses on Southwood Road.
 The scene showing Bobby running late to work was filmed on Everton Brow, with the 1960s Liverpool skyline recreated by CGI.
 The cast was variously filmed "wandering down Yates Street in Dingle, past the Cross Keys pub off Old Hall Street and drinking at Ye Cracke on Rice Street".
 Scenes filmed on the other side of the Mersey on the Wirral included the marriage of Bobby’s brother Kenny in Wallasey Town Hall (representing Liverpool Register Office), and beach scenes at Perch Rock in New Brighton.
 The Adelphi hotel was used for several settings, first as the Kenilworth Hotel in London where Cilla and Bobby met Brian Epstein, then another hotel that they visit following Cilla's London Palladium appearance. Subsequently it represented the Persian Room of New York's Plaza Hotel and also the Blackpool hotel in which Cilla stayed.
 Oh Me, Oh My! in Water Street served as the location for the Scotch of St James club scenes and also a New York nightclub.
 Scenes set in Cilla's London flat were filmed in Elmsley Road in Mossley Hill.
 Sound, Food & Drink on Duke Street in Liverpool, served as a location for where Bobby first introduces himself as Cilla's manager and negotiates her fee.

Awards

Reception

Cilla received critical acclaim and led to Cilla Black re-entering music charts at number 46.

The Telegraph wrote: "Smith sang her heart out, catching perfectly the bluesy belter within the girl next door, but rather than rushing her to fame, the action unfolded slowly enough to show her falling at the first hurdle as she became crippled with nerves singing for Brian Epstein. A drama this good, with Smith in sparkling form, knows it can take its time to flourish."

The Guardian wrote: "The third, and best, reason why Cilla is so watchable is Sheridan Smith. It's one of those extraordinary performances, like Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam, when an actress does more than play a real character; she becomes her, to the extent that it's hard for the viewer not to forget they're not actually watching a young Cilla Black. She sounds like her, too. I'd be interested to know what someone more qualified to judge (an actual Liverpudlian) thinks, but to me she utterly convinces as a Scouser, while some of the others don't. Also, the singing, which she does herself, is brilliant. And even when the singing isn't brilliant, she still is."

Ratings

The 8.6 million rating achieved for the first episode made the programme one of the most popular dramas to be shown on UK television in 2014

Home media
The series was released on DVD on 6 October 2014.

Stage musical

Bill Kenwright and Laurie Mansfield produced a stage musical adaptation of the series with a script by Jeff Pope, who wrote the TV series, which began touring the UK from September 2017 starring Kara Lilly Hayworth as Cilla. The production was scheduled to tour again from September 2020 with Sheridan Smith reprising the role of Cilla from the TV series, however it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

External links
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2014 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
2010s British drama television series
English-language television shows
2010s British television miniseries
Television shows set in Liverpool
Television shows set in the United Kingdom
ITV television dramas
Television series by ITV Studios
Cilla Black


title: The Planterra Conservatory

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The Planterra Conservatory is a complex of greenhouses in West Bloomfield, Michigan.

History
The Planterra Corporation was established as an interior landscape firm founded in 1973 by Larry M. Pliska. It is also a distributor of live and replica plants in the United States. It is co-owned by the founder, his wife CEO Carol Pliska, and their son Shane Pliska. The company opened the Planterra Conservatory as an extension of their original business in 2010. Construction began in October 2008.

The Conservatory was established in West Bloomfield, intended to combine plant shopping with the experience of simply visiting an indoor garden. The conservatory complex consists of 23,000-square-feet. The space is enclosed in three adjoining glass greenhouses with European hipped rooflines. Its roof controls heating vents and cooling curtains to provide energy efficiency to the complex. In September 2011 the Conservatory and design firm was awarded three National Awards of Excellence by the Plantscape Industry Alliance for the renovation of Palmhouse at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Meditation Garden at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and the Living Wall and Bar at Planterra Conservatory. Planterra has also been awarded the prestigious Diamond Award at the International Plantscape Awards twice, most recently in July 2019 for their work on the Parkview Cancer Institute in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Installations and events
The structure was not built in order to host events, however it has become a very popular wedding venue for couples across the country even hosting the wedding of Olympians Tanith Belbin and Charlie White. In March 2011 the Conservatory hosted the inaugural Botanical Glass Salon and Exhibition. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra also hosts concerts in the building each year.

References

External links
Homepage-Events
Homepage-Services

2010 establishments in Michigan
Buildings and structures in Michigan
Greenhouses in the United States


title: Canada at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

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Canada competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, from March 7 to 16, 2014.

Canada sent a team of 54 athletes to compete in all five sports, and finished with 7 gold medals and 16 overall (ranking 3rd and 4th respectively). This met the performance goal set by the Canadian Paralympic Committee on a top three finish in total gold medals.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Men

Women

Snowboarding
Para-snowboarding made its debut at the Winter Paralympics and it was placed under the Alpine skiing program during the 2014 Games. Canada's para-snowboarding team was announced on January 26, 2014. Michelle Salt was added to the team on February 22, 2014.
Men

 Women

Biathlon

Men

Women

Cross-country skiing

Men

Women

Relay

Ice sledge hockey

Roster

Preliminaries

Semifinal

Bronze Medal Game

Wheelchair curling

Team

Standings

Results

Draw 1
Saturday, March 8, 9:30

Draw 2
Saturday, March 8, 15:30

Draw 4
Sunday, March 9, 15:30

Draw 5
Monday, March 10, 9:30

Draw 6
Monday, March 10, 15:30

Draw 8
Tuesday, March 11, 15:30

Draw 9
Wednesday, March 12, 9:30

Draw 11
Thursday, March 13, 9:30

Draw 12
Thursday, March 13, 15:30

Semifinal
Saturday, March 15, 9:30

Gold medal game
Saturday, March 15, 15:30

See also
Canada at the Paralympics
Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Nations at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
2014
Winter Paralympics


title: John Quill

text:
John Quill (born March 10, 1990) is a retired Irish-born American rugby union player who played flanker for Rugby United New York (RUNY) in Major League Rugby (MLR) and the United States men's national team.

Quill has previously played for the Glendale Raptors (MLR), Sacramento Express (PRO Rugby), and London Welsh.

Club career

Quill began his rugby career at Dolphin RFC and played for the Munster A setup. He was the Dolphin's top try scorer for two seasons and club "Player of the Year" in 2012.

He moved to the United States in 2012 to play with Boston RFC where he became a stand-out player in D1 US rugby.

Quill joined the London Irish Academy in July 2013 with the hope of gaining a full-time contract.

Quill battled through injury during his time at the academy and after a few months he returned from London to link up with his former club, Dolphin RFC where he put together an impressive string of performances.

Quill signed with London Welsh of the RFU Championship in February 2014. He was released by London Welsh at the end of his first season with the club after helping them achieve promotion to the Aviva Premiership.

International career

Quill played for the Ireland Schools team. Although Quill is Irish, he qualified to represent the United States through his American mother.

Having impressed during his time with Boston RFC, Quill was called into the USA squad for the 2012 Autumn internationals during which he made his debut against Russia.

Quill was selected for the USA Eagles's 2015 World Cup squad. He was also selected for the USA Eagles' 2019 Rugby World Cup squad, and was sent off in the opening defeat (45-7) against England, after delivering a shoulder to the head of Owen Farrell, the first red card of the tournament. Following the 2019 World Cup Quill retired from international rugby.

References

1990 births
Living people
American rugby union players
American Raptors players
Rugby New York players
United States international rugby union players
Rugby union flankers
Irish emigrants to the United States
Rugby union players from County Cork
Sacramento Express players
Munster Rugby players
Dolphin RFC players
London Irish players
Sportspeople from Youghal
2015 Rugby World Cup players
2019 Rugby World Cup players


title: Chile at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

text:
Chile sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia from 7–16 March 2014.  This was Chile's fourth participation in a Winter Paralympic Games.  The Chilean delegation consisted of two alpine skiers, Jorge Migueles and Santiago Vega. Migueles finished 25th in the men's standing slalom and 20th in the men's standing giant slalom, while Vega finished 32nd in the  regular slalom.

Background
Chile first joined Paralympic competition at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, and participated at the Winter Paralympics for the first time at the 2002 Winter Paralympics.  They have participated in every Summer and Winter Paralympics since their respective debuts, making Sochi their fourth appearance at a Winter Paralympics. The nation has never won a Winter Paralympics medal. The 2014 Winter Paralympics were held from 7–16 March 2014, in Sochi, Russia; 45 countries and 547 athletes took part in the multi-sport event. The Chilean delegation consisted of two alpine skiers, Jorge Migueles and Santiago Vega. Migueles was chosen as the Chilean flag-bearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony, and Vega was chosen to carry the flag for the closing ceremony.

Disability classification
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories: amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, though there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; and Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, like dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Events with "B" in the code are for athletes with visual impairment, codes LW1 to LW9 are for athletes who stand to compete and LW10 to LW12 are for athletes who compete sitting down. Alpine skiing events grouped athletes into separate competitions for sitting, standing and visually impaired athletes.

Alpine skiing

Migueles was 26 years old at the time of the Sochi Paralympics.  When he was eight years old, he was hit by a bus, which resulted in his right leg being amputated below the knee; he is classified as LW4 and therefore competes in a standing position.  On 13 March, he took part in the standing slalom, posting run times of 57.98 seconds and 1 minute and 7.42 seconds.  His total time was 2 minutes and 5.40 seconds, which put him in 25th place out of 35 classified finishers, and off the gold medal time of 1 minute and 38.97 seconds set by Alexey Bugaev of Russia.  Two days later he competed in the standing giant slalom, where he completed his first run in 1 minute and 26.41 seconds and the second in a faster time of 1 minute and 22.39 seconds.  His final time was 2 minutes and 48.80 seconds, which ranked him 20th out of 29 competitors who finished the race.  The gold medal was won by Vincent Gauthier-Manuel of France in a time of 2 minutes and 25.87 seconds

Vega was born with phocomelia in his right leg, which was amputated as an infant.  He is classified as LW4, and competes in a standing position, and he was 17 years old at the time of the Sochi Paralympics.  In the standing slalom, he posted run times of 1 minute and 14.04 seconds and 1 minute and 14.59 seconds.  His combined time of 2 minutes and 28.63 seconds saw him finish in 32nd place.  In the standing giant slalom, he ran wide of a gate approximately a minute into his run, and was eliminated.  Vega would return to the Paralympics to represent Chile at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

See also
Chile at the Paralympics
Chile at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Nations at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
2014
Winter Paralympics


title: Mexico at the 2014 Winter Paralympics

text:
Mexico competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, held between 7–16 March 2014.  This was Mexico's third appearance at a Winter Paralympic Games.  They were represented by a single athlete, alpine skier Arly Velásquez, who was participating in his second Paralympics.  His best finish was 11th place in the sitting super-G.

Background

Mexico first joined Paralympic competition at the 1972 Summer Paralympics, and have competed at every Summer Paralympics since.  They did not enter a Winter Paralympics until the 2006 Winter Paralympics.  Sochi was Mexico's third appearance at a Winter Paralympic Games.  Although Mexico has won many medals at the Summer Paralympics, they have never won a Winter Paralympic medal. Arly Velásquez, an alpine skier, was the only athlete sent by Mexico to Sochi. Velásquez was chosen as the Mexican flag-bearer for the parade of nations during the opening ceremony, and for the closing ceremony.

Disability classification
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories: amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, though there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; and Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, like dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Events with "B" in the code are for athletes with visual impairment, codes LW1 to LW9 are for athletes who stand to compete and LW10 to LW12 are for athletes who compete sitting down. Alpine skiing events grouped athletes into separate competitions for sitting, standing and visually impaired athletes.

Alpine skiing

Velásquez was 25 years old at the time of the Sochi Paralympics. Velásquez suffered a spinal cord injury that left him without feeling below his nipples, and he competes in a sitting position, classified as an LW11. He had previously worked as a composer, and took up competitive skiing in 2008. On 8 March, he skied in the downhill, and suffered a crash that The New York Times called "horrific".  The next day, in the Super-G, he said his goal was to finish in the top 15.  In that race, he finished with a time of 1 minute and 30 seconds, 11 seconds behind the gold medallist, Akira Kano of Japan, and in 11th place overall, beating his goal.  This was the best Winter Paralympics finish by any Latin American athlete up to this point. On 15 March, in the giant slalom, he finished the first run in a time of 1 minute and 25 seconds, but he was unable to finish the second leg.  He was scheduled to compete in the super combined but ultimately did not do so.  Due to injuries suffered in Sochi, he required surgery and was out of competition for two years.  He returned to compete for Mexico at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.

See also
Mexico at the Paralympics
Mexico at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Nations at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
2014
Winter Paralympics