title: Sacarello's

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P. Sacarello Limited, more commonly known as Sacarello's, is a coffee roasting family business and coffee shop/restaurant in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Originally Italian, the Sacarello family first established itself in Gibraltar in the late 19th century and, despite economic upheavals, has served the Rock for over 125 years. The Sacarellos have owned a merchant house at 57 Irish Town, on the corner of Tuckey's Lane, since 1906 which now houses their coffee shop.

History

Italian origins
The Sacarello name first established itself in Gibraltar with the arrival at Gibraltar Harbour of Giovanni Batista Sacarello, an Italian merchant. Giovanni was originally from Spotorno at the foot of Monte Saccarello near the Ligurian capital of Genoa, but had been based in the port city of Livorno as the captain of a brigantine. He led his ship through the major Mediterranean ports trading in wool and hides becoming a frequent visitor to Gibraltar where he met local Maria Dominica Bignone whom he married at the Cathedral of St. Mary the Crowned in 1817. He was 27 and Maria was 20. Bignone was also of Ligurian descent with her family also hailing from Spotorno. Her surname also took its name from a nearby mountain, Monte Bignone. For this reason the Sacarello-Bignone marriage was to be known as the "Marriage of Two Mountains".

However, the newlyweds did not immediately settle in Gibraltar. They left the Rock soon after the wedding, probably to go back to Livorno or elsewhere in Liguria. It was 1845 before Giovanni returned to the Rock's shores indefinitely, with Maria having made it back sooner. The marriage marked the start of the Sacarello family of Gibraltar. After having been settled in Gibraltar for some time, the couple's youngest son Francisco Felipe (born 26 June 1833) married Maria Magdalena Fava (born 1837). Their son Bartholomew Sacarello - better known as Bartolo - later founded the family business by establishing B. Sacarello Limited as a provisions merchant in 1888.

Starting a family business

Gibraltar has always had to import almost everything it consumes; this was no different in the late 19th century when Gibraltar was a British garrison with few civilians. Bartolo was able to take advantage of this fact by supplying the local population with all and sundry - "from safety matches to flour, from buckets of lard to spaghetti". By the turn of the 19th century, the business was the top provisions merchant in Gibraltar. Soon Bartolo expanded into the Spanish and Moroccan markets and before long became rather wealthy. He soon realised that the future of his business lay in coffee which over a few years became an increasingly profitable part of the business, perhaps from his dealing with Spain. In just a few years coffee had generally become big business in Gibraltar which was probably partly down to the profitable smuggling trade which had become part of daily life on the Rock. Coffee, as well as tobacco, were the two main exports historically smuggled across the land border from Gibraltar into Spain. In 1906 Bartolo purchased a merchant house designed by renown Italian architect, Giovanni Maria Boschetti, on the corner of Irish Town and Tuckey's Lane.

Focus on coffee
Gradually ditching his other imports, Bartolo focused on purchasing large quantities of the finest Arabica and Robusta coffee beans from Africa and South America. Once arrived in Gibraltar the beans would be roasted, blended and packaged in-house at the Irish Town merchant house into a variety of brands to suite different tastes. By this time coffee drinking was becoming increasingly popular and the streets in both Gibraltar and Campo de Gibraltar were teeming with cafés. Although coffee smuggling later declined and eventually ceased to be profitable, the business continued to prosper purely on local trade and Sacarello's brands would soon become famous in Gibraltar and southern Spain.

Continuity through tough times

Following the death of Bartolo, his wife Josefa encouraged their son Federico to take over the business at the young age of 17. Shortly after Federico took the helm, Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, closed the frontier with Gibraltar in the 1920s making it harder to do business and maintain his widowed mother, brother and two sisters. This was the first of a repeating pattern of political obstacles which the family business would have to face from governments in Madrid. The next decade continued to be troublesome times for Gibraltar with the Spanish Civil War at its doorstep. The end of the war in 1939 reopened access to the Spanish market for Gibraltarian merchants. Commodities such as tobacco and coffee were scarce in the post civil war Spain and Federico, together with his younger brother Bartolo were able to sell vast quantities of coffee there. Their renown La Negrita brand became so popular in southern Spain that it was even mentioned in a famous chirigota, a satirical folksong so typical of the Cádiz Carnival.

The Sacarellos were the first Gibraltarian family to purchase a Rolls-Royce which was testament to the wealth that the business had amassed.

Federico did not marry until the mature age of 47. However, the marriage would eventually give fruit to four sons and the business continued to thrive under Federico's leadership until the frontier was shut once again by Spanish caudillo, Francisco Franco, in 1969. The latest frontier closure, which was to last 16 years, was to have a huge impact on the economy of Gibraltar especially in importation and exportation of goods. This meant drastic drops in coffee sales for Sacarello's. Nevertheless, the business weathered the economic storm and the eventual full re-opening of the frontier in 1985 (it had been opened in 1982 for pedestrians only)  rekindled the demand for Sacarello's coffees in the Spanish hinterland as well as from tourists and the expanding retail and catering industry in Gibraltar.

From merchant house to coffee shop
Federico dedicated his entire working life to B. Sacarello Limited and following the hardships of the 1970s and early 80s two of his sons, Patrick and Richard, joined the family business and seeking to recover the business. in 1985 they hired the services of local heritage conservation architect, John Langdon, to design the conversion of the front warehouse in their centuries-old merchant house into a coffee shop while retaining the old coffee grinders and other machinery as original features. By 1994 the success of the new venture was such that the brothers sought to rehire Langdon to redesign and convert the remaining part of the warehouse into a kitchen with extended seating areas for customers.

The Sacarello brothers agreed to an amicable split of the business in 2009 whereby the coffee shop/restaurant is managed by Patrick and Richard retained the coffee roasting wholesale/distribution company with its new warehouse at Mons Calpe Road on the North Mole. The coffee shop stocks all of Sacarello's coffees as well as top of the range wines, jams, marmalades, chocolates and teas.

In 2013 Sacarello's celebrated its 125-year anniversary.

References

Food and drink companies of Gibraltar
Food and drink companies established in 1888
1888 establishments in Gibraltar
Coffeehouses and cafés
Coffee brands


title: Kurortny

text:
Kurortny (; masculine), Kurortnaya (; feminine), or Kurortnoye (; neuter) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.

Urban localities
Kurortnoye, Feodosiya, Republic of Crimea, an urban-type settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of republic significance of Feodosiya in the Republic of Crimea

Rural localities
Kurortnoye, Belogorsky District, Republic of Crimea, a selo in Belogorsky District of the Republic of Crimea
Kurortnoye, Leninsky District, Republic of Crimea, a selo in Leninsky District of the Republic of Crimea
Kurortnoye, Chernyakhovsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, a settlement in Kamensky Rural Okrug of Chernyakhovsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast
Kurortnoye, Pravdinsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, a settlement under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of district significance of Pravdinsk in Pravdinsky District of Kaliningrad Oblast

Notes


title: Solidago puberula

text:
Solidago puberula, the downy goldenrod, is a plant species native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia and Ontario south to Florida and Louisiana. Two subspecies are commonly recognized:

Solidago puberula subsp. puberula
Solidago puberula subsp. pulverulenta

Subsp. pulverulenta has smaller but more numerous leaves, generally 50–110 leaves  long halfway up the stem, as opposed to 10-60 leaves  long for subsp. puberula.

Solidago puberula is a perennial herb up to  tall, with a branched woody rootstock. It can have 1-5 puberulent (hairy) stems. Leaves are toothed, tapering at the tip, puberulent on both sides. Flowering heads number 15–250, in an elongate, paniculiform array. Ray flowers are yellow, 9–16 per head. Disc flowers number 6–15 per head, each up to  long.

Galls
This species is host to the following insect induced gall:
 Schizomyia racemicola (Osten Sacken, 1862)

 external link to gallformers

References

puberula
Flora of Canada
Flora of the United States


title: Yiman language

text:
The Yiman language (also spelt Yeeman and Jiman) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Queensland. Ethnically the speakers were Bidjara; that and geography suggests that it may have been a Maric language, assuming it was a distinct language at all.  It is attested in a word list collected by Meston and held in the State Library of Queensland, but as of 2014 the data had not been verified by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.

Language revival
Since 2017, the Central Queensland Language Centre has been working on helping to restore three languages from the region – Yiiman, Bayali (Byelle) and Taribelang.

There is  a language revival project under way to document and revive the language. "Yeeman" is listed as one of 20 languages prioritised as part of the Priority Languages Support Project, being undertaken by First Languages Australia and funded by the Department of Communications and the Arts. The project aims to "identify and document critically-endangered languages — those languages for which little or no documentation exists, where no recordings have previously been made, but where there are living speakers".

References

Bidjara (Warrego River)
Maric languages
Extinct languages of Queensland


title: András Nemény

text:
András Nemény (born 7 June 1976) is a Hungarian jurist and politician, member of the National Assembly from the Hungarian Socialist Party's National List between 2010 and 2014.

Nemény was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Consumer Protection between 14 May and 1 June 2010. He was appointed a member of the Committee on Employment and Labour on 14 May 2010, holding the position until 5 May 2014.

References

1976 births
Living people
University of Pécs alumni
Hungarian jurists
Hungarian Socialist Party politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
People from Szombathely


title: San Wang Dong

text:
San Wang Dong is a large Karst cave in the Wulong Karst formation region, located within Wulong County of Chongqing Municipality in China.

Geography
The current known combined length of its passages is  long.  San Wang Dong has numerous large cave rooms and passages, many of which are almost intact.

San Wang Dong cave lies close to another huge Wulong Karst cave named Er Wang Dong. San Wang Dong is located lower than Er Wang Dong, and both caves might be connected.

San Wang Dong was known to local people, although its exploration only began around a decade ago. The first major scientific exploration of the cave was organized by the international Hong Meigui Cave Exploration Society.

See also

 List of caves in China

References

External links

Caves of Chongqing
Karst caves
Karst formations of China


title: South Union School

text:
The South Union School is an historic school building at 21 Highland Street in Southborough, Massachusetts.  The two story brick, cast stone, and wood Classical Revival building was designed by Frank Irving Cooper of the Boston architectural firm of Cooper & Bailey, and built 1911–12.  It is architecturally structured somewhat like a classical column: an elevated basement level, topped by a water table, constitutes the base of the column, the two main floors resemble the body of the column, and the building's cornice and parapet resemble its capital.  The school was built to consolidate the schooling of the town's elementary school students from the nearby Cordaville and Southville villages, as part of a series of construction projects to modernize the town's public facilities.  It underwent major renovation in the 1950s to improve its infrastructure, including the construction of a cafeteria in the basement, before closing in the early 1970s.  It was shortly afterward reopened to serve the town's kindergarten population, which it served until 1980.  In 1981 the building was repurposed to become the home of the Southborough Arts Center.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

References

External links
Southborough Arts Center

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
School buildings completed in 1912
Buildings and structures in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Southborough, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
1912 establishments in Massachusetts


title: Keyhole Sink

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Keyhole Sink is a canyon in the shape of a keyhole near Williams, Arizona. The canyon is best known for its petroglyphs, which were created about 1,000 years ago by the ancient Cohonina people, and the seasonal waterfalls that flow into the canyon.

Archaeology
Keyhole Sink, formerly called Box Canyon, is a few miles east of Williams off Route 66 in Kaibab National Forest, and can be accessed on foot by a short, unpaved pathway known as Keyhole Sink Trail. Archaeological research suggests that not many people actually lived in Keyhole Sink, and that it was mainly used as a sort of sacred rest stop for hunters and as a place for clan initiations. Surrounding the site for a radius of fifteen miles are remnants of pit house foundations.

The petroglyphs, which were carved into volcanic basalt, date from between 700 and 1100 CE. Design elements include snakes, lizards, deer, and amorphous images. The petroglyphs are considered to be heavily weathered, and in August 2010 vandals caused extensive damage by painting huge letters on them with "silvery white paint." The petroglyphs have since been restored, but the damage is still evident.

Gallery

See also

 Sycamore Canyon

References

Canyons and gorges of Arizona
Archaeological sites in Arizona
Petroglyphs in Arizona
Landforms of Coconino County, Arizona
History of Coconino County, Arizona


title: Bad Girl (Avril Lavigne song)

text:
"Bad Girl" is a song by Canadian singer Avril Lavigne for her fifth studio album, Avril Lavigne (2013). It was written by Lavigne, Chad Kroeger and David Hodges, while the song was produced by Kroeger and Hodges and features guest vocals by American singer Marilyn Manson. After hearing "Bad Girl", Lavigne thought Manson would complement the track. Manson added his vocals to the song early one morning, and Lavigne was honored to be able to collaborate with him.

A nu metal and pop song with industrial rock, glam rock, and 1970s punk rock elements, "Bad Girl" is about BDSM and erotic asphyxiation. Critics felt it was a departure from Lavigne's previous work. Upon its release, "Bad Girl" received mostly mixed reviews; some critics complimented its energy while others found it nightmarish or disgusting. The song charted at 58 on the South Korean's Gaon Chart and at number 88 on Billboards Canadian Hot 100. Lavigne performed "Bad Girl" during the Avril Lavigne Tour.

Background

When she was 18 years old, Avril Lavigne met American singer Marilyn Manson at one of his concerts, and eventually they became friends. Lavigne has cited "This Is the New Shit" (2004), a song by Manson's band, as an influence on her music. On July 7, 2012, it was reported that Lavigne was dating Manson, with the latter denying the rumor, joking that he would never date a Canadian. He continued, "I know her. I accidentally shaved her head," adding that he was unsure how the rumor originated. Lavigne commented that, "I had wanted to shave the side of my head for quite some time, [...] and so it was kind of like shaving it. And then one night, it was on my adventure to France. During my adventure when I was living there, we were hanging out backstage and we were with his band having a few drinks and I was like, 'Let's shave my head. I'm ready; let's do this!'. He's like that, though. He has fun. He wears his make-up; his wardrobe is very visual. I like his style."

In an interview with Billboard, Lavigne described "Bad Girl" as one of the "darker and heavier" rock songs on her self-titled album.  Lavigne also revealed that recruiting Manson for the track "was last minute." Lavigne was listening to the track with David Hodges when she decided that Manson would be perfect for it. She texted him at four o'clock in the morning asking him to lend his vocals to the song. Lavigne commented "It was meant to be. Things are never that easy when you're trying to get together with someone. He could have been anywhere in the world." Upon his arrival at the Henson Recording Studio in Los Angeles about a half hour later, Manson played Lavigne some of his new songs. Then Lavigne played Manson some of her new songs, including "Give You What You Like" (2013), which he loved, and "Bad Girl". The moment Manson heard "Bad Girl", he knew what he wanted to add to the track. The singer was honored to be able to work with Manson and was pleased with his vocal performance on the track; she told MTV News that "Bad Girl" is one of her favorite songs on the Avril Lavigne album.

Composition

"Bad Girl" was written by Lavigne, Chad Kroeger and David Hodges, with production being handled by Kroeger and Hodges. The song features guest vocals by American industrial rock singer Marilyn Manson. "Bad Girl" is a nu metal and pop song which features elements of industrial rock, glam rock, and 1970s punk rock. "Bad Girl" begins with Manson saying "Just lay your head head in daddy's lap, you're a bad girl." Nick Catucci of Entertainment Weekly compared Manson's "croaking" vocals on the song to Cookie Monster's speaking voice. The song has "crunching guitars" and is about BDSM, with Lavigne asking Manson to choke her. Lavigne sings "I've been a bad girl, don't you know?/Come get it now or never/I'll let you do whatever" and "Miss me. Miss me. Now you wanna kiss me." At different points in the song, Lavigne purrs and screams.

Laurence Green of musicOMH wrote that "Bad Girl" "sounds like the soundtrack to that bit in every corny teen movie where the good girl decides it's time to 'let loose' and hit the town." Noting that the song was co-written by Nickelback's frontman Kroeger, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine felt that "Bad Girl" is one of several tracks on its parent album which has the "blunt force hooks and bad taste" of a Nickelback song. Conversely, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times felt that Kroeger's impact on the track, and most of the Avril Lavigne album, is "negligible." Tiffany Bentley of Metal Insider connected the song's lyrics to the rumors that Lavigne and Manson were romantically involved. Bentley also found the track more similar to the music of Manson's band than Lavigne's bubblegum pop music, and "edgier" than most of Lavigne's previous work. Idolator's Mike Wass said that while Lavigne's previous singles "Here's to Never Growing Up" (2013) and "Rock n Roll" (2013) covered "old ground," "Bad Girl" saw her leaving her musical comfort zone. Similarly, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times felt that Lavigne "revolt[s] in small ways" with "Bad Girl".

Critical reception
"Bad Girl" has received mostly mixed reviews from music critics. Jason Lipshut of Billboard named it "salacious, sloppy, muddied rock music -  as it damn well should be," praising Lavigne and Manson for turning the song into "glorious chaos." Nick Catucci from Entertainment Weekly enjoyed the track's hooks and Lavigne and Manson's energetic vocals. Robert Copsey of Digital Spy praised the song's punk rock elements and for "offering an indication of where her sound could be [or] go in the future." Lauren Green of musicOMH called it "a riotous, pumping guitar work-out." Bradley Stern of MuuMuse declared that the song is "a manic, unapologetically smutty track." Metal Insider's Tiffany Bentley was shocked by Lavigne's choice to collaborate with Manson, but felt that "Bad Girl" had some of Manson's "black magic." Mike Wass of Idolator said "It's great to hear that pop's original bad girl still nows  how to push boundaries and rock the fuck out." For The Guardian, Caroline Sullivan lauded the "particularly pungent" song for "raging against the dying of the light," while The Denver Post called it one of the album's "pop anthems."

Kyle Fowley of Slant Magazine felt that "Bad Girl" lacked the honesty of Lavigne's single "Complicated" (2002), calling it a "dull piece of nü-metal, featuring a phoned-in performance by a disinterested Marilyn Manson." Chuck Eddy of Rolling Stone deemed it cartoonish and devoid of the playful spirit of "Hello Kitty" (2013), another song on Lavigne's self-titled album. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine found "Bad Girl" disgusting, partially because it was co-written by Kroeger, Lavigne's then-husband. In The News & Advance, Matt Ashare opined that Manson added nothing but clichés to the "stupidly creepy" track.

Live performances
During the Avril Lavigne Tour, Lavigne performed "Bad Girl" in a medley with Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People" (1996).

Credits and personnel
Personnel

Avril Lavigne – Backing vocals, lead vocals, songwriting
Chad Kroeger – Songwriting, production, guitar
David Hodges – Songwriting, production, programming
Marilyn Manson – Guest vocals
Chad Copelin – Programming, bass
Steven Miller – Guitar
Justin Glasco – Drums
Chris Lord-Alge – Mixing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Avril Lavigne (2013), Epic Records.

Chart performance
Along with many other songs from the parent album, "Bad Girl" debuted at number 58 on the Gaon Music Charts, with 4,511 copies sold in its first week.

References

External links

Avril Lavigne's website

Avril Lavigne songs
Songs written by Avril Lavigne
Songs written by David Hodges
Songs written by Chad Kroeger
2013 songs
Songs about BDSM
Nu metal songs
Male–female vocal duets
American pop songs
American heavy metal songs
Marilyn Manson (band) songs


title: Csaba Tóth

text:
Csaba János Tóth (born 22 April 1960) is a Hungarian engineer, entrepreneur and retired politician, a former member of the National Assembly. He became MP via the Hungarian Socialist Party's Budapest Regional List at first, serving in this capacity between 2010 and 2014. He represented Zugló (Budapest Constituency VIII) from 2014 to 2022.

His name has come to light in a number of suspected corruption and illegal cases over the years.

Early life
Csaba János Tóth was born in Zalaegerszeg in 1960. He earned a degree of mechanical engineer at the Technical University of Heavy Industry (present-day University of Miskolc) in 1983. Thereafter, he obtained a second degree in technical commercial engineering from the University of Agricultural Sciences (present-day part of the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences) in 1986.

Tóth was a successful businessman in the 1990s, when he was primarily engaged in real estate investment, but his activity in this direction is rather vague, he does not detail this period in his autobiographies.

Political career

Vas County
Csaba Tóth joined the Vas County branch of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) in 2002. Soon, he was installed as deputy president of the county branch in 2003. Shortly after his arrival, a lot of new members joined the party’s local organizations in Vas County.

After the president of the local Roma minority self-government claimed that the Tóth had artificially increased their membership – the party organization had swelled from forty to five hundred in one night – and Tóth and his colleagues paid for their admissions, in order to strengthen the county branch on national level and its voting share within the party's national electoral board. An ethics investigation was initiated against Tóth, at the end of which the county board expelled him from the party. But this was reviewed by the MSZP's National Ethics Committee six months later.

Meanwhile, Tóth was also elected president of Vas County branch of MSZP in 2004.

He was a member of the Mozaik Klub think-tank within the party, along with, among others, Gergely Bárándy, Ágnes Vadai, and Miklós Hagyó. Others said Tóth was a confidant of the billionaire entrepreneur Tamás Leisztinger.

At the time, police suspected him of involvement in the forgery of private documents, alongside Bálint Szabó and János Zuschlag, involving the establishments of fictitious branches of the youth party organization Young Left – Young Socialists (Fibisz) in Vas County. According to press reports, Tóth had personal conflicts with the local MSZP strongman György Ipkovich.

The proceedings against Tóth were terminated due to lack of evidence, but due to his scandals, the then MSZP president, István Hiller dismissed him from the position of county branch presidency in 2004. Hiller also decided to dissolve and reorganize the entire Vas County branch in 2005, entrusting Péter Kiss with the task.

Zugló
Tóth transferred his MSZP membership to the Zugló local branch (the 14th district of Budapest) in November 2005. As previously in Vas County, he followed the same method to increase the membership of local party organizations. He was elected president of the Zugló branch in 2007. After Leonárd Weinek (SZDSZ) won the mayoral election in 2006, Tóth gradually extended his influence to the district. He delegated his confidants – also business partners of Leisztinger – to the supervisory boards and committees of the local government.

He became a Member of Parliament on 18 October 2010, replacing Csaba Horváth, who was elected leader of the Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP) group in the General Assembly of Budapest, as a result he resigned from his parliamentary seat on 8 October 2010. Tóth was appointed a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Consumer Protection on 16 November 2010, holding this seat until 5 May 2014. Tóth was elected MP for Zugló (8th constituency of Budapest) in the 2014 and 2018 Hungarian parliamentary elections, defeating Fidesz candidates Ferenc Papcsák and Tamás Jelen, respectively. He was a vice-chairman of the Economic Committee from 6 May 2014 to 1 May 2022.

Even after his election as MP, Tóth retained his influence in Zugló, which gave rise to serious conflicts when PM politician Gergely Karácsony was elected mayor during the 2014 Hungarian local elections; his candidacy was also supported by the Socialist Party. When Karácsony decided to introduce paid parking in the 14th district, a systematic network of corruption has developed around the parking ticket machines, where Tóth and his business partners were involved. Karácsony said the Socialists tied his hand in the case, and Tóth made an agreement with the Fidesz behind the scenes. According to a late audio record just prior to the 2019 Hungarian local elections, Karácsony stated if he failed to win the seat of Mayor of Budapest, would he go back to Zugló, Karácsony replied that "then they will bury me". Tóth's political opponents connected this phrase to the case of local representative Attila Sápi: the MSZP politician disappeared in 2016, under rather mysterious circumstances, that is, when some details of the parking scandal (or called "parking mafia") in Zugló were made public, and the press began to deal with suspicious transactions.

The corruption allegations against Tóth became a neuralgic point within the joint opposition alliance United for Hungary prior to the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election. The MSZP nominated him as their candidate in Zugló for the 2021 Hungarian opposition primary, also supported by the Democratic Coalition (DK) and Jobbik, in addition to Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest. Despite an agreement that incumbent opposition MPs automatically become candidates for the electoral alliance in 2022, the Momentum Movement nominated Ákos Hadházy as their candidate. Momentum leader András Fekete-Győr expressed his rejection of the candidacies of some MSZP politicians in the primary, such as Attila Mesterházy and Csaba Tóth. Tóth called the corruption cases as unfounded accusations and, emphasized was always acquitted by the courts. During a debate between Tóth and Hadházy in September 2021, the latter presented that Tóth bought an abandoned factory in Budafok-Tétény at a low price, which is not included in his declaration of assets, for "money laundering or concealment of property". On 25 September 2021, the Jobbik, the DK and Gergely Karácsony withdrew their support for Tóth's candidacy. Amidst the first round if the opposition primary, Tóth withdrew his candidacy on 27 September 2021. Tóth cited the unfair attacks against him, but it is presumable that stepped back due to the leaked data which show Hadházy's crushing victory against him. As a result, Ákos Hadházy became the joint opposition candidate and subsequently won Zugló constituency in the 2022 parliamentary election. The Prosecutor General's Office launched an investigation on the parking scandal case in Zugló in March 2022. The National Assembly has suspended Tóth's immunity and the Central Prosecutor's Office interrogated Tóth as suspect in corruption offenses. He is suspected of accepting a bribe of HUF 280 million.

References

1960 births
Living people
Hungarian businesspeople
Hungarian engineers
Hungarian Socialist Party politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022)
People from Zalaegerszeg


title: Pleasant Street School (Spencer, Massachusetts)

text:
The Pleasant Street School is an historic school building at 54 Pleasant Street in Spencer, Massachusetts.  The two story Victorial Eclectic brick building was designed by the Worcester firm of Fuller & Delano, and built in 1883 by J. D. Morton.  It follows a cruciform plan, with a large pavilion projecting from the main facade.  The paired main entrances (one for boys, one for girls) are on the sides of this projecting section.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996,  and was included in the 2003 expansion of the Spencer Town Center Historic District.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
School buildings completed in 1883
Buildings and structures in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Spencer, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Historic district contributing properties in Massachusetts


title: Mack Pinnacle

text:
The Mack Pinnacle is a series of heavy duty (Class 8) trucks produced by Mack Trucks.  Introduced in 2006, the Pinnacle is the successor of the Mack Vision.  Currently, the product line is sold in the United States and Canada; in Venezuela and Peru, the Pinnacle is marketed as the Mack Vision Elite.

Marketed primarily as a highway tractor, the Pinnacle is sold in a set-forward front-axle configuration (the set-back axle version has been replaced in the United States and Canada by the Mack Anthem).  Mack assembles the Pinnacle in its Lehigh Valley Operations facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania.

Design

The Pinnacle is a long-hood conventional semi-tractor. Designed for local and regional use it usually has a day-cab but five sleepers, from a  flat top to a  hi-rise, are available. Roof fairing, side shields, and skirts aerodynamic aids are offered.

Advanced electronics are used for engine and chassis controls, as well as maintenance. All trucks have ABS.

In 2019 a new generation Bendix Wingman Fusion was available in the Anthem. It uses radar and cameras to provide emergency braking, lane departure, and blind spot warnings.

Mack builds most of their components (engines, transmissions, and axles) to work together. Trucks can also be custom-designed with vendor components. Total loaded weight can be up to  and over  including trailers.

Engine
When introduced for 2006 the Pinnacle used the new MP7 engine, the MP8 was available in 2007. The MP8 is currently the only engine available in the Pinnacle.

The Mack MP7 is a  overhead cam turbocharged inline six-cylinder diesel engine. It develops  and  of torque.

The Mack MP8 is a  overhead cam turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine. It develops  and  of torque.

Transmissions
All Mack transmissions have aluminum cases and three counter-shafts. Both Mack and Fuller have manual and automated shifting models. Allison transmissions are available as fully automatic only.

Mack mDRIVE™ automated manual is the base transmission. It has no clutch pedal and shifts itself on demand. The driver can override it but it is normally driven in "D". It can have 12, 13, or 14-speeds. Other Mack manual transmissions have 8-18 speeds.

Fuller UltraShift™automated shifting systems are available on all transmissions from 9- to 18-speeds.

Allison RD series 6-speed transmissions is available. The RDS is a fully automatic planetary gear transmission with a lock-up torque converter.

Frame
A ladder frame with beam axles is used. The front axle is set forward on semi-elliptical leaf springs. The set-back axle version was replaced by the Anthem in 2017.

The base rear suspension is a Mack tandem (two powered axles) but other axle/suspension combinations are available. Wheelbases are from

Meritor supplies S-cam air brakes, steering systems, driveshafts, and other components. Front air disc brakes are available.

Axles
Front axles are available with  rating.

Mack powered axles have the drive carrier on top of the housing. This lets the driveshafts be in line from the transmission to and between the axles at a higher level above the ground. With the higher level above the ground the driveshafts and u-joints are less prone to dirt and damage, important in on/off-road construction.

The Twin Y air suspension is base. It has trailing arms that fork to the rear and attach to both the top and bottom of the axle. There is an air bag behind the axle. Each axle is sprung individually. They are rated at .

The Camelback tandem (two powered axles) was offered in earlier models. This has multiple leaves mounted above the bogey pivot which curve down and under the axles. It was not offered after 2015.

Vendor spring and air-ride axle/suspension combinations are rated up to .

Applications
The Pinnacle's set-forward front axle and high rectangular grille make it high drag and not well-suited for long-distance hauling. It is available with a sleeper but it is commonly used as a day cab for local and regional hauling, where local laws and conditions restrict length or affect weight distribution.

The Pinnacle has the high ground clearance, strong chassis, and available components for on/off-road construction. It is suited for dump, flatbed, and lowboy use.

On-highway markets for Mack are freight, bulk materials, and farm products like grain and livestock.

References

External links

  Pinnacle Axle Back at Trucksplanet.com
  Pinnacle Axle Forward at Trucksplanet.com
  The Mack Pinnacle with MP8 505C+ engine at Truck News.com
 Mack Vision Elite homepage - Peru (Spanish)
 Mack Vision Elite homepage - Venezuela (Spanish)

Pinnacle
Vehicles introduced in 2006
Tractor units
Class 8 trucks


title: Retriever Soccer Park

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The Retriever Soccer Park is one of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's athletic fields. It is located in the southeastern section of the campus next to the UMBC Stadium, the Department of Facilities Management, and bordered by Shelbourne Road in Arbutus, Maryland. The stadium was completed in the fall of 1998 and included a 120-yard by 70-yard field, press box, automated electronic scoreboard display, and concessions area.

The field was renovated in 2006 with permanent bleachers have been added to seat 1,500 spectators as well as the Bermuda grass and irrigation system installations. The Retriever Soccer Park can be accessed off of Hilltop Circle by Stadium Road, and is served by the Stadium Lot (formerly Lot 17), which can hold 900 vehicles.

See also
 UMBC Retrievers

References

External links
 Retriever Soccer Park

UMBC Retrievers soccer
Soccer venues in Maryland
1998 establishments in Maryland
Sports venues completed in 1998
College soccer venues in the United States


title: Gorno Lisiče

text:
Gorno Lisiče () is a neighbourhood in the City of Skopje, North Macedonia, administered by the Aerodrom Municipality.

Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the town had a total of 18,233 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the town include:

Macedonians 16,408
Albanians 721
Serbs 405
Romani 357
Turks 93
Bosniaks 20
Vlachs 98
Others 121

Sports
FK Gorno Lisiče is the local football club. The club competes in the Second Macedonian Football League. The club currently plays at the Cementarnica Stadium in Kisela Voda Municipality.

References

External links

Villages in Aerodrom Municipality, Skopje
Neighbourhoods of Skopje


title: Naples phlebovirus

text:
Naples phlebovirus is an antigenic species of genus Phlebovirus within the family Phenuiviridae of the order Bunyavirales. It is an enveloped RNA virus with a tripartite genome e Uukuniemi (UUK) serogroup. The Sandfly group's natural reservoir are sandflies, while the natural reservoir for Uukuniemi is ticks. The SFNV serogroup consists of two main serocomplexes associated with disease in humans, the Naples and Sicilian serocomplexes. Sandfly fever induces myalgia, fever, and elevated liver enzymes in humans. It is difficult to diagnose outside endemic areas.

Natural reservoir
Phlebotomine sandflies (Psychodidae) are the natural reservoir and transmit to humans via bite. Psychodidae has a wide geographical distribution.

References

External links
 Sandfly fever Naples virus taxonomy
 Database search results from the Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center

Phleboviruses


title: Sead Čaušević

text:
Sead Čaušević (born 15 September 1949) is a Bosnian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Tuzla Canton for three years until his forced resignation in 2014, during the violent anti-government protests and riots in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Biography
Čaušević was born in Tuzla in 1949. He completed gymnasium in Gračanica in 1968 and graduated from the Faculty of Law in the University of Sarajevo in 1972. His political career began in 1973 when he became a member of the municipal court in Gračanica.

In January 2014, Čaušević said that his salary was the fourth highest in the Tuzla Canton.

2014 riots and resignation
On 6 February 2014, when violent anti-government protests and riots broke out across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Čaušević said that he felt his life was "in danger". Čaušević was forced to resign as Prime Minister of Tuzla Canton on 7 February 2014, amid countrywide riots. It was reported that after resigning, he left Tuzla for the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. He was succeeded as Prime Minister by Bahrija Umihanić, who was appointed to the post on 26 March 2014.

References

1949 births
Living people
Politicians from Tuzla
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina Muslims
Bosniak politicians
University of Sarajevo alumni


title: Grab It Indie Games Magazine

text:
Grab It Indie Games Magazine is a digital video game magazine for iPad. It was launched in December 2013 by Chris Stead as both a downloadable app and as a website.
Grab It Indie Games Magazine soft-launched with a free sample episode 1, featuring République on the cover. Episode 2 released in February 2014 with Thralled on the cover. Episode 3 released in early April 2014 with Monument Valley (video game) on the cover. Episode 4 released in late April 2014, with Last Inua on the cover.

Origins
Ahead of the launch of Issue 1, Chris Stead spoke with MCV Pacific about his motivations behind leaving Game Informer to launch Grab It Indie Games Magazine, noting that "it's difficult to talk about indie games in a commercial media outlet in any meaningful way.

As of May 2014, Grab It's review scores average slightly higher that other media outlets on Metacritic.

References

External links
Grab It Magazine Website

Video game magazines published in Australia
Online magazines
Magazines established in 2013
Monthly magazines published in Australia
2013 establishments in Australia


title: Second VA-66 (U.S. Navy)

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VA-66 was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy; it was the second squadron to be so named. The squadron was called to duty and established as Reserve Fighter Squadron VF-671 on 1 February 1951. It was redesignated Fighter Squadron VF-81 on 4 February 1953, and finally as VA-66 on 1 July 1955. The squadron was disestablished on 1 October 1986, but one detachment continued in existence until 31 March 1987. The squadron's nickname was the Waldomen from the 1950s to the early 1960s, and the Waldos from that point forward. Its insignia, a rooster toting a machine gun, was a well-known design in naval aviation.

Operational history
 January–February 1953: VF-81, with its F9F-5s, participated in operational tests aboard the Navy’s first angled deck carrier, .
 April 1954: VF-81 became the first operational fleet squadron to receive and operate the F7U Cutlass.
 27 May 1959: During the squadron’s deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, the commanding officer, Commander McNeil, was killed in an aircraft accident during a practice Carrier Controlled Approach.
 14 August 1962: The squadron participated in cross deck operations aboard the British carrier .
 October–December 1962: While embarked on , the squadron participated in the Cuban blockade.
 31 July–3 October 1964: Enterprise, with VA-66 embarked, participated in Operation Sea Orbit, the first circumnavigation of the world by a nuclear task force. The sixty-five-day voyage was accomplished without replenishment. The squadron participated in numerous airpower demonstrations during the voyage.
 8 June 1967: VA-66’s aircraft were part of an Air Wing 6 strike group that was launched to defend  when she came under attack by the Israelis during the 1967 Six-Day War. When word was received that the attack had been a mistake on the part of the Israelis, the aircraft were recalled.
 June 1970: VA-66, embarked on , operated in the Eastern Mediterranean after Americans were taken hostage by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in Amman, Jordan.
 October–November 1973: Embarked on , the squadron operated south of Crete during the Yom Kippur War.
 August 1974: USS Independence relieved  off Cyprus following the 1974 Cypriot coup d'état. During the crisis the American Ambassador was killed and anti-American demonstrations took place which led to the evacuation of U.S. citizens to American vessels.
 15 April 1980:  deployed to the Indian Ocean as part of the continuing response to the Iran hostage crisis.
 22 December 1980: The squadron returned from its deployment to the Indian Ocean after spending a total of 246 days at sea. With only one port visit, the longest at sea period was for 153 days.
 June 1982: After the Israeli invasion of Lebanon on 6 June, VA-66 operated in the Eastern Mediterranean. During the latter part of June the American carrier forces in the Mediterranean included Eisenhower, Independence, Forrestal, and .
 24 June 1982: VA-66 provided air support during the evacuation of Americans from Beirut, Lebanon, prior to the siege of Beirut by the Israelis.
 25 October 1983: Due to the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, Eisenhower terminated its visit to Naples and departed for the eastern Mediterranean. The squadron operated in the vicinity of Lebanon until the latter part of November.
 7 March 1985: Eisenhower cut short a visit to Palma, Spain, and made a high speed transit to the Eastern Mediterranean due to the increased tension in Lebanon.
 1 October 1986: VA-66 was officially disestablished but continued to operate as a detachment. The detachment continued to operate because its primary mission during the deployment was to provide HARM missile support for the air wing and carrier.
 30 January 1987: Kennedy cancelled its port visit to Málaga, Spain, and made a high speed transit to the eastern Mediterranean due to the increased tension over the Lebanon hostage crisis.
 31 March 1987: VA-66 Detachment was disestablished.

Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
 NAS Atlanta – 1 February 1951
 NAS Jacksonville – 5 April 1951
 NAS Quonset Point – 28 September 1951
 NAS Oceana – 11 June 1952
 NAS Cecil Field – 15 March 1965

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
 F4U-4 Corsair – February 1951
 F8F-2 Bearcat – 13 June 1952
 F9F-5 Panther – 5 December 1952
 F7U-3 Cutlass – April 1954
 F9F-8B Cougar – August 1956
 A4D-1 Skyhawk – March 1958
 A4D-2 Skyhawk – June 1958
 A4D-2N/A4-C Skyhawk – March 1961
 A-7E Corsair II – October 1970

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: Love and Death (disambiguation)

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Love and Death is a 1975 film by Woody Allen.

Love and Death or Love & Death may also refer to:

Love and Death (band), an American metal band
Love & Death (EP), an EP by Sentenced
Love & Death (miniseries), a 2023 HBO mini-series
Love and Death (novel), a novel based on US TV series Angel
Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain, a 2004 book by Ian Halperin and Max Wallace

See also
A Walk with Love and Death, a film
A Walk with Love & Death, an album


title: UMBC Aquatic Complex

text:
The UMBC Aquatic Complex is located in the center of the UMBC campus inside the Retriever Activities Center includes both indoor and outdoor pools. The indoor complex features an eight-lane, 25-yard pool and a separate 13-foot diving well with 1-meter and 3-meter springboards.

The outdoor pool complex consists of a heated, Olympic size, eight-lane, 50-meter pool, which can be converted to 20 lanes, 12 of which measure 25-yards and additional eight 25-meter lanes. The facility has hosted numerous local and regional competitions, including the 1999 Eastern Zone Championships and the 2003 Speedo Champions Series.

References

UMBC Retrievers
College swimming venues in the United States
Sports venues in Maryland
Sports venues completed in 1966
Swimming venues in Maryland
1966 establishments in Maryland


title: Jedediah Foster Homesite

text:
The Jedediah Foster Homesite is a historic archeological site on Foster Hill Road in West Brookfield, Massachusetts.  The  site was the location of the stately 18th century home of Jedediah Foster, which was built in 1735 by his father-in-law, Joseph Dwight.  Dwight (1703-1765) was a leading military figure in colonial Massachusetts, and was active locally in public service.  Foster (1726-1779) was one of the most influential figures of his day in central Massachusetts.  He served in the provincial assembly from 1761 to 1775, and supported American independence.  In 1779 he was a member of the select committee of the constitutional convention that drafted the Massachusetts State Constitution (although John Adams is generally credited with doing most of the committee's work).  Foster's home remained in family hands until it was given to the Quaboag Historical Society in 1902.  It was shortly afterward destroyed by fire, and only foundations and other remnants survive.  It is now a small local park.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

References

National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
West Brookfield, Massachusetts


title: Play It Again, Sam (play)

text:
Play It Again, Sam is a 1969 Broadway play written by and starring Woody Allen. A substantial hit, it ran for more than a year and helped build Allen's reputation as a performer who could portray a comedic romantic lead as well as the neurotic persona for which he was best known at the time.  The play became the basis for a 1972 film of the same name, starring Allen and directed by Herbert Ross.

Plot
The play is about a recently divorced film magazine writer, Allan Felix, who is trying to restart his romantic life.  Eventually he falls in love (and has a brief affair) with Linda, the wife of his best friend, Dick. During the course of the play, he repeatedly seeks advice from the ghost of his idol, Humphrey Bogart, but eventually decides that he needs to be himself rather than imitating Bogart.  Telling Linda that the right thing for her to do is to return to her husband, Felix quotes the famous lines that Bogart delivers to Ingrid Bergman in the last scene of  Casablanca.

Cast
Woody Allen as Allan Felix
Sheila Sullivan as Nancy
Jerry Lacy as Bogart
Tony Roberts as Dick Christie
Diane Keaton as Linda Christie
Barbara Brownell as Dream Sharon/Barbara
Diana Walker as Sharon Lake
Jean Fowler as Gina
Cynthia Dalbey as Vanessa
Lee Ann Fahey as Go Go Girl
Barbara Press as Intellectual Girl

Production

Original production
After 2 previews, the Broadway production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on February 12, 1969 and ran for 453 performances before closing on March 14, 1970. Directed by Joseph Hardy, the cast included Allen as Allan Felix, Diane Keaton as Linda Christie, Tony Roberts as Dick Christie, and Jerry Lacy as Bogart.  Allen left the show near the end of its run and was replaced by Bob Denver.

It was while auditioning for this play that Diane Keaton first met Woody Allen and they began their professional and personal relationship.

London production
A production of Play It Again, Sam opened at the Globe Theatre in London's West End on September 11, 1969, starring Dudley Moore. Australian actor Bill Kerr played the Humphrey Bogart role.

Reception
The Broadway production received generally positive reviews, including several from critics who saw it as a tribute to Bogart.  UPI critic Jack Gaver thought it was "an amusing entertainment" in which "[n]othing of consequence happens".  On the other hand, New York's John Simon delivered a characteristically negative review, criticizing the "rawly autobiographical" content of the play as well as Allen's performance in it. Bob Denver's performance as Allen's late-run replacement was praised by New York Times critic Clive Barnes for conveying "a genuine clown-like wistfulness" that Barnes had found lacking in Allen.

The production received three Tony Award nominations, for Hardy's direction and for the supporting performances of Keaton and Roberts.

The 1969 London production was later described in The Guardian's 2002 obituary of Moore as "a mistakenly Anglicised version" of the play. It received mixed reviews: The Daily Telegraph found Moore's "cuddly appeal" appropriate to the character, but others thought Moore failed to capture the specifically "neurotic" image of "Jewish-American manhood" that the play required, while The Spectator's Hilary Spurling found Moore to be "trapped with a fairly measly supply of jokes in a glum, transatlantic no-man's-land" and "sadly unconvincing as a gormless twit".<ref>Hilary Spurling, "ARTS: Nut-and-apple case", The Spectator, September 19, 1969.</ref>

In his 2005 book, Acting Jewish: Negotiating Ethnicity on the American Stage & Screen'', theater historian Henry Bial interpreted the play as one that "carries the banner for a Jewish masculinity that is explicitly contrasted with both Bogart and the only other male character in the play, Dick". In more general terms, Bial notes that Allen's character, like Bogart, "overcame being 'not too tall and kinda ugly' to succeed as a ladies' man."

References

External links

1969 plays
Broadway plays
Comedy plays
Plays by Woody Allen
Plays set in New York City
American plays adapted into films
Cultural depictions of Humphrey Bogart


title: Rail ambulance

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A rail ambulance is a vehicle used for medical transportation services on railway lines. The first rail ambulance in Queensland, Australia, was introduced in 1918, with the last withdrawn from service around 1990.

The rail ambulance was usually a specially equipped petrol engined rail inspection trolley, funded by a local community, with a railway employee volunteering to drive it when necessary. The initials QATB stand for Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade.

History
Queensland is a vast, relatively unpopulated area, where providing services to remote communities in a cost-effective way has been a continual challenge. Railways were built from 1865, and in many areas provided the major form of transport until a significant road improvement program was commenced by the Queensland government from the 1960s.

It was in this context that the mining community of Blair Athol introduced the first rail ambulance in 1918, in order to enable injured people to be transported to the nearest hospital at Clermont.

The idea rapidly spread, with rail ambulances being introduced at Dalby (1919), Mount Mulligan (1920), Roma and Charleville (1922), Goondiwindi and Baralaba (1923), Cloncurry (1925) and Blackall (1941). Other towns known to have had a rail ambulance at some stage include Charters Towers, Pentland, Atherton, Ravenshoe and Millaa Millaa.

The last rail ambulances were withdrawn in 1990 from Mareeba and Blackall, as by that stage road ambulance services were available through the State.

See also

 Hospital train
 Railway surgery

References

External links

 1925 map of the Queensland railway system
 Photos of the interior of a rail ambulance

3 ft 6 in gauge railways in Australia
Railway lines in Queensland
Train-related introductions in 1918
Ambulances
Health in Queensland
Ambulance services in Australia


title: Bordeleau Bridge

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The Bordeleau Bridge is a covered bridge of farm type, located in Saint-Severin, in Quebec, Canada. It has a single span of  long and has a vertical clearance of .

History
The first bridge built at this location dates back to 1875. The bridge was rebuilt twice, in 1895 and 1915 and was equipped with a roof in 1932 by the Department of Colonization. Metal templates were installed in 1988 and the paneling and the deck repaired in 1997. In October 2001, it was closed to traffic by the Ministry of Transportation to repair extensive damage to its structure which allowed it reopened the following year.

Name
The name comes from the Bordeleau family that was present in the vicinity of the bridge during construction.

Color
The bridge is now red with white trim but was formerly white with green trim.

References

See also
 List of covered bridges in Quebec

Mékinac Regional County Municipality
Bridges completed in 1932
Buildings and structures in Mauricie
Covered bridges in Canada


title: Ageratum littorale

text:
Ageratum littorale, the Cape Sable whiteweed, is a plant species native to Florida, the common name referring to Cape Sable inside Everglades National Park. Some publications (e. g. Flora of North America) consider this as being the same species as the West Indian A. maritimum, but The Plant List accepts the two as distinct taxa. It is their lead that we are following here.

Ageratum littorale grows in beach sand and nearby thickets along the coast as well as hummocks and roadsides at elevations of less than . It is a trailing to decumbent perennial herb up to  tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stems are glabrous except at the nodes. Leaf blades are ovate to oblong, up to  long. Flowers are blue, lavender or white, in cyme-like arrays.

References

littorale
Flora of Florida
Plants described in 1880


title: Konawe Islands Regency

text:
Konawe Islands Regency is a new regency of Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, established in 2013 from part of Konawe Regency and consisting of the seven districts comprising Wawonii Island (with minor offshore islets). It covers an area of 705.71 km2, and had a population of 28,944 at the 2010 Census and 37,050 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 38,383. The administrative centre lies at the town of Langara.

Administration
Konawe Islands Regency, which is coincident with Wawonii Island, is divided into seven districts (kecamatan), tabulated below with their areas and their populations at the 2010 Census and 2020 Census, together with the official estimates as at mid 2022. The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of villages (rural desa and urban kelurahan) in each district, and its post code.

References

Regencies of Southeast Sulawesi


title: 1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash

text:
On February 15, 1947, an Avianca Douglas DC-4 registered C-114 crashed into Mount El Tablazo en route from Barranquilla to Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.

Mount El Tablazo was shrouded in fog when, at 12:18 local time, the aircraft crashed into it at an elevation of about 10,500 feet.  The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error, with the crew deviating from the designated airway and flying below a safe altitude.

At the time, the crash was the worst commercial airline crash in history,   eventually matched by the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 near Baltimore three months later.  Several Colombian professional soccer players from Barranquilla perished in the crash, including Romelio Martínez, after whom Barranquilla's municipal stadium was renamed years later.

References

1947 in Colombia
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1947
Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain
Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error
Aviation accidents and incidents in Colombia
Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-4
Avianca accidents and incidents
February 1947 events in South America


title: List of Italian grape varieties

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References

Supplemental references used for chart
J. Robinson, J. Harding and J. Vouillamoz Wine Grapes - A complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties, including their origins and flavours pgs XXVIII-XXX Allen Lane 2012

Italian wine

Wine-related lists
Grape


title: Hospital station (Medellín)

text:
Hospital station is the eighth stop on line A of the Medellín Metro. It is located in the central eastern part of Medellín and stops at complex that can connect to the University Hospital of San Vicente de Paúl, for which it is named. The station was opened on 30 November 1995 as part of the inaugural section of Line A, from Niquía to Poblado.

Description
The stop is located at the intersection of Barranquilla and Bolívar and has a pedestrian bridge that takes passengers to the University Hospital of San Vincente de Paúl. In the northeast of the station is the Museum Cemetery San Pedro. The station is integrated with Metroplús station also called Hospital, accessed by stairs or a special elevator for the disabled.

References

External links
 Official site of Medellín Metro

Hospital (Medellín Metro)
Railway stations opened in 1995
1995 establishments in Colombia


title: 2014 Wang–Zhang meetings

text:
In 2014, a series of groundbreaking diplomatic meetings was held between Wang Yu-chi, in his official capacity as the Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) of the Republic of China (ROC), and Zhang Zhijun, the Minister of the Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) of the People's Republic of China (PRC).

The first meeting took place in Nanjing on 11 February 2014 when Wang visited mainland China, the very first official contact between the two governments across the Taiwan Strait after the end of Chinese Civil War in 1949. The tour of Wang and his delegates lasted from 11 to 14 February in Nanjing and Shanghai.

On 25–28 June 2014, Zhang paid a retrospective visit to Taiwan in order to rebuild ties in the aftermath of the Sunflower Movement. It was the highest PRC government official visit to Taiwan. However, due to protests which turned violent, Zhang shortened his trip by cancelling three public appearances at the last minute.

Background
In October 2013, in a hotel lobby on the sidelines of the APEC Indonesia 2013 meetings in the Indonesian island of Bali, Wang met with Zhang Zhijun, a ground breaking historical meeting for the first time between leader of Taiwan Affairs Office and leader of Mainland Affairs Council, where the two addressed each other by each's official title. Both of them called on the establishment of a regular dialogue mechanism between their two agencies to enhance mutual understanding and facilitate cross-strait engagement. Wang was also invited by Zhang to visit mainland China.

Prior to the first official meeting between Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun in Nanjing, Wang was not expected to sign any paper agreement with the Chinese mainland government as requested by the Legislative Yuan earlier on 11 January.

On 12 June 2014, the MAC confirmed in a press conference of the four-day visit of Zhang Zhijun to Taiwan in end of June 2014. The TAO staff reportedly said that this trip would be conducted in the spirit of equality and dignity after Wang's visit to mainland China earlier on. It was reportedly that Zhang wishes to better understand the general perception of the Taiwanese people so that misunderstanding about mainland China can be reduced. Two days prior to Zhang's arrival in Taiwan, the MAC said that both sides would not discuss any highly sensitive political issues and would not sign any agreement or release any joint statement. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party demanded that the meeting to be conducted without any discussion about one China, one China framework and one country, two areas concepts or military mutual trust mechanism and peace treaties issues.

Wang Yu-chi's visit to mainland China

11 February 2014

Departure to Nanjing
Speaking at Taoyuan International Airport in Taiwan before departure to Nanjing with a delegation of 20 people, Wang said that he hoped that this trip would be smooth and help to promote mutual understanding between the two sides. Upon arrival at Nanjing Lukou International Airport in Nanjing, Wang and his delegates were welcomed by Chen Yuanfeng, deputy director of Taiwan Affairs Office.

Wang Yu-chi and Zhang Zhijun meeting
At the Purple Palace Nanjing () before shaking hand, Wang referred Zhang as "TAO Director Zhang Zhijun" and Zhang referred Wang as "Minister Wang Yu-chi" without mentioning the name Mainland Affairs Council. However, mainland China's Xinhua News Agency referred Wang as the "Responsible Official of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council" () in its Chinese-language news or as the "Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Chief" in its English-language news.

Upon meeting with Zhang which began at 2 p.m., both of them agreed on establishing a direct and regular communication channel between the two sides for future engagement under the 1992 Consensus. They also agreed on finding a solution for health insurance coverage aiming towards Taiwanese students studying in the mainland, on pragmatically establishing Straits Exchange Foundation and Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits offices in each other's territory and on studying the feasibility of allowing visits to detained person once offices have been established. Zhang said that the people on both sides across the Taiwan Strait belongs to one family, while Wang invited Zhang to visit Taiwan one day.

In the evening at 8:00 p.m., Wang and Zhang held a closed-door meeting which was not open to reporters. They also didn't make any public statement prior to the meeting.

12 February 2014

Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum visit
Wang and delegates started the day by visiting the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and paid tribute to Sun Yat-sen. To climb the 392 steps leading to the tomb of Sun without a stop, an equivalent to 18-story building, Wang had earlier on practice on treadmill during the Chinese New Year. At 10:10 a.m., Wang and delegates reached the Festival Hall and bowed down three times to Sun statue. The 10:10 a.m. time was chosen to coincide with the Double Ten Day, the national day of the Republic of China which marked the starting date of Wuchang Uprising in Wuchang District, Hupeh Province.

After paying tribute, speaking at the Bo'ai Square of the mausoleum, Wang made a remark about his visit by mentioning the Three Principles of the People and Five-Power Constitution which are practiced in Taiwan. He also mentioned the name Republic of China in his speech which has already been in existence for 103 years. TAO officials deliberately avoided Wang during his speech.

Nanjing University speech
In the afternoon after his visit to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, speaking at Nanjing University to more than 200 students, Wang stressed the importance of youth exchanges in promoting the development of cross-strait relations. He called on people on both sides of the strait to keep carrying on Chinese traditional culture. He noted that there are still many differences between Taiwan and mainland China in terms of culture, society and education. He said however, as long as these differences can be treated pragmatically, more common ground and cooperation could be created. He also tactfully spoke about democracy.

13 February 2014

Shanghai think tank meeting
After arriving in Shanghai by Maglev from Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Wang and delegates joined a think tank on cross-strait relations with 14 scholars including the President of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Wang was referred as the head of an agency of Taiwan area. Wang responded that generally in the meeting, both leaders of MAC and TAO were referred as Chairman. However, he could understand the dilemma faced by Chinese mainland people in addressing such issues and he had seen some progresses recently.

Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Television visit
After the meeting, Wang continued his trip to visit Shanghai Media Group and Shanghai Television. At Shanghai Television, Wang urged the Chinese mainland government to lift bans against certain Taiwanese websites to allow Chinese mainland people to see more shows, especially regarding Taiwanese films, TV programs and pop music. Responding to Wang's remark, the Taiwan Affairs Office said that they don't rule the Internet in mainland China, but rather "manage" it according with the existing law.

14 February 2014

Shanghai school for children of Taiwanese businessmen visit
Speaking in a forum at a school for children of Taiwanese businessmen in Shanghai, Wang said that his visit to Nanjing was aimed to build mutual understanding between both sides of the Taiwan Strait. He said that from his experience studying abroad, misunderstanding between people can caused by cultural differences, such that accepting differences and respecting other is something easy to understand but difficult to put into practice.

Reactions
  ROC President Ma Ying-jeou hailed the meeting to be extraordinary significant.
  United States Department of State Spokesperson Jen Psaki welcomed the meeting and the steps taken by both sides to reduce tension and improve relations.

Zhang Zhijun's visit to Taiwan

25 June 2014

Arrival at Taiwan
Upon arrival at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport at Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City) on an Air China flight, Zhang was welcomed by Chang Hsien-yao, Special Deputy Minister of Mainland Affairs Council. Zhang then greeted the public in Taiwanese Hokkien.

Zhang Zhijun and Wang Yu-chi meeting
Right after his arrival at the airport, Zhang met Wang at Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Airport located nearby the airport. During the press conference following the meeting, the spokesperson of TAO conveyed a remark saying that both sides should be committed to develop and further consolidate the political foundation to continue cross-strait exchanges in various fields despite the recent twists and turns. On the MAC side, Wang made a remark saying that Zhang had responded positively to MAC proposal to reopen negotiations on certain controversial items in the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement signed last year provided that the agreement is first put into effect.

Opposition parties accused the National Security Bureau and the police of reportedly breaking into a room of the Novotel Hotel without a search warrant to expel people they suspected would protest against Zhang, saying the act was a serious violation of human rights and an abuse of power.

Meetings with academics
In the evening, Zhang held a closed-door meeting with mostly pro-reunification activists, including New Revolutionary Alliance () President Hsu Li-nong and Shih Hsin University Professor Wang Hsiao-po.

26 June 2014

New Taipei tour and New Taipei Mayor meeting
Zhang started the day by visiting a group of veterans, mainland Chinese spouses of Taiwanese nationals and residents in Xizhi District, New Taipei City. He then continued his trip to an adult daycare in Tucheng District to have lunch with the elderly.

In the afternoon, he met with New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu. Zhang expressed the hope for New Taipei City to continue deepen cooperation with mainland cities to create a win-win situation. Zhang added that he took New Taipei City as his first stop to learn about the construction of the city and learn the lives of the ordinary New Taipei citizens. Chu then accompanied Zhang to visit a public senior nursing center.

After the meeting, he visited Vigor Kobo Bakery in Wugu District famous for its pineapple cakes where he sat down with several small and medium enterprises (SME) leaders accompanied by MAC Special Deputy Minister Chang Hsien-yao and Economic Development Director Yeh Hui-ching to listen and hear suggestions and ideas on promoting cross-strait economic and trade exchanges to benefit SME. In the evening, he visited a Taiwanese aborigines community in Wulai District and promised that he would do more to promote aboriginal villages in Taiwan as tourist destinations for Chinese mainland tourists visiting Taiwan. Around ten people wrapped in iron chains and ropes were arrested for trying to blockade the car of Zhang Zhijun.

27 June 2014

Kaohsiung Mayor meeting
Zhang visited Kaohsiung by Taiwan High Speed Rail on Friday morning and met with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu at Grand Hi-lai Hotel. While not mentioning the word "democracy" explicitly, Zhang made a statement saying that Chinese mainland leaders know that Taiwanese people value their own system and that the mainland respects their choices of social system, values and way of life. Responding to Zhang's statement, Chen said that Zhang should regard all of the protests he encountered in Taiwan as "normal", as they are part of Taiwan's democratic system and that she appreciated Zhang's understanding of the situation. She also told Zhang about the anger of Taiwanese over the recent statement made by TAO spokesperson Fan Liqing that the future of Taiwan must be decided by all Chinese people, not only the Taiwanese.

I-Shou University Student meeting
At I-Shou University, Zhang, accompanied by officials from TAO and MAC, had a meeting with the chairperson of E United Group. The meeting was then followed by a gathering of 20 Taiwanese and Chinese mainland students from the university for 20 minutes followed by a lunch. Media was not allowed in the meeting. Zhang later remarked that he hopes Taiwanese students would have the opportunity to visit mainland China and see how the two sides are deeply rooted in common ancestry. He said that the mainland would like to share its economic achievements with Taiwan, rather than to swallow Taiwan's economy.

Fo Guang Shan visit
Zhang continued his trip to visit Fo Guang Shan, a famous Buddhist temple in Dashu District. Practitioners lined up from the entrance and waved flags to welcome him. The visit to this venue was the only visit in which Zhang did not encounter protesters.

Wang Yu-chi casual meeting
When Zhang arrived at a casual meeting with Wang Yu-chi at Sizihwan Sunset Beach Resort in Xiziwan, Gushan District in the evening around 8:10 pm, protesters organized by Taiwan Solidarity Union and Black Island National Youth Front greeted the motorcade by spraying white paint and throwing ghost money, shouting slogans such as "One Country on Each Side" and "Zhang Zhijun get out of here". The white paint did not hit Zhang but instead his body guards. There were at least 400 policemen and 66 special officers deployed to the site at that time.

After Zhang had entered the building safely to meet Wang, MAC Deputy Minister Chang Hsien-yao appeared outside the venue in apparent anger. He criticized the council staff and demanded to speak with the police officer in charge in the insufficiency of police personnel at the site. Chang then started to order the police and SWAT to be standby the door.

Zhang responded to the protest by saying such protest was normal and saying that Taiwanese society is plural with many diversity views, and that he believed that both sides of the Taiwan Strait should adhere to the path of peaceful development in cross-trait relations. Wang then told Zhang that people protesting to make their voice heard is part of the Taiwanese life, and that since he is the head of TAO, he must get used to it and understand Taiwan more, because the ROC government has been experiencing such protests everyday in life.

28 June 2014

Hui-ming Elementary School for the Blind visit and Taichung Mayor meeting
In his last day trip to Taiwan, Zhang visited the Hui-ming Elementary School for the Blind in Taichung at noon where he had a chat with Taichung Mayor Jason Hu. Zhang also delivered a short speech at the school saying that he had made a wish during his visit to Fo Guang Shan at Kaohsiung hoping that both sides of the Taiwan Strait can resolve long-term issues gradually with wisdom and familial affection and jointly make contribution to revive the Chinese nation.

See also

 Cross-Strait relations
 2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China
 2015 Ma–Xi meeting

References

Cross-Strait relations
2014 in China
2014 in Taiwan


title: Orbexilum pedunculatum

text:
Orbexilum pedunculatum, commonly known as Sampson's snakeroot, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family. It is native primarily to the Southeastern United States where it is found in prairies and savannas, often in acidic soil. It is a perennial that produces racemes of flowers in early summer.

Two varieties have been named, which are sometimes considered distinct species. They are:
Orbexilum pedunculatum var. pedunculatum – Native to a widespread area west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Orbexilum pedunculatum var. psoralioides – Native primarily to the Atlantic coastal plain.

Description
Orbexilum pedunculatum is a herbaceous perennial plant with a long taproot that grows to a height of . The slender stem branches occasionally and is either hairless or slightly downy and bears alternate, trifoliate leaves. The petiole of each leaf is up to  long and has a pair of small lanceolate stipules at its base. The leaflets are up to  long and  wide, ellipsoid or oblong, with entire margins and acute tips. The lateral leaflets have no stalks while the terminal leaflet has a short stalk. The leaves are a medium green and hairless on the upper surface. The inflorescences grow in dense racemes in the axils of some of the leaves. They are supported above the foliage on long, bare peduncles and are up to  long. Each individual flower is  long and has the five petals arranged as is typical in the pea family. The flowers are blue-violet in bud but pale violet to white when open. They are followed by nearly circular, flat seedpods with crinkled edges, each containing a single seed.

Distribution
Orbexilum pedunculatum is native to the southern and southeastern parts of the United States. It is found in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. It typically grows on prairies and savannas, and on well-drained, sandy soils in woodland.

Uses
This plant has traditional uses in Cherokee Native American herbal medicine; the roots are used to make a topically applied salve to help knit broken bones and as treatment for wounds, ulcers and boils; other parts of the plant are used as a tonic, to relieve indigestion, to induce sweating and to stimulate blood flow during menstruation. Not to be confused with other "snakeroot" plants such as Aristolochia serpentaria (contains toxic aristolochic acids; also known as Virginia snakeroot), Ageratina altissima (contains toxic tremetol, also known as white snakeroot), Actaea racemosa (also known as black snakeroot and black cohosh) or Sanicula canadensis (Canadian blacksnakeroot).

References

pedunculatum


title: RAF Wing

text:
Royal Air Force Wing or more simply RAF Wing is a former Royal Air Force station, situated just west of the village of Wing, in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire, England.

History

Construction
RAF Wing was built on a parcel of land between North Cottesloe and South Cottesloe. Construction included five hangars for the aircraft, three concrete runways, offices, a canteen, rest rooms, blast shelters, ammunition and bomb dumps, radio and telegraph rooms, a library, Link trainer, gunnery and Celestial Navigation training rooms, a chapel, gym, squash court, rugby and football field, tailors, barbers, shoemakers, Post Office, a cinema, and stores. The main entrance to the airfield was via an already existing farm lane off Cublington Road, where a guardhouse was constructed. This road passed through the Instructional Site and on to the Technical Site. It now leads directly to the airfield memorial (see later item).

Opposite the main entrance is the lane leading to the Communal Site, on which the gym and a few other airfield facilities still survive as business units. The original Church of England chapel has recently been replaced by a metal industrial building, but still sits on the same foundations. The chapel was dedicated on November 1st 1942 by the Bishop of Buckingham, the Right Reverend Philip Eliot, in a service with commanding officers from the overall 92 Group and from RAF Wing. The Bishop was accompanied in the service by Group Captain J.F. Cox who was the Assistant Chaplain General and would in 1943 become appointed as an Honorary Chaplain to the King.

Further down Cublington Road towards the village of Cublington, another entrance gave direct access to hangars and stores at the western end of the main runway and a direct route to the bomb and ammunition dumps.

By 1944, over two and a half thousand personnel were stationed on site - approximately 2000 men and 500 women. Thirteen sites of living quarters were erected and dispersed over a wide area, each with up to 20 Nissen huts, some toilets, and one or two air-raid shelters. Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force had their own site close to Wing village on Cublington Road, much of which can still be seen today. There was also a hospital and mortuary constructed close to Cublington that is still partially standing.  A new sewage works was also constructed just south of Cublington Road to serve the airfield and its associated sites. These sewage works still exist today and serve local communities.

Operations
RAF Wing airfield opened on 17 November 1941, although the upgraded runways were not finished and the first flight was not until March 1942. The station was used primarily as a ‘crewing up’ and operational training facility, but Bullseye, Nickel Raids and operational missions were also flown including participation in the majority of the ‘Thousand Bomber Raids’ during which multiple crews and aircraft from the unit were lost. No. 26 Operational Training Unit RAF for Bomber Command was formed at Wing on 15 January 1942 as a 2/3 status unit (means the unit was formed with one less flight than other OTU's) within No. 7 Group, equipped with Vickers Wellingtons, Avro Ansons and six Hawker Hurricane fighters to train night bomber crews.

The two operational squadrons who came for a short period were No. 268 Squadron RAF and No. 613 Squadron RAF. 613 Squadron arrived on 1 March 1943 with North American Mustangs, and 268 joined a day later with the same type of aircraft. On 6 March 1943, 268 Squadron left, and 613 Squadron left one day later, going to RAF Bottisham.

RAF Cheddington opened in March 1942 as the early satellite station to RAF Wing, but this was soon replaced by a dedicated airfield, RAF Little Horwood which was constructed a few miles north-west of RAF Wing. RAF Little Horwood also housed part of the Special Operations Executive, whose work included building radio devices for the resistance and covert agents and dropping them into occupied Europe. A Q-type decoy airfield was constructed between Wingrave and Rowsham just off the Aylesbury to Wing road to confuse enemy bombers.

In April and May 1945, RAF Wing was given orders to become a key gateway for Operation Exodus, which involved the repatriation of allied prisoners of war from the European theatre. One thousand two hundred and sixty nine flights landed at RAF Wing, bringing back nearly 33,000 allied prisoners of war from over 21 nations. The main aircraft landing were Lancasters, Stirlings and Dakotas, with the operational records recording them coming in so regularly that the landing aircraft were unable to clear the runway before the next one arrived. A plaque commemorating the event now sits on the main airfield memorial.

Nearby activity
The airmen cycled to local pubs in Wing, Stewkley, Cheddington and Cublington in the evenings or to the local train stations in Leighton Buzzard, Winslow and Swanbourne on their days off so they could go home and see their families. Often entertainment was put on at the airfield as well, such as dancing, theatre productions and films shown at the station cinema. Cricket was a regular pastime, hosted at the Rothschild Ascott House between Wing and Leighton Buzzard.

There were also regular dances at Wing and Stewkley village hall, and a wide range of entertainment available in nearby Leighton Buzzard, which housed thousands of other RAF personnel involved with Bletchley Park, RAF Leighton Buzzard (later RAF Stanbridge) and Radar Command Headquarters.

Wartime incidents
On 12 September 1942, the prototype Martin-Baker MB 3 fighter, R2492, crashed on its tenth flight after its engine seized shortly after takeoff from RAF Wing at a height of around 100 feet. A crank on one of the Napier Sabre II's sleeve valves had failed. While trying to land in a field without power, Captain Valentine Baker (Company manager, aircraft-designer and test pilot) was forced to turn to port and his wing clipped a hay pile, cartwheeled through a hedge and burst into flames on land now occupied by the Aylesbury Vale Golf Club, killing him. A memorial to Captain Valentine ‘Bake’ Baker was installed at the golf club in 2021 after the crash site was discovered by local aviation researchers in December 2020. The memorial consists of a plaque, information board, pieces of wreckage, a commemorative bust and the main function room is now named ‘The Captain Valentine Baker Suite’. The MB 3 had arrived at RAF Wing for trials in August.
On 5 February 1943, Sergeant Sidney John Dean (1385334) was the Bombardier aboard Wellington Mk.Ic Z8970 which had completed a night training exercise. After the aircraft taxyed to the dispersal and came to a halt, the bombardier left the aircraft by the front underneath exit without the pilots knowledge to place chocks under wheels. He was struck by the port propeller and died of his injuries on the airfield at 0640. Sidney was formally pronounced dead at the RAF Hospital at Halton, Buckinghamshire and his death registered in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. He is buried at Saint Andrews Graveyard, Sonning, Berkshire.
On the night of 3/4 June 1943, a Vickers Wellington Type 440 B Mk. X bomber, HE746, of 26 OTU, RAF, was on a flight from RAF Wing, departing there at 2340 hrs, when it suffered a failure to one of its Bristol Hercules engines. "The crew advised flying control at RAF Dumfries of their situation and requested an emergency landing; unfortunately the aircraft crashed 2 miles from the airfield runway." Three of the crew were killed and two others were seriously injured. This aircraft was to become the catalyst for the foundation of the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum.
On the night of 23 September 1943, B-17 Flying Fortress 42-3449 WW-X piloted by Immanuel J Klette (Manny Klette) crashed in a wood just short of the RAF Wing runway, while returning battled damaged from flak, on one engine and with little fuel after a bombing mission to Nantes, France. The crew survived, but Klette and his Navigator were badly injured. Rehabilitated at RAF Halton and at the Churchill Hospital Oxford, Lt. Col Klette went on to fly more missions than any other USAAF bomber pilot and was buried with full military hours at Arlington Cemetery. A plaque to the incident has been mounted in the private wood by the landowner and an aviation researcher.
One of the five hangars was destroyed when Wellington HE854 crashed on 9 June 1944 while taking off to complete a flying test, killing its two crew (Harry Wilkes DFM 156139 & Francis ‘Dickie’ Hubbard 161253), two WAAFs (Emily Dickens 2021702 & Ann Reeves 2025511) and a male member of maintenance unit crew (Corporal Harold ‘Frank’ Hoare 32810). Two Wellington aircraft (HE854 & HE786) were destroyed in the subsequent fire along with a Queen Mary transporter that had a Tomahawk fighter on its trailer.

Closure
RAF Wing was closed 4 April 1956.

After closure
Soon after closing, all the hangars were removed. In the late 1950s, a large battery chicken farm was built on the northern end of the north-south runway. In the early 1960s, a large pig breeding farm, operated by Anglian Pig Breeders, was established on the airfield, occupying some of the old RAF buildings: new sheds were erected on the sites of old hangars and large open air pig pens in other areas of the airfield. This farm ceased trading in the mid 1960s. During this period, a section of runway at the south eastern side of the airfield was dug up and removed. A model aircraft club used the western end of the main runway in the 1960s, but that too was dug up and removed a few years later. The control tower, located south of the east-west runway, remained in a derelict state for many years before being demolished in the 1970s. In the 1980s part of the airfield was used as a testing station for containers of oxygen and other gases.

RAF Wing Memorial
In June 2021, Greg Smith (Member of Parliament for Buckingham) and Lynn Taylor Overend (daughter of RAF Wing veteran and Physical Training Instructor Eric Taylor) unveiled a memorial to those who served and flew at RAF Wing. The three walled brick built memorial sits by the perimeter track where the main parades took place, and just across from the old main runway. It has individual aluminium plaques to No.26 Operational Training Unit, to the final take off site of Captain Valentine Baker and the ill fated Martin Baker MB3 aircraft in 1942 and to the major repatriation role played by the airfield in 1945 in Operation Exodus. The memorial site was donated by an airfield farmer, the project funded by the local citizen and business community and led by local resident Nick Ellins and the Aircrew Remembrance Society. Remembrance plaques are also mounted on the memorial fence to those killed at the airfield itself, including to Sergeant Sidney John Dean who died nearby in February 1943 (see Wartime Incidents above) and to the five killed nearby, when Wellington HE854 crashed in June 1944. Two aircrew, two WAAFs and one male ground personnel were killed in the incident - See Wartime Incidents.
A further remembrance plaque, bust and information board have been installed by Nick Ellins, the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company and the Aylesbury Vale Golf Club at the nearby crash site of Captain Valentine Baker and the Martin-Baker MB3, and another by Nick Ellins and farmer Henry Hunt at the 1943 crash site of the B-17 Flying Fortress piloted by legendary American aviator Immanuel J Klette - See Wartime Incidents.

London Airport
In the late 1960s the former airfield was considered for the site of the third London Airport following a publication of a report by the Roskill Commission. Wing (officially referred to as Cublington in the report), was considered to be ideally situated for access from all parts of the country and only fifty miles from London. Within a few days of Wing being identified as a possible site a local airport resistance association was formed to oppose the airport. A public inquiry was opened at Aylesbury on 14 July 1969 after a protest by 2,000 people through Aylesbury. As a result of the protest and also revised government thinking, the new airport plan was abandoned. As a permanent celebration of the victory, Buckinghamshire County Council planted a spinney of over 400 trees on a 3-acre site that would have been at the centre of the airport.

RAF units and aircraft

Modern day
Most of the former airfield has been returned to agriculture.
As of 2018, all ex RAF buildings on the airfield site have been removed apart from the former gymnasium and outbuildings at the Communal Site, parts of the hospital and mortuary infrastructure at the Sick Quarters site, store and transport workshop buildings located by South Tinkers Hole Farm used by the old pig farm and parts of the incendiary and bomb facility known as the Bomb Store. Of the original runways (that have not been built on) approximately half of the main runway still exists; its eastern end used as an articulated lorry trailer park. A few Sections of the slabbed concrete perimeter road and taxiways still exist and the airfield memorial now sits on one. The old ammunition dump, just north of the western end of the main runway, is now a private ornamental lake. Opposite the main airfield entrance on Cublington Road is a lane leading to the gym. This building is still in existence and there is a sign on Cublington Road that reads: 'The Old Gymnasium'. Further down Cublington Road towards the village of Cublington are the remains of barracks that were built near the sewage works, with the concrete bases of all eight barrack buildings and concrete pathways still there.

Motto
The motto written on the Navigation Section at Wing was "MAN IS NOT LOST". Someone had written graffiti underneath this: "But occasionally is completely unaware of his exact location".

References

Citations

Bibliography

Royal Air Force stations in Buckinghamshire
Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom


The First Presbyterian Society Meeting House (now the Millbury Federated Church) is an historic meeting house at 20 Main Street in Millbury, Massachusetts.  The -story Greek Revival church was designed by Elias Carter and built in 1828 for a Presbyterian congregation that had been established the previous year.  The main facade has a full-height portico with four columns supporting a triangular pediment.  It is three bays wide, with long narrow round-arch windows in the side bays, and the main entrance in the center, topped by a half-round fanlight.  The interior has retained much of its original woodwork, despite renovations in 1862 in which the main hall was reoriented from west to east.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

See also
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

References

External links
 Millbury Federated Church

Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Millbury, Massachusetts
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1828
Religion in Worcester County, Massachusetts
1828 establishments in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts


title: Alexander Sammurtok

text:
Alexander Sammurtok (born 1952 or 1953) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in a by-election on February 10, 2014. Sammurtok first ran in the 2013 election, but finished in an exact tie with incumbent MLA Lorne Kusugak in the redistributed district of Rankin Inlet South.

He is the nephew of Tom Sammurtok, who was the MLA for the neighbouring electoral district of Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet. Both Alexander and Tom Sammurtok were defeated in the 2017 Nunavut general election, Alexander by Kusugak and Tom by Cathy Towtongie; in the 2021 Nunavut general election, Alexander Sammurtok ran in Rankin Inlet North and defeated Towtongie.

References

Living people
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Inuit from the Northwest Territories
Inuit politicians
People from Rankin Inlet
21st-century Canadian politicians
Inuit from Nunavut
1950s births