title: Sharknado: The Video Game

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Sharknado: The Video Game is a 2014 endless running video game developed by Other Ocean Interactive and published by Majesco Entertainment. The game is based on the 2014 film Sharknado 2: The Second One.

Gameplay
Players control the actions of the main character, Fin Shepard, who is running through various areas of shark-infested New York City. While he runs, players must weave Fin in and out of three different lanes while encountering various obstacles such as roadblocks, cars, and sharks. Fin can kill sharks with a variety of weapons and some levels require the player to kill a certain number of sharks before proceeding. Each level has three parts: a street running segment, a surfing segment, and a boss fight with a sharknado. During each level players can do things like purchase upgrades and extend their gameplay after death by using gold or chum, which is made available during gameplay or via microtransactions. After successfully completing a level players proceeded to a new level with the same setting, but with an increased difficulty.

Release
The game was announced on July 10, 2014. Jeff Li, vice president of Syfy, said that their "one quest was to get a game out before or at the time of the second movie. We did not give the game developer a lot of time. Usually they want more than a year but here we said we've got to get a quality game out so it can ride the Sharknado 2 wave." According to The Hollywood Reporter, if the game is a success, they will likely move on to another game for consoles.

Reception
Critical reception for Sharknado: The Video Game has been predominantly negative. IGN gave it a rating of 5.5 and wrote, "Sharknado’s ridiculous tone, tight controls, and respectful in-app purchases make it fine to play for a while. But once the novelty wears off and you play the same level (and hear the same song) dozens of times over, there’s not much left to sink your teeth into." Hardcore Gamer heavily panned the game and commented, "As a game based on a movie that literally aspires to be awful, it falls short of its mark. That is how much of a failure this game is. It is so lazily made that it cannot even get into the realm of epiclly , amazingly bad. It is just a boring, run of the mill endless runner without enough ideas to even be terrible."

References

2014 video games
3D platform games
IOS games
Video games developed in the United States
Video games based on films
Shark attacks in fiction
Majesco Entertainment games
Single-player video games
IOS-only games
Sharknado (film series)
Other Ocean Interactive games
Endless runner games


title: William H. Haithco Recreation Area

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William H. Haithco Recreation Area (also referred to as Haithco Park) is a  public park in Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan maintained by the Saginaw County Parks and Recreation Commission.

History
It was a "borrow pit" for fill dirt for the  I-675 construction and "dumping ground for trash" after the construction was completed. While borrow pits are usually clay in nature, the site's man-made lake was actually spring fed. It became property of Saginaw Township after the I-675 construction was completed. Discussions on acquiring the land for the county began in the summer of 1986 and an arrangement was made in October 1986. Saginaw County Parks and Recreation acquired the 39-acre parcel north of the lake, which had been assessed at  by a group of South Haven, Michigan attorneys and businessmen. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources provided 75% of the purchase cost, and the Saginaw County Government, Wickets Foundation, and William H. Haithco Sr. provided the additional 25%. The property was acquired for development as a park in December 1986.

The Saginaw Valley Rotary Club donated  in June 1990 to pay for the construction of two pavilions.

The park was named for founder of the Saginaw County Parks and Recreation Commission, William H. Haithco Sr. in 1991. The lake was named for Haithco in May 1991. Haithco played an instrumental role in the development of the park.

The pump track opened in August 2011 near the entrance of the park off Schust Road. The track features small hills and cost $15,000 to design and install.

Features
The park includes a  man-made lake – known as Haithco Lake or Lake Haithco, a lifeguard supervised beach, sand volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, paddleboat rentals, rowboat rentals, canoe rentals, kayak rentals, playground, fishing access, barbecue grill, five pavilions available for rent, concession stand, a pump track, and bathrooms. Dogs are not permitted at the park.

Events
The park hosts a number of events throughout the year, such as fishing competitions, community fundraisers, and Children's Fun Days.

Polar Plunge
Held annually since 2000, Polar Plunge is a fundraiser organized by the Law Enforcement Torch Run organization. During the event, people jump into Haithco Lake in the winter while the lake has ice, an activity known as polar bear diving. Money raised goes to support the Special Olympics Michigan.

References

Parks in Michigan
Buildings and structures in Saginaw County, Michigan


title: Sean Roberts

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Sean Roberts may refer to:

 Sean Roberts (footballer) (born 1983), South African football goalkeeper
 Sean Roberts (cricketer) (1968–2017), New Zealand cricketer
 Sean Roberts (athlete), Australian runner in the 2014 Commonwealth Games
 Sean Roberts (Oklahoma politician), American member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
 Sean Roberts, pseudonym of Yuri Lowenthal (born 1971), American voice actor

See also
 Shaun Roberts (Guardians of Time Trilogy), a character in the novels by Marianne Curley
 Shawn Roberts (born 1984), Canadian actor


title: Tauno Lindgren

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Tauno Lindgren (4 December 1911 – 25 June 1991) was a Finnish cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1911 births
1991 deaths
Finnish male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Finland
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
People from Kemi
Sportspeople from Lapland (Finland)


title: Cedar District Formation

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The Cedar District Formation is a geologic formation exposed on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands of British Columbia and San Juan Islands of Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Campanian Epoch of the Cretaceous period. It dates to the lower mid-Campanian.

Paleobiology

Flora
Suciacarpa starrii

Fauna

Baculites rex
Baculites anceps
Baculites occidentalis
Baculites inornatus
Anapachydiscus nelchinensis
Metaplacenticeras sp.
Canadoceras newberryanum
Pachydiscus neevesi
Hoplitoplacenticeras vancouverense
Gaudryceras denmanense
Neophylloceras sp.
Condonella suciensis
Ornithomimidae indet.
Theropoda indet. (possibly Tyrannosauridae)

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Cretaceous geology of Washington (state)


title: Stuart Tresilian

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Cecil Stuart Hazell Tresilian (1891-1974) was a British artist and illustrator, best known for his illustrations of children's books, including Rudyard Kipling's Animal Stories and All the Mowgli Stories, and Enid Blyton's Adventure Series.

He was born in Barton Regis, Gloucestershire, on 12 July 1891, and grew up in Islington, London, where his father worked as a colliery clerk. He became a professional vocalist, and later served in the Army Audit Department. He studied art at Regent Street Polytechnic, where he became a pupil teacher, and gained a scholarship to the Royal College of Art before the First World War. During the war he served with the Fifth London Regiment as a Second Lieutenant. He was wounded and captured in 1918, and held at Rastatt. The drawings he did during his incarceration are held at the Imperial War Museum.

He was repatriated at the end of 1918, and the following year married Sybil Alfreda Mayer in Kilburn, London. He returned to Regent Street Polytechnic as a teacher, his students including Charles Keeping. His teaching style was hands-off: Keeping recalled that he would give his illustration night class a theme, "then he'd go out and play snooker for the rest of the evening; to reappear just five minutes before the end of the session and put all the work on the board and do a brief criticism."

He was a prolific illustrator from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, working on magazines like The Wide World Magazine, Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine, Zoo, The Passing Show, The Wide World Magazine and Britannia and Eve, as well as numerous children's books for Macmillan, Cambridge University Press, Jonathan Cape, The Bodley Head and others. In 1961 he was co-author, with Herbert J. Williams, of Human Anatomy for Art Students.

He was a brother of the Art Workers Guild, being elected  Master in 1960, and a member of the Society of Graphic Art, serving as its president from 1962 to 1965. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, and had his first solo show, including his illustrations for Kipling's Mowgli Stories, drawings done in London Zoo, and photographs, in 1970 at Upper Grosvenor Galleries. He retired to Winslow, Buckinghamshire, where he died in the summer of 1974.

Notes

References

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1891 births
1974 deaths
British illustrators
Enid Blyton illustrators
Masters of the Art Worker's Guild


title: Nanaimo Formation

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The Nanaimo Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Cretaceous geology of Washington (state)


title: Nooksack Formation

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The Nooksack Formation is a geologic formation in Washington. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Cretaceous geology of Washington (state)


title: Spieden Formation

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The Spieden Formation is a geologic formation in the US state of Washington. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References
  PaleoDB collection 83571

Cretaceous geology of Washington (state)


title: Astoria Formation

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The Astoria Formation (formerly known as the Astoria shales) is a geologic formation in Washington state & Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the early to middle Miocene (but was formerly thought to date to the Oligocene).

Description
The Astoria Formation is a thick marine formation representing a near shore, relatively shallow-water shelf deposit. The formation spans a considerable amount of time, with its base considered to be lower boundary of Newportian Stage (late Early Miocene) & its top to be upper boundary of Newportian Stage (middle Middle Miocene).

Fossil content

Mammals

Carnivorans

Cetaceans

Perissodactyls

Birds

Cartilaginous fish

See also

List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
Paleontology in Washington (state)
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington
Paleontology in Oregon

References

Neogene geology of Washington (state)
Neogene geology of Oregon


title: Clallam Formation

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The Clallam Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Neogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Douglas Canyon Formation

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The Douglas Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Neogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Ellensburg Formation

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The Ellensburg Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Neogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Merced Formation

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The Merced Formation is a geologic formation in California, and also in Oregon and Washington state. It is named for Lake Merced, a natural lake on the western San Francisco coastline.

Geology

California
In the coastal San Francisco Bay Area of California the Merced Formation was deposited in a small sedimentary basin that formed along the San Andreas Fault during the last two million years during the Pliocene age of the Neogene period, in the Cenozoic Era. USGS.gov: "San Andreas Fault and Coastal Geology, from Half Moon Bay to Fort Funston: Crustal Motion, Climate Change, and Human Activity"

The fault cut the basin into two pieces and moved the pieces apart. It is found on the east side of the fault in western San Francisco and northern San Mateo County. On the west side of the fault it was carried  north to the Bolinas headlands of western Marin County.

Fort Funston is on a bluff made up of exposed sedimentary rocks of the Merced Formation, in San Francisco within the NPS Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Fossils
It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in California
 Paleontology in California
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Pliocene California
Neogene geology of Oregon
Neogene geology of Washington (state)
Pliocene United States
Geology of Marin County, California
Geology of San Francisco
Geology of San Mateo County, California


title: Montesano Formation

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The Montesano Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Neogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Ringold Formation

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The Ringold Formation is a geologic formation in Eastern Washington, United States. The formation consists of sediment laid down by the Columbia River following the flood basalt eruptions of the Columbia River Basalt Group, and reaches up to  thick in places. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

Exposures of the Ringold Formation can be found from Hanford Reach National Monument north to the Moses Lake area. Large portions of the formation are buried by other sediment deposits, extending as far as Wallula Gap southeast of Kennewick. In recent years, irrigation water entering the groundwater system has destabilized some Ringold Formation slopes and cliffs, causing landslides. The formation was named in 1917 for a school of the same name that existed at the time. Ringold School was located on the Franklin County side of the Columbia River to the south of Savage Island.

Geology
During the flood basalt eruptions before the sediments were laid down, the Columbia River followed a different route than it does today, taking it near the present-day sites of Yakima and Goldendale. North-to-south compression of the Columbia Plateau caused anticline folds like Rattlesnake Mountain and the Horse Heaven Hills to rise. These ridges provided geographic barriers, rerouting the river eastward toward the Tri-Cities with it eventually flowing through Wallula Gap. The Ringold Formation is the sediment laid down after this course change took place.

Some of the sediments found as part of the formation may have been sourced from ancestral versions of other Pacific Northwest rivers like the Clearwater and Pend Oreille. Layers of volcanic ash can also be found, with thicknesses ranging from being barely noticeable to  thick.

Stratigraphy
The Ringold Formation represents sand and gravel placed by the Columbia River between 9 and 3 million years ago. These deposits overlay cooled lava erupted as part of the Columbia River Basalt Group, a type of volcanic eruption known as flood basalts erupting from fissures across eastern Washington and Oregon that were unrelated to the Cascade Range. It is covered in places by deposits from the Missoula Floods.

Regional uplift caused the Columbia to erode parts of the Ringold Formation. The White Bluffs on the Hanford Reach National Monument is a significant example of this.

Landslides
Landslides along the Columbia River have increased in recent years due to irrigation around Basin City and Othello. Irrigation water enters and flows through the groundwater system toward the river easily through deposits left by the Missoula Floods. This destabilizes Ringold Formation features like the White Bluffs, causing the landslides. Landslides did not occur frequently before 1960. Rapid changes in river flow caused by the Priest Rapids Dam upstream may also contribute to slope destabilization.

The largest landslide in the White Bluffs portion of the formation is adjacent to Locke Island. This complex, initiated in the 1970s, has rerouted the Columbia River. As a result of the change, critical salmon spawning habitat has been destroyed. The landslide restricts the flow of the river on the east side of the river and as a result, large portions of Locke Island are being removed by the Columbia River. Movement of this landslide is ongoing, but the primary factor behind the continued movement is destabilization by the Columbia River eroding the fallen material. Blown sand from this landslide is the primary source material for sand dunes atop the bluffs near the island.

The Locke Island slide is the northernmost slide along the White Bluffs. There are at least five other major slides into the Columbia River, with the southernmost one being across the river from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in north Richland, which occurred in 2008. At least one slide has occurred in nearby coulees.

Paleontology
The sediments include fossils from the Miocene. Along the Columbia River, fossilized remains of rhinoceros and salmonoid fish. The largest diversity of remains have been found among the White Bluffs, which are an exposed portion of the uppermost part of the formation. In addition to those that were discovered along the river, there are 27 additional species. These include smaller animals such as frogs, lizards, and ring-tailed cats, as well as larger ones like horses, mastodons, and camels. Petrified wood can be found nearby. Analysis of late Miocene to early Pliocene fossils of ringtails suggests the area was once a much milder, but seasonal climate.

Several unique specimens have been found in the formation. An excavation done for a basement near Badger Mountain in Richland unearthed the northwesternmost example found thus far of Aphelops. This is also the only confirmed specimen of Aphelops in Washington.

See also

Hanford Reach
List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Columbia River
Neogene geology of Washington (state)


title: List of Thai restaurants

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Following is a list of notable restaurants that specialize in Thai cuisine:

 Anajak Thai, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
 Camile – an Irish restaurant chain that serves Thai cuisine
 Eem – Thai barbecue restaurant and cocktail bar in Portland, Oregon
 E-san Thai Cuisine – Portland, Oregon metropolitan area
 Green Elephant Vegetarian Bistro – Portland, Maine in the Art's District
 Hat Yai – Portland, Oregon
 Jay Fai – a street side restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand, it received one star in the inaugural Bangkok 2018 Michelin Guide.
 Kalaya, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 Kiin Kiin – a Thai cuisine restaurant located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the few Thai restaurants in the world to receive a Michelin star.
 Kin Khao, San Francisco
 Langbaan, Portland, Oregon
 Nong's Khao Man Gai, Portland, Oregon
 PaaDee, Portland, Oregon
 Pok Pok – has locations in Portland, Oregon, and New York City. Pok Pok NYC received a Michelin star.
 Prik Hom, San Francisco
 Royal Dragon Restaurant – in Bangkok, Thailand, was recorded in the Guinness World Records as the world's largest restaurant in 1992. The  restaurant has seating for 5,000 customers.
 Somtum Der, New York City
 Thai Express – a chain of restaurants serving Thai cuisine. The first restaurant was opened in Holland Village in Singapore in May 2002. Since then, there have been other outlets in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia, Mongolia, and India (Hyderabad).
 Thaï Express – (commonly spelled Thai Express), a franchise chain of quick service restaurants serving Thai cuisine across Canada
 Thai Square – South East England
 TTFB Company Limited - The largest Thai Food Restaurant Chain in the World with over 150 locations and 4 different Thai Food Concepts, is a publicly listed company based in Taiwan.
 Typhoon, Oregon and Washington, U.S.
 Uncle Boons, New York City
 Zabb Elee, New York City

See also
 List of Thai dishes
 List of Thai ingredients
 Lists of restaurants
 Restaurants in Thailand (category)
 Thai Town, Los Angeles

References

External links

Lists of ethnic restaurants


title: Alden March

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Alden March (1795–1869) was a leading nineteenth century American physician, surgeon, educator and medical inventor. March is noted as a president of the American Medical Association and the co–founder of Albany Medical College.

Early life
Alden March was born in Sutton, Massachusetts on September 20, 1795, to Jacob March and Eleanor Moore. March studied locally until the age of 19; in 1817, he began working as a teacher in Upstate New York. At the suggestion of his brother, David March—an army surgeon, March returned to Massachusetts to study medicine.

Upon his return to Massachusetts, March studied under Dr. William Ingalls of Boston. In 1820 he received his MD from the Brown University School of Medicine.

March married Joanna P. Armsby on February 22, 1824

Career
In 1821, March taught the first anatomy course in the history of New York State. He later founded the Practical School for Anatomy and Surgery in Albany, NY, now known as Albany Medical College, where he held the first chair in surgery.

Among the devices invented by March were novel methods for removing dead bone and renal calculi.

March served as president of the American Medical Association and the New York State Medical Society.

In 1868, William College conferred on March the degree of LLD.

Legacy

March died on June 17, 1869, in Albany, New York.

The Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College is named after March.

References

1795 births
1869 deaths
Physicians from New York (state)
Physicians from Albany, New York
Alpert Medical School alumni
Presidents of the American Medical Association


title: Tage Møller

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Tage Møller (14 March 1914 – 14 February 2006) was a Danish cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1914 births
2006 deaths
Danish male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Denmark
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Copenhagen


title: 1936 Eiger climbing disaster

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In July 1936, five climbers died while attempting to ascend the north face of the Eiger mountain in Switzerland.

Background
After a deadly and unsuccessful German attempt in 1935, ten climbers from Austria and Germany travelled to the still-unclimbed north face of the Eiger in 1936, but, before serious summit attempts could get underway, one climber was killed during a training climb. The weather was so bad that after waiting for a change and seeing none on the way, several climbers gave up. Only four remained: two Bavarians, Andreas Hinterstoisser and Toni Kurz, and two Austrians, Willy Angerer and Edi Rainer.

Ascent and retreat

The weather improved and they made preliminary explorations of the lowest part of the face. Hinterstoisser fell  but was not injured. A few days later the four men began ascending the north face. They climbed quickly, but on the second day, the weather changed; clouds came down and allowed observers on the ground only intermittent visibility to the climbers on the face. On the second day the party was bombarded by rockfall, a notorious problem on the north face route. Angerer was hit just below the shoulder blade and injured, though it is said that he tried to continue climbing. He certainly did not call for a retreat at the time.

They did not resume climbing until the following day, when, during a break in the clouds, the party was observed descending. Later, it would be learned that the group had no choice but to retreat, since Angerer had suffered more serious injuries from the falling rock than at first thought. The party became stuck on the face when they could not recross a difficult traverse – which became known as the Hinterstoisser traverse – from which they had pulled the rope during their ascent. Exhausted on their third day of climbing, with two days of bad weather, Hinterstoisser still tried for hours to cross the traverse, which was now covered in verglas. On the way up, Hinterstoisser had used a technique called a "tension traverse", where a rope is fixed and kept taut, allowing the lead climber to "lean" on it for balance. This technique was not possible descending though.

The weather got worse. Falling rock, snow and water could be seen from town. The group decided to abseil from the lower lip of the First Ice Field down the vertical face (the great rock barrier). A ledge ran along the wall of rock, which, if they could get to it, would lead them to the Stollenloch, an entrance to the train tunnel. As belay devices had not yet been invented, they rappelled using the Dülfersitz method. Contact was made with a railway guard at the Eigerwand railway station halfway down the descent. During their exchange the climbers amazingly said that everything was all right (perhaps out of pride and knowledge that they were very close to safety). However, as Hinterstoisser set up the last abseil of the descent, an avalanche came down the mountain, taking Hinterstoisser, who had unclipped from the group, with it. He was found at the bottom of the mountain days later. Willy Angerer fell and was killed by the impact of his body against the rock face, and Edi Rainer quickly asphyxiated from the weight of the rope around his diaphragm. Only Kurz survived the avalanche, hanging on the rope with his dead comrades.

Rescue attempt
Late on the third day three Swiss guides started a rescue attempt from Eigerwand Station. They failed to reach Kurz but came within shouting distance and learned what had happened. Kurz explained the fate of his companions: one had fallen down the face, another was frozen above him, and the third had fractured his skull in falling and was hanging on the rope below him.

In the morning the three guides returned, traversing the face again from a hole near the Eigerwand Station despite avalanche-prone conditions. Toni Kurz was still alive but almost helpless. After four nights exposed to the elements, one of his hands and his arm was completely frozen. Kurz hauled himself back to the mountain face after cutting loose Angerer below him. The guides were not able to pass an unclimbable overhang that separated them from Kurz, but they managed to get a rope long enough to reach Kurz by tying two ropes together. While abseiling, however, Kurz could not get the knot that joined the two ropes to pass through his carabiner. He tried for hours to reach his rescuers, who were just a few metres below him, desperately trying to move himself past the knot, but in vain. He then began to lose consciousness. One of the guides, climbing on another's shoulders, was able to touch the tip of Kurz's crampons with the head of his ice-axe but could not reach higher. Faced with the futility of his situation, he famously said only "Ich kann nicht mehr" ("I can't [go on] anymore") and then died.

His body was later recovered by a German team.

See also

 The Beckoning Silence, a 2007 documentary about the disaster
 North Face, a 2008 German film on the subject

References

Mountaineering disasters
Eiger
Mountaineering in Switzerland
1936 disasters in Switzerland
History of the Alps
1936 in Switzerland
Disasters in Switzerland


The Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO) is a not-for-profit educational institution and archives located in Toronto, Canada. Established in 1976, the Multicultural History Society of Ontario collects, preserves, and makes available records of histories of migration and ethnicity.

History

The MHSO was established in 1976 by Professor Robert F. Harney of the University of Toronto and a few close colleagues. They believed that the chronicling of immigrant and ethnic stories was essential to understanding Ontario history.

Professor Harney, a renowned scholar in the field of migration and ethnic studies, served as the MHSO's Academic Director from its establishment until his death in 1989.

Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Harney received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. For twenty-five years, he taught history at the University of Toronto, where he stimulated and steered a generation of students. In 1989, he was appointed to the newly endowed Professorship and Program in Ethnic, Immigration, and Pluralism Studies. Following his death, this collaborative graduate program was renamed the Robert F. Harney Professorship and Program in his honour.

Programs and services

The MHSO has produced and distributed publications, mounted and circulated exhibitions, and staged conferences, public lectures, and special events. In recent years, it has focused on virtual programming. The MHSO also provides professional and technical services and training to teachers and students, scholars and community historians, heritage and cultural organizations, and members of ethnocultural and indigenous communities.

An example of MHSO services is the case of Dr. Joseph Pivato whom Robert Harney invited to be Research Fellow for 1984 and edited the book, Contrasts: Comparative Essays on Italian-Canadian Writing (1985) and later held The Mariano Elia Chair in Italian-Canadian Studies at York University (1987–88). And thus inspired by Robert Harney he promoted research and publications in ethnic minority writing in Canada.

Archives

The MHSO is the creator of an extensive collection of archival materials which document immigrant and ethnic experiences in Canada. Assisted by ethnic and indigenous associations and community researchers, the Society undertook oral history interviews, and collected historical photographs and personal and institutional textual records during the first decades of its operation.

More recently, it has undertaken additional collection activities in connection with specific projects. In the early 21st century, as a result of these efforts, more than 50 ethnocultural communities and First Nations, and some 240 municipalities in every region of the province are represented in the MHSO's archival holdings.

See also
 History of Canada
 History of Ontario
 Multiculturalism in Canada

Notes

External links
 Multicultural History Society of Ontario

Research institutes established in 1976
History organizations based in Ontario
Scientific organizations established in 1976


title: Blakeley Formation

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The Blakeley Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Cowlitz Formation

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The Cowlitz Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period

Findings
The Cowlitz Formation holds fossils dating back to the Paleogene period. These fossils were discovered in 1911 through the work of Charles E. Weaver, Charles R. Fettkc, Donald Ross, T. A. Bonser, and Olaf Stromme in their task to study more closely the Tertiary Paleontology of Western Washington. Along with the Cowlitz Formation, they also closely observed the Tejon Formation. These two formations are a part of a greater Eocene of Western Washington. The basaltic lavas and tuffs occurring within the Eocene of western Washington have a thickness ranging from fifteen hundred to two thousand feet.

The Cowlitz Formation is located in the canyon of Olequa Creek between towns of Winlock and Olequa, in southwestern Lewis Co., and northwestern Cowlitz Co., WA.

The rocks composing this formation are sandstones, shales, conglomerates and subordinate amount of shaly limestone, together with numerous intercalated layers of tuff and basaltic lava. They arc partly marine and partly brackish water deposits.

A total Tertiary invertebrate marine fauna of forty five was discovered. Thirty of these were new and had been discovered for the first time. The Cowlitz Formation contained the following fauna:

 Pelecypoda
 Gasteropeda
 Brachyopoda
 Shark's Teeth

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)
Paleogene geology of Oregon
Formations
Formations


title: Kaori O'Connor

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Kaori O’Connor (1945–2022) was a social anthropologist and writer known for academic and non-fiction works that combine anthropology with history and archaeology, for studies of science and society, and for her work on material culture, commodities of empire, fashion and the anthropology of food.

Early life and education

Kaori O'Connor was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and grew up on Waikiki Beach. One of her great grandfathers was a New England whaling captain turned sugar planter, another was one of Hawaii's first Japanese immigrant entrepreneurs. She was also part Hawaiian and Native American. She graduated from Reed College (USA) with a BA in Social Anthropology and went on to Oxford University (St Anne's College) to do a Dip.Soc.Anth and B.Litt in Social Anthropology, studying with the noted structuralist Rodney Needham and the Pacific ethnohistorian Peter Gathercole.

Career
Following Oxford, she won a job on Vogue through the Vogue Talent Contest, going on to become the founding editor of The Fashion Guide and author of a number of books on fashion including the best-selling Creative Dressing. Later, as editorial director of  the-then independent scholarly publisher Kegan Paul, she was responsible for the acclaimed series Pacific Basin Books that reflected the cultural complexities of the Pacific in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Returning to the academy, she won  ESRC doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships and her doctorate was awarded in 2004 by UCL where she was a senior research fellow. She appeared frequently on radio and television, most recently Woman's Hour, The Great British Bake Off and The Great British Sewing Bee and contributed to newspapers and magazines including The Times Literary Supplement and The Oldie. In 2009 she won the prestigious Sophie Coe Award for Food History for her study of the Hawaiian Luau and in 2011 she won the Pasold Award for Textile History for her study of the Ladybird children's dressing gown in the context of the post World War II baby boom.

Death and legacy
Following a brief illness, Kaori O'Connor passed on October 4, 2022, at St. John’s Hospice, surrounded by family.  O'Connor left behind an illustrious career as a popular anthropologist and author. O'Connor possessed the ability to transfer the curiosity and passion she had for niche topics, into accessible cornerstones of academic writing.

Books and papers

 Seaweed: A Global History. Reaktion Books, 2017.
 The Never-ending Feast: The Anthropology and Archaeology of Feasting. Bloomsbury, 2015
 The English Breakfast: the Biography of a National Meal (revised edition) Bloomsbury 2013
 Pineapple: A Global History. Reaktion, 2013
 Lycra: How a Fiber Shaped America  Routledge 2011.
 "The Hawaiian Luau: Food as Transgression, Transformation, Tradition and Travel". Food, Culture and Society, 11(2), June 2008, pp. 149–172. Winner of the Sophie Coe Prize in Food History 2009.
 "The Ladybird and the Dressing Gown: Cultural Icons of the 'Golden Age' of  British Childhood". Textile History 42:1, 2011, pp 22–49. Winner of the Pasold Prize for Textile History 2011.

External links
Official site:

References

Reed College alumni
American anthropologists
Pacific archaeology


title: What's My Name? (Miyavi album)

text:
What's My Name? is the seventh studio album by Japanese musician Miyavi. It was released on October 13, 2010, in Japan, featuring collaborations with various artists. The album charted as number twenty-six on Oricon and thirty-three on Billboard Japan.

Background
What's My Name? is Miyavi's seventh studio album, and his first since he founded his own company J-Glam in 2009. It was released on October 13, 2010, in Japan by EMI Records Japan, in regular and limited CD/DVD edition, featuring official music videos. It is also available worldwide as a digital release on iTunes Store.

In 2009, Miyavi launched his own company J-Glam on April 8. On June 1, "Super Hero," a new song, was released through his official Myspace,. In September, his International Fanclub was opened. On September 19, Miyavi started his second worldwide tour Neo Tokyo Samurai Black 2009/2010, in Moscow, Russia. He held 17 concerts in Europe, visiting for the first time Austria, Hungary and Italy. The tour was immediately continued in South America, with concerts in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Mexico, as well as a performance at Anime Matsuri, Texas in November. On December 31, he signed a new contract with EMI Music Japan.

In 2010, Miyavi released "Survive" as his first single with EMI via iTunes on March 10. The worldwide tour was continued on March 28, with the concert at Human Stage, Okinawa, and nationwide. In June and early July, Miyavi toured throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia for the first time in October. On September 15, his eleventh major single "Torture" was released, followed by his fifth studio album What's My Name? on October 13. On November 6, he performed at the EMI Rocks 50th anniversary event at Saitama Super Arena.

In March 2011, a live album Live in London 2011 was released, and a new world tour, titled What's My Name? began, in Europe, with his first visit to Belgium. In April the tour continued in Japan, while in July Miyavi performed in France, and in September at the Mount Taishan MAO Rock Festival in China. On October 5, his twelfth major single "Strong" was released, in collaboration with Japanese rapper Kreva. It was followed by the North American leg of the tour. Miyavi performed in South America at the Maquinaria festival in Chile, and visited Venezuela, Peru and Colombia for the first time.

Release
At its release, the album peaked at number twenty-six on the Oricon Charts and number thirty-three on the Billboard Japan charts in Japan. It stayed on the Oricon charts for three weeks.

The singles "Survive" and "Torture" didn't manage to peak on Japan Hot 100 and Hot 100 Airplay. "Torture" only managed to peak by sales at number thirty-six at Hot Singles Sales, while "What's My Name?" peaked at number seventy-five on Hot 100, at seventy on Hot 100 Airplay, and fifty-four on Hot Singles Sales.

Track listing

References

2010 albums
Alternative rock albums by Japanese artists
Miyavi albums


title: Crescent Formation

text:
The Crescent Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)
Ypresian Stage
Wasatchian


title: Keasey Formation

text:
The Keasey Formation is a geologic formation in northwestern Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

References

Further reading
  T. Nyborg, B. Nyborg, A. Garassino and F. J. Vega. 2016. New occurrences of fossil Macrocheira (Brachyura, Inachidae) from the North Eastern Pacific. Paleontologia Mexicana 5(2):123-135
 B. J. Welton. 2016. A new dalatiid shark (Squaliformes: Daltaiidae) from the early Oligocene of Oregon and California, USA. Fossil Record 5:289-302
 B. J. Welton. 2013. A new archaic basking shark (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the Late Eocene of Western Oregon, USA, and description of the dentition, gill rakers and vertebrae of the recent basking shark Cetorhinus Maximus (Gunnerus). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 58:1-48
 J. L. Goedert. 1989. Giant late Eocene Marine birds (Pelecaniformes: Pelagornithidae) from northwestern Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):939-944
 J. L. Goedert. 1988. A new late Eocene species of Plotopteridae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) from northwestern Oregon. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 45(6):97-102
 C. J. Hickman. 1976. Bathyal gastropods of the family Turridae in the Early Oligocene Keasey Formation in Oregon, with a review of some deep-water genera in the Paleocene of the Eastern Pacific. Bulletins of American Paleontology 70(292):1-119
 A. K. Miller and H. R. Downs. 1950. Tertiary nautiloids of the Americas: supplement. Journal of Paleontology 24:1-18

Geology of Oregon


title: Lincoln Creek Formation

text:
The Lincoln Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Makah Formation

text:
The Makah Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Porter Shale

text:
The Porter Shale is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Renton Formation

text:
The Renton Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state) within the Puget Group. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

Most of the formation consists of fine- to medium-grained arkosic and feldspathic sandstone, interbedded with lesser amounts of siltstone, sandy shale, coal, and carbonaceous shale. Sandstone typically contains at least 40 percent subangular to subrounded quartz grains, 10 to 25 percent feldspar, and some mica and rock fragments, in a matrix of calcite, clay, and silt. Chert fragments constitute as much as 20 percent of some sandstones. Unoxidized rocks are mostly light gray but are light brown or buff where oxidized. The sandstone is weakly cemented, most commonly with calcite, but in places matrix silt and clay act as the binding agent. The sandstone and siltstone commonly are well sorted and thinly bedded; locally, the sandstone is massive or crossbedded. Some beds in the formation are very soft and plastic when wet, owing to the weathering or alteration of feldspar to a montmorillonitic clay.

The Renton formation is a nonmarine arkosic sandstone  and siltstone, with carbonaceous shale, and noted for its Muldoon coal seams.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Additional Reading

Lidar-Revised Geologic Map of the Des Moines 7.5' Quadrangle, King County, Washington |url= https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3384/sim3384_pamphlet.pdf= 4 May 2020

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Pysht Formation

text:
The Pysht Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

Fossil content

Mammals

Crustaceans

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Quimper Sandstone Formation

text:
The Quimper Sandstone Formation is a geologic formation in the U.S. state of Washington. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Raging River Formation

text:
The Raging River Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Roslyn Formation

text:
The Roslyn Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Townsend Shale

text:
The Townsend Shale is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: Twin Rivers Formation

text:
The Twin Rivers Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Paleogene geology of Washington (state)


title: So Cow

text:
So Cow are an indie rock band from County Galway, Ireland. It was started as the recording project of Brian Kelly in 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. The group evolved into a three piece band with Jonny White on bass and Peter O'Shea on drums for 2014's The Long Con, released on Goner Records, as well as 2012's Out Of Season split album with Squarehead.

The band have appeared at Primavera Sound, SXSW & Castlepalooza. Their sound has been described by Pitchfork as "Like Television Personalities or The Clean at their most engaging, Kelly plays rickety guitar-pop that sounds homemade without feeling insular."
The group received media attention in 2009 in South Korea after naming a song after the popular South Korean actress and model Moon Geun-young.

Career

Kelly started So Cow while working as a teacher in South Korea. After releasing his debut EP Best Vacation Ever on the independent Irish label Rusted Rail in 2006, Kelly self-released the albums These Truly Are End Times in 2007 and I'm Siding With My Captors in 2008. Tracks from the EP and albums were released as the compilation album So Cow by Tic Tac Totally in 2009. Pitchfork wrote that the album was: "full of sing-along hooks and scruffy charm." and gave it a score of 7.7/10.
On September 6th, 2014, So Cow released their fourth album The Long Con on Goner Records. The album, which was produced by Greg Saunier, received positive reviews from critics. Writing for PopMatters, Matthew Fiander wrote: "So Cow emerges on The Long Con as a fresh new voice in rock music, and the band has a sound that is inherently dynamic and doesn’t need to sit still." Writing for Allmusic, Mark Deming wrote: "Kelly is a gifted songwriter, a strong and impassioned singer, and a guy with a rough but potent guitar attack..." Blurt reviewer Tim Henly opined: "This stuff is noisy and hooky though the band never goes for the obvious hook, in fact, some of the guitar playing is downright amateurish in the best way possible."
So Cow's fifth album Lisa Marie Airplane Tour was released on September 6, 2016, by US label Jigsaw Records. It was Bandcamp's "Album of the Day" on September 28 of that year, with the website writing that the album: "captures the disorientation that accompanies emotional and physical dislocation." It was The Irish Times''' "New Release of the Week" on September 30, with music journalist Niall Byrne commenting: "If you like noisy guitar pop, with a dose of the real then So Cow's your man."

Discography

AlbumsThese Truly Are End Times (2007) Self Released CDI'm Siding With My Captors (2008) Self Released CDMeaningless Friendly (2010) Tic Tac Totally
 The Long Con (2014) Goner Records.
 Lisa Marie Airplane Tour (2016) Jigsaw Records / Tall Pat Records / Lost Sounds Tapes
 Do Re Mi Fa So Cow (2019) Self Released - CD/Cass
 But What Has That Done To The Scores? (2020) Self Released - Digital
 Bisignis (2021) Self Released - CD/Cass, Digital

Live Albums
 Live Outside (2020) Self Released - Digital

Singles, EP's & SplitsBest Vacation Ever! EP (2006) Rusted RailMoon Geun Young 7" (2007) Almost Ready RecordsCommuting 7" (2008) Going Underground RecordsAin't No Fun 7" (2010) Tic Tac TotallyGMT EP (2011) Ride The Snake RecordsOut Of Season (2012) Inflated Records - Split album with Squarehead
Visa Waiver 7" (2013) Boston Pizza Records - Split single with Image Makers

 Compilation
 So Cow'' (2009) Tic Tac Totally

References

Irish indie rock groups


title: Binary game

text:
In mathematics, the binary game is a topological game introduced by Stanislaw Ulam in 1935 in an addendum to problem 43 of the Scottish book as a variation of the Banach–Mazur game.

In the binary game, one is given a fixed subset X of the set {0,1}N of all sequences of 0s and 1s. The players take it in turn to choose a digit 0 or 1, and the first player wins if the sequence they form lies in the set X. Another way to represent this game is to pick a subset  of the interval  on the real line, then the players alternatively choose binary digits . Player I wins the game if and only if the binary number , that is, . See, page 237.

The binary game is sometimes called Ulam's game, but "Ulam's game" usually refers to the Rényi–Ulam game.

References

Topological games


title: Mission Argillite

text:
The Mission Argillite is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Permian geology of Washington (state)


title: First B Federal Basketball League

text:
The Yugoslav First B Federal Basketball League () was the second-tier level club basketball league of SFR Yugoslavia. The league's top performing clubs of each season, were promoted up to the top tier level, the Yugoslav First Federal League.

Winners

Adriatic League successor league
In 2017, the ABA League, which is the successor league to the Yugoslav First Federal League, created the Adriatic League Second Division, which is the successor league to the Yugoslav First B Federal League.

See also
 YUBA B League

References

External links
KosMagazin.com Sezona 1980-81: Ćosić u Kićinoj senci

1980 establishments in Yugoslavia
1991 disestablishments in Yugoslavia
Basketball leagues in Yugoslavia
Sports leagues established in 1980
Sports leagues disestablished in 1991
Second level basketball leagues in Europe


title: Offley Island Formation

text:
The Offley Island Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils dating back to the Silurian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Silurian geology of Washington (state)
Silurian northern paleotropical deposits


title: Saanich Formation

text:
The Saanich Formation is a geologic formation in the Puget Sound area of Washington. It consists of Pleistocene marine siloclastic deposits preserving fossils.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Geologic formations of Washington (state)


title: Whidbey Formation

text:
The Whidbey Formation is a geologic formation in Washington (state). It preserves fossils.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Washington (state)
 Paleontology in Washington (state)

References

Geologic formations of Washington (state)


title: Gary Palmer (politician)

text:
Gary James Palmer (born May 14, 1954) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for  since 2015. His district includes the wealthier parts of Birmingham, as well as most of its suburbs. Before becoming an elected official, Palmer co-founded and served as the longtime president of the Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank.

A member of the House Freedom Caucus, Palmer has chaired the Republican Policy Committee since 2019, making him the 5th highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives.

Early life, education, and career
Palmer was born in Hackleburg, Alabama. His family lived on a 40-acre farm, where Palmer helped maintain the family garden and animals.

Palmer has a bachelor's degree in operations management from the University of Alabama. He was the first member of his family to earn a college degree. He was a walk-on wide receiver for the Crimson Tide and played under Bear Bryant. In 1989, Palmer co-founded the Alabama Family Alliance, which later became the Alabama Policy Institute. He served as its president for 25 years, stepping down in 2014 to run for Congress. Palmer helped found the State Policy Network, a nonprofit umbrella organization for conservative and libertarian think tanks that focus on state-level policy, and served as its president.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2014

Palmer declared his candidacy for the 6th district following the retirement announcement of 11-term incumbent Spencer Bachus. In a crowded seven-way Republican primary—the real contest in this heavily Republican district—Palmer finished second behind state representative Paul DeMarco. In the ensuing runoff election, Palmer picked up the support of the Club for Growth. Despite outspending Palmer, DeMarco lost momentum after a botched debate with Palmer and never recovered. By election day, polls suggested Palmer would win the nomination by 30 points. Palmer won the runoff, 64% to 36%. In the general election, he defeated Democratic nominee Mark Lester, a history professor at Birmingham-Southern College, 76% to 24%, but he had effectively clinched a seat in Congress with his primary victory. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+28, the 6th was tied with the neighboring 4th as Alabama's most Republican district.

Palmer has been reelected three times with only nominal opposition, running unopposed in 2020. He has only dropped below 70% once. In 2018, Democrat Danner Kline held him to 69.2%. Kline received 30.8% of the vote, the best showing for a Democrat in almost a quarter-century. It is the only time since the GOP began its current run in the seat in 1993 that a Democrat has managed 30% of the vote.

2022

Palmer ran for reelection to the House in the general election on November 8, 2022. Unchallenged in the Republican primary and with no Democratic candidates qualified to run in this district, Palmer was initially left unopposed. However, the Libertarian Party qualified for ballot access in May 2022, giving Palmer a general-election opponent, Amazon supervisor Andria Chieffo. Palmer defeated Chieffo in the general election with 83.7% of the vote to Chieffo's 15.1%.

Tenure

Palmer took office on January 3, 2015, along with the other freshmen members of the 114th Congress.

Palmer voted against the American Rescue Plan, an economic recovery and COVID-19 relief bill, in February 2021. His rationale for opposing the bill was that it was "not about COVID relief, but about the Democrat agenda", and a "repeat of the failed stimulus bill passed in 2009 under President Obama and then Vice President Biden."

In November 2021, Palmer touted funding for the Birmingham Northern Beltline that he added to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. But he voted against the final bill and did not mention his vote in a Twitter post celebrating the funding. Democratic figures including Alabama Democratic Party chair Christopher J. England, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, and U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell criticized Palmer's comments as hypocritical. A spokesperson for Palmer defended the Twitter post, saying, "it should not be surprising that he supports a provision that he authored".

As of October 2021, Palmer had voted in line with President Joe Biden's stated position 7.5% of the time.

Bloomberg Government has called Palmer a "quiet lawmaker" who nonetheless fulfills an important role in shaping the House Republican agenda as chair of the Republican Policy Committee. In response to Democratic critiques that Republicans lack a policy agenda, Palmer has said he takes a more "proactive" strategy to crafting policy, rather than a "combative" style. As chair of the committee, Palmer compiled a 200-page "Guide to the Issues" for Republican representatives and frequently distributes information on policy to fellow legislators.

In February 2023, CoinDesk reported that Palmer was one of three members of Alabama's congressional delegation who received money from FTX, the defunct cryptocurrency exchange, alongside Robert Aderholt and Katie Britt. Palmer's office did not respond to a CoinDesk inquiry about what had been done with the funds.

In the October 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Palmer was briefly a candidate for Speaker of the House in the third nomination cycle. The New York Times described him as a candidate who could present himself as a unifying force between the battling factions of the Republican Party. He dropped out of the race for Speaker prior to an internal caucus forum.

Committee assignments
For the 118th Congress:
 Committee on Energy and Commerce
 Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security
 Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals
 Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
 Committee on Oversight and Accountability
 Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce

Caucus memberships
 Freedom Caucus
 Republican Study Committee

Political positions

As of 2020, Palmer has a 92% rating for supporting conservative causes, according to Heritage Action for America. The American Conservative Union's center for legislative accountability gave him a 97% lifetime conservative rating and the progressive PAC Americans for Democratic Action gave him a 0% liberal quotient in 2019.

Abortion
Palmer opposes legal abortion. Palmer supported the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Economy
Palmer voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. He said the bill would "put more money in the pockets of the American people" and "launch economic growth." He blamed the Obama administration and a "burdensome tax code that was designed for a 1986 economy" for an "anemic" economy.

Palmer was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House. He was also one of three members of Alabama's House delegation to vote against the bill, the others being Barry Moore and Dale Strong.

LGBTQ rights
Palmer has stated that allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice is something "no reasonable person" would allow and said that "the safety implications for sexual predation have been well documented." He opposes same-sex marriage, saying, "No one can change the fundamental nature of what marriage is: the union of a man and a woman and the formation of a family which is the foundation of every civilization."

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 crisis, Palmer opposed proxy voting while Congress was unable to work onsite at the Capitol due to shelter-in-place orders.

Drugs

Palmer voted to support medical marijuana research but opposes legalizing marijuana.

Gun law

Palmer supports gun rights. He opposes what he deems unconstitutional gun restrictions. He supports efforts that enable legal gun owners to carry their guns, including concealed carry, over state lines.

Health care

Palmer opposes the Affordable Care Act, calling it "a nightmare" and "job-killing." He supports efforts to repeal it.

Homeland security

Palmer is pro-nuclear weapons. He supports increasing funding for the Defense Department specifically around work in the Middle East.

Immigration

Palmer opposes illegal immigration to the United States, including allowing undocumented workers to work in the U.S. He supports efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.

Term limits
After his election in 2014, Palmer signed the U.S. Term Limits pledge, agreeing to sponsor legislation enacting term limits for U.S. representatives and senators. He also said he would serve no more than five terms in office. In September 2021, the U.S. Term Limits group accused Palmer of refusing to cosponsor a term limits amendment, alleging that he had broken the pledge. The group purchased billboards in Alabama's 6th congressional district attacking Palmer. Palmer's reelection campaign responded by calling the accusation "fake news", saying that the pledge only applied to the 114th United States Congress and that Palmer cosponsored the amendment for three consecutive terms. Palmer's five-term limit meant that the 2022 elections would be his last. But in March 2022, he said he made the pledge before becoming a part of Republican leadership in Congress and that he was also taking high turnover in Alabama's congressional delegation into consideration, indicating that he would likely run for reelection in 2024 to maintain senior leadership from Alabama, despite the commitment.

In March 2023, Palmer officially announced his 2024 reelection campaign, saying that he "prayed for God to give me clarity on" his decision to run for a sixth term. He disputed media reports (including an article by AL.com) that characterized his five-term limit as part of the U.S. Term Limits pledge, saying the pledge only applied to sponsoring legislation. But Palmer acknowledged that he did claim during his 2014 campaign that he would serve no more than five terms, and said he would "own that".

2020 presidential election
Palmer was at the Capitol to certify the 2020 presidential election results on January 6, 2021, when the attack on the Capitol took place. During the attack, Palmer tweeted that it was a "sad day" and that "the scenes we witnessed today were unacceptable". After the attack, Palmer voted against certifying the election, objecting to Arizona's and Pennsylvania's electoral votes. On January 13, Palmer blamed Donald Trump for "sending" the attackers to the Capitol. He voted against impeaching Trump a second time, calling the second impeachment a Democratic "abuse of power" and a "sham process."

In December 2020, Palmer was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.

Electoral history

Personal life

Palmer is married to Ann Cushing Palmer. They have three children.

When working in Washington, D.C., Palmer sleeps at his office on Capitol Hill.

Palmer is a longtime member of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham.

References

External links

 Congressman Gary Palmer official U.S. House website
 Campaign website

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1954 births
21st-century American politicians
Living people
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama
University of Alabama alumni
American Presbyterians
Presbyterians from Alabama


title: Knud Jacobsen

text:
Knud Jacobsen (26 May 1914 – 29 December 1987) was a Danish cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1914 births
1987 deaths
Danish male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Denmark
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Copenhagen


title: Days Creek Formation

text:
The Days Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Cretaceous geology of Oregon


title: Dothan Formation

text:
The Dothan Formation is a geologic formation consisting mostly of lithic greywacke (sandstone), but also including chert, mudstone, greensand formed from volcanic pillow lava, and to a minor degree, granitic cobble. It preserves fossils dating between the Late Cretaceous to the Late Jurassic period. It occurs along the Oregon coast in Curry county. It ranges approximately 12 miles from Winchuck River just north of the state line of California to Whalehead Cove to the north, and inward to the southern area of the city of Roseburg.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Cretaceous geology of Oregon


title: Srećko Lisinac

text:
Srećko Lisinac (; born 17 May 1992) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Projekt Warsaw and the Serbia national team.

Career

Club
In the 2013/2014 season, Lisinac won the title of German Champion with Berlin Recycling Volleys. In 2014, he moved to PGE Skra Bełchatów. He won a title of Polish Champion 2014 with PGE Skra Bełchatów. On October 8, 2014, his team won Polish SuperCup. On February 7, 2016, he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final. In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the 2015–16 PlusLiga championship. At the end of 2017–2018 season he signed a contract with Italian club Trentino Volley.

National team
He is a bronze medallist of the European Championship 2013. On July 19, 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with United States 0–3 and achieved silver medal. Lisinac received individual award for the Best Middle Blocker (ex–aequo with Maxwell Holt).

Honours

Club
 CEV Champions League
  2020–21 – with Itas Trentino

 FIVB Club World Championship
  Poland 2018 – with Trentino Volley
  Brazil 2022 – with Itas Trentino

 CEV Cup
  2018–19 – with Itas Trentino

 Domestic
 2013–14  German Championship, with Berlin Recycling Volleys
 2014–15  Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
 2015–16  Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
 2017–18  Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
 2017–18  Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
 2021–22  Italian SuperCup, with Itas Trentino
 2022–23  Italian Championship, with Itas Trentino

Youth national team
 2013  FIVB U23 World Championship

Individual awards
 2013: CEV European Championship – Best blocker
 2015: FIVB World League – Best middle blocker
 2016: Polish Cup – Best blocker
 2016: FIVB World League – Best middle blocker
 2017: CEV European Championship – Best middle blocker
 2018: Polish Cup – Best blocker
 2019: CEV European Championship – Best middle blocker

References

External links

 Player profile at LegaVolley.it
 Player profile at PlusLiga.pl
 Player profile at Volleybox.net

1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kraljevo
Serbian men's volleyball players
European champions for Serbia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate volleyball players in Germany
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
AZS Częstochowa players
Skra Bełchatów players
Trentino Volley players
Projekt Warsaw players
Middle blockers


title: No Place to Hide (Bradley book)

text:
No Place to Hide is a 1948 book by American writer David J. Bradley published by Little, Brown and Company. The book is a Harvard Medical School graduate's autobiographical tale of his work in the Radiological Safety Section in the Pacific in the aftermath of the Bikini atomic bomb tests, Operation Crossroads. The book alerted the world to the dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapon explosions. The book was marketed for Bantam by Judith Merril, who found Bradley's prose "a man's book with little appeal for women", leading her to later write her own nuclear war story Shadow on the Hearth from the homemaker's perspective. Bradley toured lecturing on the dangers of fallout, including a 1950 lecture at Ford Hall Forum.

The book was reissued with an epilogue in 1984.

References

1948 non-fiction books
Books about nuclear issues


title: Graylock Formation

text:
The Graylock Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Jurassic geology of Oregon


title: Hyde Formation

text:
The Hyde Formation is a geologic formation in central-eastern Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon
 Snowshoe Formation
 Posidonia Shale

References

Geologic formations of Oregon
Jurassic geology of Oregon
Toarcian Stage
Paleontology in Oregon


title: Lonesome Formation

text:
The Lonesome Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Jurassic geology of Oregon


title: Robertson Formation

text:
The Robertson Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Jurassic geology of Oregon


title: Myrtle Group

text:
The Myrtle Group is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Cretaceous geology of Oregon
Jurassic geology of Oregon


title: Nicely Formation

text:
The Nicely Formation is a geologic formation in the Crook, Grant, and Harney Counties in Oregon. It preserves radiolaria and ichthyosaur fossils dating back to the Pliensbachian stage of the Early Jurassic period.

Fossil content
Among others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:
 Ichthyosauria indet.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Bibliography

 K. Y. Yeh. 1987. Taxonomic Studies of Lower Jurassic Radiolaria from East-Central Oregon. National Museum of Natural Science Special Publications 2:1-169
 E. A. Pessagno, Jr. and P.A. Whalen. 1982. Lower and Middle Jurassic Radiolaria (multicyrtid Nassellariina) from California, east-central Oregon and the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. Micropaleontology 28(2):111-169

Jurassic geology of Oregon
Jurassic System of North America
Pliensbachian Stage
Mudstone formations
Limestone formations of the United States
Shale formations of the United States
Siltstone formations
Deep marine deposits
Paleontology in Oregon
Formations
Formations
Formations


title: Otter Point Formation

text:
The Otter Point Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Jurassic geology of Oregon


title: Snowshoe Formation

text:
The Snowshoe Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Toarcian to Bathonian stages of the Early to Middle Jurassic period.

Fossil content
Among others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:
 Loricata
 Zoneait nargorum

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon
 Hyde Formation
 Posidonia Shale

References

Bibliography

 K. Yeh. 2009. A Middle Jurassic radiolarian fauna from South Fork Member of Snowshoe Formation, east-central Oregon. Collection and Research 22:15-125

Geologic formations of Oregon
Jurassic geology of Oregon
Toarcian Stage
Limestone formations of the United States
Mudstone formations
Sandstone formations of the United States
Deep marine deposits
Open marine deposits
Paleontology in Oregon


title: Suplee Formation

text:
The Suplee Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Jurassic geology of Oregon


title: Weberg Formation

text:
The Weberg Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Jurassic geology of Oregon


title: Alkali Canyon Formation

text:
The Alkali Canyon Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tortonian to Zanclean stages (Hemphillian) of the Neogene period.

Fossil content
The following fossils have been recovered from the formation:

 Eucyon davisi
 Hypolagus oregonensis
 Neotamias malloryi
 Oregonomys pebblespringsensis
 Perognathus stevei
 Plesiogulo marshalli
 Pliotaxidea nevadensis
 Scapanus proceridens
 Spermophilus shotwelli
 S. wilsoni
 Castor sp.
 Dipoides sp.
 Mammut sp.
 Megalonyx sp.
 Teleoceras sp.
 Archaeolaginae indet.
 Camelidae indet.
 Canini indet.
 Carnivora indet.
 Cricetidae indet.
 Dipodomyinae indet.
 Equini indet.
 Hipparionini indet.
 Procyonidae indet.
 Sciuridae indet.
 Tayassuinae indet.
 Ursidae indet.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Bibliography

Neogene geology of Oregon
Miocene Series of North America
Messinian
Tortonian
Pliocene Series of North America
Zanclean
Hemphillian
Sandstone formations of the United States
Tuff formations
Paleontology in Oregon
Formations
Formations


title: Colleen Hoover

text:
Colleen Hoover (born Margaret Colleen Fennell; December 11, 1979) is an American author who primarily writes novels in the romance and young adult fiction genres. She is best known for her 2016 romance novel It Ends with Us. Many of her works were self-published before being picked up by a publishing house. As of October 2022, Hoover has sold approximately 20 million books. She was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2023.

Early and personal life
Hoover was born on December 11, 1979, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, to Vannoy Fite and Eddie Fennell. She grew up in Saltillo, Texas, and she graduated from Saltillo High School in 1998. She married Heath Hoover in 2000, and they have three sons.  Hoover graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce with a degree in social work. She worked various social work and teaching jobs before starting her career as an author.

Career
In November 2011, Hoover began writing her debut novel, Slammed, with no intention of getting published. She was inspired by a lyric, "decide what to be and go be it,” from an Avett Brothers song, "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise," and she incorporated Avett Brothers lyrics throughout the story. Hoover self-published Slammed in January 2012. She states that she published the novel so her mother, who had just received an Amazon Kindle, could read it. A sequel, Point of Retreat, was published in February 2012. After a few months, Slammed was reviewed and given five stars by book blogger Maryse Black, and afterward, sales rapidly rocketed for Hoover's first two books. Slammed and Point of Retreat reached #8 and #18, respectively, on the New York Times Best Seller list in August of that year. Atria Books picked up the novels and republished them on August 10, 2012. A third book in the series, This Girl, was published in April 2013. After the success of Slammed, Hoover quit her job in social work to become a full-time writer.

Hoover's novel Hopeless was self-published in December 2012, and features a girl who was home-schooled throughout her elementary education before going to a public high school. The book reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list on January 20, and remained there for three weeks. It was the first self-published novel to ever top the list. A companion novel, Losing Hope, was published that July.

Finding Cinderella is a free novella that Hoover published in 2014. It features several of the characters depicted in her novels Hopeless and Losing Hope. A paperback was released with several bonus features, such as a new epilogue and Hoover's own "Cinderella story". Maybe Someday, published in March 2014, was the first novel of a small series about a boy and a girl who write music together and fall in love. Musician Griffin Peterson created a soundtrack to accompany the novel. Links in the e-book or a scannable QR code in the paperback led to a website where readers could listen to the music.

Never Never, a 2015 collaboration with Tarryn Fisher, was originally split into three parts and sold as three separate books. The work was later republished as one complete book.

Hoover's novel It Ends with Us was published in 2016. Hoover described it as "the hardest book I've ever written." The novel concerns domestic violence, and, according to Hoover, it was written with the intention of advocating for domestic violence victims. The story was inspired by Hoover's personal experience as a child growing up in a household with domestic violence, which carried through into her adult life. The book's main character, Lily, experiences domestic violence at a young age, witnessing her father's abuse towards her mother, on top of experiencing it firsthand, and then she ends up in a violent relationship as an adult. As of 2019, the novel had sold over a million copies worldwide, and it has been translated into over twenty languages. In 2021, Hoover experienced a surge in popularity due to attention from the #BookTok community on TikTok. As a result, in January 2022, It Ends with Us was #1 on The New York Times Best Sellers list. Filming of a movie adaptation of It Ends with Us began in May 2023.

A sequel to It Ends with Us, titled It Starts with Us, was published on October 18, 2022 by Atria Books. Simon & Schuster released the details of the extensive marketing campaign for the novel, which became the publisher's most-preordered book of all time.

In October 2022, Simon & Schuster UK acquired two standalone novels by Hoover, which are to be published in 2024 and 2026.

As of October 2022, Hoover has sold more than 20 million books. Reflecting on Hoover's success in 2022, Alexandra Alter of The New York Times wrote, "To say she’s currently the best-selling novelist in the United States, to even compare her to other successful authors who have landed several books on the best seller lists, fails to capture the size and loyalty of her audience." Hoover's work has been criticized for normalizing abuse.

Awards and achievements

New York Times Best Sellers
In 2022, Hoover held six of the top ten spots on the New York Times paperback fiction best seller list.

Slammed (#8)
Point of Retreat (#18)
This Girl (#9)
Hopeless (#1)
Losing Hope (#6)
Maybe Someday (#3)
Ugly Love (#4)
Confess (#4)
November 9 (#9)
It Ends with Us (#1)
Verity (#2)

Works

Books

It Ends with Us series
 It Ends with Us (2016)
 It Starts with Us (2022)

Slammed series

 Slammed (2012)
 Point of Retreat (2012)
 This Girl (2013)

Hopeless series

 Hopeless (2012)
 Losing Hope (2013)
 Finding Cinderella (2013) novella
 Finding Perfect (2019) novella

Maybe Someday series

 Maybe Someday (2014)
 Maybe Not (2014) novella
 Maybe Now (2018)

Other novels

 Ugly Love (2014)
 Never Never (2015) three part novella series with Tarryn Fisher
 Confess (2015)
 November 9 (2015)
 Too Late (2016)
 Without Merit (2017)
 All Your Perfects (2018)
 Verity (2018)
 Regretting You (2019)
 Heart Bones (2020)
 Layla (2020)
 Reminders of Him (2022)
 Never Never (2023) with Tarryn Fisher

Source:

Short stories
 "A Father's Kiss" from The Kiss (An Anthology of Love and Other Close Encounters)
 "Saint" from One More Step (An Anthology)
 "The Dress" from Two More Days (An Anthology)

See also
 New adult fiction

References

External links
 Colleen Hoover's Official Wattpad Profile

1979 births
Living people
American women novelists
American young adult novelists
People from Sulphur Springs, Texas
Novelists from Texas
Texas A&M University–Commerce alumni
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American women writers
Women writers of young adult literature
American romantic fiction novelists
Women romantic fiction writers


title: Chalk Butte Formation

text:
The Chalk Butte Formation is a geologic formation in Oregon. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

 Antecalomys valensis
 Basirepomys pliocenicus
 Copemys cf. esmeraldensis
 Cupidinimus magnus
 Diprionomys parvus
 Dipoides vallicula
 Eucyon davisi
 Goniodontomys disjunctus
 Hypolagus vetus
 Peromyscus antiquus
 Pliohippus spectans
 Plionictis oregonensis
 Scapanus proceridens
 Dipoides sp.
 Spermophilus sp.
 Camelidae indet.
 Perognathinae indet.
 Soricidae indet.
 ?Vespertilionidae indet.

See also
 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Oregon
 Paleontology in Oregon

References

Bibliography

Neogene geology of Oregon
Miocene Series of North America
Messinian
Tortonian
Pliocene Series of North America
Hemphillian
Zanclean
Paleontology in Oregon
Formations


title: John E. Hyten

text:
John Earl Hyten (born July 18, 1959) is a retired United States Air Force general who served as the 11th vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2019 to 2021. A career space operations and acquisitions officer, he commanded the United States Strategic Command from 2016 to 2019 and the Air Force Space Command from 2014 to 2016.

Hyten was born in Torrance, California. After graduating from Harvard University, he received his commission into the U.S. Air Force in 1981. He started his military career in engineering jobs, then went into space and missile operations. He commanded the 6th Space Operations Squadron, 595th Space Group, and 50th Space Wing.

After retiring, Hyten joined Blue Origin as a strategic advisor.

Early life and education
John Earl Hyten was born on July 18, 1959, in Torrance, California as the eldest of Sherwyn and Barbara Hyten's three children. In 1965, his family moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where his father worked on the Saturn V rocket. He grew up in Huntsville at the height of the Space Race, attending Chaffee Elementary School and Grissom High School, two of the three schools named after the Apollo 1 astronauts who died during a launch rehearsal test. In 1977, he graduated from Grissom High School. He wanted to become an astronaut, but because of his poor eyesight, decided to pursue engineering "to get in the space business."

Hyten got accepted into Harvard University, but unable to pay for it, he accepted an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarship that required him to serve in the United States Air Force for four years. He graduated from Harvard in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in engineering and applied sciences. After graduating, he commissioned into the Air Force as a second lieutenant, intending to serve only for four years and get out in 1985 to work in the space industry.

In 1985, Hyten received a Master of Business Administration from Auburn University at Montgomery. He completed Squadron Officer School in 1985 as a distinguished graduate. From 1993 to 1994, he studied at the Air Command and Staff College in Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In 1999, he became a national defense fellow of the University of Illinois. In 2011, he returned to Harvard, taking their Senior Managers in Government Course.

Military career

Hyten was commissioned into the United States Air Force on August 23, 1981, as a second lieutenant. From 1981 to 1985, he was assigned as a configuration management officer, later becoming chief of the Configuration Management Division, for the Automated Systems Program Office at Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama. He then was reassigned to Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, from 1985 to 1989 as chief of the Software Development Branch and, thereafter, as chief of the Engineering and Acquisition Division of the Space Defense Programs Office.

Hyten then returned to Alabama for a year to serve as a special adviser to the U.S. Army's Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite Program Office. In 1990, he went back to Los Angeles as deputy for engineering at the Strategic Defense Initiatives Program Office. From 1991 to 1993, he was assigned to the Pentagon first as an executive speechwriter and systems analyst and then as program element monitor for Advanced Technology Programs for the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition).

In 1994, after attending the Air Command and Staff College, Hyten was assigned to the United States Space Command at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado, as mission director, space operations officer, and chief of command center training. From 1996 to 1998, he commanded the 6th Space Operations Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. After that command tour, he was selected as a national defense fellow at the University of Illinois.

Hyten was sent back to the Pentagon in 1999 to serve multiple roles at the Joint Staff. From 2001 to 2003, he served as chief of the Space Control Division, Directorate for Space Operations and Integration, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations. After that, he served as director of the commander's action group for the commander of Air Force Space Command, General Lance W. Lord.

In July 2004, Hyten took command of the 595th Space Group. In April 2005, he took command of the 50th Space Wing. While serving as wing commander, he was deployed to Southwest Asia as director of space forces of the U.S. Central Command Air Forces from May to October 2006. He relinquished command of the wing in May 2007, after which he was assigned as director of requirements of AFSPC.

While serving at AFSPC, Hyten was promoted to brigadier general on October 1, 2007. From 2009 to 2012, he was assigned at the Pentagon. He first served as director of cyber and space operations, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans and Requirements from 2009 to 2010. In 2010, he was assigned as director of space acquisition at the Office of the Under Secretary of the Air Force, during which time the position was transferred as director of space programs at the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.

In May 2012, Hyten was assigned as vice commander of AFSPC. After this, he commanded AFSPC from August 2014 to October 2016.

His career includes assignments in a variety of space acquisition and operations positions. He served in senior engineering positions on both Air Force and Army anti-satellite weapon system programs. He initially wanted to serve for four years but decided to stay after getting the opportunity to work in the space
and missile defense program.

Hyten's staff assignments include tours with the Air Force Secretariat, the Air Staff, the Joint Staff and the Commander's Action Group at Headquarters Air Force Space Command as Director. He served as mission director in Cheyenne Mountain and was the last active-duty commander of the 6th Space Operations Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. In 2006, he deployed to Southwest Asia as Director of Space Forces for operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Hyten commanded the 595th Space Group and the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo. Prior to assuming command of Air Force Space Command, he served as the Vice Commander, Air Force Space Command.

On March 15, 2013, it was announced that Hyten had been nominated to be Commander, Fourteenth Air Force and Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command. This would have had him exchanging jobs with the incumbent Lieutenant General Susan J. Helms. However, Helms' nomination was put on hold by Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill resulting in the withdrawal of the nomination and leading to the retirement of Helms. On April 9, 2014, Hyten was confirmed by the Senate for promotion to the rank of General and appointment as Commander, Air Force Space Command.  Before assuming command of the United States Strategic Command on November 3, 2016, Hyten commanded Air Force Space Command.

United States Strategic Command

Hyten was nominated for reassignment to head the United States Strategic Command on September 8, 2016. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 28, 2016 after a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Armed Services on September 20. The change of command ceremony occurred on November 3.

In November 2017, Hyten stated that if he determines Donald Trump's order for a nuclear strike to be illegal, then "I'm going to say: 'Mr President, that's illegal.' And guess what he's going to do? He's going to say, 'What would be legal?' And we'll come up with options, of a mix of capabilities to respond to whatever the situation is, and that's the way it works."

Hyten has been a strong proponent for developing advanced hypersonic weapons, saying they would enable "responsive, long-range, strike options against distant, defended, and/or time-critical threats [such as road-mobile missiles] when other forces are unavailable, denied access, or not preferred.”

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

In April 2019, Hyten was nominated to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on September 26, 2019, by a vote of 75–22. He assumed duties as the Vice Chairman on November 21, 2019, making him the second highest-ranking military officer in the U.S. Armed Forces. From February 2, 2019, Hyten also served as the senior designated official of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Cross Functional Team.

Hyten has stated that he hopes to reduce overclassification in the Department of Defense.

It was announced that by the year of 2021 Hyten is expected to retire and would not seek a second-term as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. With the absence of a selected nominee to succeed Hyten, Department of Defense officials stated in October 2021 that Hyten would delegate his duties to senior officials on the Joint Staff if a nominee was not confirmed by his retirement date in November. U.S. Navy Adm. Christopher Grady succeeded Hyten as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff upon the confirmation of his nomination to the post by the U.S. Senate on December 16, 2021.

Hyten retired from active duty on November 19, 2021.

Sexual misconduct allegation

In July 2019, an unnamed senior military officer spoke to the Associated Press accusing the general of sexual misconduct in 2017 while she was one of his aides. The officer claimed the unwanted touching and kissing happened during the 2017 Reagan National Defense Forum in California and several times during the year while working as his aide. The officer told the Associated Press: "My life was ruined by this".

The Air Force Office of Special Investigations opened an investigation, which included interviews with fifty-three witnesses and a review of tens of thousands of emails. The investigation found no evidence or information to substantiate the allegations. The court martial convening authority, General Mike Holmes, declined to take any action given the lack of supporting evidence concerning the allegations.

The accuser identified herself as Colonel Kathryn A. Spletstoser, former Director, Commander's Action Group, United States Strategic Command, on July 26, 2019.

On July 30, Hyten appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his confirmation hearing for Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, following five closed-door sessions.  No members of the committee supported the accusations in the public hearing, with Senator Martha McSally stating that "sexual assault happens in the military.  It just didn't happen in this case" and that "the full truth was revealed in this process... General Hyten is innocent of these charges." July 2023 Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser settlement reached in U.S. District Court in California on Wednesday, the federal government will pay her $975,000 as reported in USNEWS https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-07-13/army-colonel-gets-975-000-in-sex-assault-case-against-former-joint-chiefs-vice-chairman

Civilian career
On June 15, 2022, Blue Origin announced that Hyten will join the company as strategic advisor and executive director for Club for Future and . In March 2023, he was appointed as special advisor to Thomas Siebel, the chief executive officer of C3.ai, after joining the company's advisory board in June 2022.

Personal life
Hyten is married to Laura Hyten.

Awards and decorations

Hyten is the recipient of the following awards:

Other achievements
 1991 Recipient of the William Jump Award for Excellence within the Federal Government
 1998 Recipient of a Laurels Award, Aviation Week & Space Technology Magazine
 2009 Gen. Jerome F. O'Malley Distinguished Space Leadership Award
 2014 Dr. Wernher Von Braun Space Flight Trophy
 2014 General Thomas D. White Space Award
 2018 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy

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Writings

References

Bibliography

External links

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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences alumni
Auburn University at Montgomery alumni
Living people
United States Air Force generals
Recipients of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal
Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Military personnel from Huntsville, Alabama
Vice Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
1959 births