title: Arthur Anslyn

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Captain Roy Arthur Anslyn  (23 December 1944–7 October 2017), formally known as Arthur Anslyn or Captain Anslyn, and informally known as "Brother" Anslyn, was a recognized expert in marine knowledge who, from 1999 to his death, served as Marine Consultant to the Premier's Ministry, Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority, Nevis Island Administration (NIA), and Marine Advisor to the Premier's Ministry, NIA. Over the years, Anslyn received numerous awards, both for his service to the community and for his bravery in saving lives and property in extreme situations.

Anslyn was born on the island of Nevis in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, West Indies.

Anslyn was honoured with the insignia of a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1985. He was very active over the years in search and rescue, marine ambulance service, and other marine emergency services on Nevis. Using scuba, he took part in the underwater survey for the official inquiry after the 1970 Christena disaster, a ferry boat shipwreck which involved a great loss of life. Anslyn was captain of the Carib Queen ferryboat for 19 years, and was subsequently the Director of Fisheries at the NIA for many years. Anslyn was also an active member of Nevis Historical and Conservation Society.

Brother Anslyn lived in Charlestown, the capital of Nevis. His family name was originally Anslijn, of Dutch extraction: he had family ties to Saba, a Dutch island which lies north of Sint Eustatius.

In 1995, a reporter for the St. Kitts and Nevis Observer commented, "...he's one of those rare individuals who not only performs a public service...but also touch[es] the lives of so many of us" and, "We are fortunate to have someone like Brother among us".

Overview

Anslyn was an expert on marine matters. He was a highly experienced fisher and scuba diver.  In 2000, Anslyn became Director of Fisheries at the NIA, a position which he held for many years. Anslyn also helped create and organize a Fishermen's Cooperative on Nevis.

For 19 years, from 1980 to 1999, Anslyn was Master of the Carib Queen, one of several St. Kitts and Nevis ferry boats. During this time period, Anslyn was given an award by the St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce for his actions in saving the Carib Queen from being wrecked during the passage of Hurricane Klaus in 1984. The hurricane struck without prior warning while the Carib Queen was at dock in St. Kitts, getting an engine overhauled. As the storm intensified, Anslyn took the boat offshore, anchored it, and went and got one other crew member. They then both swam out to the boat, climbed aboard and rode the hurricane out at sea, with only one engine intact.  In 1989, Anslyn once again saved the Carib Queen from destruction during the passage of Hurricane Hugo, by taking the ship to a slightly more sheltered area in Sint Maarten. Although he had successfully saved the Carib Queen, he subsequently found out that his own boat back on Nevis had been destroyed by the hurricane, which caused great damage to Nevis.

Anslyn piloted and worked on numerous sail boats and motor craft, both freight and passenger vessels, and studied marine topics at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and other marine science centers.

History

Family background and influences
The paternal grandfather of Arthur Anslyn was Dr. Nicolas Anslijn, who was born in 1823 on the southern Caribbean Dutch colonial island of Curaçao, part of the Leeward Antilles. Nicolas Anslijn came north to the small Dutch colonial island of Saba as a government physician. He was a "pensioned officer of health of the first class" and was also made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. His father had been a Dutch schoolteacher, also named Nicolas Anslijn, and his mother had been the daughter of a Venezuelan general who had fought alongside Simon Bolivar. At 54, after his first wife died, Dr. Nicolas Anslijn married 19-year-old Esther Zipporah Benjamin Hassell on Saba; they had two sons, Edward John Arthur Anslyn and William Carl Anslyn. In 1863, when slavery was abolished in the Dutch colonies, Nicolas Anslijn was the official who read the Dutch colonial emancipation proclamation in the settlement of Windwardside on Saba. He died during a visit to Sint Maarten, and was buried there at Little Bay.

Nicolas Anslijn's son, Edward Anslyn, moved to St. Eustatius, and from there to Nevis. For 24 years Edward Anslyn served as the Master of what was at first a mail boat, and subsequently a ferryboat, between St. Kitts and Nevis; the boat was named MV Anslyn in his honor. Edward Anslyn had a son and a daughter, Bronté and Roy Arthur, by Hopie, his first wife, who lived on Nevis.

Roy Arthur Anslyn, Edward's first son, was always informally known as "Brother" and more formally as Arthur (his second name) rather than Roy. Arthur followed in his father's footsteps by working on the sea and becoming a sea captain, although, as he commented in 1995, "My father always told me not to go to sea -- it's a hard life". Arthur Anslyn started working at sea in 1960; "I wanted to get lots of experience, so I went to work in the United States, Europe and throughout the Caribbean".

1970 maritime disaster

Arthur Anslyn was off-island in Minnesota, USA, on 1 August 1970, at the beginning of the Emancipation Day holiday weekend, when the ferry boat MV Christina was traveling from Basseterre, St. Kitts to Charlestown, Nevis, on the last run of the day. The boat was greatly overloaded with passengers, with more than twice the recommended number of people on board, and halfway to her destination, she sank. Of the approximately 320 people who were on the Christina, only about 90 survived, nearly all of whom had to be rescued. Some bodies were retrieved almost immediately after the boat sank. As soon as Anslyn was back on-island, he was put in charge of scuba diving the wreck site using shark cages, in order to carry out the official survey of the disaster.

In total after the boat sank, 57 bodies were retrieved that could be identified, and 66 bodies were retrieved that were unidentifiable. Some bodies were trapped in the sunken wreckage; as was recounted in 1997: " 'A decision was made to leave the boat and [the entrapped] bodies undisturbed' note[d] Arthur Anslyn, Captain of the Caribe Queen, who was hired by the Commission of Inquiry to dive the site after August 1".

1983 onwards

On 7 June 1983, as part of Caribbean Area Economic Policy Congresses, Anslyn took part in a three-day seminar on "Ocean Use and Resource Development and Management in the Eastern Caribbean", which resulted in published proceedings, Dalhousie Ocean Studies Programme, Dalhousie University.

On 2 March 1985, Anslyn received an award from the St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

In the New Year Honours List published on Monday 30 December 1985, Anslyn was awarded an MBE, "For services to the community."

In a "Four Seasons Resort Nevis" activities guide, Anslyn was mentioned and described as: "Nevis’ most experienced fisherman, Captain Arthur 'Brother' Anslyn, who has over forty years experience, and is the mainstay of the local Fisheries Department."

In 1995, an account was published of one of Anslyn's rescues at sea, which took place in January 1991. A distress call came in from a woman: "Man overboard 20 miles SW of Nevis". In retrospect it became clear that, "[t]he names of the two people were Edwin Wolfe and Ruth Sarris, both Americans on the way from Antigua to Nevis, when the dinghy being towed broke away. In an effort to retrieve it Mr. Wolfe fell overboard and, fortunately, Miss Sarris threw him a lifeline". The weather was already bad and rapidly worsening, with large swells and strong wind. Anslyn went out in the Carib Queen to attempt a rescue. The weather was so bad by that point that another boat responding to the distress call was forced to give up and turn back. Anslyn managed to make radio contact, and the woman told him: "Hurry, hurry, please hurry, I am losing him." Anslyn managed to locate the vessel and had no choice but to jump overboard and swim out to the man, who was very weak at that point and physically unable to climb. Anslyn unlocked and unfolded the boarding ladder of the yacht, and managed to lift and hoist the man onto the deck. Three hours after the first distress call, both people were taken to the hospital on Nevis, and made a good recovery.

After 2000
In 2001, when a French cruise ship ran aground on the coral reefs at the southeastern end of Nevis, the Montserrat Reporter quoted Captain Anslyn as telling a reporter from the Caribbean News Agency (CANA): "From the preliminaries, some of the coral was damaged and some of the anti-fouling paint was on the rocks, so we wanted to see if it was enough to cause any concern or to actually put in a claim or if there will be any long-term negative effects on the environment."

In 2004, Captain Anslyn (as Director of Fisheries) traveled to Norway with Nevis Premier Vance Amory; they met with Norway's Minister of Fisheries about plans to create a fish farm and fish processing plant on Nevis.

During the 2005 Disaster Awareness Week on Nevis, organized by the Nevis Disaster Management Office, Premier's Ministry, Captain Anslyn was given an individual award for search and rescue, as someone who has "greatly assisted in Disaster Management over the years".

In 2007-2008 Anslyn was listed as joint committee chairperson for Conservation and Biodiversity in the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society newsletter. In 2011-2012, Anslyn was listed on the NHCS website as Government Representative on the Executive Board.

In 2009, a newspaper article commented, "Brother has worked on the sea, above the sea, and very much for the sea", and "He has rescued people and boats without thinking of the risk to himself. He has built up knowledge of that massive underwater theatre by making it his life".

In 2012, on the government website, Captain Anslyn was described as "one of Nevis’ most experienced fishers" and "former Nevis Fisheries Director"; he expressed his support for the construction of Charlestown Community Fisheries Complex at Gallows Bay on Nevis. He commented, "[T]hat area is subject to heavy erosion. From what I have seen in my lifetime, two thirds of the area has gone to the ocean already" and also explained, "The construction of that facility will stop the erosion in that particular area. You will observe that the other areas further south of the project in Gallows Bay will be eroded. You won't be surprised to find that sooner than later the sea will be in the Bogs... When that happens it will be unfortunate, and this is something we can't stop. This is the work of Mother Nature and we just have to go along with it."

Also in 2012, in commentary on the proposed Japanese-sponsored Fisheries Complex, on KYSS 102.5 FM, a St. Kitts radio station, Captain Anslyn was quoted as saying, "Gallows Bay is the best setting" and "...we must look down the road to what the facility can do for the island, and all in all we will have to look positively to the future". In the broadcast Anslyn was described as  a "veteran fisher" and "a leader in the fishing industry for decades".

Anslyn was interviewed as part of a book on the Caribbean politician Ivor Stevens, who was born on St. Kitts. The book was published in 2013.

Anslyn was one of the organizers of the "Great Lionfish Hunt" on Sunday 14 April 2013 on Nevis. This was an attempt to educate the public about this invasive species, and to encourage fishermen, consumers and hotels to exploit it as a food source. He commented, "The objective of the Great Lionfish Hunt is to reduce the amount of Lionfish on the island. We know we cannot eradicate them, so what we are trying to do is keep the numbers down". He also explained that "The toxic spines have nothing to do with the flesh; the flesh is perfectly safe to eat".

Awards
In addition to the MBE honor and the award from the St Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Outstanding Bravery during Hurricane Klaus, Anslyn received the following awards:

 1985: St. Christopher and Nevis Independence Honours Award, for "Public Service"
 1986: Anguilla-Nevis-St. Kitts Association Toronto, for "Outstanding Contribution to Country and Others"
 1987: St. Kitts and Nevis Red Cross, "Contribution to the Society"
 1994: Culturama Committee, for "Contribution and Service towards Culturama and its Programme"
 1994: Nevis Island Administration, for "Contribution towards Tourism Development"
 1994: Nevis Island Administration, "In appreciation of the development in trade between St. Kitts and Nevis"
 1996: Nevis Island Administration, for "Outstanding contribution to the development of the Charlestown Port"
 1997: Foundation for National Development FND, "In appreciation of the voluntary services given as a Trustee of FND"
 1998: Alexandra Hospital, for "Unstinting dedication to the Institution over the years"
 199?: Nevis Fisherman's Marketing and Supply Cooperative Society, for "Outstanding contribution to the Society"

Publications
Published articles by Anslyn include:
 "Harvesting/eating parrotfish puts our coral at risk", by Capt. Arthur "Brother" Anslyn, NHCS Board Director, Friday 8 March 2013, St. Kitts & Nevis Observer, Commentary.

References

1944 births
2017 deaths
People from Nevis
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Saint Kitts and Nevis people of British descent
Saint Kitts and Nevis people of Dutch descent
Saint Kitts and Nevis people of Spanish descent


title: Tafihan

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Tafihan (, also Romanized as Tafihān; also known as Tafīhān, Tafīum, Tafyūn, and Tayūn) is a village in Bid Zard Rural District of the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 4,671 in 1,142 households. The following census in 2011 counted 5,510 people in 1,467 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 6,170 people in 1,713 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

References

Shiraz County

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Zafarabad, Fars

text:
Zafarabad (, also Romanized as Z̧afarābād) is a village in Bid Zard Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,112, in 1,079 families. ظفر آباد بزرگترین روستای منطقه قره باغ است و مرکزیت بسیاری از فعالیتهای منطقه در آنجاست .

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Izad Khvast-e Basri

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Izad Khvast-e Basri (, also Romanized as Īzad Khvāst-e Bāşrī; also known as Īzad Khvāst) is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,642, in 389 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Baghat-e Qaraval

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Baghat-e Qaraval (, also Romanized as Bāghāt-e Qarāval) is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 30, in 12 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Bardej

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Bardej (, also Romanized as Bardaj; also known as, Bardej-e Ḩowmeh and Bardij) is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 446, in 116 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Dowdej, Shiraz

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Dowdej (, also Romanized as Dūdej; also known as Dodej, Dūdeh, Duder, and Qal‘eh Dūdij) is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,480, in 355 families.

According to Abdolmajid Arfaee, Dūdej is the same as the place called Dutaš mentioned in the Persepolis Administrative Archives of Darius I. It is closely associated in the Persepolis tablets with the place called Uranduš, which Arfaee suggests may have been near present-day Dariyan.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Kushk-e Mowla

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Kushk-e Mowla (, also Romanized as Kūshk-e Mowlā and Kushk-i-Maula) is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 930, in 235 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Aliabad-e Seh Tolan

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Aliabad-e Seh Tolan (, also Romanized as ‘Alīābād-e Seh Tolān) is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 207, in 54 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Tarbor-e Jafari

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Tarbor-e Jafari (, also Romanized as Tarbor-e Ja‘farī; also known as Tarbor-e Bālā) is a village in Darian Rural District of the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,989 in 499 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,103 people in 601 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,795 people in 559 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

References

Shiraz County

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Tarbor-e Lay Bisheh

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Tarbor-e Lay Bisheh (, also Romanized as Tarbor-e Lāy Bīsheh; also known as Tarbor-e Pā’īn) is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,491, in 320 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Tarbor-e Sadat

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Tarbor-e Sadat (, also Romanized as Tarbor-e Sādāt and Tarbor Sādāt; also known as Tarboré Sadat and Tarbor-e Seyyedhā) is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 421, in 117 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: The Old Mill Pond

text:
The Old Mill Pond is a 1936 American animated short film in the Happy Harmonies series, directed by Hugh Harman for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.

The short was nominated at the 1936 Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film but lost to Disney's Silly Symphony short, The Country Cousin.

Summary
Fish and frogs gather at a pond. The performers are caricatures of Cab Calloway, Fats Waller, 'Bill "Bojangles' Robinson', Louis Armstrong, Stepin Fetchit, Ethel Waters and The Mills Brothers.

Sequel
The Old Mill Pond was followed by sequel, Swing Wedding in 1937.

Reception
The Film Daily (May 13, 1936): "This musical comedy cartoon is a knockout. Following the opening, which is the song "Down by the Old Mill Stream", the impersonations are Cab Calloway and his band doing "Minnie the Moocher" routine, "Fats" Waller doing his piano number, Bill Robinson his taps, the Mills Bros. their "Hold That Tiger", Stepin Fechit is presented, and a dancing chorus does "Jungle Rhythm". The Technicolor is beautiful, especially in the water numbers. This short is just one load of entertainment all the way through".

The Film Daily (June 1, 1936): "In Technicolor, a swell interpretation by the frogs in the millpond of the famous colored artists of tap dance and orchestra. The leading lights among the colored entertainers are presented in fine imitations, the technique is very clever, and the entire production a real novelty in cartoon with beautiful color and catchy music".

References

External links

1936 films
1936 animated films
1936 short films
1930s animated short films
1930s color films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films directed by Hugh Harman
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short films
1930s American animated films
Films scored by Scott Bradley
Happy Harmonies
Cultural depictions of Fats Waller
Cultural depictions of Cab Calloway
Cultural depictions of Louis Armstrong


title: Ab Pardeh

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Ab Pardeh (, also Romanized as Āb Pardeh) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 434, in 110 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Ab Zangi

text:
Ab Zangi (, also Romanized as Āb Zangī) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 552, in 142 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Anjireh, Shiraz

text:
Anjireh (, also Romanized as Anjīreh) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 823, in 211 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Steckelberg Castle

text:
Steckelberg Castle () is a ruined hill castle near Ramholz, in the borough of the East Hessian town of Schlüchtern in Germany.

Location
The ruins of the old castle lie east of Vollmerz and northeast of Ramholz on the domed crest of a hill spur, the eponymous Steckelberg.

History
The name of the castle goes back to the Middle High German term for "steep hill" (Stechelnberc). As an imperial castle the fortification was used to guard the transportation routes that ran through the hills. The wine route from Fulda to Franconia ran over the ridge of the Breite First here; this important north-south link, which research on old roads indicates was known as early as the Carolingian period, grazes the area of the castle as it passes from Veitsteinbach and Sterbfritz.

From 1131 to 1391 had their family seat at an earlier castle on a nearby site. This "Old Steckelberg Castle" (alte Burg Steckelberg) was located to the northeast of the present ruins on a spur of the Breite First which is known today as Alteburgberg or Nickus. The baronial line of Hermann von Steckelberg is mentioned around 1167. Roughly between 1240 and 1276 the castle must have been in the possession of the Bishopric of Wurzburg. In 1274 Bishop Berthold II pledged the castle to Count Reinhard I of Hanau, whom he needed as an ally. In 1276 it was illegally occupied and used as a robber baron castle. It was destroyed by order of King Rudolph I in 1276. He issued a decree on 14 October 1276 which ordered that "the Steckelburg is to be demolished and is not to be rebuilt without imperial leave.". The castle was supposedly a threat to the peace or Landfrieden; more probably it served to tidy up the estates of the Landvogt and confidant of the king, the Count of Hanau, in this area. Nevertheless, the lords of Steckelberg retained rights of management and use.

There are no more details of the history of the Old Steckelberg Castle. It is, however, certain that this was not the oldest fortification in this location. In 1969 the remains of a large circular rampart, about 0.38 hectares in area and dating to the Early Middle Ages, were discovered in the immediate vicinity.

The male line of the Steckelberg family was extinguished in the mid-14th century and both estates and hereditary fiefs went to the daughters and their husbands, among them, Frowin von Hutten (died 1377). He inherited inter alia  arable fields and pasture land at Steckelberg. Frowin's son, Ulrich von Hutten, (died 1423) used this starting point to re-fortify the castle hill in 1388 and build Steckelberg Castle in its present location. In order to legally circumvent the royal prohibition, the castle was moved a few hundred metres to a site above the earlier castle destroyed in 1276. This de facto breach of the law went unpunished, because Ulrich transferred ownership of the castle back to the Bishop of Würzburg and thus removed the power of jurisdiction from the actual rulers, i.e. the Count of Hanau.

After Ulrich's death the whole family was enfeoffed with Steckelberg Castle. In 1452 Lorenz von Hutten (died 1498) signed a Burgfrieden agreement with the other co-heirs that, in addition to laying down the charges for common facilities, specified how the castle would be supplied in the event of a siege and under which conditions the castle could be used as the base in the event of feuds. In spite of this settlement, a dispute broke out that same year between Hutten-Steckelberg and their Wurzburg liege lord when he wanted to take on 32 external heirs. As a result, in 1458 the castle was besieged and finally conquered by Bishop John. By 1459 he had returned the castle, however, after an agreement had been reached. The partially demolished buildings were rebuilt or renovated and occupied once more.

On 21 April 1488, the reforming knight, Ulrich von Hutten, was born here. In a letter to Willibald Pirckheimer dated 1518, he vividly describes - but probably in an overstated way - the conditions at his home castle.

In 1525, rebel farmers stormed the Steckelberg, but failed to take it. From the mid-16th century, the secondary family seat at the foot of Castle Hill in the parish of Ramholz gained in importance to its owners. Steckelberg Castle maintained its defensive role until the late 17th century, as enfeoffments during the Thirty Years' War make clear. Philipp Daniel von Hutten (died 1687) was the last aristocratic inhabitant of the castle, however. From this period there is also a hand drawing showing the castle in its final phase, having probably remained largely unaltered since 1509. In 1700, the castle was already being used as a quarry. It can be assumed that, in the course of the Thirty Years' War it became uninhabitable.

In 1883 Baron Hugo von Stumm purchased the ruins and protected them from further decay. He bought the Hutten estate in Ramholz for himself and built it into a spacious palace complex in the style of historicism.

In 2004 the current owner had the east wall of the castle renovated and cleared the moat. In early 2008 the ruins were placed out of bounds because parts of the north wall had collapsed. On 26 May 2013 the newly renovated ruins of Steckelberg Castle were officially re-opened to the public.

Layout

The ruins of the old castle today comprise the remains of a rectangular curtain wall with, in the west, a turret at the entrance (with a modern chimney built in), a three-storey cabinet in the northwest and a cellar. In mid-2007, large parts of the walls collapsed.

According to a theory that has been repeated uncritically, Ulrich's father of the same name had the so-called Batterieturm built in 1509 as a mighty powder or battery tower that was to control access to the castle. However, its masonry and embrasures clearly show that the tower was built as part of the 1388/1389 construction. The door with the year 1509 on it was added later. That year marked the conversion of the tower, which had become rather unusable, into additional domestic accommodation, as evinced by the architectural design of the door, chimney and other details.

Gallery

Literature
 Dehio, Ernst Gall: Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Südliches Hessen, Berlin, 1950.
 Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann: Ruine Steckelberg und ihre Vorgänger bei Schlüchtern-Vollmerz, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Führungsblatt zu der frühmittelalterlichen Wallanlage, der Altenburg und der Burg Steckelberg über Ramholz. (Archäologische Denkmäler in Hessen, Heft 105.) Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen, Wiesbaden, 1993,
 Elvira Klein: Der Ausflug zu Burgen und Schlössern in Hessen und Nachbarschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 1996.
 Rudolf Knappe: Mittelalterliche Burgen in Hessen. 800 Burgen, Burgruinen und Burgstätten, Wartberg Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen, 2000.
 Hans Körner: Die Familie von Hutten. Genealogie und Besitz bis zum Ende des Alten Reiches, in: Peter Laub und Ludwig Steinfeld (revised): Ulrich von Hutten : Ritter - Humanist - Publizist (1488-1523). Katalog zur Ausstellung des Landes Hessen anläßlich des 500. Geburtstages. Kassel, 1988, pp. 143–153.
 Jörg Lindenthal: Kulturelle Entdeckungen. Archäologische Denkmäler in Hessen. Jenior, Kassel, 2004, pp. 185f,

External links

 Steckelberg Castle at burgenwelt.de
  Stadt Schlüchtern: Ruine Burg Steckelberg
 Wolfgang Braun: Artist's impression of the castle in medieval times

References

Castles in Hesse
Ruined castles in Germany
Buildings and structures in Main-Kinzig-Kreis


title: Bajgah, Shiraz

text:
Bajgah (, also Romanized as Bājgāh; also known as Bachke Sarāy) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,188, in 554 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Bezin, Fars

text:
Bezin (, also Romanized as Bezīn and Bezeyn) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,812, in 1,700 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Dinakan

text:
Dinakan (, also Romanized as Dīnakān) is a Township in Derak town District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,515, in 682 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Do Kuhak, Shiraz

text:
Do Kuhak (, also Romanized as Do Kūhak, Dow Kūhak, and Dūkūhak; also known as Dūdehak) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,453, in 1,115 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Topki

text:
Topki () is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.

Urban localities
Topki (town), Kemerovo Oblast, a town in Kemerovo Oblast;

Rural localities
Topki (rural locality), Kemerovo Oblast, a selo in Topkinskaya Rural Territory of Topkinsky District in Kemerovo Oblast;
Topki, Lipetsk Oblast, a selo in Topovsky Selsoviet of Lev-Tolstovsky District in Lipetsk Oblast
Topki, Oryol Oblast, a selo in Topkovsky Selsoviet of Pokrovsky District in Oryol Oblast
Topki, Tula Oblast, a settlement in Velminskaya Rural Administration of Uzlovsky District in Tula Oblast


title: Northern Association

text:
The Northern Association was a Class D level minor league baseball league. The eight-team league had franchises based in Illinois and Iowa.  The league began and ended play in 1910, disbanding on July 19, 1910. The Joliet Jolly-ites moved to Sterling on June 21. The Clinton and Freeport teams disbanded on June 28; The Elgin and Kankakee franchises disbanded on July 11.

Baseball Hall of Fame member Casey Stengel and Fritz Maisel were two league players who reached Major League Baseball after playing in the Northern Association.

Cities represented
 Clinton, Iowa: Clinton Teddies 1910
 Decatur, Illinois: Decatur Commodores 1910
 Elgin, Illinois: Elgin Kittens 1910
 Freeport, Illinois: Freeport Pretzels 1910
 Jacksonville, Illinois: Jacksonville Jacks 1910
 Joliet, Illinois: Joliet Jolly-ites 1910
 Kankakee, Illinois: Kankakee Kays 1910
 Muscatine, Iowa: Muscatine Pearl Finders 1910
 Sterling, Illinois: Sterling Infants 1910

Standings & statistics
 1910 Northern Association

The league disbanded July 19.

Further reading
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball: Second and Third Editions.

References

Defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States
1910 establishments in Illinois
1910 establishments in Iowa
Sports leagues established in 1910
Baseball leagues in Iowa
Baseball leagues in Illinois
1910 disestablishments in Illinois
1910 disestablishments in Iowa
Sports leagues disestablished in 1910


title: Le Courrier français (1948–1950)

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Le Courrier français was a French monthly journal that appeared from March 1948 to June 1950. It was published by royalist supporters of Henri, Count of Paris (1908–1999).
In successive years it took the names Le Courrier 48, Le Courrier 49 and Le Courrier 50.

The monarchist paper Ici France was launched in October 1946.
In May 1947 it became a 16-page weekly with abundant illustrations mainly concerning the royal family.
It disappeared in November 1947.
Le Courrier de la Mesnie decided to replace Ici France with the same formula and many of its staff. Le Courrier français was launched in March 1948, and was later renamed Courrier 48. The new monthly supported the Count of Paris but did not depend on him for financing.
Courier 49 (No. 15) published a letter from Gabriel Marcel to Pierre Boutang on the detention of Charles Maurras.

The chief editor was Maurice Colinon and the main contributors were Jacques Baulmier, René Chissey, Victor-Henry Debidour, Michel de Saint-Pierre, Maurice d’Olziac, Guy Coutant de Saisseval and François Chatel.
Occasional contributors included  Daniel-Rops, Gabriel Marcel, Marcel de La Bigne de Villeneuve, Henri Pourrat, Louis Salleron, Henry Bordeaux, René Gillouin, Jean-François Gravier, Daniel Halévy, Jacques Isorni, Bertrand de Jouvenel,  duc de Levis-Mirepoix, Joseph de Pesquidoux and Gustave Thibon.

Le Courrier français was one of several ephemeral royalist publications, others being Force populaire, Le Nouveau Régime, Lys Rouge and L'Etandard.
The journal never had the stature of Ici France. It had smaller circulation, fewer pages and less distinguished contributors.
It ceased to appear in June 1950 after the return of the prince, and was never any help to him.

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1950 disestablishments in France
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title: Rick Lombardo

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Rick Lombardo (born March 24, 1959) is a prolific and award-winning American theatre director, playwright and adaptor. He is the former producing artistic director of San Jose Repertory Theatre, and the former Artistic Director of New Repertory Theatre in Watertown, Massachusetts. Lombardo is currently the artistic director of Penn State Center Stage, and the director of the School of Theatre at Penn State University and the Penn State College of Arts and Architecture.

He is an executive board member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and a Senior Fellow with the American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley. He currently lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, actress Rachel Harker.

Education
Lombardo attended and graduated Georgetown University with a BS in Psychology and minor in theatre, and earned the MFA in Directing from the Boston University School for the Arts.

Life and career
Upon graduation Lombardo was named co-director ad interim of the theatre program at Fordham University's College at Lincoln Center from 1991 to 1992, where he also taught as an assistant professor of acting and directing for four years.

During this time Lombardo also became the founding artistic director of Stillwater Theater Company in New York City, and later as artistic director of The Players Guild in Canton, Ohio.

In 1997 Lombardo became the artistic director of New Repertory Theater, then located in Newton, Massachusetts. Over the next 12 years Lombardo would be credited with bringing in a younger audience and leading the company to a larger and more profitable theatrical venue in the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, Massachusetts where the company currently resides.

Lombardo left New Rep after the 2008–09 season to helm San Jose Repertory Theatre in San Jose, California after a national search was conducted to replace outgoing Artistic Director Timothy Near.

In 2013 Lombardo assumed the role of Producing Artistic Director of the company after a vote by the board of trustees to change the leadership model from a dual CEO structure to a single CEO model.

In June 2014, the San Jose Repertory Theatre board of trustees informed Mr. Lombardo that they had voted to close the theater as he was in rehearsal for American Premiere of "Landscape With Weapon" by Joe Penhall. About the closing, Lombardo had this to say:

In July 2014 Lombardo began production of his original musical (co-written with Kirsten Brandt, and Haddon Kime) “The Snow Queen: A New Musical” for The New York Musical Theatre Festival. This production won both a favorable review from The New York Times as well as an award for Best Overall Design which Lombardo shared with David Cuthbert (lighting and projection designer), Frances Nelson McSherry (costume designer), and Haddon Kime (co-sound designer.)

In April 2015 Lombardo accepted an offer to become chair of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. While at Kennesaw State University Lombardo led the initiative to create a summer professional Shakespeare company called Shakespeare Kennesaw,

In June 2018 Lombardo accepted a position as the director of the School of Theatre at Penn State University, and the artistic director of Penn State Center Stage, a professional arm of the Penn State School of Theatre which serves as a training program for emerging theatre professionals.

Selected works directed
 The Snow Queen – adapted from the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, book and lyrics by Rick Lombardo & Kirsten Brandt, music and lyrics by Haddon Kime,  San Jose Rep, San Jose, California (December 2013)
 "Dessa Rose (musical)" – adapted from the book by Sherley Anne Williams, book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty, New Repertory Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts (March 2008)
 "Bill W. and Dr. Bob" by Stephen Bergman and Janet Surrey, New World Stages, New York, New York (February 2007)

Awards
2009 Eliott Norton Award for Sustained Excellence

References

External links

 The Snow Queen: A New Musical

1959 births
Living people
American theatre directors
American musical theatre directors
Georgetown University alumni
Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni


title: Stanley Albert Joseph

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Stanley "Bunny" Albert Joseph (April 28, 1928 – March 21, 2001) was a Canadian amateur box lacrosse goaltender.  A member of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Bunny was the winner of three Mann Cup national championships over the span of a 25-year career.  He is known for his unorthodox goaltending style and longevity as an elite goaltender in the sport.  At the time of his death he was a highly respected elder of the Squamish Nation in North Vancouver.

Career
Joseph started his Senior A career as a teenager.  Like his father, veteran of 3 Mann Cup finals Stan Joseph, Bunny started his career with the North Shore Indians.  As a goalie, he stood out - not just because of his great play, but because of his unorthodox style.  Bunny played with both hands on his stick and the head of his stick to his side at waist level, a style unique even to this day.

In 1955, the Indians folded and Bunny played the 1956 season with Vancouver, before shipping over to the powerhouse New Westminster Salmonbellies.  In 1958, he helped lead the Salmonbellies to a Mann Cup victory over the Long Branch Pontiacs.  A season later, he would win another Mann Cup against the Peterborough Timbermen, but see severely diminished playing time due to the rise of rookie phenom Les Norman.  In the winter he asked for a tryout with the Vancouver Carlings.  With something to prove and a new club, Bunny finished off his second season with the Carlings with his third Mann Cup victory.  Bunny played two more seasons of Senior A, then took a player-coach position with the Senior B North Shore Indians.

Bunny Joseph would return to the Senior A ranks from 1968 until 1970 with North Vancouver and the Coquitlam Adanacs.  He played his final game of Senior A with the Adanacs on July 11, 1970 before calling it a career.  He would return to the Indians Sr. B team to dabble for a couple more seasons, but after 25 years he was done with Sr. A lacrosse.

Bunny was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1976.  To this day, Bunny Joseph has played the fourth most games (522) of any Western Lacrosse Association player and has faced and stopped more shots than any other WLA goaltender in regular season (10,747 of 15,302) and season and playoff combined (13,040 of 18,456), all while maintaining a 0.707 save percentage.

Statistics
''Source: Wamper's Bible of Lacrosse and Stan Shillington's "Who's Who in Lacrosse 1933-2013: Goaltending Records".

References

Canadian lacrosse players
Sportspeople from British Columbia
1928 births
2001 deaths


title: Dowdej

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Dowdej or Dudej () may refer to:
 Dowdej, Shiraz
 Dudej, Zarqan, Shiraz County


title: Drought Information Act of 2013

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The Drought Information Act of 2013 () is a bill that would authorize funding for the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) through 2018.  The NIDIS is "charged with providing timely information to prevent drought and extreme weather damage."

The bill passed in the United States Senate during the 113th United States Congress. A similar bill, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2013 (H.R. 2431; 113th Congress), was introduced in the United States House of Representatives and considered around the same time. That bill became  on March 6, 2014.

Background

The Western Governors' Association described the need for NIDIS in a 2004 report, Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information System. The NIDIS is supposed to be an interagency, multi-partner approach to drought monitoring, forecasting, and early warning, led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Provisions of the bill
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

Drought Information Act of 2013 would amend the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006 to specify that: (1) the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere shall continue to support the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Program, and (2) the program's purpose shall be to better inform and provide for more timely decisionmaking to reduce drought related impacts and costs.

The bill would revise NIDIS functions to require the NIDIS to, among other things: (1) provide certain information (including concerning water supplies and soil moisture), forecasts, and assessments described in the Act on both national and regional levels; and (2) continue ongoing research and monitoring activities related to drought and the role of extreme weather events and climate variability in drought.

The bill would require the Under Secretary to provide a report to Congress concerning the NIDIS Program that includes a list of partners with whom the Under Secretary collaborates on NIDIS implementation and a description of NIDIS outreach activities.

The bill would authorize appropriations to carry out the Act through Fiscal Year 2018.

Congressional Budget Office report
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Budget Office, as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 30, 2013. This is a public domain source.

S. 376 would amend the National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 2006. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $14.5 million annually over the 2014-2018 period for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to maintain a system to provide early warnings of droughts by collecting and disseminating information and coordinating research on drought conditions. In 2013, the agency received $12 million to carry out similar activities.

Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that implementing the legislation would cost $65 million over the 2014-2018 period and $8 million after 2018. Enacting S. 376 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

S. 376 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.

Procedural history
The Drought Information Act of 2013 was introduced into the United States Senate on February 25, 2013, by Sen. Mark L. Pryor (D, AR). It was referred to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. On October 28, 2013, it was reported by the committee alongside Committee Report 113-114. On February 3, 2014, the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent.

Debate and discussion
Senators Mark Pryor, Jerry Moran, John Thune, Tom Udall, and Mark Udall jointly introduced the bill and were all strong supporters.

See also
List of bills in the 113th United States Congress
Drought in the United States

Notes/References

External links

Library of Congress - Thomas S. 376
beta.congress.gov S. 376
GovTrack.us S. 376
OpenCongress.org S. 376
WashingtonWatch.com S. 376
U.S. Drought Portal: What is NIDIS?
U.S. Drought portal

Proposed legislation of the 113th United States Congress
Droughts in the United States
Disaster preparedness in the United States


title: Tarbor

text:
Tarbor () may refer to:
 Tarbor-e Jafari
 Tarbor-e Lay Bisheh
 Tarbor-e Sadat


title: Charles Minot (railroad executive)

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Charles Minot (August 30, 1810 – December 10, 1866) was an American railroad executive at the Erie Railroad, where in 1850 he became Superintendent as successor of James P. Kirkwood, and was succeeded by Daniel McCallum in 1854. After the bankruptcy of the Erie in 1859 he was reinstated as general superintendent of the Erie railroad.

Biography
Minot was born at Haverhill, Massachusetts. His father, Stephen Minot (1776–1861), was a judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Charles Minot was educated for the law, and graduated at Harvard in 1828. However, Minot's mind was of a more practical bent, and he learned to be an engineer on the Boston and Maine Railroad, of which railroad he subsequently became superintendent.

Minot was one of the first to learn telegraph, and his knowledge of that new science stood him well in his career as superintendent of the Erie, as we have seen in the account of his adapting the telegraph to the use of the railroad. He came to the Erie from the Boston and Maine Railroad. The Erie was then in operation as far west as Elmira. On May 1, 1850, he became General Superintendent as successor of James P. Kirkwood.

Charles Minot was a large, fleshy man, very democratic in his manner with his men, always meeting them on an apparent equality. He was a bluff and rude man in his speech, and hasty of temper. A peculiarity of his character was that if he summoned any of the men to his office to "blow them up", he would deliver his pent-up feelings on the first person who happened to come in, although that one was in no way concerned in the trouble on hand, and perhaps knew nothing about it. Minot's mind relieved, all would be serene again, and when the man he had summoned came in, he would be dismissed without a word.

Superintendent Minot was continually travelling over the road. He had no special car or retainers, such as general superintendents of to-day are sumptuously equipped with. "Any car is good enough for me", Minot used to say. He frequently travelled with the pay car, to save expense. Until one day in the summer of 1853, he invariably travelled with his car ahead of the engine. He acknowledged that this was a dangerous thing to do, but he said "he could see things better." On the day in question, the car jumped the rails near Almond on the Western Division, at a high embankment there. With him on the car was President Homer Ramsdell and H.G. Brooks. Minot was a powerful man. He was standing on the platform as the car left the track. President Rainsdell and Mr. Brooks rushed for the door to escape, but they never would have got out but for Minot, who seized the president with one hand and Brooks with the other, dragged them through the door, and jumped from the car with them just as it toppled over the bank. That was the last trip Minot ever took over the road with his car in front of the locomotive.

The democratic manner of Superintendent Minot had made him objectionable to a number of the Directors long before he declined to enforce the McCallum rules, among them President Ramsdell, so although he had proved himself a capable railroad man, his withdrawal in favor of the strict disciplinarian, McCallum, was agreeable to that element in the Board in more ways than one – but it was costly to the Erie. Minot went from the Erie to the Michigan Southern Railroad, as general manager, a place he held until December 1859. Then he was recalled to the general superintendency of the Erie. He remained at the head of the operative department until December 31, 1864, when he was succeeded by Hugh Riddle. For a time Mr. Minot held an office with the Company known as consulting engineer, but he retired from that and returned to his native place, where he died.

Work

Bringing the telegraph into use for railroading

The Erie, through Charles Minot, and through his successor, D. C. McCallum, attracted the eyes of the whole country to the value of the telegraph as a vital agent in the management of railroads, the running of trains, and the safety of passengers. What was known as the New York and Erie Telegraph Line was begun in August, 1847. It was not a work of the New York and Erie Railroad Company.

In 1847, Ezra Cornell of Ithaca, New York worked to expand telegraphic communication through the New York and Lake Erie Railroad right-of-way with the Western Union Telegraph Company, saving a telegraph line he built from New York City to Fredonia. The new telegraph was an instant hit, and was commonly used for gossip and casual chatting.

Ezra Cornell was the projector of the line, and while he was constructing it through the southern New York counties, taking the wagon roads for his route, Charles Minot was watching him. Minot early saw the value of the telegraph to railroads, and how it might be employed to direct the movement of trains at every point along the road. He induced the Railroad Company to construct a line of telegraph poles and wires along the margin of the railroad, without reference to patents, and without determining the machinery to be employed. It was constructed by the railroad workmen. Mr. Cornell supplied insulators and also Morse machinery for the offices to be opened. The insulators were of brimstone, enclosed in iron pots, and of but small value.

On the completion of the Erie telegraph line, Superintendent Minot offered to purchase for the Erie the Morse patent on fair terms. Mr. Smith, one of the owners of the patent, refused to sell. He invited the New York and Erie Railroad Company to become stockholders in the Telegraph Company, and thus acquire the right to use the Morse instruments. By this time, however, the Cornell line had so shown its unreliable character that Mr. Minot declined the invitation. He wrote, also, very placidly to Mr. Smith that his notion was that, after its completion, "our Company would make arrangements with the New York and Erie Telegraph Company to work it for us."

After a short struggle against circumstances the wire of the Cornell line was, in 1852 and 1853, transferred from the poles along the turnpikes to those of the Railroad Company, and by gradual processes the line became massed with and faded into the property of that Company. In 1852 the title of the company was changed to The New York and Western Union Telegraph.

The telegraph system at Erie
The novelty and importance of applying the telegraph to the running of its trains by the Erie did not begin to attract general attention until 1855. In his report for that year, John T. Clark, in his function as New York State Engineer and Surveyor, referred to this innovation at length. As his statements describe accurately the system of operation on the Erie that had gradually developed under the telegraphic adjunct, and which, modified and improved by Superintendent Minot and his successor, Daniel McCallum, eventually became the standard system on railroads everywhere, they are reproduced here as interesting and valuable historic data:

The telegraph has been in use on the Erie since 1852 [meaning practically]. By the concurrent testimony of the superintendents of the road, it has saved more than it cost every year. There is an operator at every station on the line, and at the important ones day and night, so placed that they have a fair view of the track. They are required to note the exact time of the arrival, departure, or passage of every train, and to transmit the same by telegraph to the proper officer. On each division there is an officer called train despatcher, whose duty it is to keep constantly before him a memorandum of the position of every train upon his division, as ascertained by the telegraphic reports from the several stations. The trains are run upon this road by printed time-tables and regulations. When they become disarranged, the telegraph is also used to disentangle and move them forward. When trains upon any part of this road are delayed, the fact is immediately communicated to the nearest station, and from there by telegraph to every station on the road. Approaching trains are thus warned of the danger, and accidents from this cause are prevented.
When one or more of the trains from any general cause, like that of snow storms, etc., have been retarded and are likely to produce delays on the other trains, the train despatcher is authorized to move them forward by telegraph under certain rules which have been arranged for that purpose. Having before him a schedule of the time of the passage of each train at its last station, he can determine its position at any desired moment with sufficient accuracy for his present purpose, and can adopt the best means of extricating the delayed trains and of regulating the movement of all so as to avoid any danger of collision or further entanglement. He then telegraphs to such stations as are necessary, giving orders to some trains to lay by for a certain period, or until certain trains have passed, and to others to proceed to certain stations and there await further orders.To prevent any error or misunderstanding between the despatcher and the conductor of the train, he is required to write his order in the telegraph operator's book. The operator who receives the message is required to write it upon his book, and to fill up two printed copies, one of which he hands to the conductor of the train, and one to the engineman. The despatcher then transmits a message to the conductor, asking him the question : " How do you understand my message?" To which the conductor must make reply in his own words, repeating the substance of the message as he understands it, to detect any error which may be made by the operator, or of his own understanding of it. If this is satisfactory to the despatcher, he telegraphs, " All right, go ahead ! " and until this final message is received, no trains can be moved on the road by telegraph. Time is saved by using abbreviations for stations and messages, trains, etc.In this way, if a passenger train is delayed an hour or more, all freight trains which would be held by it at the several stations under the general rules are moved forward to such other passing places as they are certain to reach before the delayed trains could overtake them, and thus it frequently happens that in a single day the trains which would otherwise be delayed, are moved forward by telegraph, the equivalent to the use of two or three engines and trains.The blank orders that were the basis of telegraphic running of trains originated with Superintendent McCallum, in 1854. They became famous as " Blank 31", " Blank 32", and " Blank A." The use of Blank 31 came under Rule 12 of the McCallum code, which was that "when a meeting place is to be made for trains moving in contrary directions, the right to run shall be made certain, positive, and defined, without regard to time."

 Train dispatching

Charles Minot as Division Superintendent on the Erie Railroad is credited with the first effort to control the movement of a train beyond the rule book and operating timetable, when, in September 1851, he sent a telegram to a railroad employee at another location directing that all trains be held at that point until the train Minot was riding could arrive.

On September 22, 1851, Minot was in a parked passenger train at Turner Station. He glanced out the window of the train and saw the new telegraph wires. Departing the train, Minot ran into the station, got on the new telegraph, and wired the next station along the line, Monroe, to see if the eastbound train to Piermont-on-Hudson had gone past. The station agent said no. At that point, Minot ordered the engineer of the train to proceed on their way to Goshen. The engineer refused to take Minot's order, and instead, Minot got into the cab car himself and drove the train himself to Port Jervis, hours ahead of the planned scheduled time of arrival. This was the second of the several "firsts" the Erie Railroad created in its time, along with the shipment of milk by rail at Chester station in 1842.

Minot further developed a system using telegraphs for train dispatches, for use when trains would want to pass one another along the line, such as at stations. Two-letter telegraph codes were designated, and the new modern system was set up. For the ten years of the new railroad's existence, passengers had been disgusted as trains waited for hours as another train had to pass them. This new system would relieve this issue.

From that beginning, a system of train dispatching evolved. The operating rule book, later standardized for all railroads, contained the basic rules for the operation of trains, such as the meaning of the all fixed, audible and hand signals; the form, format and meaning of train orders; and the duties and obligations of each class of employee.  The operating, or official, timetable established train numbers and schedules; meeting points for those trains; showed the length of passing tracks at each station as well as indicating the locations where train orders might be issued and contained a variety of other information which might be necessary or useful to train crews operating trains over the territory covered.

The use of the telegraph and Minot's system remained until 1888, when a new system of block signaling, developed by the competitor Pennsylvania Railroad, helped expand Minot's use of telecommunications to control rail traffic.

 Publications
 Samuel Marsh and Charles Minot "New York and Erie Railroad report" in: Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor on the Railroads of the State of New York. by New York (State). Board of Railroad Commissioners. 1862. p. 174-194

 About Minot and his work

 References

 This article incorporates public domain material from
Edward Harold Mott Between the Ocean and the Lakes: The Story of Erie.'' Collins, 1899. p. 430-31; and other public domain material from books and websites.

External links

 Charles Minot, National Railroad Hall
 A Monument to Charles Minot

1810 births
1866 deaths
Harvard Business School alumni
Erie Railroad
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century American businesspeople


title: Tangerines (film)

text:
Tangerines ( Mandarinebi, ) is a 2013 Estonian-Georgian film directed, produced and written by Zaza Urushadze. Set during the 1992–1993 War in Abkhazia, the film is a morality tale addressing issues of conflict, reconciliation and pacifism. It was filmed in Guria, Georgia.

It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film awards at the 87th Academy Awards and the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, losing the former to the Polish film Ida (2013) and the latter to the Russian film Leviathan(2014).

Plot
In a rural village of ethnic Estonians in Abkhazia, a Russian-backed separatist region in the newly independent Georgia, Ivo (Lembit Ulfsak) and his friend Margus (Elmo Nüganen) are the only two of their once large community who have not fled for Estonia after the outbreak of the war. Margus has delayed leaving until he can harvest his lucrative tangerine crop. Ivo, a carpenter, is attempting to make enough wooden crates to hold all the unpicked tangerines, but doesn't reveal his reasons for staying.

Two Chechen mercenaries fighting alongside the Abkhaz separatists show up and demand food from Ivo before leaving peacefully. However, they get into a firefight with Georgian Army soldiers in front of Margus' house, leaving only one alive from each side. Ahmed (Giorgi Nakashidze), the surviving Chechen, and Nika (Mikheil Meskhi), a Georgian volunteer, are both gravely wounded, and Ivo brings them into his home to nurse them back to health.

Ivo gets a promise from both to not carry out any retaliation under his roof, even if they both promise to kill one another once they get the strength. When the two rivals continue to heal over a period of days in the same tiny dwelling, there is a significant degree of tension between them. The two slowly start to see each other's honor and humanity. The two transform their hostility and animosity into respect and camaraderie under the moral supervision of the senior and wise Ivo.

When Abkhaz soldiers come to the house, Ivo convinces Ahmed to tell them that Nika is also a fellow Chechen, but whose head wound has left him unable to speak.

After a local military patrol fails to show to harvest the tangerines as planned, Margus is desperate. The Abkhaz soldiers, having set up camp nearby, promise to help harvest the tangerines in two days. That night, however, shelling hits the village, destroying Margus' property. Ahmed offers Margus a large wad of cash that he has made from being a mercenary, but Margus refuses money "made like that".

Russian troops allied to the Abkhaz and Chechens later drive up to Ivo's house, finding Ahmed and Margus outside, and falsely accuse Ahmed of being Georgian. They are about to execute him when Nika shoots them from the house with a rifle. In the firefight, Margus is killed by Russian gunfire. Ahmed and Nika partner to fight the Russians, but Nika is shot dead by a wounded Russian before Ahmed finishes off Nika's killer.

Ivo and Ahmed bury Margus and Nika. Ivo reveals that Nika's body lies next to that of his own son, who was killed when the war broke out in August 1992. Ivo tells Ahmed that if he had died instead of Nika, Ivo would have buried Ahmed next to his son as well. Ahmed tells Ivo that he misses his own family, and begins his drive home to a Chechnya that will be plunged into a similar bloody war less than two years later. He listens to a cassette tape of Georgian music that belonged to Nika.

Music
The closing credits of Tangerines features a famous Georgian song, ქაღალდის გემი (მე გადმოვცურავ ზღვას), performed by  Irakli Charkviani. Originally from Charkviani's 1993 album "Svan Songs", the composition is roughly contemporaneous with the events described in the film and touches on the theme of longing and reuniting after a period of separation.

Cast

 Lembit Ulfsak as Ivo, an elderly Estonian farmer living in Abkhazia. He is a hawk-faced older fellow, who never hesitates; he instantly helps others, regardless of their "side" in this misery.
 Giorgi Nakashidze as Ahmed, a wounded Chechen soldier, slightly wounded but eager to "kill that scumbag in the next room!" Ivo eventually gets him to promise not to kill Nika unless he steps outside the house.
 Elmo Nüganen as Margus, a friend of Ivo, another Estonian farmer, with a tangerine orchard. He wants to make this sale so he can join his family in Estonia.
 Mikheil (Misha) Meskhi as Nika, a wounded Georgian soldier and an ethnic Christian with shrapnel in his head. His hatred for Ahmed is every bit as venomous.

Critical reception
The film received an 88% rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based on 66 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Tangerines impassioned message and the strong work of a solid cast more than make up for the movie's flawed narrative and uneven structure." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

According to the film critic Anthony D'Alessandro, Nüganen drew a parallel to the 2014 Ukraine-Russia Conflict.

Accolades

See also
List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Estonian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links
 Tangerines Allfilm

 Estonian-Georgian film Mandariinid (Tangerines) wins prizes in Germany
 'Tangerines': Film Review The Hollywood Reporter, 11/24/2014

2013 multilingual films
2013 films
Estonian multilingual films
Multilingual films from Georgia (country)
2010s Georgian-language films
Estonian-language films
2010s Russian-language films
Films directed by Zaza Urushadze
Films set in Georgia (country)
2013 war drama films
Estonian war drama films
Drama films from Georgia (country)


title: Patrick Brachner

text:
Patrick Brachner (born 7 January 1992 in Austria) is an Austrian-born Azerbaijani alpine skier. He competed for Azerbaijan at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom. Brachner was also selected to carry the Azerbaijani flag during the 2014 opening ceremony.

Brachner originates from the town of Kematen an der Ybbs.

See also
Azerbaijan at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Austrian male alpine skiers
Azerbaijani male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Azerbaijan
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan
Naturalised sports competitors
Azerbaijani people of Austrian descent
People from Amstetten District
Sportspeople from Lower Austria


title: Javadieh, Shiraz

text:
Javadieh (, also Romanized as Javādīeh) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,314, in 1,546 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Guyim, Shiraz

text:
Guyim (, also Romanized as Gūyīm; also known as Gūyom and Gūyum) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,297, in 1,829 families.

See also

Ardashir-Khwarrah

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Hoseynabad, Derak

text:
Hoseynabad (, also Romanized as Ḩoseynābād) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 105, in 22 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Kelestan

text:
Kelestan (, also Romanized as Kelestān; also known as Golestān, Gulistan, Kalistan, and Ketestān) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,945, in 492 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Karimabad-e Jadval-e Now

text:
Karimabad-e Jadval-e Now (, also Romanized as Karīmābād-e Jadval-e Now; also known as Jadval-e Now and Qal‘eh-i-Nau) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 49, in 11 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Kudian, Shiraz

text:
Kudian (, also Romanized as Kūdīān and Kūdeyān; also known as Kordīān and Kordīyān) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,051, in 207 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Mahdiyeh, Fars

text:
Mahdiyeh (, also Romanized as Mahdīyeh; also known as Mehdīābād) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,206, in 533 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Mansurabad, Shiraz

text:
Mansurabad (, also Romanized as Manşūrābād) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 960, in 252 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Qalat, Shiraz

text:
Qalat (, also Romanized as Qalāt; also known as Kalāt) is a village in Derak Rural District of the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,613 in 697 households. The following census in 2011 counted 2,988 people in 827 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,953 people in 1,157 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

There is a church called the Glory of Christ in the village. This building has survived from the Qajar period and is surrounded by charming gardens.

References

Shiraz County

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Qasr-e Qomsheh

text:
Qasr-e Qomsheh (, also Romanized as Qaşr-e Qomsheh; also known as Kasr-e Gūmīsheh and Qasr-i-Qumisheh) is a town in Derak District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,890, in 2,594 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Shahrak-e Golestan

text:
Shahrak-e Golestan (, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Golestān) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 37,364, in 9,634 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Shahrak-e Hafez

text:
Shahrak-e Hafez (, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Ḩāfez̧) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,285, in 836 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Shahrak-e Roknabad

text:
Shahrak-e Roknabad (, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Roknābād) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 11,397, in 2,827 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Shahrak-e Shahid Beheshti, Fars

text:
Shahrak-e Shahid Beheshti (, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Shahīd Beheshtī) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,428, in 1,737 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Tang-e Kabutari

text:
Tang-e Kabutari (, also Romanized as Tang-e Kabūtarī) is a village in Derak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 42, in 9 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Aliabad, Kaftarak

text:
Aliabad (, also Romanized as ‘Alīābād; also known as ‘Alīābād-e Pā’īn and ‘Alīābād Pāīn Tūl) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 638, in 174 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Eqbalabad, Shiraz

text:
Eqbalabad (, also Romanized as Eqbālābād; also known as Qjblehābād, Qoblehābād, and Qobolābād) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 532, in 138 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Buanak

text:
Buanak (, also Romanized as Būānak; also known as Bābūnak and Bādūnak) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 674, in 151 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: TowerMadness 2

text:
TowerMadness 2 is a 3D tower defense strategy game, sequel to TowerMadness, for iOS and Android, developed by Limbic Software and released on January 23, 2014. TowerMadness 2 has game controller support.

Gameplay
The objective in TowerMadness 2 is to defend a base filled with a flock of sheep from waves of aliens by destroying the aliens with diverse weapons in the form of towers. UFOs drop invading aliens on landing pads and the waves of enemies make their way to the base to abduct the sheep. Each wave arrives in intervals, or all waves can be sent at once if Invasion Mode is enabled. The goal of each alien is to abduct one sheep. The player destroys the aliens by building towers. Each enemy destroyed provides the player with more in-game coins to build new towers and upgrade existing towers. Once all waves of enemies are destroyed or all sheep have been abducted, the game ends and you earn a certain number of stars and wool.

Stars rate how well a player did on each map based on how many sheep were saved, with the highest being four stars for completing a map with no sheep lost and with Invasion Mode enabled. Without Invasion Mode enabled, the highest possible stars earned are three.

Wool, the in-game currency, is rewarded for completing or failing each map. This can be used to unlock additional towers and tower levels in Xen’s Laboratory, the in-game shop.

There are four game modes: Normal, Endless, Invasion, and Classic. In Normal Mode, there is a set number of enemy waves to destroy and UFOs arrive in intervals. In Endless Mode, there are an endless number of waves to defeat. A player's score is determined by the number of waves survived. In Invasion Mode, all UFOs are sent as quickly as possible, and the rounds have a bonus of +25% wool. If a player can win without losing any sheep, four stars are rewarded. In Classic Mode, all maps and towers are unlocked.

Reception
TowerMadness 2 received generally positive reviews. Upon release, Appsgoer proclaims "you will be rewarded with an addictive, occasionally challenging strategy-demanding game." Android Central mentions "Beyond just the gameplay, this developer is doing all of the right things." Well-known app review site, Pocket Gamer, explains that "The game also balances its cheeky humour well with stages that will seriously challenge your forward-planning abilities." TouchArcade praises it as "an excellent tower defense game and expands upon the original in every fact".

References

External links
 Limbic website

2014 video games
Android (operating system) games
IOS games
Tower defense video games
Video game sequels
Video games developed in the United States
Strategy video games
Puzzle video games
Single-player video games


title: World Skateboarding Grand Prix

text:
World Skateboarding Grand Prix (WSGP) is a skateboarding event management company based in Sacramento, California.

In 2013 and 2014, WSPG presented the Kimberley Diamond Cup World Skateboarding Championships in Kimberley, South Africa.

The events featured the largest single-event prize purses in competitive skateboarding in 2013, including $100,000 for first prize in the Street skateboarding competition.

Background

World Skateboarding Grand Prix (WSPG) is a skateboarding event management company that was founded by CEO Tim McFerran in 2013. WSGP is based in Sacramento, California.

McFerran previously served as Vice President at Maloof Skateboarding and ran the Maloof Money Cup World Championships from 2008 to 2012. In 2009, McFerran was named one of the “Hot 25” “best and brightest business professionals” in the Orange County, California region by OC METRO.

Kimberley Diamond Cup

The 2013, 2014 and 2015 Kimberley Diamond Cup World Skateboarding Championships were produced by World Skateboarding Grand Prix (WSGP) and presented in partnership with the Northern Cape Provincial Government and Kumba Iron Ore, the fourth-largest iron ore producer in the world and the largest in Africa. The open skateboarding competitions were held at the Kumba Skate Plaza in Kimberley, capital of the Northern Cape Province in South Africa.

The Kimberley Diamond Cup replaced the Maloof Money Cup World Championships, held in 2011 and 2012. The event was named in homage to Kimberley’s history as the location of the first diamond mine in South Africa, and for its reputation as "The Diamond City."

Prize money for the Kimberley Diamond Cup World Skateboarding Championships was $250,000 and the total prize purse was $500,000, the largest single-event purse in skateboarding.

The Kimberley Diamond Cup events were webcast in 120 countries. SuperSport, the leading sports provider in South Africa, also broadcast the competitions.

During the summer of 2013, professional skateboarders Ryan Decenzo and Adam Dyet joined the WSGP’s Skateboarding for Hope tour in the Northern Cape Province and participated in skateboarding clinics and demonstrations in Kathu, Kuruman, Postmasburg and Kimberley.

WSGP also conducted coaching clinics throughout South Africa, gave away skateboards, and employed a full-time skateboarding coach at the Kumba Skate Plaza.

WSGP partnered with a South African project management company to deliver the Kimberley Diamond Cup.

Rider Cup NYC

In 2014, WSGP produced the Rider Cup NYC team skateboarding competition in New York City. Contests were held in New York’s five boroughs and finals were conducted at Lower East Side (LES) Coleman Skatepark. Winning teams from each borough (12 total) competed to win $10k plus an all-expenses paid trip to South Africa to compete in the Rider Cup World Championships at the 2014 Kimberly Diamond Cup.

2014 Rider Cup NYC Final Results

 Soul Team (Brooklyn)
 LES Bomb Squad (Manhattan)
 Team Belief (Queens)

2014 Rider Cup Team Championships at KDC

In October 2014, eight international 4-man teams of skateboarders competed in the Rider Cup Team Championship at KDC. The South African team 4 Staxx won the $4000 prize purse.

  4 Staxx, South Africa
  Get It Get It!, South Africa
  Clean Team, South Africa

Turkish Skateboarding Championships

In August 2014, WSGP announced plans to produce a Grand Slam series of skateboarding competitions in Turkey in 2015. The events culminated in the inaugural Turkish Skateboarding Championships in Istanbul on May 31, 2015.

External links
 World Skateboarding Grand Prix
 Kimberley Diamond Cup

References

Skateboarding competitions


title: VA-22A (U.S. Navy)

text:
VA-22A was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, established as Torpedo Squadron VT-98 on 28 August 1944 at NAAS Ventura (Oxnard). It moved to NAAS Los Alamitos on 1 December 1944, and to NAS San Diego on 25 August 1946. The squadron was redesignated VA-22A on 15 November 1946. It was disestablished on 5 August 1947.

The squadron's motto was Parati—in Pace—Aut Bello (Prepared—in Peace—or War). It flew various models of the Grumman TBF Avenger, and its mission throughout its life was to provide trained torpedo plane pilots and aircrewmen for assignment as replacements to squadrons operating in the Pacific.

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

References

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


title: Mehdiabad, Shiraz

text:
Mehdiabad (, also Romanized as Mehdīābād) is a village in Siyakh Darengun Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 156, in 38 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: De natis ultra mare

text:
De natis ultra mare, also known as the Status of Children Born Abroad Act 1350, was an English statute during the reign of Edward III. It regulated rights of those born overseas, and was an early precursor of British nationality law, and others. Dating from 1351, during the early part of the Hundred Years' War, it addressed the issue of inheritance by foreign-born children, a topical problem.

This statute of 25 Edw. 3 was invoked over 200 years later, in two matters; in the first of those, it did not prove effective since the outcome went in the other direction, but in the second it was significant. In the debate on the succession to Elizabeth I, it was thought by some to be telling against claimants of the House of Stuart. In Calvin's Case, it was also brought up, to argue against the proposed right of inheritance in England of the Scottish post-nati (those born after the Union of Crowns of 1603).

References

Acts of the Parliament of England
1350s in law
1351 in England
Medieval English law


title: Edward P. Branch

text:
Edward P. Branch (May 24, 1842 – January 6, 1937) was a one-term mayor of Melbourne, Florida from 1892 to 1893.

He came to Melbourne, Florida in 1886.
He influenced Henry Flagler to bring the Florida East Coast Railway through Melbourne.

In 1889, he organized the First Congregational Church along with his wife, and 10 others. In 1913, he was a member of the National Council of Delegates for the American Congregational Church.

After the death of Richard W. Goode in 1912, he was appointed postmaster of Melbourne.

References

American Congregationalists
American bankers
Mayors of Melbourne, Florida
Florida postmasters
People from Painesville, Ohio
1842 births
1937 deaths
19th-century American merchants


title: List of equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

text:
The following is a list of equipment currently in service with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

Uniforms

Camouflage patterns

 See also: List of military clothing camouflage patterns#Asia A–M

Other equipment

Rations

Type I Combat Rations – Can-meshi (canned type ration packs)
Type II Combat Rations – Pack-meshi (boiled in bag type ration packs)
Survival Ration Pack – Emergency rations for aircrew, etc. Also used by ASDF & MSDF.
Training Rations – Commercial style perishable food/drink items used in exercises, on base, and when supplying civilians at PR events or during disaster relief.)
MCW/LRP ration – Japanese produced equivalent of the American ration.

Infantry weapons

Artillery and missile systems

Vehicles

Aircraft

Historic, retired or reserve equipment

Small arms

Personal equipment

Artillery and missile systems

Vehicles

Aircraft

References

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
Military equipment of Japan
Japan
Equipment


title: Nathan Greno

text:
Nathan Greno (born March 22, 1975) is an American film director, story artist, and writer best known as one of the directors of the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Tangled (2010).

Inspired by Disney films since the first grade, Greno started as a young boy writing and drawing comic books and strips. In 1996, during his junior year at Columbus College of Art and Design, he was hired by Walt Disney Feature Animation. He started there as an animation clean-up artist on Mulan (1998). Being creatively unfulfilled, he switched to story development. He then contributed as a story artist on Brother Bear (2003), wrote a screenplay and worked as a story artist on Meet the Robinsons (2007), and supervised the story on Bolt (2008). With the short film Super Rhino (2009), he made his directorial debut. In 2006, he took over a long-in-development project Tangled, based on the fairy tale Rapunzel and chose Byron Howard, with whom he had collaborated on Bolt and Super Rhino, as a directing partner. The film was released in 2010 to a great critical and financial reception, and was followed in 2012 by Greno and Howard-directed short film Tangled Ever After.

Greno had most recently been directing an animated film titled Gigantic. Loosely based on the fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, it was scheduled for a 2020 release. However, in October 2017, it was announced that the film had been shelved. In February 2018, it was announced that Greno had signed a multiyear contract with Skydance Media to write and direct an animated film provisionally titled Powerless, as well as consult on projects in development.

Filmography

Films

Shorts and TV specials

Cancelled feature film projects

References

External links

American animated film directors
Animation screenwriters
Animators from Wisconsin
Living people
Walt Disney Animation Studios people
People from Kenosha, Wisconsin
Film directors from Wisconsin
1975 births
Skydance Media people


title: Peripolocetus

text:
Peripolocetus is a genus of balaenid baleen whale from the middle Miocene of Kern County, California.

Classification

Like other non-balaenopteroid thalassotheres, Peripolocetus was classified as a cetotheriid in the past. When named by American zoologist Remington Kellogg in 1931, it was assigned to Cetotheriidae, an opinion followed by subsequent authors. However, it was assigned to Mysticeti incertae sedis by one source, and a cladistic analysis of Herpetocetus morrowi recovered Peripolocetus as a member of Balaenoidea. The assignment of Peripolocetus to Balaenoidea was further reinforced by a new specimen from the type locality at Sharktooth Hill Bonebed.

References

Baleen whales
Miocene cetaceans
Prehistoric cetacean genera
Fossil taxa described in 1931
Fossils of the United States
Taxa named by Remington Kellogg


title: Dast-e Khezr

text:
Dast-e Khezr (, also Romanized as Dast-e Kheẕr; also known as Kheẕr) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,540, in 1,401 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Gol Khun

text:
Gol Khun (, also Romanized as Gol Khūn and Gel Khūn; also known as Gerkhūn-e Shūbāzār) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 739, in 178 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Khaljuy

text:
Khaljuy (, also Romanized as Khaljūy) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 610, in 134 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Kaftarak

text:
Kaftarak () is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,732, in 433 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Kushkak, Shiraz

text:
Kushkak (, also Romanized as Kūshkak; also known as Kooshkak Hoomeh) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,172, in 597 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Mah-e Firuzan

text:
Mah-e Firuzan (, also Romanized as Māh-e Fīrūzān; also known as Fīrūzān and Māh Parvīzān) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District of the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 498 in 134 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,078 people in 310 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,203 people in 976 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

References

Shiraz County

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Morghan

text:
Morghan (, also Romanized as Morghān; also known as Morghūn) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,660, in 1,506 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Nilgunak

text:
Nilgunak (, also Romanized as Nīlgūnak and Nilgoonak) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 535, in 116 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Nasrabad, Shiraz

text:
Nasrabad (, also Romanized as Naşrābād) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,293, in 1,061 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Qaleh Now, Kaftarak

text:
Qaleh Now (, also Romanized as Qal’eh-ye Now) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,585, in 894 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Qandilak

text:
Qandilak (, also Romanized as Qandīlak; also known as Gandīlak and Qandīnak) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 122, in 29 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Torkan, Fars

text:
Torkan (, also Romanized as Torkān; also known as Turkān) is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,685, in 726 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Aliabad, Qarah Bagh

text:
Aliabad (, also Romanized as ‘Alīābād and Alīābād) is a village in Qarah Bagh Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 895, in 224 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Eslamlu Ayili

text:
Eslamlu Ayili (, also Romanized as Eslāmlū Āyīlī; also known as Eslāmlū, Eslāmlū Chowyān, and Eslāmlū Chūpān) is a village in Qarah Bagh Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 937, in 209 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Bagh-e Khoshrow

text:
Bagh-e Khoshrow (, also Romanized as Bāgh-e Khoshrow) is a village in Qarah Bagh Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95, in 23 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Barm Shur-e Olya

text:
Barm Shur-e Olya (, also Romanized as Barm Shūr-e ‘Olyā; also known as Barm-e Shūr-e Bālā and Barm Shūr-e Bālā) is a village in Qarah Bagh Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 957, in 236 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Barm Shur-e Sofla

text:
Barm Shur-e Sofla (, also Romanized as Barm Shūr-e Soflá; also known as Bameru, Barm-e Shūr-e Pā’īn, Barm Shūr, and Barm Shūr-e Pā’īn) is a village in Qarah Bagh Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 444, in 97 families.

References

Populated places in Shiraz County


title: Boldyn Byambadorj

text:
Boldyn Byambadorj (born April 6, 1991 in Bulgan Province, Mongolia) is a cross-country skier from Mongolia. He will compete for Mongolia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the 15 kilometre classical race.

Byambadorj was also selected to carry the Mongolian flag during the opening ceremony.

See also
Mongolia at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

1991 births
Living people
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Mongolian male cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers for Mongolia
People from Bulgan Province
Asian Games medalists in ski orienteering
Ski-orienteers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for Mongolia
Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade


title: Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra

text:
The Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra played its first concert in 1950 under the name Northern Arizona Orchestra. It is associated with the non-profit Flagstaff Symphony Association, which was incorporated in 1961. The orchestra is currently composed of at least 75 professional and community members and offers a full annual calendar of events. The concert venue is normally the Ardrey Memorial Auditorium at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, and the artistic director and conductor is Charles Latshaw.

The orchestra is known for popular community offerings which attract a wide audience, including different age demographics. Events like Halloween concerts are especially designed for children.

References

External links
 Official Site

American orchestras
Musical groups from Arizona
Musical groups established in 1950
Performing arts in Arizona


title: Mary-Ann Ochota

text:
Mary-Ann Ochota ( O-hot-ah; born 8 May 1981) is a British broadcaster and anthropologist specialising in anthropology, archaeology, social history and adventure factual television.

Biography
Ochota was born and grew up in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire, to an Indian mother and a Polish father. She studied at the sixth-form college of Sir John Deane's College.

From 1999 to 2002 she studied Archaeology and Anthropology at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, specialising in Social Anthropology. She represented her college in the 2013 University Challenge Christmas Special, reaching the final, against Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

In 2008, she married children's author Joe Craig. Ochota gave birth to their son in July 2018.

Presenting
Ochota has reported for Channel 4's foreign affairs documentary strand, Unreported World. Her first film for the series, India's Slumkid Reporters was broadcast in September 2013, her second, Kickboxing Kids was broadcast in 2014

She contributed to series 1 and 2 of the ITV archaeology programme Britain's Secret Treasures presenting the history of artefacts including the Pegsdon Mirror, Putney 'Brothel' Token, Stone Priory Seal Matrix, Lincoln Roman Statue, Canterbury Pilgrim Badges and the wreck of .

In Britain's Secret Homes (ITV, 2013), she presented the stories of life at Creswell Crags, Derbyshire; St Mungo's Home for Working Girls, London; the Knap of Howar, Orkney, and the Broch of Mousa, Shetland.

Ochota presented the three-part series, Raised Wild for Animal Planet (broadcast as Feral Children in the UK), investigating cases of 'feral' children, defined as children either raised by or with animals, or children who had survived for a significant period in the wild.  There were three episodes in Season 1, in Uganda, Ukraine and Fiji.

Ochota was the co-presenter for Series 19 (2012) of Channel 4's archaeology show Time Team with Tony Robinson. She has contributed to current affairs radio programme Weekend World Today on the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4 (Our Daily Bread) and is a regular reviewer on the Sky News paper preview.

In 2016, Ochota presented the series "Best of enemies" for German television, in which she travelled around Britain to find out what the British really think about the Germans. The series was aired on the German channel ARD-alpha in English with German subtitles.

Other work
Ochota featured as a model in several commercials including Kellogg's Special K.

She has been chairman and interviewer at the annual Institute of Art and Ideas Crunch arts festival and HowTheLightGetsIn Philosophy festival, blogs for The Independent and writes regularly for The Daily Telegraph on countryside issues and outdoor activities.

Her first book, published by Headline in 2013, in association with the British Museum and ITV accompanied the TV series of the same name, Britain's Secret Treasures.

Ochota joined the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in 2012 on Leg 8, racing Edinburgh Inspiring Capital from Qingdao, China to San Francisco, USA. She sailed as a fully active crew member, and blogged for international adventure magazines whilst at sea.

She has written about her love of the outdoors and adventure activities, including wild camping, orienteering and UK scuba diving. Her second book, Hidden Histories: A Spotter's Guide to the British Landscape, was published in 2016.

She has raised funds for the RNLI, the mental health charity Mind, and Hope and Homes for Children.

Ochota is a co-presenter (with Clive Anderson) on the Smithsonian Channel series Mystic Britain.

References
Notes

Sources

External links
 Ochota's blogger profile at Independent Newspaper
 Knight Ayton, Ochota's page
 Britain's Secret Treasures book, written by Mary-Ann Ochota

English television presenters
British women television presenters
English anthropologists
British women anthropologists
Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
English female models
Living people
1981 births
People educated at Sir John Deane's College
People from Northwich
English people of Indian descent
English people of Polish descent
21st-century British anthropologists
21st-century English women
21st-century English people


title: Kari Peters

text:
Kari Peters (born 17 November 1985 in Dudelange, Luxembourg) is a Luxembourger cross-country skier. He competed for Luxembourg at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Sprint event. He was also scheduled to compete in the 15 kilometre classical event, but withdrew due to suffering from a severe cold.

Kari Peters was named as the athlete to represent the country after he met the standard of less than 100 FIS Points set by the Luxembourgian Olympic and Sporting Committee. Peters is also the first ever athlete to qualify in cross-country skiing for the country. He will be the first cross-country skier to represent his country.

Peters was also selected to carry the Luxembourg flag during the opening ceremony.

See also
Luxembourg at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

External links

1985 births
Living people
Luxembourgian male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers for Luxembourg
People from Dudelange


title: Paul Norton (rugby league)

text:
Paul Norton is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford (Heritage No. 588), as a , or , i.e. number 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums.

Playing career

County honours
Paul Norton was an unused interchange/substitute, i.e. number 14, for Yorkshire while at Castleford in the 13–17 defeat by Cumberland at Derwent Park, Workington on 29 August 1979.

County Cup Final appearances
Paul Norton played as an interchange/substitute, i.e. number 15, (replacing  Alan Hardy) in Castleford's 10–5 victory over Bradford Northern in the 1981 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1981–82 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds, on Saturday 3 October 1981.

References

External links
Paul Norton Memory Box Search at archive.castigersheritage.com

Living people
Castleford Tigers players
English rugby league players
Place of birth missing (living people)
Rugby league locks
Rugby league second-rows
Year of birth missing (living people)
Yorkshire rugby league team players


title: Barm Shur

text:
Barm Shur () may refer to:
 Barm Shur-e Olya
 Barm Shur-e Sofla


title: The Guess List

text:
The Guess List is a British comedy game show that was broadcast on BBC One from 12 April to 24 May 2014. Presented by Rob Brydon, it features two contestants competing for a prize specially selected for them.

Production
The pilot episode was filmed on 23 August 2013 at MediaCityUK. The series was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Mark Linsey and Alan Tyler and produced by 12 Yard.

Episode list

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2014 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
BBC television comedy
BBC television game shows
2010s British game shows
English-language television shows
Television series by ITV Studios
Television shows set in the United Kingdom