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CIE 801 Class

The "Type K", number 801 was a diesel locomotive which was allocated to Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) following the disbanding of the Great Northern Railway Board (GNRB) in 1958.

History

The single locomotive of this class was acquired by the GNRB in December 1954 and became their number 800.

It was built by German builders Maschinenbau Kiel (MaK), who built over one hundred of these Type 800 D locomotives between 1953 and 1965. It was delivered free of charge for trials and unloaded at North Wall, Dublin on 14 December 1954. The locomotive closely followed German practice being fitted with an  MaK diesel engine, feeding power to the rails through a Voith torque converter. The locomotive shared many similarities with the less powerful Deutsche Bundesbahn class V65, it had a "D" (8-coupled) wheel arrangement and was controlled from an off-centre cab.

The locomotive underwent trials on both goods and passenger trains over various parts of the GNRB system and on some of the Ulster Transport Authority's former Northern Counties Committee lines. Following the trials, it was purchased by the GNRB for the sum of £29,500.

Following the dissolution of the Board in 1958 it was allocated to CIÉ and renumbered K801. Trials between Dublin and Kildare and on Dublin–Bray passenger trains followed before K801 was transferred to Cork, where it worked mainly on the Cobh and Youghal lines. K801 was stopped on 7 September 1967, but reinstated over seven years later on a date variously reported as 30 September or 1 October 1974. After reinstatement, K801 worked in the Drogheda area but was stopped again shortly thereafter, on 1 November.
It was withdrawn in 1976 and acquired by the Galway Metal Company as a static power source, being partially scrapped around 1995. The remains of this unique loco were cut up in February 1999.

Livery details

 GNRB: Dark blue with a cream stripe and red wheels
 CIÉ: Green with an eau de nil stripe, and later black with a white stripe.

Model 
The K Class model is based on the DB (Deutsche Bahn) V65. This is available from ROCO  in HO scale.   Steve Johnson’s site has more detail, .

References

External links
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Iarnród Éireann locomotives
D locomotives
MaK locomotives
Diesel locomotives of Ireland
5 ft 3 in gauge locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1954
Scrapped locomotives
Individual locomotives of Ireland
Longford, Victoria

Longford is a town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.  According to the 2006 census, Longford and the surrounding area had a population of 929.

It was named Longford because of the long ford across the rivers to get into Sale. 

It is located at the junction of the South Gippsland Highway and the Longford-Rosedale Road, next to the Latrobe River.  A new bridge over the floodprone Latrobe River was completed in 2006, replacing the historic swinging bridge.  The road approach to the Sale Swing Bridge was prone to flooding, cutting the road to Sale, Victoria.

In September 1998, a large explosion at an Esso-operated oil and natural gas processing plant was responsible for an almost complete shutdown of Victoria's natural gas supply for weeks thereafter. At 12:25pm on 25 September 1998, the weld on GP905 cracked and the exchanger failed catastrophically, instantly killing two people. A Royal Commission subsequently found that Esso breached health and safety rules, and was responsible for the explosion.

References

3. Glimpses of Longford by Deanna Gunning (2010)

Towns in Victoria (state)
Shire of Wellington
Ludwigsfelde

Ludwigsfelde is a town in the north of the district Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg.

Geography

Location
The town is located south of Berlin in the district Teltow-Fläming on the plateau of Teltow.  In earlier times, it was part of the district Zossen.

Parts of the town

Since 1997/2003 the following villages are part of the city:
Ahrensdorf
Genshagen (with Genshagen Palace)
Gröben
Groß Schulzendorf
Jütchendorf
Kerzendorf
Löwenbruch
Mietgendorf
Schiaß
Siethen
Wietstock

Demography

History

The first settlement in the main town took place at 1750 under Frederick II of Prussia; several villages already existed in the 13th century (Gröben 1170).  Ludwigsfelde has been classified as a town since 1965.

Culture and places of interest

Sport
Ludwigsfelde is one of the sister towns of football club, Hertha BSC Berlin.  The Ludwigsfelder Football Club played in the Brandenburgliga in 2017/2018.  The Ludwigsfelder Handball Club played in the Oberliga Ostsee-Spree in 2017/18.

There are also German champions in cycle ball and model gliding.

On 7 August 2005, a marathon was run during the European Speed Skating Championships.

Economy and infrastructure
In 1936 Daimler-Benz Motoren GmbH was founded with a new factory at Genshagen / Ludwigsfelde. The factory made Daimler-Benz DB 600 series aircraft engines until 1945, when the USAAF bombed the plant and then what plant had survived the bombing was removed and taken to the Soviet Union as war reparations. In 1952 the factory was refounded as the VEB Industriewerke Ludwigsfelde, which made various products including heavy machinery and Multicar small trade vehicles. For a brief period the plant made Pirna jet engines for the ill-fated Dresden 152 airliner. For more than a decade, 1954–65, it made IWL motor scooters, including the SR 59 Berlin (1956–59).

In 1965 the plant was enlarged and converted to build IFA trucks. When completed, the new production complex was the largest in the DDR. From 1965 the plant built IFA W50 five-tonne trucks, and from 1988 it made the larger L60 six-tonne trucks as well. Production collapsed after the DDR adopted the Deutsche Mark in July 1990. Daimler-Benz took a minority share in the plant in 1991 and complete ownership in 1994. In the 1990s the factory made T2 and Vario vans, and then at the end of the decade DaimlerChrysler modernised the plant to produce the Mercedes-Benz Vaneo. Since 2006 the plant has made Mercedes Sprinter vans and major components for Volkswagen Crafter vans.

A lithium-ion battery factory was announced in 2019, operational by 2021, and eventually delivering batteries equivalent to 10,000 cars per year.

References

External links

Localities in Teltow-Fläming
Teltow (region)
Associated Gospel Churches of Canada

The Associated Gospel Churches, commonly known as AGC, is a Canadian evangelical Christian denomination. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. The national headquarters are located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.

History 
The Associated Gospel Churches can trace its origins to the 1890s, when the AGC began a group of independent churches, in Ontario, Canada, that was joined together by a charter under the leadership of Dr. P. W. Philpott. In 1922, the group was named the Christian Workers' Church of Canada. To differentiate itself from similarly named, but theological differing groups, the denomination was renamed Associated Gospel Churches in 1925. It was federally incorporated March 18, 1925.

The AGC began its first expansion outside of Ontario in 1940, when a group of churches based in Western Canada sought to affiliate themselves with AGC. This group of churches eventually became what is now known as AGC West Region.

In 1944, the AGC began expanding its English language ministries into the Canadian province of Quebec, and began its first French language ministries in 1972.

In 2023, it had 142 churches.

Leadership
In June 2018, a vote was taken at the AGC National Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario, with a 99 per cent approval for Bill Allan to become the association's fifth full-time President.

Previous Presidents:

 Bill Fietje (2008-2018)
 Bud Penner (2000-2008)
 Don Hamilton (1989-1998)
 Bill Sifft (1981-1989)

AGC leadership 
 Bill Allan - President of AGC
 Tom Lambshead - AGC East Regional Director
 Rob Cochrane - AGC West Regional Director
 Del Gibbons - AGC Quebec Regional Director
 Lorne Meisner - AGC West Associate Regional Director
 John Garner - AGC East Associate Regional Director
 Paul Brittain - National Coordinator of Doctrine & Credentials

References

External links
Associated Gospel Churches - Official website

Evangelicalism in Canada
Evangelical denominations in North America
Karel Čurda

Karel Čurda (10 October 1911 in Stará Hlína, today part of Třeboň – 29 April 1947 in Prague) was a Czech Nazi collaborator during World War II.

Wartime activities
A soldier of the Czechoslovak army in exile, Čurda was parachuted into the protectorate in 1942 as a member of the sabotage group Out Distance. Later that year, he betrayed the Czechoslovak army agents responsible for the assassination of top Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich in Prague. His reward was 10,000,000 Kronen or 1 million Reichsmarks and a new identity, "Karl Jerhot". He married a German woman and spent the rest of the war as a Gestapo collaborator.

Execution
After the war, Čurda was tracked down and arrested. When asked in court how he could betray his comrades, Čurda reportedly answered, "I think you would have done the same for 1 million marks." Čurda was found guilty of treason and hanged on 29 April 1947 at Pankrác Prison.

Alternative theory
Modern Czech historian Jiří Plachý gave a different account of his personality and motives. According to research, Čurda stayed with his family in South Bohemia in the immediate aftermath of the assassination. That put him under huge pressure as he knew the Nazis could wipe out his whole family or village, just as they had wiped out Lidice and Ležáky. It is posited that this was the key factor in his actions.

Čurda in film and fiction
In the film Operation Daybreak (1975), Čurda is portrayed by Martin Shaw. In Anthropoid (2016), he was portrayed by Jiří Šimek. In The Man with the Iron Heart (2017), he was portrayed by Adam Nagaitis.

See also
Operation Anthropoid

References

1911 births
1947 deaths
Czech resistance members
Czechoslovak soldiers
Czechoslovak military personnel of World War II
Executed Czech collaborators with Nazi Germany
Gestapo agents
Operation Anthropoid
People executed by Czechoslovakia by hanging
People executed by the Third Republic of Czechoslovakia
People from Třeboň
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Redemption Songs

Redemption Songs is the sixth full-length studio album by Jars of Clay. It was released by Essential Records on March 22, 2005.

Overview
Redemption Songs is a collection of reinvented hymns and spiritual songs. As part of a church community that believed passionately the blessing of understanding the story of redemption through early church songs and ancient hymns, Jars of Clay found themselves a part of a growing renaissance, one that inspired them to write new songs using the rich hymn texts as the foundation. This renaissance was the beginning of Redemption Songs, a blend of familiar hymns, spirituals, and ancient texts.

Collaboration
The band enlists vocals of friends including the Blind Boys of Alabama ("Nothing But the Blood", "On Jordan's Stormy River Banks I Stand"), Sarah Kelly ("I'll Fly Away") and Martin Smith ("Let Us Love and Sing and Wonder"). It was recorded at the band's Nashville-based Sputnik Studio, and is co-produced by the band members and long-time collaborator, Mitch Dane.

Track listing

Personnel 
Jars of Clay
 Dan Haseltine
 Charlie Lowell
 Stephen Mason
 Matt Odmark

Additional musicians
 Aaron Sands – bass
 Ben Mize – drums (1, 3-9, 11, 12, 13)
 Bryan Owings – drums (2)
 John Catchings – cello (9, 12)
 Andrew Osenga – backing vocals (3)
 Laura Taylor – backing vocals (3)
 Sarah Kelly – backing vocals (4)
 The Blind Boys of Alabama – backing vocals (4, 11)
 Martin Smith – backing vocals (6)

Production

 Robert Beeson – executive producer
 Jars of Clay – producers
 Mitch Dane – producer, engineer, mixing (2, 10, 13)
 Jacquire King – engineer, mixing (1, 3-9, 11, 12)
 Andy Hunt – second engineer
 Mike Odmark – second engineer
 Sang Park – second engineer
 Laura Taylor – second engineer
 Richard Dodd – mastering at RichardDodd.com, Nashville, Tennessee
 John Wesley – translation
 Michelle Pearson – A&R production
 Stephanie McBrayer – art direction
 Tim Parker – art direction, design, cover art
 Jimmy Abegg – photography
 Star Klem – stylist
 Alexis Abegg – hair, make-up

Charts

Awards

In 2006, Redemption Songs won a Dove Award for Recorded Music Packaging of the Year at the 37th GMA Dove Awards. It was also nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.

References

External links
2005 Review at The Phantom Tollbooth

Jars of Clay albums
2005 albums
Essential Records (Christian) albums
Gran Turismo

Gran Turismo may refer to:

Cars
 Grand tourer, a type of car for long distance
 Gran Turismo, or grand touring racing, long distance endurance racing (motorsport)
 Gran Turismo, or GT racing, circuit competition for Gran Turismo sports cars

 Maserati GranTurismo, a two-door 2+2 coupé produced by Maserati
 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk
 BMW Gran Turismo

Video games
 Gran Turismo (series), a racing simulation video game series
 Gran Turismo (1997 video game), the first game in the main series
 Gran Turismo 2
 Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
 Gran Turismo Concept
 Gran Turismo 4
 Gran Turismo HD Concept
 Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
 Gran Turismo (2009 video game), PlayStation Portable spin-off in the series
 Gran Turismo 5
 Gran Turismo 6
 Gran Turismo Sport
 Gran Turismo 7

Film
 Gran Turismo (film), a 2023 biographical film about a professional driver who trained on the racing simulation video game series

Music
 Gran Turismo (album), by The Cardigans
 "Moon over the Castle", a song by Masahiro Andoh

See also

 Grand Tour, an educational trip around the cultural highlights of Europe
 Grand Tour (disambiguation)
 Gran Torino, a 2008 film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
 Gran Torino, a version of the Ford Torino
 
 GT (disambiguation)
 Turismo (disambiguation)
 Gran (disambiguation)
The High School

The High School may refer to:

The High School, Dublin
High School of Dundee, in Dundee, Scotland
Royal High School, Edinburgh
High School of Glasgow

See also
High school (disambiguation)
Henry Walker (cricketer)

Henry Walker (3 October 1807 – 7 November 1872) was an English cricketer.

He was born in Southgate and played first-class cricket between 1832 and 1841, mainly for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). His seven nephews (the Walkers of Southgate) also played first-class cricket.

External links 

1807 births
1872 deaths
English cricketers
Sportspeople from Southgate, London
English cricketers of 1826 to 1863
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Gentlemen cricketers
Gentlemen of England cricketers
Henry
Cricketers from Greater London
Akçakale

Akçakale () is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,038 km2, and its population is 123,721 (2022).

Akçakale forms a divided city with Tell Abyad in Syria, maintaining a border crossing. The Mayor is Mehmet Yalçınkaya (AKP). The current District Governor is Onur Şan.

Syrian Civil War

On October 3, 2012, Akçakale was hit by shells from across the Syrian border in Tell Abyad, killing five civilians. In October 2014, there was an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant presence in the town, due to the porous nature of the border at that time between Akçakale and Tell Abyad, which was then part of the Islamic State.

Geography
There are 120 neighbourhoods in Akçakale District:

 Acıkuyu
 Adnan Menderes
 Akbilek
 Akçaköy
 Akçalı
 Akdiken
 Akkeçi
 Aksahrınç
 Alatlar
 Alıncak
 Arıcan
 Aşağı Beğdeş
 Aşağı Çinpolat
 Aşağıderen
 Aslanlı
 Atatürk
 Aydınlı
 Ayranlı
 Ayyıldız
 Baykuş
 Bilece
 Bolatlar
 Boybeyi
 Buket
 Bulutlu
 Büyücek
 Büyük Naneli
 Büyüktaş
 Büyüktokaç
 Çakırlar
 Cevher
 Ceylanlı
 Çokalan
 Çömlekçi
 Çukurca
 Deniz
 Dibek
 Donandı
 Dorumali
 Düzce
 Edebey
 Eke
 Ekinyazı
 Erdemler
 Erecek
 Fatih Sultan Mehmet
 Fevzi Çakmak
 Fişenge
 Geçittepe
 Gölbaşı
 Gülveren
 Gündaş
 Güneren
 Güvenç
 Hacıekber
 Hürriyet
 İkizce
 İncedere
 Karatepe
 Kayaca
 Kayalık
 Keçili
 Kelebek
 Kepezli
 Kılıçlı
 Kırmıtlı
 Koruklu
 Köseören
 Küçük Hacıekber
 Kurudere
 Mavitaş
 Menzil
 Mermer
 Milköy
 Narlıova
 Nimet
 Nusretiye
 Ohali
 Okaylar
 Öncül
 Onortak
 Ortaderen
 Ortaören
 Osmanlı
 Pekmezli
 Şahinler
 Şahinsoylu
 Sakça
 Salihler
 Şanlı
 Şefkat
 Şehitnusretbey
 Sevimli
 Seyrantepe
 Sınırgören
 Süleymanşah
 Taşkınlar
 Tatlıca
 Topçu
 Turgut Özal
 Tuzluca
 Uğraklı
 Uğurhan
 Uğurtaş
 Vize
 Yağmuralan
 Yalınlı
 Yazlıca
 Yediyol
 Yeni
 Yenişehir
 Yeşerti
 Yukarı Beğdeş
 Yukarı Çinpolat
 Yukarı Çukurca
 Yukarıderen
 Yusufbey
 Zenginova
 Zeytindalı
 Zorlu

Akçakale is at the southern end of the State road D.885. Akçakale has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa).

Sport 
The Akçakale Belediyespor plays in the Akçakale Ilçe Stadium and competes currently in the Turkish amateur league.

References 

 
Populated places in Şanlıurfa Province
Districts of Şanlıurfa Province
Metropolitan district municipalities in Turkey
Divided cities on the Turkish-Syrian border
Syria–Turkey border crossings
Arab settlements in Şanlıurfa Province
Wasif Ali Wasif

Wasif Ali Wasif (15 January 1929 – 18 January 1993) was a teacher, writer, poet and sufi from Pakistan.

Early life
Wasif was the son of Mian Muhammad Arif Arain and received his early education in Khushab before going to Jhang to study.

Education
After obtaining his bachelor's degree at Islamia College, Lahore, he studied for a master's degree in English literature from Government College University Lahore . He wrote for the college magazine "Ravi".

In 1962 he established his own institute, "Lahore English College" near Anarkali in Lahore.

Books 
This is a list of Wasif's books:
 Shab Chiragh (Urdu Poetry) 1978 
 Kiran Kiran Sooraj (Aphorism) 1983
 The Beaming Soul (English Version of Kiran Kiran Sooraj) 2008
 Dil Darya Samundar (Essays) 1987
 Qatra Qatra Qulzum (Essays) 1989
 Ocean in Drop (English version Of Qatra Qatra Qulzam) 1989
 Harf Harf Haqeeqat (Essays) 1994
 The Truth Unveiled (English version Of Harf Harf Haqeeqat) 2023
 Bharay Bharolay (Punjabi Poetry) 1994
 Shab Raaz (Urdu Poetry) 1994
 Baat Say Baat (Aphorism) 1995
 Segue Of Spiritual Whispers (English version Of Baat Se Baat) 2023
 Gumnam Adeeb (Letters) 19??
 Anonymous Writer (English version Of Gumnam Adeeb) 2023
 Mukalama (Dialogue, Speeches & Interview) 1990
 Ziker-e-Habeeb (Na'tia Poetry) 2004
 Dareechay (Aphorism) 2004
 Doors To The Insight (English version Of Dareechay) 2022
 WasifYat (Essays) 2013	
 Kulyat-e-Wasif Ali Wasif (Poetry) 2014	
 Aqwaal-e-Wasif Ali Wasif Ka Encyclopedia 2014	
 Guftgoo (Questions & Answers Series – 30 volumes)
 Guftgoo 1–5 (volume 1) 2015
 Guftgoo 6–10 (volume 2) 2015
 Guftgoo 11–15 (volume 3) 2015
 Guftgoo 16–20 (volume 4) 2015
 Guftgoo 21–25 (volume 5) 2015

References

Further notes

External links 

 Wasif Khayal Magazine
 Dailytimes.com.pk: Seminar to commemorate Wasif Ali Wasif

Pakistani Sufis
Sufi poets
1929 births
1993 deaths
Pakistani scholars
Poets from Punjab, Pakistan
People from Khushab District
20th-century Pakistani poets
20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Aphorists
20th-century Pakistani philosophers
People from Lahore
Metrocon

Metrocon is an annual three-day anime convention held during July/August at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. It is Florida's largest anime convention and organized by Team Dynamite Productions. The convention evolved from meetups of AnimeMetro.com members.

Programming
The convention typically offers an artist alley, autograph sessions, contests, dances/raves, LAN gaming, main events (such as the Anime Human chess Match, Costume and Cosplay Contests, Fantasy Masquerade, Fire Show, and Professional Wrestling), panels, tabletop game rooms, vendors room, video game rooms, and video rooms screening anime. Metrocon also hosts a blood drive. The convention brings $3.5 million to the area's economy.

History
Metrocon was first held in 2003 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and after growth moved to the Tampa Convention Center in 2005. The convention had issues in 2008 with rowdy attendees from the Red Bull Flugtag event also occurring at the Tampa Convention Center. In 2009, the founder and CEO of Metrocon was arrested in Florida for violating Florida Statute 794.05 (unlawful sexual activity with certain minors) eight days before the convention. The conventions Director of Operations characterized the arrest as "an attack on the convention". The CEO stepped down from his position, with the Director of Operations and Head of Security taking over operations.

The convention added a fourth day when unique attendance hit over 10,000, with the first occurring in 2015. Game five of the 2015 Stanley Cup playoff finals was held during Metrocon 2015 at the Amalie Arena. Metrocon 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Event history

Amano's World
In 2006, Metrocon held a second convention known as Metrocon: Amano's World, which featured the works Yoshitaka Amano, who is best known for his Final Fantasy character designs and Vampire Hunter D illustrations.

Event history

References

External links 
Metrocon Website

Anime conventions in the United States
Recurring events established in 2003
2003 establishments in Florida
Annual events in Florida
Culture of Tampa, Florida
Festivals in Tampa, Florida
Conventions in Florida
Thierry Ehrmann

Thierry Ehrmann (born 1962) is the founder and current chairman of the Serveur Group. He was born in Avignon. He works from his house which has been transformed into the artwork Abode of Chaos. He's on the far left of the political French spectrum. He is a freemason, and had founded his own lodge (Faits et Documents, n° 117, 2001, p. 1-2, 6).

Serveur Group & Artprice.com 
The Serveur Group manages art auction quotation databases. The information is administered from Artprice.com, which serves as both the legal and auction interface for the group. 

Artprice.com compiles and regularly updates art reference databases containing information on auction prices, artist biographies, and artwork images sourced from a library of 290,000 auction catalogues.  However, Artprice has faced criticism for its alleged use of spam marketing campaigns.

References

External links
French TV report France 2 Envoyé spécial, dailymotion.com
Terrorising the French countryside
NYT story July 19, 2006 It's his house. But village traditionalists ask is it Art?
France's abysmal Abode of Chaos CNN Travel
Apocalyptic art gallery angers French town
L'oeuvre au noir de Thierry Ehrmann
Interview on TV8 Mont Blanc by Gilles Meunier

1962 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Avignon
French businesspeople
Word on a Wing

"Word on a Wing" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie in 1975 for the Station to Station album, where it appears as the closing track of the LP's first side.

Bowie admits that the song was written out of a coke-addled spiritual despair that he experienced while filming The Man Who Fell to Earth. In 1980 Bowie spoke of the song to NME, claiming "There were days of such psychological terror when making the Roeg film that I nearly started to approach my reborn, born again thing. It was the first time I'd really seriously thought about Christ and God in any depth, and 'Word on a Wing' was a protection. It did come as a complete revolt against elements that I found in the film. The passion in the song was genuine... something I needed to produce from within myself to safeguard myself against some of the situations I felt were happening on the film set."

During the time of recording this song Bowie began to wear a silver crucifix given to him by his father, stating in NME in 1980  "I wear it, I'm not sure why I wear it now even. But at the time I really needed this". A Kirlian photograph of this crucifix featured on tour material around the Station to Station album, in art for his 1997 album Earthling, and cover art for "Little Wonder".

Live versions
 A live version recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island on 23 March 1976 was first released as a bonus track on the 1991 Rykodisc CD release of Station to Station. The same performance was included on the album Live Nassau Coliseum '76, which was released as part of the 2010 reissues of the Station to Station album, in the 2016 collection Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976), and as a stand–alone album in 2017.
 After regular appearances on the Isolar – 1976 Tour, "Word on a Wing" remained under wraps for over twenty years.  Bowie revived the song in 1999, initially during his episode of the VH1 Storytellers television music series, when Bowie reaffirmed that the song was a product of "the darkest days of my life... I'm sure it was a call for help," noting that he spent much of 1975-76 pondering such questions as "Do the dead interest themselves in the affairs of the living?" and "Can I change the channel on my T.V. without using the clicker?"

Other releases
 An edit of the song was released as the B-side of the single "Stay" in July 1976.  The single version is included on Re:Call 2, part of the Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976) compilation released in 2016.

Personnel
David Bowie – lead vocals, chamberlin
Warren Peace – percussion, backing vocals
Roy Bittan – piano, organ
Earl Slick – lead guitar
George Murray – bass guitar
Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar
Dennis Davis – drums
Harry Maslin – synthesizers, vibraphone

References

David Bowie songs
1976 songs
Blue-eyed soul songs
Songs written by David Bowie
Song recordings produced by David Bowie
Mukha (TV series)

(International title: Facade / ) is a 2005 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is the first installment of Now and Forever. Directed by Mac Alejandre, it stars Ryza Cenon, LJ Reyes and JC de Vera. It premiered on March 14, 2005. The series concluded on June 10, 2005 with a total of 63 episodes. It was replaced by Ganti in its timeslot.

Cast and characters

Lead cast
 Ryza Cenon as Mae
 LJ Reyes as Melody
 Valerie Concepcion as Karen
 CJ Muere as Vince
 JC de Vera as William
 Mike Tan as Paolo

Supporting cast
 Princess Punzalan as Dulce
 Amy Austria as Fatima
 Joel Torre as Guido
 Alicia Alonzo as Juanita
 Glenda Garcia as Vivian
 Chinggoy Alonzo as Miguel/Manuel
 Susan Africa as Leonor
 Czarina de Leon as Georgina
 Carlo Maceda as Edward

Accolades

References

External links
 

2005 Philippine television series debuts
2005 Philippine television series endings
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network drama series
Philippine romance television series
Television shows set in the Philippines
1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union competed, winning 20 medals overall (more than three times the amount of any other country).  Other major changes at this championships included:  1) it was the first world championships at which a Code of Points was used; and 2) it was the last world championships that would be held "in open air" (outdoors).

Medallists

Men's results

Team competition

Individual all-around

Floor exercise

Pommel horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel bars

Horizontal bar

Women's results

Team competition

Individual all-around

Vault

Uneven bars

Balance beam

Floor exercise

Medals

References

Romanian Gymnastics Federation: 1954 Results 
Gymn Forum: World Championships Results
Gymnastics

World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
1954 in Italian sport
1954 in gymnastics
International gymnastics competitions hosted by Italy
E. V. Krishna Pillai

E. V. Krishna Pillai (14 September 1894 – 30 March 1938) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly of Travancore. He was known to be a multi-talented personality and excelled as an advocate, Member of Legislative Assembly, editor and writer. During his short life, he wrote comedies, dramas, short stories and an autobiography. He was also a columnist and a caricaturist. He was an eminent satirist and a genius in comedy.

Biography 
E. V. Krishna Pillai was born on 14 September 1894 at Kunnathur Taluk of Quilon to Pappu Pillai and Kalyani Amma.

After completing his schooling at Kunnathur, Krishna Pillai went on to graduate in Arts and Law and started his career as a government servant. He married Maheswari Amma, the youngest daughter of writer, C. V. Raman Pillai. The couple had five sons and two daughters. Chandraji (Ramachandran Nair), the eldest, was a  film actor, the second son, Adoor Bhasi (Bhaskaran Nair), and the third, Padmanabhan Nair (Padman), a journalist and the writer of the cartoon Kunchu Kurup. His other children were Omana Amma, Rajalakshmi Amma, Sankaran Nair (who died at the young age of 18 due to heart disease) and Krishnan Nair.

Later, he took up the positions as Editor of publications such as Malayali and Malayala Manorama. Pillai during this period, shifted his residence to Peringanad, near Adoor in erstwhile Travancore state. He also served as a member of the Sree Moolam Popular Assembly of Travancore.

 

Krishna Pillai died on 30 March 1938 at the young age of 43.

The E. V. Krishna Pillai Smaraka Sahitya Award has been instituted in his honour by Piravi Samskarika Samithi.

Works

Hasya Krithikal (comedy)

Naatakangalum Prahasanangalum (coma and farce)

Aathmakadha (autobiography)

Cherukadha (short story) 

   2 ente gandharvasnehithan

Novel

Prabandha Samahaaram (collection of essays)

Baala Saahithyam (children's literature) 

E. V also co-authored books like Veeramahathwam with A. Sankara Pillai, Gaandhi Kaalam Onapaattu with C. V. KunjuRaaman.

References

External links 
 

Writers from Thiruvananthapuram
Malayalam-language writers
1894 births
1938 deaths
Members of the Sree Moolam Popular Assembly
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Indian essayists
20th-century Indian novelists
Indian children's writers
Novelists from Kerala
Oplan HACKLE

Oplan HACKLE was a supposed plot by rebel soldiers in the Philippines to overthrow the Arroyo administration, foiled by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on February 24, 2006 (see Philippines under state of emergency, 2006).  Allegedly, the four-phase plot included a mass jailbreak of Magdalo mutineers and the unfolding of anti-government posters during a Philippine Military Academy reunion.

The rebel Magdalo soldiers are said to be working with the New People's Army, a communist military organization — The AFP claims "HACKLE" is an abbreviated form of "hammer and sickle".

External links
Armed Forces of the Philippines - Military Portal – Oplan HACKLE discovered
ABS-CBN Interactive – PMA reunion under tight guard
Military intelligence details coup plot in 'Oplan Hackle' - INQ7.net– Another source for Oplan Hackle 

Communist armed conflicts in the Philippines
Military history of the Philippines
Rebellions in the Philippines
Attempted coups in the Philippines
Presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Robert Bassler

Robert Bassler (September 26, 1903 – November 8, 1975) was an American film and television producer.

References

External links
 

1903 births
1975 deaths
Mass media people from Washington, D.C.
American film producers
20th-century American businesspeople
Siethen

Siethen is a village and a part of the city of Ludwigsfelde in the district of Teltow-Fläming in the federal state of Brandenburg. The name Siethen means "land of corn".

Demographics 
The village has a population of 600 inhabitants (2004), a size of 14,48 km² and is located 3 km in the west of the town Ludwigsfelde, to which Siethen has belonged for several years.

Facilities 
Siethen's church was erected in the 14th century; it is located in the village center Siethen has a small castle, built in the 19th century. It was later on used as a hospital and refugee camp.

External links 
 Webpage of the city of Ludwigsfelde
 Webpage of the farm "Spargelhof Siethen"
 Webpage of the holiday village "Maerkisches Wanderdorf"

Villages in Brandenburg
Localities in Teltow-Fläming
Crossbow (TV series)

Crossbow is a 1987 historical drama action adventure television series that aired on CBN Cable Network. The series was produced by Steven North and Richard Schlesinger for Robert Halmi Inc., in co-production with French television network FR3, and filmed entirely on location in France.

Crossbow follows the adventures of William Tell (Will Lyman) and takes place in the 14th-century in Switzerland. William Tell and his son Matthew are imprisoned by the tyrannical Gessler (Jeremy Clyde).  As Governor (Landburgher in the original story) of Austria, Gessler plans to stop the Swiss uprising.  Having split the apple on his son's head with his crossbow, much to Gessler's chagrin, there is no stopping William Tell's legendary strength and skill.

Characters

Main
 William Tell, played by Will Lyman
 Governor Hermann Gessler, played by Jeremy Clyde
 Blade, played by Melinda Mullins
 Roland, played by Valentine Pelka
 Matthew Tell, played by David Barry Gray
 Katrina Tell, played by Anne Lonnberg
 Tyroll, played by Hans Meyer
 Horst, played by Nick Brimble
 Conrad, played by John Otway
 Arris, played by Robert Addie
 Stefan, played by Conrad Phillips
 Weevil, played by Bernard Spiegel
 Ambrose, played by Bertie Cortez

Guest appearances

 Eleanor, played by Dana Barron
 The Emperor, played by Guy Rolfe
 Prince Ignatius, played by Johnny Crawford
 Gaston, played by Brian Blessed
 Princess, played by Valerie Steffen

 Captain of the Guard, played by Steve Buscemi
 François Arconciel, played by Roger Daltrey
 Sara Guidotti, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar
 Vogel " The Alchemist", played by David Warner
 Stefan, William Tell's mentor, played by Conrad Phillips (Philips had previously played the title role in The Adventures of William Tell)

Media
A television film, Crossbow: The Movie, edited from combined episodes of the series, was released on DVD in 2005, under the title The Adventures of William Tell. The complete series was later released in 2018 on six DVD discs.

An action-adventure game titled Crossbow: the Legend of William Tell, based on the series, was released in 1989 for the Amiga and the Atari ST.

Marvel Comics released several issues of a tie-in comic book, with the characters of Tell and Gessler drawn to the likenesses of Will Lyman and Jeremy Clyde. An illustrated storybook and a novelization were released as well.

The musical score for the series was composed by Stanisław Syrewicz, and used an arrangement of the William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini in one of the tracks. A limited printing of the score was released in 1989 on CD and on LP record.

Episodes

Season 1 (1987–88)

Season 2 (1988–89)

Season 3 (1989)

References

External links
 
 
 Crossbow – William Tell fansite

American action adventure television series
Cultural depictions of William Tell
1987 American television series debuts
1989 American television series endings
Television series set in the 14th century
Television shows set in Switzerland
Anna Ottosson

Anna Helene Ottosson (born 18 May 1976 in Östersund, Sweden; married name Ottosson Blixth) is a Swedish former alpine skier who won an Olympic bronze medal in the giant slalom race at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She stands 1.66 meters (5 ft 5 in) tall and weighs 64 kg (141 lbs).

Her only victory in a World Cup competition came when she won a giant slalom competition in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on 23 January 2000.

World Cup competition victories

References

1976 births
Swedish female alpine skiers
Alpine skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Sweden
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Mid Sweden University alumni
Sportspeople from Östersund
Living people
Ingleby Arncliffe

Ingleby Arncliffe is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated between the A172 and A19 roads,  north-east from Northallerton and  south-east from the small market town of Stokesley, and is on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The village is conjoined to its smaller neighbour, Ingleby Cross. Ingleby Arncliffe lies in the historic county of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

History

According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Ingleby is derived from the Old Scandinavian "Englar + by", meaning "farmstead or village of the Englishmen", and Arncliffe, Old English "earn + cliff", meaning "eagles' cliff".

Ingleby Arncliffe Grade II* listed Anglican church is dedicated to All Saints. It dates from 1821 but includes 14th-century effigies. The church is situated less than  south-east from the centre of the village, and  from the church is Arncliffe Hall, a Grade I listed house from 1753–54, designed by John Carr, that replaced a 16th-century house of the Mauleverer family.

At the centre of the village is a Grade II listed water tower, built in 1915 to supply water to the village.

Notable people
 Rev. David Simpson, Anglican priest was born here in 1745

References

External links

Villages in North Yorkshire
Civil parishes in North Yorkshire
Cape Bon

Cape Bon ("Good Cape"), also known as Ras at-Taib (), Sharīk Peninsula, or Watan el Kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia. Cape Bon is also the name of the northernmost point on the peninsula, also known as Ras ed-Dar, and known in antiquity as the Cape of Mercury (; ) or Cape Hermaeum.

Peninsula

The peninsula's northern shore forms the southern end of the Gulf of Tunis, while its southern shore is on the Gulf of Hammamet.

The peninsula is administered as the country's Nabeul Governorate.

Settlements on the peninsula include Nabeul, Hammam el ghezaz, El Haouaria, Kelibia, Menzel Temime, Korba, and Beni Khalled. Rivers include the Melah and Chiba wadis. Mountains include Kef Bou Krim (), Kef er-Rend (), Djebel Sidi Abd er-Rahmane (), Djebel Hofra (), and Djebel Reba el-Aine (). Besides Cape Bon, other headlands on the peninsula are Ras Dourdas and Ras el-Fortass on the northern shore, Ras el-Melah on the short eastern shore, and Ras Mostefa and Ras Maamoura on the southern shore.

The ruins of the Punic town Kerkouane are also located here. Djebel Mlezza ("MtMlessa") has tombs from the time of Agathocles, which were excavated just before the First World War.

See also
 Battles of Cape Bon in 468 and in 1941
 El Brij, Tunisia 
 Sidi Rais
 Korbous

References

Peninsulas of Tunisia
Bon
Ancient Greek geography of North Africa
Robot football

Robot football is a sport organised by the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association. It aims to create a team of robots capable of beating a human side at football by 2050.

Robot football began in 1995 in Korea. From 1996 onwards, international championships have been held every year.

Leagues
The leagues are as follows:

 HuroSot – humanoid robots up to 150 cm high and 30 kg in weight.
 KhperaSot – cylindrical autonomous robots with onboard vision systems.
 Mirosot – robots up to 75mm cube. 3, 5, 7 or 11 a-side.
 NaroSot – 4c square robots up to 5.5 cm high.
 Quadrosot – four-legged robots.
 SimuroSot – PC-based simulation over both 5-a-side and 11-a-side.

Robot football combines skills from all fields of engineering, from computer programming, to mechanical design. Robot football teams are usually found at universities as part of research projects.

The Robot Football World Cup was held in Singapore in December 2005.

RoboCup 2019 is scheduled to take place  2–8 July 2019 at the International Convention Centre, Sydney.

References

 
Association football variants
Games and sports introduced in 1995
Articles containing video clips
Heckler & Koch P2A1

The HK P2A1 is a single-shot, break action flare pistol designed for signaling and illumination purposes.

It can fire either 25 mm or 26.5 mm flares, or smoke cartridges. Adapters are available to use commercial 12-gauge flares available at sporting goods stores.

The body of the pistol is mostly polymer composite, with the barrel and breech being made of steel. The P2A1 has a life expectancy of about 1500 shots of full power flares.

The P2A1 is called the "SigPi" in the Bundeswehr, standing for "Signalpistole" or signal handgun.

External links
 Official P2A1 page

Flare guns
Heckler & Koch pistols
Tennessee Department of Veterans Services

The Tennessee Department of Veterans Services (TDVS) is the head of Tennessee's Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for veterans benefits programs within the state. The Commissioner is appointed by the governor of Tennessee and is a member of the governor's Cabinet, which meets at least once per month, or more often to the governor's liking.

The position of Commissioner was first created in 1945, along with the department it heads, but in 1959 the department became a staff division under the governor's office headed by a director. The position of Commissioner was recreated in 1975 by the Tennessee General Assembly. It is analogous to the federal Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Minister of Veterans Affairs of Canada.

According to the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Louis Ragghianti was the first Commissioner after the Department's reinstatement, from 1975 to 1979, under Governor Ray Blanton. William H. Roden, Jr. was the Commissioner under the administration of Lamar Alexander. William D. "Bill" Manning, appointed in 1987, was the Commissioner under Ned Ray McWherter, and Fred Tucker was the Commissioner of Veterans Services under Don Sundquist. Under Bill Haslam, Many-Bears Grinder held the position. Courtney Rogers was appointed in 2019 by Bill Lee, until 2021.  The current Commissioner, under the administration of Bill Lee, is Tommy H. Baker.

References

External links
LexisNexis's archive of Tennessee Code, Title 4
The Tennessee Blue Book's section on the Department (PDF)
An archive of The Middle Tennessee Times mentioning Bill Manning's passing away
The Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs website in 1999

State agencies of Tennessee
State departments of veterans affairs in the United States
Thorens

Thorens is a formerly Swiss manufacturer of high-end audio equipment. Thorens is historically renowned for the range of phonographs (turntables) the manufacturer produces. In addition to audio playback equipment, Thorens is also a historical manufacturer of harmonicas and has been separately a producer of Swiss-made cigarette lighters, most notably the button actuated "automatic lighter".

History

In 1883, the Thorens family business was first registered in Sainte-Croix (Ste-Croix), Vaud, Switzerland by Hermann Thorens. An initial producer of musical boxes and clock movements (which they were still producing in the 1950s), as well a cigarette lighters, they started producing Edison-type phonographs in 1903.

In 1928, they produced their first electric (motor-drive) record player, and went on to produce a range of audiophile record players in the 1950s and 1960s which are, even today, regarded as high-end audio equipment, and are much sought-after, for example, the belt-driven and sub-chassis suspended TD 150 which was presented 1965. Its principle is also found in the Linn Sondek LP12. Its successor TD 160 appeared in 1972 and was built nearly without discontinuity for 20 years. With the TD 320 Thorens presented in 1984 changed the springs of the sub-chassis to laminated springs.

Although Thorens embarked on a cost-reduction effort in 1997, the company became insolvent in 1999. A new Suisse Thorens Export Company AG took over the assets and continued trading. The owner of the rights to the name was Heinz Rohrer.

From 1999 the less expensive TD 190/170, later the TD 190/170-1, without sub-chassis was offered, its design is similar to the more expensive Thorens-players.

First 2004 Thorens presented a mass drive player the TD 850.
 
2012 Thorens got the EISA Award "best product 2011 / 2012" for the TD 309, a sub-chassis player with a three-point-suspension and a turntable made of glass.

In May 2018 Gunter Kürten, who had been manager at Denon- and Elac, became CEO and relocated operations to Germany.

As of 2019, Thorens continues to produce well-regarded turntables for the playback of vinyl and 78rpm gramophone records.

Gallery of record players

See also
 List of phonograph manufacturers

External links
 Official website
 The History of Thorens and free manuals to download
 The Thorens 'Excelda' portable gramophone: 360° rotatable view of a machine held at the British Library

References 

Phonograph manufacturers
Manufacturing companies established in 1883
Audio equipment manufacturers of Germany
Audio equipment manufacturers of Switzerland
Swiss brands
Dixebra

Dixebra is a rock band from Asturias, Spain. 

Dixebra was founded in 1987 in the Asturian city of Avilés with the idea of creating a rock band that would use the Asturian language in their lyrics with the aim of creating music that reflects the multiple realities of the country. The word dixebra is an Asturian word meaning division, isolation, independence... It has been traditionally used in the political rhetoric of Asturian nationalism. The band has a unique style, based on rock but mixing influences from a variety of modern genres (punk, reggae, ska, hip hop, funk...) and Asturian folk music.

Members

 Xune Elipe - vocals (1987-)
 Javi Rodríguez - bass (1990-)
 Primi Abella - electric guitar (1994-)
 Agustín Lara - trumpet (2001-)
 Eladio Díaz - sax (2001-)
 Sergio Rodríguez - beats, samples, producer (2002-)
 Jorge Cambareli - drums, percussion (2005-)
 Llorián García - electric and traditional bagpipes (2008-)
 Rubén Álvarez - electric guitar (2011-)

Discography
 Grieska - FonoAstur, 1990
 ¿Asturies o trabayes? - L'Aguañaz, 1993
 Apúntate a la llista - L'Aguañaz, 1995
 Dieron en duru - L'Aguañaz, 1997
 Glaya un país - L'Aguañaz, 2000
 Sube la marea - L'Aguañaz, 2002
 Cróniques d'un pueblu - L'Aguañaz, 2003 (book and compilation album)
 Ensin novedá - L'Aguañaz, 2005
 N'acción - L'Aguañaz, 2006 (live CD+DVD)
 Amor incendiariu - L'Aguañaz, 2009
 Tiempos modernos - L'Aguañaz, 2013

External links
 Official website

Spanish musical groups
Asturian music
Košice Self-governing Region

The Košice Self-governing Region (, KSK) or the Košice Higher Territorial Unit (Slovak: Košický vyšší územný celok, KVÚC) is one of Slovakia's eight "self-governing regions" whose territory is identical with that of the administrative Košice Region.

The establishing session of the first Council of the Košice Self-governing Region was held on December 19, 2001, in the historical hall of former Župný dom (County House, today's East Slovak Gallery building) with the participation of 57 deputies elected in the first regional elections for the second level of self-government in Slovakia. Rudolf Bauer (a Christian democrat) was elected as the first president of the Košice Self-governing Region. His successor is Zdenko Trebuľa (a social democrat) elected for the president of the Košice Self-governing Region on December 10, 2005. He was inaugurated on January 9, 2006.

The seat of the Košice Self-governing Region is a former military headquarters building (generally known as The Division) on the eastern part of the Námestie Maratónu mieru (Peace Marathon Square) in Košice. It was completed in 1908 as the largest and the most modern building in the town at that time.

External links
 Official website of the Košice Self-governing Region

Košice
Regions of Slovakia
Geography of Košice Region
Self-governance

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