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ELVO Leonidas-2

The Leonidas-2 represented an effort made by the Greek vehicle manufacturer ELVO to produce an advanced armoured personnel carrier (APC) of its own. It is named after Leonidas, king of the ancient city-state of Sparta. The first version of the Leonidas was the Austrian Saurer 4K 4FA armoured personnel carrier built with minor modifications by the Greek company (then known as Steyr Hellas S.A.) from 1981 until 1987. Initial production was essentially assembly, however Greek content progressively increased. The APC had a 320 hp engine and a weight of 14.8 tons.

Design and development

The 'Leonidas-2' development involved extensive modification of the previous model. This  was done by ELVO in 1987 with the aim to essentially develop it as an armoured infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV). The new version had a weight of 18.8 tons and it used a 450 hp engine; maximum speed was 70 km/h. The construction of the turret became a matter of debates involving interested companies (three versions with different types of turrets were proposed, while there were "demands" that the turret should constructed by EBO), but the vehicle was finally produced without a turret. About 700 were produced, including a number exported to Cyprus. Plans to develop the vehicle further  as 'Leonidas-3' for different roles were abandoned in 2002, as the vehicle was considered outdated. ELVO continued efforts for a modern AIFV development, starting cooperation in 1988 with Steyr-Daimler-Puch of Austria on a joint development, but soon pulled out due to the high cost of the vehicle compared to the Greek Army specifications (Santa Bárbara Sistemas of Spain continued development with the Austrian company, resulting in the ASCOD Ulan/Pizarro AIFV). Eventually ELVO worked on its own, developing a completely new armoured infantry fighting vehicle, the Kentaurus in 1998.

Leonidas production
The table below shows the production run based on the history of publicly known orders, as published in the press. The total appears as 700 vehicles, yet the company ELVO in its internet site mentions a total production of "about 800 vehicles"

Operators

Current operators
  - 197
  - 493
  - 10

See also 
 ELVO Kentaurus
 Saurer 4K 4FA

Notes

External links
ELVO - Leonidas

Armoured fighting vehicles of Greece
Tracked armoured personnel carriers
Hellenic Army
Leonidas I
Road Hogs

Road Hogs is the second supplement to the After the Bomb setting of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness role-playing game. It was published by Palladium Books in October 1986 and uses the Palladium Megaversal system.

Publication history
Road Hogs was written by Erick Wujcik, and was published by Palladium Books in 1987 as a 48-page book.

Content
Road Hogs is an After the Bomb! supplement describing the postholocaust West Coast, including maps, new character rules, new animals, equipment and skills. The book focuses on vehicle combat, with a scenario and a comics story.

Setting 
The storyline of After the Bomb introduced a post-nuclear warfare setting centered around the eastern United States, where most of the area is populated by mutated animals that form the predominant societies, as opposed to the setting of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness where mutants live on the fringes of contemporary human society. Road Hogs expands that setting to include the western United States, which is largely controlled by vicious gangs of mutants in heavily modified vehicles, scavenging for their existence. It is reminiscent of the movie The Road Warrior.

The book outlines many new rules for the operation of vehicles and acquisition of resources in a bleak wasteland setting, as well as several adventure scenarios. These include road maps of Southern and Central California that indicate where the various factions and gangs occupying the region are located. Most of the civilized mutants and humans are located in what was previously known as Sacramento, California.

A short story was included with the book to give feel of environment the supplement provided. It involves the tale of an ancient, slightly senile turtle martial-arts master who wields a pair of sais, hinting that this character may in fact be Raphael. He also mistakes one of his students for "Mike". This suggests that he was one of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

The book is also noted for its original artwork by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman, which has not been reproduced in other books from Palladium.

Reviews
GamesMaster International Issue 1 - Aug 1990

References 

After the Bomb (game)
Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1986
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness
Loop around

A loop line or loop around is a telephone company test circuit. The circuit has two associated phone numbers.  When one side of the loop is called (side A), the caller receives a test tone of approximately 1000 Hz (milliwatt test). When the second number (side B) is called, it produces dead silence, but the party on side A hears the milliwatt test tone drop, and is connected to the person on side B. The purpose of the loop around test is to allow circuit testing to a distant central office without needing a person at the far end. The technician can send a tone down either line and measure the response tone on the second line to determine the path loss parameters.

When a line is connected to side A, multiple telephone lines, within limits, may connect to side B  and thus be connected into a conference with the person on side A.  The function of the tone on side A was to alert those already connected, when somebody called the B side and connected.

Teenagers discovered that the test facility could be used as so-called beep lines, in which they would dial up the primary number and wait for someone at random to call its mate. Phreaks would use the loop around in a similar manner, to exchange information that they had learned about the phone company.

Loop lines are far less common today than they were in the 1960s, however they reportedly continued to exist past the start of the 21st century.  One such loop line is certain to exist: it is a TPI-560P located at (416) 981-0001 owned by Telus. It also comes with an automatic number announcement circuit.  

Because of the potential for abuse, however, telephone companies seek to protect them.  The most common protection techniques are:
Filters that bandstop voice (these can be switched on or off)
Recordings which make the line appear out of service
Selective loop activation by operators
Restrictions on which lines may call
Using uncommon DTMF tones (A through D) in the telephone number

Eventually, telephone companies designed devices to prevent this misuse of the loop around.  Some devices blocked the audio if frequencies other than the milliwatt tone were present, which thwarted the average abuser, but skilled violators discovered that playing a 1000 Hz tone while speaking softly, the suppression unit could be subverted, and a notch filter could be used while listening to remove the tone at the other end.

See also
Loopback
Conference call

References

Telephone numbers
Communication circuits
Civil Union Act 2004

The Civil Union Act 2004 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand. It was passed into law on Thursday 9 December 2004 by a final vote of 65–55 in the New Zealand Parliament. The Act makes it legal for those in same-sex as well as heterosexual relationships to enter into a civil-union.

The Act is still in force, despite New Zealand providing same-sex marriages since 19 August 2013, under the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Act 2013.

Vote

Attitudes of political parties 
The act was opposed by religious groups, including the Catholic Church. Then New Zealand National Party leader Don Brash opposed the bill, but only as he believed it should be put to a referendum. The Act was widely supported by the then-governing New Zealand Labour Party.

See also
Civil union in New Zealand
Marriage in New Zealand

References

External links
Text of the Act

Statutes of New Zealand
2004 in New Zealand law
Same-sex union legislation
New Zealand family law
2004 in LGBT history
Recognition of same-sex unions in Oceania
LGBT law in New Zealand
Lalish

Lalish (, also known as Lalişa Nûranî) is a mountain valley and temple in Shekhan, Duhok Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is the holiest temple of the Yazidis. It is the location of the tomb of the Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, a central figure of the Yazidi faith. 

The temple is above the town of Shekhan, which had the second largest population of Yazidi prior to the persecution of Yazidis by ISIL. The temple is about sixty kilometers north of Mosul and 14 kilometers west from the village Ayn Sifna. The temple is built at about 1,000 meters above sea level and situated among three mountains, Hizrat in the west, Misat in the south and Arafat in the north.

At least once in their lifetimes, Yazidis are expected to make a six-day pilgrimage to Lalish to visit the tomb of Şêx Adî and other sacred places. These other sacred places are shrines dedicated to other holy beings. There are two sacred springs called Zamzam and the Kaniya Spî (White Spring). Below Sheikh Adi's sanctuary, which also includes the tomb of Sheikh Hesen is situated a cave.   

Lalish is also the location of pirrā selāt (Ṣerāṭ Bridge) and a mountain called Mt. ʿErefāt which has sites significant in other faiths. Yazidi Kurds living in the region are also expected to make a yearly pilgrimage to attend the autumn seven-day Feast of the Assembly, which is celebrated between 6th and 13th of October.

It has been located in the Shekhan District since 1991.

History

Lalish Temple dates back about 4000 years.

In the early 12th century, Adi ibn Mosāfer moved to Lalish. Adi died in 1162 and was buried. During a major battle against the Yazidi in 1415, the tomb of Adi was razed.

The Lalish valley was annexed in 1892 by the surrounding Muslim tribes under the leadership of Ottomans, the mausoleum of Yezidi saints were looted and damaged and the Lalish Temple was converted into a Quranic school. The occupation of the temple eventually led to a fierce and widespread rebellion by Yezidis of Shekhan and Shingal against the Ottomans and the neighbouring Muslim Kurdish tribes. It was not until 1904 that the Ezidis, under the leadership of Mîr Alî Beg, succeeded in forcibly recovering their temple and driving out the Muslims.

Beginning on 3 August 2014, Yazidi refugees fled from Sinjar and took shelter in the temple after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant placed Sinjar and its environs under siege. When some 50,000 Yezidis trapped on Sinjar Mountain were freed by way of a land corridor opened by the Peoples's Protection Units (YPG) and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the majority fled through Syria and circled around the north of the Sinjar mountain range to reach Lalish and Shekhan in Kurdistan Region.

See also 
Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
Yazidi Black Book
Yazidism
Yazidis in Iraq
List of Yazidi holy places

References

Valleys of Asia
Nineveh Governorate
Yazidi holy places
Yazidi populated places in Iraq
Pilgrimage sites
Kurdish words and phrases
Tarapur, Bihar

Tarapur is a town and one of the three sub-divisions in Munger district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is centrally located and connects cities like Bhagalpur, Munger, Banka, Jamui and Deoghar.

Geography
Tarapur is a Sub-division under Munger District. 
It's a division of Water-wage and irrigation department.
It also has a division Of kada vibhag (Government office).
Tarapur is a Sub-Urban Market which serves all the necessities and requirements of nearby villages.

Economy
The main occupation of people residing around Tarapur is agriculture.  Paddy, wheat, corn, pulses, sugarcane, and other cereals are grown here. Katarni Chura (flattened rice) and mangoes from this region are also famous. It is a market and educational hub for nearby villages. Tarapur has been growing as an administrative unit as well as a commercial centre in Munger district.

Education
Tarapur has about 10–15 educational institutes and one college "R S College" affiliated to Munger University, Munger. A number of students from the remote area, specifically villages find this place as Educational Hub. Private schools in Tarapur are run by educational trusts or individuals as well. Paramount Academy, Morning Glory Public School,Open Sky are some of the prominent private schools of the area.

Entertainment
Currently, no movie theater is operating in this city. The market in the evening has a lot of rush from different parts of villages for marketing and this crowd serves the same purpose of entertainment.

Culture
The town is festively decorated every year during shrawani mela, a month-long religious carnival where devotees go to the historic Shiva temple in Deoghar after taking the holy water from the "utrawahini" Ganges in Sultanganj.

Transportation
The nearest railway station is in the city of Sultanganj.
Various buses also run for different cities of Jharkhand like Dhanbad and Bokaro Steel City.

Important historical events
On 15 February 1932, 4000 people gathered at the Tarapur police station, trying to raise the flag of the Indian National Congress there and to celebrate the day as Flag Satyagraha diwas. The police shot at the crowd, among whom were a number of people who had also been active in the civil disobedience movement that led to the Salt March of 1930. Known victims include Asarfi Mandal, Basant Dhanuk, Gaiwi Mandal, and Vishwanath Singh.

On 15 February 2022 while inaugurating the Shahid Park in Tarapur police station campus, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that from now on 15 February would be commemorated as a Shahid Diwas (Martyr's Day) in memory of 34 freedom fighters who were killed by police on February 15, 1932. CM said, "These freedom fighters had never got their due, even though this was the biggest massacre carried out by the British police after Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 in Amritsar."

Notable people
 Nandalal Bose, a sculptor and painter born in Tarapur

References

Cities and towns in Munger district
Table of magical correspondences

A table of magical correspondences is a list of magical correspondences between items belonging to different categories, such as correspondences between certain deities, heavenly bodies, plants, perfumes, precious stones, etc. Such lists were compiled by 19th-century occultists like Samuel Liddell Mathers and William Wynn Westcott (both members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn), who in the 1890s prepared an (unpublished) manuscript called The Book of Correspondences. This manuscript was later reworked by Aleister Crowley, who anonymously published it in 1909 as Liber 777. These tables of correspondences were meant to be used in a ceremonial context, where specific magical objects were assigned to specific deities or Kabbalistic emanations (sefirot).

See also 
Doctrine of signatures
Ceremonial magic
Correspondence, a concept in the philosophy of the 18th-century theologian Emanuel Swedenborg
Grimoire

References

Works cited 

Ceremonial magic
Magic (supernatural)
Magic items
Knjaz Miloš

Knjaz Miloš (, ) is a Serbian carbonated mineral water producer and distributor based in Aranđelovac, Serbia.

In addition to its centerpiece Knjaz Miloš carbonated mineral water, the company also produces natural mineral water Aqua Viva, Guarana energy drink, a line of carbonated and still non-alcoholic beverages with fruit juice – ReMix Knjaz, Tube, Golf, and Gusto brands.

History
The beginning of the practice of using spring water goes back to the year 1811 when Dositej Obradović visited the spring and utilized its water for medical purposes.

Twenty-five years later, Russian experts and the chief of Sanitation of the Principality of Serbia, Dr. Emerih Lindemajer, carried out the first official analysis of the properties and quality of this mineral water. Impressed by the results and concurrent special medicinal properties of the water, they brought the first visitors to the source and launched the first organized exploitation of water. 

In 1858, Serbian prince Miloš Obrenović placed the source under the protection of the state and decided to make a city in the area. As a sign of gratitude, the locals and visitors named the spring after the prince, upon which the concept of the industrial exploitation of Bukovička Spa's naturally carbonated water began to unfold. 

Knjaz Miloš is bearing the name of Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia from 1815 to 1839. It operates in its current form since 2000.

In 2004, the "FPP Balkan Limited" investment fund, part of London-based "FPP Group", became the majority owner in Knjaz Miloš. The takeover was done in two stages. In September 2004, "FPP Balkan Limited" bought through takeover bid a 25% stake in company's ownership structure. In December 2004, it launched another takeover bid and bought another 33% of shares, which made a total of €57 million investment for 58% of shares in company's ownership structure.

In January 2005, the "FPP Balkan Limited" added "Salford Investment Fund" as their partners. In December 2006, Knjaz Miloš a.d. obtained an ISO 22000 certification for food safety, thus way being able to put its products on European Union market.

In February 2015, "Salford Investment Fund" sold their interests in Knjaz Miloš to Mid Europa Partners. Since 2015, assets of Mid Europe Partners in Serbia which include Knjaz Miloš, Imlek and Bambi, are managed by "Moji Brendovi" consultant firm.

In 2019, a joint venture between the Czech Karlovarské Minerální Vody and PepsiCo agreed to acquire the company from Mid Europa Partners for undisclosed amount.

References

External links
 

1811 establishments in Serbia
2019 mergers and acquisitions
Bottled water brands
Carbonated water
Companies based in Aranđelovac
Drink companies of Serbia
Food and drink companies established in 1811
Serbian brands
Serbian drinks
Soft drinks
Turn This Thing Around

"Turn This Thing Around" is a single by El Presidente released on 6 February 2006.

When originally featured on their debut album, it featured Alan Thorton on drums, but was re-recorded in late 2005  with the official El Presidente line-up. The new version has a more Japanese sound to it, and the video was also shot in Japan.

When released, two live versions from the Xfm Scotland opening gig, and Edinburgh liquid rooms were made available through the official El Presidente website. On the Monday of its release, it was at number 30 in the midweek chart, but slipped down each day and fell to number 39 by Sunday.

Track listings

First CD 
 "Turn This Thing Around"
 "Raspberry Beret"

Second CD
 "Turn This Thing Around"
 "Get By"
 "Turn This Thing Around" (acoustic)

Coloured (Red) 7"
A. "Turn This Thing Around"
B. "Rocket" (acoustic)

Charts
No.39/79---England
No.11 Gone---Scotland
No.94 Gone---Japan

EP version

A Japanese release, this EP features B-Sides, two versions of "Turn This Thing Around" (new and old) and the Japanese-flavoured video. It was an official Japanese release, but only reached number 94 in the singles chart in Japan.

2006 singles
El Presidente (band) songs
2005 songs
František Josef Studnička

František Josef Studnička (27 June 1836, Soběslav, Bohemia – 21 February 1903, Prague, Bohemia) was a Czech mathematician and popular pedagogue at Charles University in Prague. He was also an active contributor to astronomy and meteorology. He was known as the author of several textbooks and popular articles.

1836 births
1903 deaths
19th-century Czech people
Mathematicians from Austria-Hungary
Czech mathematicians
People from Tábor District
Academic staff of Charles University
Czech meteorologists
Tab (album)

Tab (alternately referred to as MONSTER MAGNET 25............TAB, Tab 25, or 25 Tab) is the second EP by American rock band Monster Magnet, released in 1991. Initially released only in Europe, it was recorded before the band's 1991 debut full-length album Spine of God and  was not released in North America until after the group's 1993 album Superjudge became a minor hit. The EP is generally viewed as Monster Magnet's most psychedelic release, with the first two tracks alone totaling 45 minutes.

Track listing
"Tab..." (Wyndorf/McBain/Cronin) – 32:14
"25 / Longhair" (Wyndorf/McBain) – 12:28
"Lord 13" (Wyndorf) – 4:09
Some Caroline Records versions
"Untitled (Murder)" – 3:38
"Untitled (Tractor)" – 3:25
 2006 reissue
"Spine of God (Live)" - 7:25

Some Caroline Records versions include the songs "Murder" and "Tractor", taken from the band's self-titled debut EP, as hidden bonus tracks.  A March 2006 reissue added a live version of "Spine of God", the studio version of which appeared originally on Spine of God.

Film usage
The 1999 film Beowulf features the track "Lord 13" in its soundtrack. It is played during the ending credits of the film.

Personnel
 Dave Wyndorf – guitar, vocals
 John McBain – guitar
 Joe Calandra - bass
 Jon Kleiman - drums
 Tim Cronin - bass, additional vocals, additional drums

References

Monster Magnet albums
1991 EPs
Caroline Records EPs
Francisco José Urrutia Olano

Francisco José Urrutia Olano (12 April 1870 – 6 August 1950) was a Colombian diplomat and international jurist. He served as Colombia's Minister of Foreign Affairs first from 1908 to 1909, and again from 1912 to 1914, during which he signed the Thomson–Urrutia Treaty, which re-established diplomatic relations between the United States and Colombia. He was Minister Plenipotentiary to the governments of Bolivia, Spain, Switzerland, and Permanent Representative to the League of Nations Assembly, holding the Presidency of the Executive Council in representation of Colombia in 1928. In 1931 he was elected to serve as Permanent Judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague, where he served until 1942 when he resigned due to theonset of World War II.

Personal life
Francisco José Urrutia Olano was born on 12 April 1870 in Popayán, Colombia to Francisco de Paula Urrutia Ordoñez, Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia in Quito, and Dolores Olano Hurtado. He married in Popayán on 24 June 1909 to Elena Holguín Arboleda, and together had four children: Francisco José (1910), María de la Paz (1911), Sofía (1912), and Carlos (1917).

Selected works

References

1870 births
1950 deaths
People from Cauca Department
Francisco Jose
20th-century Colombian judges
Ambassadors of Colombia to Ecuador
Permanent Representatives of Colombia to the League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice judges
Ambassadors of Colombia to Switzerland
Colombian judges of international courts and tribunals
List of airports in Estonia

This is a list of airports and airfields in Estonia.

Airports
Airport names shown in bold indicate the facility has scheduled passenger service on a commercial airline.

Abandoned aerodromes

See also
 Transport in Estonia
 List of airports by ICAO code: E#EE – Estonia
 Wikipedia: Airline destination lists: Europe#Estonia
 List of the busiest airports in the Baltic states

References

External links

 Airfield information, including abandoned fields from Estonian Private Pilots' Association (EPPA) (in Estonian)
 
  – includes IATA codes

 
Estonia
Airports
Airports
Estonia
Kileler

Kileler (, between 1919 and 1985: Κυψέλη - Kypseli) is a village and a municipality in the regional unit of Larissa in Greece. The seat of the municipality is in Nikaia. The village became known for the Kileler incident that occurred on March 6, 1910.

Transport
The village is served by Kypseli railway station, on the Larissa-Volos branch line

Municipality
The municipality Kileler was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
Armenio
Kileler
Krannonas
Nikaia
Platykampos

The municipality Kileler has an area of 976.26 km2, the municipal unit Kileler has an area of 147.350 km2, and the community Kileler has an area of 34.478 km2.

References
Further reading:
 Population Exchange in Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees, 1922 - 1930 by Elisabeth Kontogiorgi (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006)
 Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941-44, by Mark Mazower (Yale Nota Bene, 2001).

Municipalities of Thessaly
Populated places in Larissa (regional unit)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Guide to the Universe

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Guide to the Universe is the second supplement for the science fiction superhero role-playing game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness, itself bases on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic franchise. It was published by Palladium Books in 1987 and uses the Palladium Megaversal system.

Description
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Guide to the Universe is a supplement that introduces an outer-space milieu for the TMNT role-playing game. The book contains:
 descriptions of various flying vehicles — helicopters, airplance and space ships — and rules for their use.
 Known space, and its main factions: The expansionist "Triceraton Republic" peopled by Triceratops; and the Human Federation, equally as expansionist.

The book also includes four short scenarios:
 "Tigers of Tibet": PCs travel to Tibet to investigate a "Yeti" being chased by the army.
 "The Mutant Mastering Mind Machine": The heroes confront a mad scientist and his evil invention.
 "Day of the Transmat": Aliens seek aid against the Triceratons.
 "Invasion of the Triceratons": The heroes fight the Triceratons.

The final pages have a comic adventure.

Publication history
Palladium Books acquired the role-playing license for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and published Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness in 1985. They also published several supplements, the second being The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Guide to the Universe in 1987, a 48-page book written by Erick Wujcik, with interior art by Kevin Eastman and cover art by Peter Laird.

References

Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness
Václav Láska (mathematician)

Václav Láska (1862–1943) was a Czech astronomer, geophysicist, and mathematician. He was based mainly at Charles University, and was the founding director (1920-1933) of the State Institute of Geophysics, which later became the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Láska's empirical rule 
This empirical rule is one way how to approximate the distance from an earthquake's epicenter. The rule is most fitting for distance in the range of 2 − 10 Mm (thousand km). The epicentral distance in thousands of km is roughly equal to the difference between arrival times of S and P waves in minutes minus 1.

External links
 Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Geophysics (in Czech)
 MacTutor Entry 

1862 births
1943 deaths
Czech mathematicians
Mathematicians from Austria-Hungary
Astronomers from Austria-Hungary
Czechoslovak mathematicians
List of mayors of Bern

This is a list of mayors of the city of Bern, Switzerland. The executive of Bern is the municipal council (Gemeinderat). It is chaired by the mayor (Stadtpräsident von Bern). From 1832 to 1871, the term Gemeindepräsident was used.
Before 1832, the title of the mayor of Bern was Schultheiss.

See also
 Timeline of Bern

Gallery 

Bern, Switzerland
Mayors of Bern, list
 
History of Bern
Lists of mayors (complete 1900-2013)
North Atlantic Refining

North Atlantic Refining Ltd. is a petroleum company based in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

History 
In August 1994, the Vitol Group purchased the Come By Chance Refinery from Newfoundland Processing Ltd. and the operating company North Atlantic Refining Ltd. was founded. 

In October 2006, Harvest Energy Trust purchased North Atlantic Refining for $1.6 billion, and in October 2009, the company was purchased by Korea National Oil Corporation. 

In 2014, it was acquired by SilverRange Capital Partners, a New York-based alternative asset manager. 

On May 28, 2020, Irving Oil announced that it was in negotiations to purchase the refinery. On October 5, 2020, the sale to Irving Oil collapsed and it was announced that the Come By Chance refinery would close permanently.

In November 2021, the U.S. private equity group Cresta Fund Management purchased a controlling stake of the idling refinery and announced plans to convert the plant to a biofuel operation. As part of the acquisition, the refinery was renamed to Braya Renewable Fuels.

External links
North Atlantic Refining

References

Oil companies of Canada
Companies based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Non-renewable resource companies established in 1994
Robert Barltrop

Robert Barltrop (6 November 1922 – 26 April 2009) was an English socialist activist, essayist, and biographer, as well as being an artist and illustrator.

Barltrop grew up in the East End of London, descended from a long line of blacksmiths, although his great-grandfather had become highly successful as a brickmaker and builder, and was responsible for the building of large numbers of houses in Walthamstow.  Robert's father Edwin was a horse fodder dealer; Robert won a scholarship to the Sir George Monoux Grammar School in Walthamstow, now Sir George Monoux College.  During World War II, he served with the Royal Air Force, but was invalided out with tuberculosis before seeing active service.

He was for many years a member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain, and edited their magazine The Socialist Standard.  His written contributions were prolific, and he also contributed illustrations of his own making.  He had various careers, and at different times was a professional boxer, a labourer, a strip cartoonist, a schoolteacher and a sign-painter. Barltrop also published widely and his books include: The Monument: Story of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (1975), Jack London: The Man, the Writer, the Rebel (1977), Muvver Tongue with Jim Wolveridge (1980), A Funny Age (Growing up in North East London between the Wars) (1985).  He was also writing  Yes Mush: A Cockney Dictionary: The Cockney Language and Its World, intended to be published in 2004, but remaining unfinished at the end of his life.

In the late 1950s, he produced a series of illustrated panels on aspects of the history of Walthamstow, north-east London; these were published weekly in the Walthamstow Guardian.  Later, he was a regular contributor to the Newham Recorder newspaper, producing some 1200 illustrated weekly articles for them during a 24-year period up to his death, and contributing also to other Recorder titles.

Robert Barltrop was President of the Waltham Forest Local History Society, and was a proud and respected member of the Old Monovians Association, the 'old boys' organisation of the Monoux School.

He was admitted to Newham General Hospital but died after a short illness on 26 April 2009.

References

Further reading
 Collection Description of the Robert Barltrop archive, held at the Bishopsgate Institute, London.

Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
English biographers
English essayists
English socialists
Writers from London
1922 births
2009 deaths
Socialist Party of Great Britain members
People educated at Sir George Monoux College
20th-century British biographers
20th-century English essayists
Greatest Hits (Pretenders album)

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by English-American rock band The Pretenders, released in 2000. It was only their second greatest hits album in 22 years, but less successful than its predecessor, The Singles, released in 1987. It contains six songs not featured on the previous compilation: "Human", "Forever Young", "Night in My Veins", "Spiritual High (State of Independence)", "Popstar" and "I'll Stand by You".

The track "Human" is a cover of the 1995 song "Human on the Inside" by Australian rock duo, Divinyls.

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

References

The Pretenders compilation albums
2000 greatest hits albums
Elephant Arch

Elephant Arch is a small natural sandstone arch in the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and Red Cliffs Desert Reserve in northern Washington, Utah, United States.

The arch, which resembles the trunk and eye of an elephant, is part way up a hillside at the end of a dirt hiking trail. The arch has not yet been officially named by the United States Geological Survey.

External links
 
 Hiking to Elephant Arch, bottom of the page, instructions provided by the St. George, Utah field office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Natural arches of Utah
Landforms of Washington County, Utah
Bureau of Land Management areas in Utah
David Philip Miller

David Philip Miller  is a social historian of science. He is Emeritus Professor of History and Philosophy of Science in the School of Humanities and Languages at the University of New South Wales, Australia.

Career
Miller studied chemistry and nuclear physics as well as science and technology policy for a BSc (Hons) at Manchester University and received his MA and PhD in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught at the University of New South Wales since 1981.

He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science. He serves on editorial boards of the journals Isis, Annals of Science, History of Science and The British Journal for the History of Science.

Major publications
The Life and Legend of James Watt: Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019, ).
James Watt, Chemist: Understanding the Origins of the Steam Age (Pickering & Chatto, 2009, )
Discovering Water: James Watt, Henry Cavendish and the Nineteenth-Century 'Water Controversy'  (Ashgate, 2004, ).
Visions of Empire: Voyages, Botany, and Representations of Nature (edited with Peter Hanns Reill), (Cambridge University Press, 1996, ).

References

External links
David Miller's university home page

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Historians of science
Academic staff of the University of New South Wales
Blažov

Blažov can refer to:
a part of the municipality Kútniky in Slovakia
Blažov (Javorina), a former municipality in northern Slovakia
The Peel Sessions Album (Billy Bragg album)

The Peel Sessions Album is an album by British rock artist Billy Bragg, released in 1991. It compiles recordings from Bragg's various radio sessions for John Peel's programme, recorded between 1983 and 1988.

"Jeane" is a cover version of a song which appeared as the B-side to The Smiths's single "This Charming Man". "Fear is a Man's Best Friend" is a cover of a song by John Cale and "A13: Trunk Road to the Sea" uses the music of Bobby Troup's classic "Route 66" with new lyrics talking about the A13, a road in east London.

Track listing
All songs by Billy Bragg, except where stated.

"Lovers Town"
"Between the Wars"
"Which Side Are You On?"
"A Lover Sings"
"Days Like These"
"The Marriage"
"Jeane" (Morrissey, Johnny Marr)
"Greetings to the New Brunette"
"Chile Your Waters Run Red through Soweto" (Bernice Johnson Reagon)
"She's Got a New Spell"
"Valentine's Day Is Over"
"The Short Answer"
"Rotting on Remand"
"A New England"
"Strange Things Happen"
"This Guitar Says Sorry"
"Love Gets Dangerous"
"Fear Is a Man's Best Friend" (John Cale)
"A13 Trunk Road to the Sea" (Bragg, Bobby Troup)

Recording dates 

The following are the dates the tracks were recorded for the John Peel Show sessions.

 Tracks 1 - 21st Feb 84 (Produced by Mark Radcliffe)
 Tracks 2 to 4 - 18th Sep 84 (Produced by Mark Radcliffe)
 Tracks 5 to 7 - 20th Aug 85 (Produced by Ted De Bono)
 Tracks 8, 9 - 2nd Sep 86 (Produced by Dale Griffin)
 Tracks 10 to 13 - 30th Aug 88 (Produced by Mike Robinson)
 Tracks 14 to 19 - 27th Jul 83 (Produced by Ted De Bono)

References

Peel Sessions recordings
Billy Bragg compilation albums
1991 live albums
1991 compilation albums
Jakub Husník

Jakub Husník (29 March 1837 in Vejprnice, near Plzeň – 26 March 1916 in Prague) was a Czech painter, art teacher and inventor of the improved photolithography method.

Life
Husník was one of the ten children of Foersters. After the attending schools in Hlavatce and Benešov, he completed the Prager six-form high school. In 1853, he entered into the painter academy where he met Karel Klíč. He studied in Antwerp with professor Joseph Henri François van Lerius. After his return, he was active in the church of Uhrínevs. In 1863, he became a teacher at the High School in Tábor. In 1877, he was appointed as the art professor at the material High School. After one year, he also opened an independent workshop for lithography.

Research
Together with professor Schwarz, he examined the "wet process" when developing photographs. He first discovered the "zweitonige photograph". In 1893, he perfected the three-colored reproduction for the printing and announced first patents.

Works
Husník wrote specialized books concerning his inventions.

Honours and memberships
In 1907, Husník became an honorary member of the photographic society in Vienna and Berlin.

1837 births
1916 deaths
People from Plzeň-North District
Czech inventors
19th-century Czech painters
Czech male painters
20th-century Czech painters
19th-century Czech male artists
20th-century Czech male artists
City Music Society

The City Music Society was formed in London, United Kingdom, in 1943. It was influenced by lunchtime concerts organised by Hilda Bor at the Royal Exchange and by Myra Hess at the National Gallery. The driving force in the Society's foundation was Ivan Sutton, with help and encouragement by Bor, who became its Vice-President, and from Edric Cundell, Principal of the Guildhall School of Music, who served as its first President. It was described in an obituary of Sutton as "one of the City of London's most remarkable institutions".

The first event, a lecture by Cundell, took place in December 1943 at the Guildhall School, shortly followed by the first concert, a performance by the Morley College Choir, in January 1944. After subsequent Society concerts at the Chartered Insurance Institute and the Royal Exchange, Sutton succeeded in convincing the Goldsmiths' Company to allow the use of its hall for a series of three evening concerts in the autumn of 1946. In the autumn of 1947 the lunchtime concerts moved from the Guildhall School to the Bishopsgate Institute where the opening concert by Louis Kentner attracted a capacity audience. Since then evening concerts at Goldsmith's Hall and Tuesday lunchtime concerts at Bishopsgate Institute have provided the regular framework within which the work of the Society has evolved.
The Society, at present, stages around 26 concerts per year and has over 2000 lunchtime and early evening concerts to its credit. It completed its 60th-anniversary season in April 2004. As well as featuring well-established musicians, the Society's policy has always attempted to invite outstanding young professional artists who are at the beginning of their careers to perform at its concerts, many of whom have since attained international status. Furthermore, over the years the Society has commissioned many new works - on average one every three years - from a wide and diverse range of British composers, including Roger Smalley, Nicholas Maw, Diana Burrell, Richard Rodney Bennett, Elizabeth Maconchy, Phyllis Tate, Robin Holloway, John McCabe, Geoffrey Burgon, Peter-Paul Nash, Kevin Volans and Michael Berkeley.

References

External links
 Official website
 Collection Description of the City Music Society archive, held at the Bishopsgate Institute, London.

Regional and local learned societies of the United Kingdom
1943 establishments in the United Kingdom
Arts organizations established in 1943
Arts organisations based in the United Kingdom
Dingwall Pursuivant

Dingwall Pursuivant of Arms is a current Scottish pursuivant of arms of the Court of the Lord Lyon.

Dingwall Pursuivant was formerly a private officer of arms in the service of the Lord of the Isles, but along with Kintyre Pursuivant, Ross Herald, and Islay Herald became an officer of arms to the Scottish Crown when the Lord of the Isles forfeited his estates and titles to James IV of Scotland in 1493.

The badge of office is A mullet within an annulet rayonnee Or and enfiled in chief of a coronet of four fleurs-de-lys (two visible) and four crosses pattee (one and two halves visible) Or.

The office is currently vacant.

Holders of the office

See also
Officer of Arms
Pursuivant
Court of the Lord Lyon
Heraldry Society of Scotland

References

External links
The Court of the Lord Lyon



Court of the Lord Lyon
Offices of arms
The Burning (The Crown album)

The Burning is the debut album by Crown of Thorns, originally released in 1995 and later re-issued after the band changed their name to the Crown. The album infuses traditional thrash metal-based death metal with melodic black metal elements.

The song "Night of the Swords" attacks Holocaust deniers.

Track listing

Personnel
Crown of Thorns
Magnus Olsfelt - bass
Janne Saarenpää - drums
Marcus Sunesson - guitar
Marko Tervonen - guitar
Johan Lindstrand - vocals

Production
Kristian Wåhlin - album cover, logo
Berno Paulsson - recording, engineering, mixing, producer
Hasse Bergstedt - photography

References

The Crown (band) albums
1995 debut albums
Albums with cover art by Kristian Wåhlin
Eternal Death

Eternal Death is the second album of Crown of Thorns. It was originally released in 1997 and later re-issued under the band's current name, The Crown. This album downplays the thrash metal-element of the band's sound considerably, favoring instead a more black metal-oriented sound.

Reception

The album received from 91 to 100 percent approval on Encyclopaedia Metallum.

DemonBit praised the soundtrack as well as the performance saying that "Every performance here is nothing short of impressive." and praising the ensemble members independently: "Janne Saarenpää absolutely pummels his kit in a truly dynamic performance of blast beats, fills and innovative rhythms. Vocalist Johan Lindstrand delivers coarse shrieks under sustained syllables, giving the blasphemous lyrical content some welcomed emotional power. Guitarists Marcus Sunesson and Marko Tervonen provide perhaps the most interesting aspect of the album, with their masterful blend of concise gothenburg-like and Floridian death metal riff fusion."

The re-released version which was published by Dissonance in 2018 received 8.5 out of 10 from Daniel Müller of the Cross Fire.

Track listing
"Angels Die" – 4:52 (M. Tervonen, M. Olsfelt)
"Beautiful Evil Soul" – 4:10 (M. Olsfelt) 
"In Bitterness and Sorrow" – 3:34 (M. Tervonen, M. Olsfelt)
"The Black Heart" – 8:36 (M. Olsfelt)
"World Within" – 5:32 (M. Sunesson, J. Lindstrand, M.Olsfelt)
"The Serpent Garden" – 4:50 (M. Tervonen, M. Olsfelt)
"Kill the Priest" – 1:46 (M. Olsfelt, R. Österberg)
"Misery Speaks" – 4:45 (J. Lindstrand, M. Tervonen)
"Hunger" – 4:50 (M. Tervonen, M. Olsfelt)
"Death of God" – 10:08 (M. Olsfelt)

Personnel
Marcus Sunesson – guitar
Janne Saarenpää – drums
Magnus Olsfelt – bass guitar
Johan Lindstrand – vocals
Marco Tervonen – guitar
Berno Paulsson – engineer
Göran Finnberg – mastering

References

The Crown (band) albums
1997 albums
Albums with cover art by Kristian Wåhlin
Corey McIntyre

Corey McIntyre (born January 25, 1979) is a former American football fullback. He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played college football at West Virginia. McIntyre has also played for the Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints, Atlanta Falcons, and the Buffalo Bills

Early years 
McIntyre attended Indiantown Middle School and South Fork High School.

College career 
McIntyre played in 44 games at West Virginia, primarily as a defensive end and linebacker. He rushed three times for four yards as a fullback, and returned five kickoffs for 36 yards.

Professional career

Philadelphia Eagles 
McIntyre was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent on April 26, 2002. He was waived by the Eagles on August 24, 2002. McIntyre was re-signed to the Eagles' practice squad on December 10, 2002, and allocated to the Frankfurt Galaxy to participate in the 2003 NFL Europa season on January 30, 2003. In Europe, he helped his team make it to the World Bowl and, in that game, had 12 carries for 76 yards. He was waived by the Eagles on September 1, 2003.

Cleveland Browns 
McIntyre was signed by the Cleveland Browns as a free agent on June 16, 2004. He was waived by the Browns on September 5, 2004, and signed to the team's practice squad on September 6, 2004. He played in fifteen games for the Browns during the 2005 season and started one.

New Orleans Saints 
The New Orleans Saints signed McIntyre in September 2006 after injuries to two of their fullbacks in the first week of play. He was waived in November.

Atlanta Falcons 
McIntyre was claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Falcons on November 24, 2006. During the 2007 season he was voted as special teams captain and was third on special teams for tackles. He was released from the Falcons on September 2, 2008.

Buffalo Bills 
McIntyre was signed by the Buffalo Bills on September 30, 2008, after the team released fullback Darian Barnes. McIntyre was re-signed to a two-year contract on February 26, 2009. The Bills again re-signed McIntyre to a two-year contract on September 6, 2010.

Personal life 
McIntyre is from Indiantown, Florida, has 4 children, and attended school in West Virginia.

References

External links 

Buffalo Bills bio
'Eers in Pros Profile

Living people
1979 births
People from Stuart, Florida
Sportspeople from Martin County, Florida
Players of American football from Florida
American football defensive ends
American football linebackers
American football fullbacks
West Virginia Mountaineers football players
Philadelphia Eagles players
Frankfurt Galaxy players
Cleveland Browns players
New Orleans Saints players
Atlanta Falcons players
Buffalo Bills players
West Virginia University alumni
ASARS-2

The Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System-2 (ASARS-2) is the radar system mounted on some variants of the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.

The ASARS-2 radar was originally developed in the early 1980s by Hughes Aircraft, which was acquired by Raytheon in the late 1990s. It is capable of detecting and accurately locating both stationary and moving ground targets; target information is transmitted via a wideband data link to a ground station. The radar is capable of producing extremely high resolution images at long range.

ASARS-2 was used extensively during Operation Desert Storm for target location and battle damage assessment. It has also been used to survey damage after various domestic disasters, including floods along the Mississippi River and the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

In the late 1990s, the ASARS Improvement Program (AIP) incorporated several performance and supportability enhancements into the system. Making extensive use of commercial off-the-shelf technology, the AIP redesign increased on-board processing capability and upgraded the data link. The first of these ASARS-2A radars was delivered in 2001.

Some features and technologies from the ASARS-2A system have been incorporated into the Raytheon Sentinel developed as the RAF's Airborne STand-Off Radar (ASTOR) aircraft.

References 

 ASARS-2 product information on the Raytheon website
 ASARS-2 on the Federation of American Scientists website

Aircraft radars
Hughes Aircraft Company
Raytheon Company products
Synthetic aperture radar