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Erik Penser

Nils Wilhelm Erik Penser (born August 22, 1942) is a Swedish financier and businessman.

Penser was born in Eslöv, Sweden, the son of Wilhelm Penser, a lawyer, and Elisabeth (née Herrmann). After having studied law at Lund University, Erik Penser commenced a career as a stockbroker at Bankirfirman Langenskiöld, which later became Carnegie Investment Bank. Together with Tomas Fischer he worked intensively to develop the firm's business, laying the foundation for his private wealth. Penser's strategy was risky; he bought shares, used them as collateral and borrowed even more money to leverage his holdings. Eventually he gained the controlling interest of several large companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

During the 1980s Penser was one of Sweden's most influential businessmen. Through his holding company, Yggdrasil, he controlled both Nobel Industrier and Finans AB Gamlestaden. His massive financial leverage and the harsh business environment experienced during the Swedish banking crisis in 1990–1994 forced Penser to cease control of his holdings, which were sold to Nordbanken (which became Nordea) for the symbolic sum of SEK 1 each. At a press conference Björn Wahlström, the chairman of Nordbanken, said that Erik Penser was 'destitute and finished as a businessman'. The transaction resulted in a prolonged legal dispute between Penser and Nordbanken.

In 1992 Penser regained control of Yggdrasil, the consideration was once again SEK 1. The vice Chairman of Nordbanken, Jacob Palmstierna, admitted that Penser had been under extreme pressure when he was forced to sign the agreement with Nordbanken. Since then Penser has rebuilt an estimated net worth of SEK 1 billion, with interests in both Sweden and abroad. In Sweden, his main holdings includes Erik Penser Bankaktiebolag, with activities in corporate finance, trading, research and private wealth management and Pensum, an insurance and pension advisory firm. Erik Penser resides, since 1976, in Compton Beauchamp, England.

Erik Penser is known as a distinguished collector, collecting – amongst many objects – old share certificates, film posters, magazines and bank notes.

References

External links 
Erik Penser Bankaktiebolag, investment banking

1942 births
Living people
Swedish businesspeople
Swedish billionaires
Stockbrokers
Kelč

Kelč (; ) is a town in Vsetín District in the Zlín Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,700 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.

Administrative parts
Villages of Babice, Komárovice, Lhota and Němetice are administrative parts of Kelč.

Etymology
According to older theories, the name of the settlement was derived from the personal name Kelek or Keleč, but this theory was disproved. The name of the settlement is derived from the Slavic (including modern Czech) word kel, which means "tusk". According to Ptolemy's map, the predecessor of Kelč was a settlement called Eburum, whose name came from the Latin ebur ("mammoth tusk"), and later Slavic settlers probably derived the name of the new settlement from the old name.

Geography
Kelč is located about  northwest of Vsetín and  northeast of Zlín. It lies in the Moravian-Silesian Foothills. The highest point is at  above sea level. The town is situated on the left bank of the Juhyně Stream.

History
The first written mention of Kelč is from 1131, when it was owned by the Olomouc diocese. The greatest development occurred from 1251 during the rule of bishop Bruno von Schauenburg, who had the space around the parish church rearranged, and founded a new town part called "New Kelč" around a new town square.

Kelč was severely affected by wars between Jobst of Moravia and Prokop of Moravia in the late 14th century, and by the Hussite Wars in the 15th century. The town recovered in the 16th century and a brewery was founded, which became a major source of income for the townspeople. The prosperity ended with the Thirty Years' War, when the town was burned and looted several times and the population decreased by 80%. Kelč became insignificant and lost its town title. The village was restored the title of town until the end of the 18th century.

In the early 19th century, Kelč was known for its production of tobacco pipes. In the second half of the 19th century, branches of furniture-making companies of Jacob & Josef Kohn and Gebrüder Thonet were established in Kelč, however, Kelč was not a very industrial town. With restructuring after World War II, Kelč again lost its town status. The status of the town was restored only in 1994.

Demographics

Sights

The landmark of Kelč is the Kelč Castle. The originally late Gothic castle from 1585–1596 was rebuilt in the 17th century in the Renaissance and later in the Baroque style. Today it houses a secondary vocational school.

The parish Church of Saints Peter and Paul was first mentioned in 1247. The present appearance of the church dates from the 1780s, when it was rebuilt in the late Baroque style. It has a valuable interior mostly in the Empire style.

The town hall was built in the early 17th century.

Notable people
Jaroslav Křička (1882–1969), composer and conductor
Vojtěch Jasný (1925–2019), director and screenwriter
Vlastimil Bubník (1931–2015), ice hockey player and footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Kelč is twinned with:
 Ladce, Slovakia

References

External links

Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Populated places in Vsetín District
Moravian Wallachia
Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area

The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as a three-county region in Southeast Texas. The metropolitan area shares borders with the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area to the west and the Lake Charles metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Louisiana to the east. The area is also known as the Golden Triangle. The "golden" refers to the wealth that came from the Spindletop oil strike near Beaumont in 1901, and "triangle" refers to the area among the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange.

According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 385,090 (though the 2010 census placed the population at 388,745). Newton County was added to the metropolitan area in the February, 2013 delineation (OMB Bulletin 13–01); the addition of Newton County increased the 2010 population by 14,445. At the 2020 census, the metropolitan area's population increased to 397,565, becoming the 139th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S.

Counties
Hardin
Jefferson
Orange

Communities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants
Beaumont (principal city)

Places with more than 50,000 inhabitants
Port Arthur (principal city)

Places with 10,000 to 50,000 inhabitants

Orange (principal city)
Nederland
Groves
Port Neches
Vidor
Lumberton

Places with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants

Bevil Oaks
Bridge City
Central Gardens (census-designated place)
China
Kountze
Mauriceville (census-designated place)
Nome
Pine Forest
Pinehurst
Pinewood Estates (census-designated place)
Rose City
Rose Hill Acres
Silsbee
Sour Lake
Taylor Landing
West Orange

Unincorporated places

Batson
Fannett
Forest Heights
Hamshire
Honey Island
LaBelle
Little Cypress
Orangefield
Saratoga
Thicket
Village Mills
Votaw
Wildwood

Demographics
In 2000, the metropolitan area's population was 385,090. According to the 2020 U.S. census, there were 397,565 people, 150,085 households, 101,240 families, and 169,646 housing units within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 56.31% White (non-Hispanic White 52.3%), 23.86% African American, 2.09% Native American, 2.88% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 8.09% from other races, and 2.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.51% of the population.

See also

List of Texas metropolitan areas
United States metropolitan area
List of United States metropolitan statistical areas by population

References

 
Metropolitan areas of Texas
Donabate railway station

Donabate railway station (Irish: Stáisiún Dhomhnach Bat) serves Donabate in Fingal. It is part of the Irish Rail network and is not yet served by DART services. The nearest DART station is the previous station,  Malahide.

Description
The station has two platforms, one for each of the two lines which run through the station. Built in the mid-19th century, the station has a traditional appearance. The booking office has a small waiting area. There are two ticket-issuing machines and one part-time staffed window for the purchase of tickets. The station is located in the centre of the town.

When the station was opened there was no footbridge built.  When CIÉ closed Midleton station in Cork, the GS&WR iron footbridge was moved to Donabate.  This footbridge was subsequently removed in 2011 and replaced by a new bridge with steps and lifts for increased accessibility. In 2013, a new building was built on the platform containing ticket barriers.  Whilst Midleton has since been reopened.

Donabate is served by 22000 Class and 29000 Class diesel railcars. However 201 Class locomotives + DeDietrich rolling stock pass through on Enterprise services as do 071 Class locomotives + Tara Mines Wagons with mineral ore trains from Boliden Tara Mines near Navan.

The linespeed in Donabate is 90 mph, the highest on the Dublin-Belfast railway line and the highest permittable speed of the DeDietrich coaches.

The station has two lifts and a footbridge connecting Platforms 1 and 2.

In 2015, Irish Rail closed the toilets at the station as part of a cost-cutting measure.

Future proposals
Under Transport 21, there were plans to continue the DART from Malahide railway station, through Donabate railway station and up to Drogheda railway station by 2015. However, this was delayed due to the Great Recession and was shelved in 2015 to make way for the development of the MetroLink. Subsequent long-term expansion plans have ambitions to electrify the station by 2040.

See also
 List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links

 Irish Rail Donabate Station Website

Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal
Railway stations in Fingal
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1844
Rush and Lusk railway station

Rush and Lusk railway station () serves the towns of Rush and Lusk in County Dublin, Ireland.

History
The station opened on 25 May 1844. and it later featured in one scene in the biopic, Michael Collins.

The station was the scene of a crash in 1963 of the Enterprise, from which 200 people were able to walk away with only minor injuries. The crash was caused by a faulty tyre on the wheel of the second coach, which broke just north of the station. Although damage to the train and platforms was quite severe it remained upright, and the fact that the crash occurred where it did, and on a Saturday evening when traffic was relatively light, resulted in only walking wounded. The locomotive on the front of the train was undamaged.

The station has two platforms, platform 2 runs north to Drogheda/Dundalk, while platform 1 runs south to Dublin Pearse. The station has yellow lines and is situated on the Dublin - Belfast railway line. It also has a 19th-century design.

Upgrade works
In September 2007 a temporary car park was made available on the West side of the station to cater for the large volume of cars at the station. Before this a farmer who owned a field to the East of the station allowed cars to park in his field free of charge. He eventually closed this though due to illegal dumping. In 2010, upgrade work was carried out around the station. A large new car park was installed on the west side of the station. These upgrade works also saw the removal of the original wrought iron bridge over the tracks. It was replaced with a more accessible bridge incorporating lifts on both sides.
In 2015 the road bridge of the R128 over the rail line was removed and replaced with a new bridge with a wider footpath.

Proposed expansion
As part of Project Ireland 2040 the DART is proposed to be extended to Drogheda on the Northern Line serving Donabate, Rush & Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and on to Drogheda.

See also
 List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links 
 Irish Rail Rush and Lusk Station Website
 Eiretrains - Rush & Lusk Station

Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal
Railway stations in Fingal
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1844
General Studies

General Studies is a multidisciplinary subject offered at different levels of education. Its scope varies by country.

North America
Some North American universities offer the Bachelor of General Studies degree.

England, Wales and Northern Ireland
General Studies is a GCSE and former A-level examination offered to 16- to 18-year-olds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It overlaps with PSHE and citizenship.

The GCSE syllabus covered arts and culture, politics and the economy, society and ethics, science and technology, and the relationships between these topics.

The A-Level syllabus was introduced in the 1950s, and intended to "“broaden minds by encouraging students to develop their thinking skills, capacity to construct arguments and ability to draw conclusions", according to the AQA examination board. The syllabus covered " Culture and Society" (including culture, religion, philosophy, politics and the media); and "Science and Society" (including scientific research, technology and mathematics). It was withdrawn as an A-Level subject from 2017, with final examination in 2020.

Hong Kong
General studies is a knowledge-oriented school subject taught in primary schools of Hong Kong. The Government of Hong Kong states that "General Studies provides students with opportunities to integrate knowledge, skills, values and attitudes across the Key Learning Areas (KLAs) of Personal, Social and Humanities Education (PSHE), Science Education (SE) and Technology Education (TE)."

Malaysia
In Malaysia, general studies is part of the STPM examination, which is better known as its Malay name, Pengajian Am.

See also
Boston University College of General Studies
Columbia University School of General Studies, a liberal arts college at Columbia University
Liberal arts
Liberal arts education

References

Schools in Hong Kong
Educational qualifications in the United Kingdom
Cao Lãnh (city)

Cao Lãnh (; Vietnamese for "high leader") is the capital city of Đồng Tháp Province, Vietnam. It is located at around .

History
During the French colonial period Cao Lãnh found some supporters for the nationalist appeal of Trần Huy Liệu's Đông Pháp Thời Báo (Indochina Times) founded in May 1923. Later, in the initial resistance to the French in 1945, the Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng and others in the South merged to form the Third Division of the popular army. Cao Lãnh was where the troops were reorganized into 23 units each of 500-600 men.

Prior to 1975, Cao Lãnh was the capital of Kiến Phong province, in the Mekong Delta region of South Vietnam. In February 1976, Kiến Phong was merged with Sa Đéc Province to become Đồng Tháp Province. Sa Đéc became the capital city of the new province. Cao Lãnh replaced Sa Đéc as the capital on April 24, 1994, and became a city in October 2007.

Climate

References

Populated places in Đồng Tháp province
Districts of Đồng Tháp province
Provincial capitals in Vietnam
Cities in Vietnam
Đông Hà

Đông Hà () is the capital of Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam. Đông Hà is situated at the crossroads of National Highway 1A and Route 9, part of the East–West Economic Corridor (EWEC). It lies on the North–South Railway (Reunification Express) and is served by Đông Hà Railway Station. EWEC is an economic development program which includes northeast Thailand, Southern Laos, and central Vietnam.

History

The city was initially part of Champa, until it was conquered by the Qin Empire who were in control of most of Vietnam at the time. In the 2nd century CE, the Cham people rebelled against Chinese rule. During the 14th and 15th century, ethnic Vietnamese gradually replaced the Cham inhabitants.

During the Vietnam War, Đông Hà was the northernmost town in South Vietnam and was the location of a strategically important United States Marine Corps Đông Hà Combat Base, to support Marine positions along the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). During the so-called Easter Offensive in 1972, the town was the scene of a ferocious battle between the South Vietnamese army and invading North Vietnamese armored forces. The North Vietnamese army captured the town on 28 April 1972, and it was never regained by the South Vietnamese.

Tourists come to Đông Hà nowadays, especially ex-servicemen from the U.S. and Vietnam, who nearly always include a DMZ tour in their programs. The contemporary Vietnamese singer Như Quỳnh was born in Đông Hà in 1970.

Climate
Đông Hà has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). There is a wet season due to the northeast monsoon between August and December, peaking in October with around  of rain and frequent typhoon landfalls. The dry season lasts from January to July, though there is a secondary rainfall peak in May.

See also

References

Populated places in Quảng Trị province
Districts of Quảng Trị province
 
Cities in Vietnam
Provincial capitals in Vietnam
Skerries railway station

Skerries railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na Sceirí) serves Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland.

History
The station opened on 25 May 1844.

Description 

The station has two platforms for the lines that run through the station. There is a footbridge connecting the platforms. An underpass was open, but was closed permanently on Wednesday 31 August 2016. Platform 1 runs mostly south, while platform 2 runs mostly north. The middle of the footbridge is 1 mile from the Martello tower on Red Island and 8 km from Rockabill lighthouse

Services 

The commuter train is the only train that stops at the station. The fleet class is the IE 29000 DMU. The only other trains that pass the station are the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise train, the Tara Mine zinc ore freight train led by IE 071 class trains, and an out of service transfer intercity train, which use IE 22000 DMU class trains.

Proposed expansion 
As part of Project Ireland 2040 the DART is proposed to be extended to Drogheda on the Northern Line serving Donabate, Rush & Lusk, Skerries, Balbriggan and on to Drogheda.

See also
 List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links 

 Irish Rail Skerries Station Website
 Eiretrains - Skerries Station

Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal
Railway stations in Fingal
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1844
Rameshwar Das Birla

Rameshwar Das Birla (also Rameshwardas Birla) (1892–1973) was an Indian entrepreneur. He was second son of Baldeo Das Birla and the father of Madhav Prasad Birla and Gajanan Birla. He is known for founding hospitals & educational institutions in Mumbai, Kolkata and Pilani.

Birla's decision in 1922 to remarry following the death of his first wife caused a split in the Maheshwari caste of which his family were a member. They were outcast by the community, who doubted that his new wife was herself a Maheshwari and thus believed that Birla had broken the caste rules relating to marriage.

See also
Birla family

Sources

Bio on the web URL accessed on 1 April 2006

Rameshwar Das
Rajasthani people
1892 births
1973 deaths
Indian businesspeople in textiles
Founders of Indian schools and colleges
20th-century Indian philanthropists
Balbriggan railway station

Balbriggan railway station () serves Balbriggan in County Dublin.

The station is located on the Dublin to Belfast railway line. It is the northern limit of Dublin's Short Hop Zone, meaning it is the last station Leap cards are valid at. Due to a growing population, planning permission has been submitted to increase the capacity of the station.

History
The station opened on 25 May 1844. It was opened by the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, then run by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) until 1950.  The GNR(I) was then taken over by the Irish and Northern Irish Governments and was run through the Railway Board until 1958. Upon the dissolution of the GNRB those portions of the former GNR(I) within the Irish Republic passed to the Córas Iompair Éireann. The station closed for goods traffic on Monday 2 December 1974.

Description 
The station has two lines which run through Balbriggan. A viaduct is to the south of the station and can be viewed by walkways on both sides. The right side of the walkway can be entered via stairs at Balbriggan Beach. The left side can be entered via a path on Quay Street. The station currently has 2 platforms. Platform 2 contains the main entrance via the station building. Inside, there are ticket machines, a ticket office and ticket barriers. Platform 1 has to be entered via a footbridge over the tracks. Each platform has real time information screens. The platforms have loudspeakers for announcements. All Northern Commuter services stop and one train per day terminates/originates at the station. Enterprise and Tara Mines zinc trains pass through the station without stopping.

See also
 List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links 

 Irish Rail Balbriggan Station Website
 Eiretrains - Balbriggan Station

Iarnród Éireann stations in Fingal
Railway stations in Fingal
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1844
Ron Brenneman

Ronald Alvin Brenneman (born 4 June 1946) was the president and chief executive officer of Petro-Canada. He has been a director at the company since 2000.  His annual compensation for 2005 was $2.68 million CAD. Prior to joining Petro-Canada, he was also a director at Scotiabank and Bell Canada Enterprises. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1968 with a degree in chemical engineering. He also received a Master of Science degree from the University of Manchester and completed the Senior Executive program at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

References

Living people
Canadian chief executives
Petroleum industry in Canada
University of Toronto alumni
Alumni of the University of Manchester
MIT Sloan School of Management alumni
1947 births
Canadian corporate directors
Directors of Scotiabank
Petro-Canada people
Peter Motley

Peter Motley (born 24 September 1964 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former professional Australian rules footballer, representing Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Motley is the son of former nine-time Port Adelaide premiership star, 1964 Magarey Medal winner Geof Motley and Gaynor, who represented Australia in netball and basketball and played state softball. He made his league debut for Sturt in 1982 and played 92 games for the Double Blues until 1985. Motley's breakout season was 1983 when he played both at centre half-forward and centre half-back for Sturt and helped them to the SANFL Grand Final against West Adelaide. Unfortunately for Motley and Sturt, the Double Blues went down to West Adelaide 16.12 (108) to 21.16 (142).

At only 18 years of age Peter Motley also made the first of six state games for South Australia at half-forward against Victoria at Football Park in 1983 in what was the Croweaters first win over the Big V in Adelaide since 1965. Motley also won Sturt's Best and Fairest awards in 1984 and 1985 and was named an All-Australian in 1983 and 1985.

Recruited by Carlton, Motley played 19 matches for the Blues. He made his VFL debut in Round 2 of the 1986 VFL season against Richmond at Princes Park and went on to play 13 games that year for the Blues, including the Grand Final loss to Hawthorn. Motley played in six games of the 1987 season before a serious car crash ended his football career at the age of just 22.

In early May 1987, while driving along a divided road, another car careered across the median strip and collided directly with Motley's driver's door at head height. Teammate Paul Meldrum was driving directly behind and was a lesser victim of the crash. All three cars were destroyed. A medical practitioner who lived in the immediate vicinity attended to Motley's critical head injury, almost certainly saving his life before an ambulance arrived. Motley endured several days in a coma; his survival and recovery has been attributed to his mental determination, physical fitness, and encouragement from his family.

In 1987, a song called "Peter Motley" by Gary Burrows was written in support of his recovery; proceeds from the single were given to a trust to help cover Motley's medical expenses.

Such was Motley's impact in his 95 games for Sturt between 1982 and 1985 that he was named on the wing in Sturt's Team of the Century.

In 2015, Unley Oval, the home ground of the Sturt Football Club, was renamed Peter Motley Oval in his honour.

References

1964 births
Australian rules footballers from Adelaide
Sturt Football Club players
Carlton Football Club players
South Australian State of Origin players
All-Australians (1953–1988)
Living people
Australia international rules football team players
South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees
Gormanston railway station

Gormanston railway station () (often mistakenly written Gormanstown) serves Gormanston, County Meath, Ireland. It is located between Balbriggan and Laytown, north of a cast-iron bridge on which the line crosses the River Delvin.

History

The station opened in May 1845 as part of the Dublin and Drogheda Railway. In 1876 it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland).

It was the scene of a shooting during the Irish Civil War. On Monday 29 May 1922, Staff Captain James Flanagan (Anti-Treaty IRA) was shot by members of the Royal Irish Constabulary. A Royal Irish Constabulary officer was also killed.

Buildings and facilities

The station has a single-storey wooden station building on the up platform which was partially demolished to make way for a car park. A GNR style waiting room is located on the up platform. At the north end of the down platform was a signal cabin. This was moved to Dromod, County Leitrim, and is preserved there. A brick goods shed and the adjacent single storey station masters house stand the north end of the station.

Accidents and incidents
On Monday 21 October 1974, a three-train collision at Gormanston killed two people and injured 29.

See also
 List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links 
 Irish Rail Gormanston Station Website
 Eiretrains - Gormanston Station

Iarnród Éireann stations in County Meath
Railway stations in County Meath
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1845
Mosney railway station

Mosney Railway Station opened in June 1948 to serve Butlin's Holiday Camp in County Meath, Ireland and closed in the summer of 2000, the last season during which the camp operated.

See also
 List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links
 Eiretrains - Mosney Station

Iarnród Éireann stations in County Meath
Railway stations in County Meath
Railway stations opened in 1948
Railway stations closed in 2000
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in the 1940s
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in the 2000s
Michael Roesch

Michael Roesch (born April 24, 1974) is a film director, film producer and screenwriter. He collaborates on his movies with fellow filmmaker Peter Scheerer.

A movie aficionado since he was a kid, Michael Roesch started shooting short 8 mm movies at age 12. While Roesch was at college, he worked as a film journalist for several newspapers and magazines.
Later he started together with his writing partner Peter Scheerer a successful career as a screenwriter, and worked in various production capacities.
Among their screenwriting credits are Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead 2 and Far Cry.

In 2006 Roesch and Scheerer directed their first feature, the vampire thriller Brotherhood of Blood, starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007. In the US and Canada, Sam Raimi´s label Ghosthouse Underground acquired the movie, and released it through Lionsgate.

In 2007 Roesch and Scheerer directed Alone in the Dark II, starring Rick Yune, Lance Henriksen and Danny Trejo. It is a sequel to the 2005 film Alone in the Dark.

Among Roesch´s recent work as a producer is Prisoners of the Sun, directed by Academy Award winner Roger Christian and starring John Rhys-Davies and Carmen Chaplin.

Filmography
Birds of a Feather (2019) (associate producer)
Female Fight Club (2016) (co-executive producer)
Viy (2014) (co-executive producer)
Prisoners of the Sun (2013) (co-producer)
BloodRayne: The Third Reich (2011) (associate producer)
Blubberella (2011) (associate producer)
Alone in the Dark II (2008) (director, screenwriter)
Far Cry (2007) (screenwriter)
In the Name of the King (2007) (associate producer)
Brotherhood of Blood (2006) (director, screenwriter)
BloodRayne (2006) (associate producer)
House of the Dead 2 (2005) (screenwriter)
Alone in the Dark (2005) (screenwriter)
House of the Dead (2003) (co-executive producer)

References

External links
 
 Official website

1974 births
Living people
American film directors
American film producers
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American screenwriters
American male screenwriters
Buôn Ma Thuột

Buôn Ma Thuột (formerly Lac Giao) or sometimes Buôn Mê Thuột or Ban Mê Thuột (), is the capital city of Đắk Lắk Province in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Its population was 420,000 in 2016, and grew to 502,170 by 2018. The city is the largest in Vietnam's Central Highlands region, and is famous as the regional "capital of coffee".

Buôn Ma Thuột has Buôn Ma Thuột Airport as its main airport.

Geography

The city is located at 12.6667° N 108.0500° E, right at the heart of the Central Highlands of Vietnam, 1300 km from Hanoi, 500 km from Da Nang, and 350 km from Ho Chi Minh City. Lying on a fairly flat highland, at an average height of  above sea level, Buôn Ma Thuột has a vital role in Vietnam's national security and defense system. Buôn Ma Thuột is the capital of Đắk Lắk Province and also the biggest city in the Central Highlands region (Tây Nguyên).

History
In 1904 Đắk Lắk Province was established by the French and Buôn Ma Thuột was selected as the provincial administrative centre, rather than the trading center of Đôn on the Srepok River. Buôn Ma Thuột was originally settled by the Ê Đê, but due to the incoming Việt settlement after the Vietnam War and the active acculturation policy, less than 15% (around 40,000) are still Montagnards. An important battle took place there at the end of the Vietnam war.

Institutions
Buôn Ma Thuột is the site of Tây Nguyên University, which was founded in 1977 and has educated more than 27,000 students. The TNU offers training in 37 university programs, 8 college programs, and 6 college-university interlinking programs and pre-university programs.

Climate

See also
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Buôn Ma Thuột

References

External links

 "Establishing Buon Ma Thuot City and Adjusting the Border Between it and the Districts of Cu Jut, Ea Sup and Krong Pac of Darlac Province" Laws of Vietnam, Decree 8-CP, 21 January 1995
 "Buon Ma Thuot, Vietnam" Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.

 
Populated places in Đắk Lắk province
Districts of Đắk Lắk province
Provincial capitals in Vietnam
Cities in Vietnam
Laytown railway station

Laytown railway station () serves Laytown and Bettystown in County Meath, Ireland.

It is about 20 minutes' walk from the venue of yearly Laytown races.

History

The station opened on 25 May 1844 and was renamed by the Great Northern Railway as Laytown & Bettystown in 1913. It was since renamed back to Laytown.

See also
 List of railway stations in Ireland

References

External links 

 Irish Rail Laytown Station Website
 Eiretrains - Laytown Station

Iarnród Éireann stations in County Meath
Railway stations in County Meath
Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1844
Ballinlough

Ballinlough () could refer to one of the following places in Ireland:
Ballinlough, Bunown, a townland in the civil parish of Bunown, barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath
Ballinlough, Cork
Ballinlough, County Meath
Ballinlough, County Roscommon
Ballinlough Castle, County Westmeath
Ballinlough, Killua, a townland in the civil parish of Killua, barony of Delvin, County Westmeath
Dryptosauroides

Dryptosauroides (meaning "similar in form to Dryptosaurus") is the name given to a dubious genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a large theropod, possibly belonging to the Abelisauroidea. It has been estimated as 10 meters (33 feet) long and 1.5 tonnes (1.65 short tons) in weight.

Its fossils, consisting of six caudal vertebrae, together forming type specimens GSI IM K20/334, 609, K27/549, 601, 602 and 626, were found in India in the Lameta Formation of the Maastrichtian. The vertebrae, originally incorrectly identified as dorsals, are thirteen to fourteen centimetres long. These remains are today commonly considered to be indistinguishable from those of other theropods from the same formation. A cervical vertebra, four rib heads and a dorsal rib have also been assigned to Dryptosauroides (D .sp), but they may have belonged to a different theropod.

The type species, Dryptosauroides grandis, was named  by Friedrich von Huene in 1932 and described by him and Charles Alfred Matley in 1933. The specific name grandis means "large" in Latin.

See also

 Timeline of ceratosaur research

References

Ceratosaurs
Dinosaurs of India and Madagascar
Late Cretaceous dinosaurs
Fossil taxa described in 1933
Taxa named by Friedrich von Huene
Taxa named by Charles Alfred Matley
Nomina dubia
Peter Scheerer

Peter Scheerer (born 16 December 1973) is a German film director, film producer and screenwriter. He collaborates on his movies with fellow filmmaker Michael Roesch.

A film fan since his early childhood, Scheerer started shooting short 8 mm movies while he was in high school. After college Scheerer worked in advertising. Later he started together with his writing partner Michael Roesch a successful career as a screenwriter, and worked in various production capacities. Among their screenwriting credits are Alone in the Dark, House of the Dead 2 and Far Cry.

In 2006 Roesch and Scheerer directed their first feature, the vampire thriller Brotherhood of Blood, starring Victoria Pratt, Sid Haig and Ken Foree. The movie had its world premiere at the prestigious Sitges Film Festival in Sitges, Spain in October 2007.

In 2007 Roesch and Scheerer directed Alone in the Dark II, starring Rick Yune, Lance Henriksen and Danny Trejo. It is a sequel to the 2005 film Alone in the Dark.

Filmography
Alone in the Dark II (2008) (director, screenwriter)
Far Cry (2007) (screenwriter)
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) (associate producer)
Brotherhood of Blood (2006) (director, screenwriter)
BloodRayne (2006) (associate producer)
House of the Dead 2 (2005) (screenwriter)
Alone in the Dark (2005) (screenwriter)

References

External links
 

1973 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Baldeo Das Birla

Baldeo Das Birla (1863 – 1956) was an Indian entrepreneur. He contributed to the establishment of the Medical College Calcutta, and also built the Laxminarayan Temple, Delhi, also known as Birla Mandir, which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1939.

Business 
When Britain was trading opium with China, Baldeo Das Birla, who was an adopted son of Shiv Narayan Birla used this opportunity to engage cargo ships in partnership with other tradesmen to trade opium with China. In 1887, Baldeo Das moved to Calcutta to set up business.

Personal life 
In the book by his great-grandson, Yash Birla mentioned that Baldeo Das Birla was named Raja by the British. The book further states that both Baldeo and his wife were both simple people who were deeply religious and superstitious.

Baladeo Birla and his wife had four sons: Jugal Kishore, Rameshwar Das, Ghanshyam Das Birla, and Brij Mohan Birla.

Baldeo Das was awarded the Raibahadur title in 1917. In 1920, he retired from business and started living in Banares pursuing religious studies. In 1925, he was awarded the title of "Raja" by the Maharaja of Dumraon. He was awarded D. Litt. by Banaras Hindu University.

Writings by Baldeo Das Birla
 Chhandogyopnishada Rahasya, 1926
 Vedanta va Atmavichara, 1935
 Darshanik Vichara, 1950

See also
Birla family
Birla Foundation
Medical College and Hospital Building, Calcutta

References 

 URL accessed on 1 April 2006

Indian philanthropists
Rajasthani people
Baldeo Das
1863 births
1956 deaths
Founders of Indian schools and colleges
Businesspeople from British India
People from the Bengal Presidency
Sio Sam Ong

Sio Sam Ong (Chinese: 小三王), literally meaning "Three Little Kings", or SSO, for short, is a leading Chinese triad in Malaysia; with a strong presence in the north (i.e. Kedah, Perlis). Mainly based in Penang, it is widely considered to be one of the most powerful triads in the country. Like their counterparts in Singapore and Taiwan, the Sio Sam Ong mostly consists of the Hokkien ethnic group.

Background 

It is believed that Sio Sam Ong was established during the 1940s to 1950s; being mainly active in northern Malaysia. According to the Malaysian police, Sio Sam Ong is currently one of the most active triads after Aek En Sang, Ang Soon Toong, Salakau Singapore, Ghee Heng, Ang Bin Hoay and Chaun San in Malaysia. it is believed that they have around 500 thousand members and involved in 100 countries. In Malaysia, they were actively involved in politics by joining the government coalition (Barisan Nasional) parties United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) to cover up their identity. They use the code of 3821 gang, and 36 international brothers/ red international army according to the hoax of Chinese triads history. Its currently headed by Dragon Head, Ong King Ee, nicknamed "Jackie Chan".

According to Penang police, the triad has been involved in international drug trafficking, kidnapping, murder, extortion, racketeering and loansharking at its height.

The triad gained notoriety by the slaying of six people in Taman Bersatu, Sungai Petani, in September 1992. The members were also involved in at least 10 murders in the state in the late '80s and early '90s.

There were five members executed for betraying the triad, the remains were exhumed from unmarked graves in Mount Erskine, Penang. Many of its high-ranking members are still high on the Malaysian Police wanted list.

References

 Who Are The Triads Identified? at mynewsfocus.com

Organizations established in the 1940s
1940s establishments in British Malaya
Triad groups
Organized crime groups in Malaysia
Đồng Xoài

Đồng Xoài () is the capital city of Bình Phước Province in the Southeast region of Vietnam. The city was the site of the 1965 Battle of Đồng Xoài during the Vietnam War. As of 2009, the district had a population of 88,380, and a total area of 168 km². The district capital lies at Đồng Xoài.

Administrative division
Đồng Xoài consists of 6 wards (phường) and 2 communes (xã):
 Wards: Tân Bình, Tân Đồng, Tân Phú, Tân Thiện, Tân Xuân, Tiến Thành
 Communes: Tân Thành, Tiến Hưng.

Climate

References

Provincial capitals in Vietnam
Populated places in Bình Phước province
Districts of Bình Phước province
Cities in Vietnam
Corybas (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Corybas () is the son of Iasion and the goddess Cybele, who gave his name to the Corybantes (Koribantes), or dancing priests of Phrygia. The Korybantes were associated with Orpheus, another son of Apollo and a Mousa, founder of the closely related Orphic Mysteries.

Mythology 

According to Diodorus Siculus:This wedding of Cadmus and Harmonia was the first, we are told, for which the gods provided the marriage-feast, and Demeter, becoming enamoured of Iasion, presented him with the fruit of the corn, Hermes gave a lyre (lyra), Athena the renowned necklace and a robe and a flute (auloi), and Electra the sacred rites of the Great Mother of the Gods, as she is called, together with cymbals (kymbala) and kettledrums (tympana) and the instruments of her ritual; and Apollo played upon the lyre (kitharisai) and the Muses upon their flutes (aulesai), and the rest of the gods spoke them fair and gave the pair their aid in the celebration of the wedding. After this Cadmus, they say, in accordance with the oracle he had received, founded Thebes in Boeotia, while Iasion married Cybele and beget Corybas. And after Iasion had been removed into the circle of the gods, Dardanus and Cybelê and Corybas conveyed to Asia the sacred rites of the Mother of the Gods and removed with them to Phrygia. Thereupon Cybelê, joining herself to the first Olympus, begat Alcê and called the goddess Cybelê after herself; and Corybas gave the name of Corybantes to all who, in celebrating the rites of his mother, acted like men possessed, and married Thebe, the daughter of Cilix. In like manner he also transferred the flute (auloi) from Samothrace to Phrygia and to Lyrnessus the lyre (lyra) which Hermes gave and which at a later time Achilles took for himself when he sacked that city.Also, according to Diodorus Siculus, Corybas was the father of Ida who married Lycastus, the a king of Crete, and son of Minos the first king of Crete, and by him bore the "second" king Minos of Crete.

See also 
Satrapes

Notes

References
 Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
 Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
 Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, .

Thracian characters in Greek mythology
Châtillon, Jura

Châtillon, Jura may refer to:

 Châtillon, Jura, Switzerland, a municipality in the district of Delémont, Canton of Jura, Switzerland
 Châtillon, Jura, France, a commune in the Jura département, France
Thủ Dầu Một

Thủ Dầu Một () is the capital city of Bình Dương province, Vietnam, located at around . The city has an area of 118.66 km², with a population of 417,000 (as of 2018), and is located 20 km north of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, on the left bank of the Saigon River, upstream from the city.

Geography
Thu Dau Mot lies to the south of Bình Dương province and is contiguous with Saigon River:
 To the east is Tân Uyên
 To the west is Củ Chi district, Ho Chi Minh City
 To the south is Thuận An
 To the north is Bến Cát

Administrative divisions
Thủ Dầu Một has 14 wards:
 Phú Cường
 Chánh Mỹ 
 Chánh Nghĩa 
 Định Hòa 
 Hiệp An 
 Hiệp Thành 
 Hòa Phú  
 Phú Hòa 
 Phú Lợi 
 Phú Mỹ 
 Phú Tân 
 Phú Thọ 
 Tân An 
 Tương Bình Hiệp

Etymology
In the past, some researchers stated that the name "Thu Dau Mot" had originated from Cambodian language, but most of people claimed that the name "Thu Dau Mot" was a Vietnamese phrase, which combines two phrases that are Thu (means keep) and Dau Mot, whose the first word is a tree called dipterocarpaceae and the second one is a number. According to rumors, in a defense base (literally means "Thu") in Bình An, there was a tree on the hill (tree here is a kind of species in dipterocarpaceae, and it is called "Dau" in Vietnamese language), "Mot" is number one in Vietnamese language, so the name "Thu Dau Mot" was born, which means "one-tree-defense" literally.

Economy
Thủ Dầu Một has seen a rapid expansion and economic development since 1997, as the province has become an important industrial hub of the region. In January 2007, the district-level town then was officially recognized as a third-class town. It became a city in July 2012. There is a 4,200-ha urban-tech park under development. Thủ Dầu Một will be a modern city within the Hồ Chí Minh City Metropolitan Area (including Thủ Dầu Một, Nhơn Trạch, Tân An, Biên Hòa and parts of Đồng Nai and Bình Dương provinces).

It became a first-class city on 6 December 2017.

Thủ Dầu Một is home to World Trade Center Binh Duong New City, a destination for international trade activities in the Southern Key Economic Region of Vietnam. This development is a milestone for the city, as it attracts domestic and international visitors to the city and significantly boosts business in the region.

Points of interest

 Hội Khánh Temple
 Temple of lady Thiên Hậu
 Khu Đại Nam thế giới du lịch
 Market of  Thủ Dầu Một
 The Ông temple
 The lacquer village of Tương Bình Hiệp
 The ceramic village
 Prison of Phú Lợi
 Ancient house by the market of Thủ Dầu Một

References

External links

Populated places in Bình Dương province
Provincial capitals in Vietnam
Districts of Bình Dương province
Cities in Vietnam
STAR (interbank network)

STAR is an American interbank network. It is the largest interbank network in United States, with 2 million ATMs, 134 million cardholders and over 5,700 participating financial institutions. The STAR Network began in 1984 and was acquired by First Data Corporation in 2003. The network is owned and operated by STAR Networks, a subsidiary company of First Data.

Mergers

The network has existed since the 1980s, and has since included several other networks, mostly in the 2000s:

 Alert
 BankMate
 Cactus
 Cash Station
 Explore
 HONOR
 Money Access Center (MAC)
 MOST
 VIA

See also
ATM usage fees

References

External links
 STAR Networks

Financial services companies established in 1984
Banking terms
Companies based in San Diego
Financial services companies of the United States
Interbank networks
USS Fanning (FF-1076)

USS Fanning (FF-1076), a , is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Nathaniel Fanning.

Design and description
The Knox-class design was derived from the  modified to extend range and without a long-range missile system. The ships had an overall length of , a beam of  and a draft of . They displaced  at full load. Their crew consisted of 13 officers and 211 enlisted men.

The ships were equipped with one Westinghouse geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft. The turbine was designed to produce , using steam provided by 2 C-E boilers, to reach the designed speed of . The Knox class had a range of  at a speed of .

The Knox-class ships were armed with a 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun forward and a single 3-inch/50-caliber gun aft. They mounted an eight-round ASROC launcher between the 5-inch (127 mm) gun and the bridge. Close-range anti-submarine defense was provided by two twin  Mk 32 torpedo tubes. The ships were equipped with a torpedo-carrying DASH drone helicopter; its telescoping hangar and landing pad were positioned amidships aft of the mack. Beginning in the 1970s, the DASH was replaced by a SH-2 Seasprite LAMPS I helicopter and the hangar and landing deck were accordingly enlarged. Most ships also had the 3-inch (76 mm) gun replaced by an eight-cell BPDMS missile launcher in the early 1970s. None of the class was actually built mounting a 3-inch gun.

Construction and career 
Constructed by Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California, laid down 7 December 1968, launched 24 January 1970 and delivered 16 July 1971. She was commissioned 23 July 1971, decommissioned 31 July 1993 and was struck 11 January 1995. She was transferred to Turkey on her decommissioning and renamed Adatepe (F-251). Decommissioned by Turkey in 2001.

Notes

References

External links 

 navsource.org: USS Fanning (FF-1076)
 
 Navysite.de

 

Knox-class frigates
Ships built in Los Angeles
1970 ships
Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy
Chicken wing

Chicken wing(s) or chickenwing may refer to:

 Chicken wings 
 Chicken wings as food
 Buffalo wing, a popular way of preparing chicken wings

Other 
Chicken wing, a defensive shot in pickleball
Chicken wing (catch wrestling), maneuver used in catch wrestling
Chicken Wings (comic), an aviation related comic by Michael and Stefan Strasser
Chickenwings, fictional character from X-Men

See also
Chicken lollipop
Chicken wing tackle, a move in Australian rules football and rugby league
The Domain

The Domain may refer to:

 The Domain (Austin, Texas), a shopping mall
 The Domain (film), a 2019 Portuguese film
 The Domain, Sydney, a park

See also
 Domain (disambiguation)