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Richard A. Anderson

Lance Corporal Richard Allen Anderson (16 April 1948 – 24 August 1969) was a United States Marine who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions above and beyond the call of duty in August 1969 during the Vietnam War.

On 24 August 1969, Anderson's platoon was ambushed near Vandegrift Combat Base in Quang Tri Province. Anderson was wounded early in the skirmish but delivered suppressing fire on the North Vietnamese forces. When a militant threw a grenade at the American forces, Anderson threw himself on it and saved the life of another Marine.

Biography
Anderson was born on 16 April 1948, in Washington, D.C. At an early age, he moved with his parents to Houston, Texas. He graduated from M.B. Smiley High School there in May 1966, then attended San Jacinto Junior College in Pasadena, Texas, for a year and a half.

Anderson enlisted in the Marine Corps in Houston on 8 April 1968. Upon completion of recruit training with the 2d Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, California, he received individual combat training with the 1st Battalion, 2d Infantry Training Regiment, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, and returned to San Diego to attend Sea School. Anderson was promoted to Private First Class (PFC) effective 1 July 1968.

PFC Anderson completed his training in October 1968 and was ordered to the Far East, where he joined Sub Unit #1, Provisional Service Battalion, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade.

In November 1968, Anderson was reassigned duty with the 3rd Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam, and served initially as a rifleman with Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines. In January 1969, he assumed duty as a scout, and later, Assistant Fire Team Leader with Company E, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division. Anderson was promoted to Lance Corporal effective 1 June 1969.

On 24 August 1969, while participating in combat approximately 12 miles northwest of Vandegrift Combat Base in Quang Tri Province, Anderson was killed in action.

Military awards
Anderson's military decorations and awards include:

Medal of Honor citation

The President of the United States in the name of United States Congress takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to

for service as set forth in the following

CITATION:

See also

List of Medal of Honor recipients
List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War

References

External links

1948 births
1969 deaths
United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients
Military personnel from Houston
United States Marines
Vietnam War recipients of the Medal of Honor
Deaths by hand grenade
United States Marine Corps personnel killed in the Vietnam War
Kuopio Football Stadium

Kuopio Football Stadium (), also known as Väre Areena (formerly Savon Sanomat Areena, Magnum Areena) is a multi-use stadium in Kuopio, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of KuPS and Pallokissat . The stadium holds 5,000 and was built in 2005.

Gallery

References

External links
 

Football venues in Finland
Football Stadium
Kuopion Palloseura
Buildings and structures in North Savo
Sport in Kuopio
Sports venues completed in 1939
Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343

The Rural Municipality of Blucher No. 343 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 11 and  Division No. 5. It is located in the north-central portion of the province on the South Saskatchewan River.

History 
The RM of Blucher No. 343 incorporated as a rural municipality on December 13, 1909. In 1958, the Patience Lake Mine was the first potash mine built in Canada.

Geography 
Numerous water bodies are located in the RM of Blucher No. 343. The larger lakes include Cheviot Lake, Bradwell Reservoir, Crawford Lake, Judith Lake, and Patience Lake.

Communities and localities 
The following urban municipalities are surrounded by the RM.

Towns
Allan

Villages
Bradwell
Clavet

The following unincorporated communities are located within the RM.

Special service areas
Elstow (dissolved as a village, December 31, 2014)

Unincorporated hamlets
 Blucher
 Cheviot

Demographics 

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Blucher No. 343 had a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a change of  from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2021.

In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Blucher No. 343 recorded a population of  living in  of its  total private dwellings, a  change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of  in 2016.

Government 
The RM of Blucher No. 343 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Wednesday of every month. The reeve of the RM is Daniel Greschuk while its administrator is R. Doran Scott. The RM's office is located in Bradwell.

Attractions 
 Christ Church — West Patience Lake (municipal heritage property)

Bradwell National Wildlife Area (NWA) 
Bradwell National Wildlife Area () is a  protected area established in 1968. It is in the RM of Blucher, about  south-east of Saskatoon. With the completion of the Gardiner Dam and Lake Diefenbaker in 1967, wetland habitat in the area was lost. Ducks Unlimited Canada was involved in a project with Canadian Wildlife Service to bring water to the marshes in the area to ensure stable water levels year-round. The water for Bradwell NWA is suppled by aqueduct from Lake Diefenbaker, which is about  to the south-west, and controlled by a series of dykes, ditches, and water control structures. Directly upstream in the aqueduct system is Blackstrap Lake and downstream is Bradwell Reservoir.

Bradwell NWA is in the Moist Mixed Grassland ecoregion. The landscape has groves of trembling aspen and idled hayfields. A total of five wetlands are protected within the NWA and birds found there include the bobolink, horned grebe, redhead, canvasback, northern pintail, ruddy duck, lesser snow goose, white-fronted goose, marbled godwit, and the Wilson's phalarope.

See also 
 List of rural municipalities in Saskatchewan

References 

B
 
Division No. 11, Saskatchewan
50-Miler Award

The 50-Miler Award is an award of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) designed to promote the ideals of Scouting and in Scoutcraft, conservation, self-reliance, and physical fitness.  The award may be earned by Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, Venturers, and leaders.

Award
The 50-Miler Award is presented as a cloth or leather patch and as a decal.  The award may not be worn on the uniform but is affixed to equipment such as backpacks or vehicles, or sewn onto items such as patch vests or blankets. The 50-Miler Award was established in April 1956, along with the Historic Trails Award.

Requirements

Although the 50-Miler is an individual award, the requirements are performed as a group. Groups may be the troop, team, crew, or an ad hoc group made of members of various units. The trip must be properly planned and may include other opportunities for advancement and recognition.  The group must travel a minimum of  on land and/or water in a minimum of five days.  Travel may be by foot, bicycle, canoe, or boat; pack animals may be used where appropriate.  No travel may involve any motorized vehicle.  The group must also complete ten hours of conservation work.  If ten hours of work cannot be completed on the trail, similar work may be done in the group's home area. Even if the award's requirements are completed at a National Jamboree or High Adventure base, the unit's leader must file an application at their local council's service center.

References

External links
 

Advancement and recognition in the Boy Scouts of America
Lahti Stadium

Lahti Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Lahti, Finland. In Winter the stadium is used in cross-country skiing and biathlon. In summer it is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Lahti. The stadium holds 14,500 spectators and was built in 1981.

Lahti Stadium is a well-known venue for cross-country skiing and biathlon. Along with neighboring ski jumping hills, it has hosted three FIS Nordic World Ski Championships (1989, 2001 and 2017) and numerous Cross-Country World Cup events, the first being held on 6 March 1982. In biathlon, the stadium has been the venue for three World Championships (1981, 1991 and 2000) and also the World Cup for many years.

Gallery

External links
 

Football venues in Finland
Sport in Lahti
Buildings and structures in Päijät-Häme
Sports venues completed in 1981
Kosovars

Kosovars are the citizens of Kosovo. Kosovars are predominantly Muslims and Albanians.

Kosovar citizenship is acquired by birth, adoption, naturalisation, international treaties or through some other specific forms.

History
Although Kosovo is young and declared its independence only in 2008, the ancestors of today's Kosovans have been living in Kosovo’s region for millennia. One of the first people to live in Kosovo were Illyrians. Albanian Kosovans claim to be the direct descendants of the Illyrians, but Kosovan Serbs dispute this claim. The Illyrians were conquered by the Romans in the 2nd century BCE. Kosovo was under the control of the Bulgarian Empire and had become Slavicized and Christianized. Serbians, Bulgarians, and Byzantines fought over the region for several centuries, but the Serbians emerged victorious.

Ethnic groups

Kosovo has a population of around two million. Ethnic Albanians form the majority in Kosovo with 92.9%. Most Kosovar Albanians are Muslims and speak Albanian.

Diaspora

See also
Demographics of Kosovo

References

Kosovan people
Ranfjord

The Ranfjorden (or just Ranfjord) is a fjord in the Helgeland district of Nordland county, Norway. The largest part of the fjord is in the municipality of Rana, but the fjord also passes through the municipalities of Hemnes, Vefsn, Leirfjord, Nesna, and Dønna. The Ranelva river meets the Ranfjord in at the town of Mo i Rana at the innermost part of the fjord.  It then flows to the west for about  to where it meets the sea along the border of Dønna and Nesna municipalities.  

The inner part of the fjord is lush, forested, and more heavily populated. The western parts of the fjord are narrow with steep sides and that area has few inhabitants. There is a narrow strait that connects to the Sørfjorden and Elsfjorden at the village of Hemnesberget. Two large rivers flow into the fjord: Ranelva and Røssåga. The European route E6 highway follows the part of the southern coast of the fjord on its way to Mo i Rana.

Gallery

References

Fjords of Nordland
Rana, Norway
Hemnes
Vefsn
Leirfjord
Nesna
Dønna
Khar, Bajaur

Khar (, X̌ār), also spelled Khaar, is the headquarters of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Khar was one of the largest towns in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (merged into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2018). It lies near the border with Afghanistan. The headquarters of the Bajaur Scouts are located in the town. A civil colony is located in the town and this place is the court of Bajaur.

History 
On 30 October 2006, the Chenagai airstrike happened near Khar. Helicopter gunships fired missiles and destroyed an al-Qaeda-linked training facility and killed 80 local students in a northwestern tribal area near the Afghan border, in a madrassa.

On 30 January 2010, a young male suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed 16 people and himself at a security checkpoint at a bazaar. 

On 25 December 2010, at least 40 people were killed and at least 50 others were injured in the early morning when an islamic extremist threw two hand grenades and detonated her explosive vest at a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution centre.

On 30 July 2023, an Islamic State – Khorasan Province suicide bomber killed over 60 people during the gathering of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, an Islamist political party.

Population 
The population of Khar was 130,267 in 2017.

References 

Khar
Populated places in Bajaur District
Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion

Kymenlaakson Sähkö Stadion (formerly Saviniemen Jalkapallostadion and Anjalankosken Jalkapallostadion) is a multi-use stadium in Kouvola, Finland.  It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of MYPA.  The stadium holds 4,167 and was built in 1995. The stadium has hosted several Europa League qualifying matches, including three in the 2010–11 tournament when MYPA were eliminated in the 3rd qualifying round by Romanian Club Timișoara.

References

 https://web.archive.org/web/20120418223513/http://www.mypa.fi/ottelut/stadion/
 http://www.football-lineups.com/stadium/406/Games/

Football venues in Finland
Sports venues completed in 1995
Buildings and structures in Kouvola
Buildings and structures in Kymenlaakso
Sport in Kymenlaakso
Hietalahti Stadium

Hietalahti Stadium (, ), also known as Elisa Stadion for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Vaasa, Finland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Vaasan Palloseura. The stadium has a capacity of 6,009 spectators.

The stadium was originally built in 1935. It was expanded to its current capacity in 2015–2016. The name sponsor of the stadium is the Finnish telecommunications company Elisa.

Hietalahti Stadium co-hosted the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in July 2018.

References

External links
Official site
Stadium information at StadiumDB.com

Football venues in Finland
Multi-purpose stadiums in Finland
Sport in Vaasa
Buildings and structures in Ostrobothnia (region)
Sports venues completed in 1935
1935 establishments in Poland
Sport in Ostrobothnia
HD 80606 and HD 80607

HD 80606 and HD 80607 are two stars comprising a binary star system. They are approximately 217 light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. Both stars orbit each other at an average distance of 1,200 astronomical units. The binary system is listed as Struve 1341 in the Struve Catalogue of Double Stars; however, this designation is not in wide use and the system is usually referred to by the HD designations of its constituent stars. An extrasolar planet has been confirmed to orbit HD 80606 in a highly elliptical orbit.

Planetary system

The variable radial velocity of HD 80606 was first noticed in 1999 from observations with the 10-m Keck 1 telescope at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii by the G-Dwarf Planet Search, a survey of nearly 1,000 nearby G dwarfs to identify extrasolar planet candidates. The star was then followed up by the Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search team using the ELODIE spectrograph mounted on the 1.93-m telescope at the Haute-Provence Observatory. The discovery of HD 80606 b was announced on April 4, 2001. Its orbit is misaligned with the star's rotation at 53 degrees. Additional studies using the Spitzer Space Telescope in the infrared, and the Very Large Array in the millimeter radio, have shown that the highly eccentric planet 'b' orbiting HD 80606 grazes the parent star at its closest passage to produce difficult-to-detect stellar lobing, severe 'space weather', aurorae and other non-thermal activity.

At the time, its orbit was the most eccentric orbit of any extrasolar planet known. It has an eccentricity of 0.9336, comparable to that of Comet Halley in the Solar System. The eccentricity may be a result of the Kozai mechanism, which would occur if the planet's orbit is significantly inclined to that of the binary stars. This conclusion is reinforced by the detection of the misalignment, an expected result of the Kozai mechanism.

In a simulation of a ten-million-year span, the planet "sweeps clean" most test particles within 1.75 AU of HD 80606. The 8:1 resonance hollows out another Kirkwood gap at 1.9 AU. There cannot be any habitable planets in this system. Also, observation has ruled out planets heavier than 0.7 Jupiter mass with a period of one year or less.

See also
 Gliese 752
 HD 20782
 Iota Horologii

References

Notes

External links
 

Binary stars
Planetary systems with one confirmed planet
080606
Ursa Major
G-type main-sequence stars
Planetary transit variables
045982/3
Durchmusterung objects
Multi-star planetary systems
Viroflay

Viroflay () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-western suburbs of Paris  from the center and  from the Palace of Versailles.

The town motto is Lux mea lex which is Latin for "Light is my law".

History

Population

Gastronomy 
The "Viroflay Omelette" is an omelette stuffed with spinach, ham and gruyère cheese.
The "Monstruous" is a variety of spinach, specific to Viroflay where it used to be cultivated.

Transport 
Viroflay is served by Viroflay-Rive-Gauche station, which is an interchange station on Paris RER line C and on the Transilien Paris-Montparnasse suburban rail line.

It is also served by Viroflay-Rive-Droite station on the Transilien Paris-Saint-Lazare suburban rail line and by Chaville–Vélizy station on Paris RER line C.

See also 
 Communes of the Yvelines department

References

External links 
 Official site

Communes of Yvelines
Pioneer CLD-D703

The Pioneer CLD-D703, or the CLD-D770 in non-North American marketplaces, was a part of Pioneer's 700 Series of upper mid-range LaserDisc players, and the first player in the family and top of Pioneer's 1994 North American line. On the grounds of picture and audio quality, the 703 is widely considered one of the best non-Elite LaserDisc players ever made by Pioneer. It evolved into the CLD-D704, which itself was the basis for the CLD-79 and CLD-99 Elite line of high-end models.

Information
Pioneer introduced the CLD-D703 to provide a "stop gap" model to fit in between the CLD-D503, a lower mid-range player, and the more expensive, prior models in their Elite lineup. Although lacking an AC-3 RF output for transmission of Dolby Digital sound, it did include many high-end features including a 51db video signal-to-noise ratio, 116db audio signal-to-noise ratio, quick Gamma-Turn side flip, Digital Field Memory (allowing for freeze frame and slow motion options on CLV discs), One Shot Memory (for displaying a frame as a background), coaxial and TOSLINK audio outputs, adjustable digital noise reduction, digital time base correction, twin 1-bit DLC digital-to-analog converters, and a backlit remote control with jog dial (CU-CLD098). This model is also a combi player, meaning it could also play Compact Disc and CD Video via an independent standard CD-sized tray. 

For 1995, Pioneer upgraded the player, adding the AC-3 RF output and rebadging it as the CLD-D704. Other than an AC-3 RF output, the player largely remained the same. However, the 703 can be modified with an aftermarket AC-3 RF circuit for Dolby Digital capability. The optical TOSLINK output provides the 703 with full DTS audio capability with LDs carrying such tracks to any DTS-equipped AV receiver or processor. The unit also possesses excellent, "sync-to-play" capability with older LDs bearing the LaserVision and DiscoVision label.

Pioneer used the CLD-D703/704 hardware for two "spin-off" Elite lineup players. First was the CLD-79, which was little more than a rebadged CLD-D704 with a high-gloss black "urushi" finish, different electroluminescent front panel placement, gold-plated RCA jacks, and slightly higher audio signal-to-noise ratio. The second, the CLD-99, was again only a minor evolution; in terms of hardware it was simply a CLD-79 but with an improved 3D comb filter that worked via the S-Video output to increase picture quality.

After the discontinuation of this model, the CLD-D704, CLD-79 and 99, Pioneer began abandoning LaserDisc in 1996 with the release of the DVD format set to debut the following year with the brand introducing several less-performance, more-ease of use geared DVD/LD combo players and a few prior, very basic LD models that were all that remained available for the North American consumer base.

LaserDisc
Pioneer Corporation products
The Point, Louisville

The Point was a thriving 19th century neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, east of Downtown Louisville and opposite Towhead Island along the Ohio River.  It was also located north of the present day Butchertown area.

Overview
 
Starting in the 1840s it was home to many upper income residents who had moved from New Orleans, giving the area on Fulton Street the nickname "the Frenchmen's Row". They built many mansion houses in the area, the best known of which was the Heigold House (completed in 1853), which featured a very detailed facade with the faces of early American leaders engraved on it. It was built by immigrant stonemason Christian Heigold.

In 1854 many houses were demolished when Beargrass Creek was rerouted from its original outflow near 4th Street in downtown Louisville to its current location through the area. Many more houses were torn down after the great Ohio River flood of 1937. It was also the site of The Louisville Municipal Yacht Basin (later Municipal Boat Harbor) built in 1936.

Contemporary Louisville leaders of the time wanted the entire area depopulated and replaced with a park called Point Park Project, which was done to the extreme northern part of the area, now called Thruston Park.  This remained the preferred urban public park throughout the 1940s and 50s.  The park was severely disrupted by the construction of I-64 in the early 1960s and by the 1980s, it was in a neglected and dismal state.  The harbor remained until it was closed by the city in 2005.

Today only two remaining historical structures remain. The first is the decorated front facade of the Heigold House, which originated in the former Ohio Street neighborhood's Marion Street (present location of the Waterfront Botanical Gardens). Secondly, the Paget House, the last remaining of the riverfront mansions along Fulton Street. Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Heigold facade was moved to a roundabout on Frankfort Avenue near River Road, while the fate of the historic Paget House remains uncertain, but remains across River Road on the River Park Place development property.

See also
 History of Louisville, Kentucky

References

 Powell, Robert Louisville/ Jefferson County Sketch Book, Kentucky Images: Lexington KY: 1985, p 22

Neighborhoods in Louisville, Kentucky
History of Louisville, Kentucky
Former populated places in Kentucky
Populated places established in the 1840s
1840s establishments in Kentucky
Warren Faidley

Warren Faidley (born May 11, 1957) is an American storm chaser. Faidley is credited as the world's first full-time, professional storm photographer.

Biography 
Faidley is a graduate from University of Arizona and Pima Community College.

His very first tornado chase landed him in Saragosa, Texas a small community that had been swept away by a violent F4 tornado on May 22, 1987. His professional career was launched in October 1988 after he took a photograph of lightning hitting a light pole in an oil and gasoline tank farm in Tucson, Arizona. The image was published in Life Magazine, billing him as a "Storm Chaser."

In 1997 Faidley was the subject of Stephen Kramer's book Eye of the Storm.

References

Further reading

External links 
  Facebook

Living people
American photojournalists
Storm chasers
Amateur radio people
1957 births
People from Topeka, Kansas
All About Eve (disambiguation)

All About Eve is a 1950 film starring Bette Davis and Anne Baxter.

All About Eve may also refer to:

Music 
 All About Eve (band), an English rock band
 All About Eve (album), the first album by the band
 All About Eve, a PJ Harvey album released in 2019, the score to a stage adaptation of the 1950 film
 "All About Eve", a song by Marxman
 "All About Eve", a song by Steve Vai from Fire Garden
 "All About Eve", a song by The Wedding Present from George Best

Television 
 All About Eve (South Korean TV series), a 2000 South Korean drama
 All About Eve (Philippine TV series), a 2009 adaptation of the Korean series
 "All About Eve", an episode of the American SF drama Earth 2
 "All About Eve", an episode of the American sitcom Eve
 "All About Eve", an episode of the American sitcom Last Man Standing 
 All About Eve, a 1994 TV documentary about Eve van Grafhorst
 "All About Eve" (Supergirl), an episode of Supergirl
Ping Pong over the Abyss

Ping Pong over the Abyss is the debut album by the 77s, released in 1982 on the Exit Records label.

One song from that album, "Renaissance Man", was later recorded by the Ocean Blue. "It's So Sad" was later rerecorded, with a drastically different arrangement, by Roe's other band, the Lost Dogs, for their album MUTT.

The title comes from Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl", section 3: "I'm with you in Rockland / where you scream in a straight jacket that you're losing the game of the actual ping pong of the abyss."

Track listing

Side one
 "A Different Kind of Light"'
 "How Can You Love"
 "It's So Sad"
 "Falling Down a Hole"
 "Someone New"

Side two
 "Renaissance Man"
 "Ping Pong Over the Abyss"
 "Time Is Slipping Away"
 "Denomination Blues (That's All)"

Bonus tracks (CD)
Bonus tracks originally found on CDs in the 123 boxset.

 "A Different Kind of Light" (Live) 
 "How Can You Love" (4-track demo) 
 "It's So Sad" (Live) 
 "Falling Down a Hole" (Live) 
 "Ping Pong Over the Abyss" (4-track demo) 
 "Denomination Blues" (Live)

Band members
 Mike Roe - guitar, lead vocals
 Mark Tootle - keyboards, guitar, vocals
 Jan Eric - bass, background vocals
 Mark Proctor - drums, vocals

References 

1982 debut albums
The 77s albums
Sabine Channel Marine Provincial Park

Sabine Channel Provincial Park, also known as Sabine Channel Marine Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, in the waters surrounding Jervis Island in Sabine Channel, which separates Texada Island (N) from Lasqueti Island (S).  Established in 2001, the parks is approximately 2,254 ha. in size.

See also
List of British Columbia provincial parks

References

BC Parks infopage

Provincial Parks of the Gulf Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 2001
2001 establishments in British Columbia
Marine parks of Canada
Saltery Bay Provincial Park

Saltery Bay Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located southeast of the city of Powell River, and on the north side of the entrance to Jervis Inlet in the central area of that province's Sunshine Coast region.

References

External links
  Saltery Bay Provincial Park - BC Parks

Sunshine Coast (British Columbia)
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1962
1962 establishments in British Columbia
Sandwell Provincial Park

Sandwell Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

Sandwell Provincial Park is a small oceanfront site at Lock Bay, on the northeast shore of Gabriola Island. Hiking, swimming and beach-walking are popular activities here. There are also petroglyphs carved into the sandstone boulders on Lock Bay's foreshore. Facilities are limited to a picnic area and a pit toilet only.

Sandwell Provincial Park is located on Gabriola Island in the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia. Access to the park is via North Road, Barrett Road and left onto Strand Road, continuing to the park. Access to Gabriola Island is by a 20-minute ferry trip from Nanaimo on Vancouver Island to Descanso Bay on Gabriola Island.

Other parks on Gabriola Island are the nearby Drumbeg Provincial Park and Gabriola Sands Provincial Park.

Nearby Towns
Gabriola Island
Nanaimo
Yellow Point
Southern Gulf Islands

External links

Regional District of Nanaimo
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1988
1988 establishments in British Columbia
Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park

Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park, formerly Sandy Island Provincial Park and also known as Tree Island Park, is a 30 hectare provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located off the north end of Denman Island, on the west side of the Strait of Georgia to the south of Comox. The park comprises Sandy Island (locally known as Tree Island) and the Seal Islets. It is accessible by boat and, at low tide, by foot across tidal flats from Longbeak Point on Denman Island.

In 2012 the park's name was officially changed to Jáji7em and Kw'uhl Marine Park (a.k.a. Sandy Island Marine Park), reflecting the K'omoks names for the islands. Jáji7em ("having trees") refers to Sandy Island, while Kw'uhl (unknown meaning) refers to either the Seal Islets or just Seal Island (a.k.a. Shack Island), the largest of the islets.

References

External links
Sandy Island Marine Provincial Park, BCParks website
BC Parks - Sandy Island Provincial Marine Park, Denman Island, VancouverIsland.com

Provincial Parks of the Gulf Islands
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1966
1966 establishments in British Columbia
Marine parks of Canada
Sargeant Bay Provincial Park

Sargeant Bay Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located just west of the community of Sechelt on the southern Sunshine Coast. Created in 1990 at 57 ha. in size, the park was expanded to approximately 146 ha. in 1997.

See also
List of British Columbia provincial parks

References

BC Parks infopage

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Sunshine Coast (British Columbia)
Protected areas established in 1990
1990 establishments in British Columbia
Scatter River Old Growth Provincial Park

Scatter River Old Growth Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the Liard River downstream from Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park and Liard River Corridor Provincial Park and Protected Area.  The park includes the Grand Canyon of the Liard, a 30 km stretch of canyon and whitewater between the Toad and Trout River converges with the Liard.  The park includes high upland plateau and muskeg as well as stands of old growth spruce forests.  Established in 1999, the park is c.1140 ha. in area.

See also
Terminal Range
Sentinel Range (Canada)
Toad River Hot Springs Provincial Park

References

Liard Country
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Canyons and gorges of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1999
1999 establishments in British Columbia
Schoolhouse Lake Provincial Park

Schoolhouse Lake Provincial Park, formerly known as Lang Lake Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada.

References

Geography of the Cariboo
Provincial parks of British Columbia
Protected areas established in 1995
1995 establishments in British Columbia
Niger Delta Vigilante

The Niger Delta Vigilante (abbreviated NDV) is an armed militia group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The NDV is led by Ateke Tom. The group is composed primarily by ethnic Ijaws from in and around Port Harcourt and their main goal is controlling the area's vast oil resources. In late 2003 the NDV precipitated a conflict with their rival Ijaw ethnic militia, the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF). The two groups spent most of 2004 in an escalating conflict which was ended when the Nigerian government and military eventually intervened on the side of the NDV in summer of 2004. The government's support of the NDV would eventually precipitate the Nigerian oil crisis, beginning in October 2004.

See also
Petroleum in Nigeria

References

External links
Official website of The Niger Delta Vigilante (NDV) (broken link)

Petroleum industry in Nigeria
Rebel groups in Nigeria
Niger River Delta
Swimming at the Commonwealth Games

Swimming is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games. It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games. Synchronised swimming and Diving events are optional. Water polo is a recognised (i.e. not yet optional) sport.

Editions

Events

Men's events

Women's events

Elite Athletes with a Disability events
From the 2002 Commonwealth Games a number of events have been included in the program to include elite athletes with disabilities. The inclusion of events in this category has been inconsistent over the four Games where they have been included.

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Games records

External links
Commonwealth Games sport index

 
Swimming
Commonwealth Games
Delights of the Garden

Delights of the Garden is the 2002 debut album by Desmond Williams. On his first full album, Williams delves into his Jamaican roots, tinging the electronica sound of his music with the dub stylings of that nation. He also shifts through other styles, such as bossa nova, soul, and drum & bass.

Guest artists on the album included vocals by Portia Joo and performances by Javier Miranda on congas, Chris Vrenios on guitar, and Niv on scratching.  Williams played all of the instruments on all of the tracks except for Um Favor (congas by Miranda), Theme from a Dream (guitar by Vrenios), and This Morning (dj scratching by Niv).

The album was recorded at the Eighteenth Street Lounge studios in Washington, D.C., and mastered at Masterdisc in New York City.

Track listing
All tracks written by Desmond Williams.

 "Um Favor" – 5:27
 "Cadence" – 4:42
 "First Touch" – 5:01
 "Theme From a Dream" – 5:00
 "This Morning" – 4:38
 "Dread A the Roughest" – 4:32
 "Spy Glass" – 4:33
 "Saturday" – 1:19 
 "Delights of the Garden" – 5:49
 "Oxygen" – 4:35
 "High Speed Drift" – 4:50
 "For the Trees" – 4:02
 "Brooklyn Blues" – 4:57
 "Wilcher Waltz" – 4:43

Personnel 
Desmond Williams – bass, guitar, keyboards, producer, beats
Portia Joo - vocals
Javier Miranda - congas
T. Austin Reed - keyboards
Chris Pupa Roots Vrenios – guitar
Steve Raskin – art direction, design
Howie Weinberg – mastering
The Williams Family – photography

References

2002 debut albums
Desmond Williams albums
Santa Gertrudis-Boca del Infierno Provincial Park

Santa Gertrudis-Boca del Infierno Provincial Park, legally Santa-Boca Provincial Park, is a provincial park on Nootka Island in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on 30 April 1996 to protect and Santa Gertrudis Cove and Boca del Infierno Bay, which are located on the southeastern shore of Nootka Island.

Etymology
Boca del Infierno means "Bay of Fury" or "Bay of Hell" while Santa Gertrudis Cove is from the Spanish name for Saint Gertrude.

References

Provincial parks of British Columbia
Nootka Sound region
Spanish history in the Pacific Northwest
Protected areas established in 1996
1996 establishments in British Columbia
NDV

NDV may refer to:

 Newcastle disease virus, the virus that causes Newcastle disease
 Niger Delta Vigilante, an armed militia group in the Niger Delta
 Number of Distinct Values, a metric useful in determining density estimation, especially when working with histograms or when selecting the optimal indexing strategy in a relational database
 Nick D'Virgilio, progressive rock drummer
 Nyck de Vries, Dutch racing driver, Formula E champion
Naransamy Roy Naidoo

Thambi Naransamy Naidoo or Roy Naidoo (1901-1953) was a South African political activist. He was of South African Indian Tamil descent. He is the son of an early collaborator of Mahatma Gandhi, Thambi Naidoo. He was married to another activist Amma Naidoo

He was born in 1901 in Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal. He was adopted by the family of Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi and went to India for his education, where he studied under the poet Rabindranath Tagore. He became a trade unionist and leader of bakery workers on the Rand.

In 1946 he helped organise the campaign by Indians against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act; he served two terms of imprisonment for passive resistance. He was active again in the 1952 Defiance Campaign and also served as vice-president of the Transvaal Indian Congress and chairman of the Transvaal Peace Council. He died in 1953. He was the father of Shanti Naidoo and Indres Naidoo, both active opponents of the South African regime.

References
Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882–1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 ? 1964. Hoover Institution Pres: Stanford University

1901 births
1953 deaths
South African people of Tamil descent
People from Pietermaritzburg
South African Indian Congress politicians
South African politicians of Indian descent
South African expatriates in India
Ateke Tom

Ateke Tom is a traditional ruler and the first Amanyanabo of Okochiri Kingdom, who was the former leader of the Niger Delta Vigilante, an ethnic Ijaw militia in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. In August 2007, following days of gun fights between various militia groups and security forces in Port Harcourt, Ateke Tom wrote to the Governor of Rivers State Celestine Omehia, requesting amnesty in response to an offer of clemency and rehabilitation the government had offered to militia who surrendered. 

On 1 October 2009, the 49th anniversary of Nigerian independence and three days before the closing of a government amnesty program, Tom willingly surrendered to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua at the Government House, Abuja. The presidential jet was sent to fly Tom to Abuja, and the President stated, "Today, Chief Tom Ateke you have given me my 49th independence anniversary gift and I cherish it so much." Also present at the surrender were Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, Minister of Defense General Godwin Abbe, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Yayale Ahmed, Chief of Defense Staff Paul Dike and National Security Advisor Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar, among others.

On 25 November 2017, Ateke Tom was crowned as the first Amanyanabo of Okochiri. The coronation was attended by Ezenwo Wike, Governor of Rivers State.

See also
Petroleum in Nigeria
Nigerian Oil Crisis
Ijaw

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Ijaw people
Nigerian guerrillas
Nigerian royalty
The Holocaust History Project

The Holocaust History Project (THHP) is an inactive non-profit corporation based in San Antonio, Texas. Its archived website offers a comprehensive selection of documents, recordings, photographs, and essays regarding the Holocaust, Holocaust denial, and antisemitism. The project became known for its refutations of the Leuchter report and the Rudolf report. Since then, it has assisted the defense in the case of Irving v. Lipstadt. As of 2016, THHP website is no longer available online but all of its contents are accessible via several hundred captures in the Internet Archive. However starting April 2016 the French NGO and project phdn.org has put back online an almost complete copy of the original THHP website.

The THHP defines itself as an organization of "concerned individuals working together to educate and inform people about the Holocaust." Some of its members remain anonymous. The founding director was Harry W. Mazal, OBE, who died in 2011.

Among the material which is presented, there are essays about scientific and legal analyses, events and people, expert witness testimony, original Nazi documents, transcripts of many of the Nuremberg trials, and the complete texts of two influential works, Jean-Claude Pressac's Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers and Robert Jay Lifton's The Nazi Doctors. There are also extensive sections on the Auschwitz and Operation Reinhard extermination camps.

More than 20 "short essays" address a variety of questions of interest, including an extensive bibliography of literature about Holocaust related topics.  It also contains  a section which is devoted to Holocaust denial, including direct debunking of deniers such as David Irving, Ernst Zündel, and several others.

Members
 Mikkel Andersson, information technology consultant
 Yale F. Edeiken, attorney
 Richard J. Green, Ph.D., physical chemist
 Patrick J. Groff, computer scientist
 Ralf Loserth, computer scientist
 Andrew E. Mathis, Ph.D., adjunct professor of humanities (including Holocaust), University of the Sciences
 Harry W. Mazal, chemist
 Jamie McCarthy, computer scientist
 Gord McFee, historian and scholar of German history and literature
 Danny Mittleman, associate professor of information systems, DePaul University
 Sara Salzman, marketing consultant
 Nicholas Terry, Ph.D., lecturer in history, University of Exeter
 John Zimmerman, associate professor of accounting, business and economics, University of Nevada Las Vegas

References

External links
 Homepage stored by Wayback
 Online copy of the original THHP website on phdn.org

Holocaust historiography
White House Tee Ball Initiative

White House Tee Ball Initiative refers to efforts by President George W. Bush to promote baseball and softball by allowing youth tee-ball events on the grounds of the White House in Washington, D.C. The event was first held in 2001.

In 2001, U.S. President Bush initiated what he described as the "White House Tee Ball Initiative". The purpose was to promote interest in childhood sports, including baseball and softball. According to the White House, the Tee Ball Initiative promoted "a spirit of teamwork and service for America's youth."

The plan was to invite teams from around the United States to play tee-ball at the White House. Teams were to be selected by the Little League Baseball Association.

About tee-ball

Tee-ball is considered "the entry sport to baseball for young players", as it generally requires less skill than baseball.  Tee-ball associations allow children between the ages of four and eight to play in their leagues.  It is estimated that 2.2 million children play tee-ball.

The principal difference between tee-ball and softball or baseball is that the child hits the ball off of a tee; the ball is not pitched. Thus, tee-ball allows a young child to learn the skills of batting, catching, running the bases, and throwing, while making it both easier to hit the ball and less likely for batters to be injured since they do not need to dodge wayward pitches.

The capitalized, spaced spelling "Tee Ball" is actually a registered trademark in the US of one particular, church-affiliated organization since the 1970s, though the game goes back to at least the 1950s in various parts of the United States.

List of White House Tee Ball Commissioners 

2006 Commissioner Willie Mays July 30, 2006 
2005 Commissioner Barry Larkin June 24, 2005 
2004 Commissioner Nolan Ryan  April 5, 2004
2001-04 Commissioner Cal Ripken Jr. June 20, 2003

See also
Barney (dog)
Miss Beazley (dog)

References

External links

White House Baseball Web Site
  White House Tee Ball Web Site
 Little League Assn. Teams can be nominated through this site.
Selection Process from Little League Assn
 York, Brian Bush to a Tee National Review
CNN Evaluating Bush's First 100 Days Transcript Aired April 29, 2001

Ball games
Little League
Silverstoneia flotator

Silverstoneia flotator, the rainforest rocket frog, is a terrestrial, diurnal frog found in humid lowlands of Costa Rica and Panama. It is generally very common and therefore considered to be of least concern by the IUCN. The taxonomy is in need of a review, as it may consist of a complex of several species.

References

External links

flotator
Amphibians described in 1931
Amphibians of Costa Rica
Amphibians of Panama
Taxa named by Emmett Reid Dunn
Strayer Voigt Inc

Strayer-Voigt, Inc. (also known as SVI) is a manufacturer of M1911-styled modular pistols. The Strayer-Voigt system is called modular because the lower grip and trigger guard, which is made of carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium or aluminum, is a separate component from the metal upper portion of the frame that comprises the dust cover and frame rails. They are the most famous for their Hybrid series of pistols as well as their IMM Open division pistols made for competitions. SVI markets its products under the brand name Infinity Firearms. The Infinity pistols are sometimes unofficially known by the combined name of Strayer-Voigt Infinity among some enthusiasts, a play on the SVI acronym.

History

Strayer-Voigt, Inc. was started in June 1994 when Sandy Strayer left STI International Inc to form his own company. Sandy Strayer joined forces with Michael Voigt, a professional shooter and gunsmith, to manufacture and market their own line of modular frame 1911s.

The new age of 1911s
The original polymer grip was formerly a shared patent design between Strayer-Voigt and STI International Inc. It offers a modular version of the M1911 design optimized for competition use. By making the lower half of the frame from thin polymer, the gun can make use of double-stack magazines without a significant increase in grip thickness (current production utilizes various metals for the grip). SVI and STI pistols generally hold approximately twice as many rounds of ammunition per magazine as traditional 1911s (i.e., 14 rounds of .45 ACP instead of 7 rounds). SVI Infinity pistols currently rank among the most popular - and most expensive - competition 1911 pistols made. Complete SVI handguns start at $4,200 (as of 2019) plus the cost of any customizations. They are produced in a variety of calibers, including .38 Super, 9x23mm Winchester, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, 10mm Auto, and .357 Sig. SVI Infinity pistols make exclusive use of Infinity Accuracy Enhanced pistol barrels. The barrels and all major components are manufactured in-house from billet barstock. Heat treatment and cryogenic treatments are also done in-house. SVI also now uses slides with interchangeable breech faces, which makes caliber changes cheaper for customers wanting to shoot several different calibers in the same weapon. SVI provides accuracy certificates with their pistols which feature the accuracy enhanced barrels that produce groups smaller than 40 mm at 50 m (0.8 mrad) or 1.5 in at 50 yd (3 MOA), which is remarkable accuracy for a pistol.

References 
Tripp Research, Inc. Company History, Accessed May 7, 2008 http://www.trippresearch.com/history/history.htm

External links 
 Strayer-Voigt, Inc.
 
 United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA)
 International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC)

Firearm manufacturers of the United States
Privately held companies based in Texas