SOE operated in all countries or former countries occupied by or attacked by the Axis forces, except where demarcation lines were agreed with Britain's principal Allies (the Soviet Union and the United States). It also made use of neutral territory on occasion, or made plans and preparations in case neutral countries were attacked by the Axis. The organisation directly employed or controlled just over 13,000 people, about 3,200 of whom were women.
After the war, the organisation was officially dissolved on 15 January 1946. A memorial to SOE's agents was unveiled on the Albert Embankment by Lambeth Palace in London in October 2009.
Boreads
The Boreads () are the twin sons of Boreas, the god of the north wind in Greek mythology. Their names are Calaïs and Zethes ().
They were the sons of Boreas and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. They were described as being able to run as fast as the wind or able to fly, due to having large wings either on their feet or backs. They were Argonauts, joining Jason on his quest for the Golden Fleece.
2018 Pacific hurricane season
2018 Pacific hurricane season is a future event in which the tropical cyclones will be formed in Western Hemisphere. It happens yearly and in 2018 hurricane season will officially start on May 15 and End on November 30.
The following list of names will be used for naming storms that will be formed in the Eastern Pacific in 2018. Any retired names will be announced by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) during the Spring 2019. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2024 season. This is the same list used in the 2012 season.
Berkeley County, West Virginia
Berkeley County is a county in West Virginia. It is the 2nd most populated county in West Virginia with the 2010 census reporting that 104,169 people lived in Berkeley County. The county seat is Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Berkeley County was formed from Frederick County, Virginia in 1772 and named for Lord Norborne Berkeley. For most of Berkeley County's history, Martinsburg has been its largest city. The arrival of the B&O Railroad in the 1840s gave Martinsburg and Berkeley County a significant economic boost. As the American Civil War was being fought, much of Berkeley county was ransacked and fought over. The first major battle in the area occurred on July 2, 1861, when the American General Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River at Williamsport and defeated the Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston and General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. In the October of 1862, the Martinsburg B&O Railroad complex and Roundhouses were burned. After November 1863, Berkeley County became a part of West Virginia. Since then, Berkley County has experienced huge growth due to being close to the US capital, Washington, D.C.
Berkeley County is located in a Humid subtropical climate. It has varying temperatures with an average high of 86 degrees in July, and a low of 22 degrees in January. Berkeley County receives rainfall all year, with summers being wetter that winter. It receives 26 inches of snow a year on average. Berkeley County also receives 39 inches of rain per year.
Robert Holmes (American football)
Robert Holmes (October 5, 1945 – April 14, 2018) was a former American football running back. He was born in Huntsville, Texas. He played College football at Southern University and professionally in the American Football League for the Kansas City Chiefs, and in the National Football League for the Chiefs, the Houston Oilers, and the San Diego Chargers.
Holmes died on April 14, 2018 in Regina, Saskatchewan of complications from eye neoplasm at the age of 72.
Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. The population was 38,548 as of the 2010 census. Sam Houston lived here and it was his hometown.
Igor Chislenko
Igor Leonidovich Chislenko (, 4 January 1939 — 22 September 1994) was a Soviet football player. He played over 200 games for FC Dynamo Moscow. He also played for the USSR national football team, appearing 53 times, and scoring 20 goals. He was on the 1962 and 1966 World Cup teams.
Frank Drowota
Frank F. Drowota III (July 7, 1938 – April 15, 2018) was an American lawyer. He served as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court twice from 1989 to 1990 and again from 2000 to 2005. He was born in Williamsburg, Kentucky.
Drowota died in Nashville, Tennessee on April 15, 2018 at the age of 79.
Paul Singer (economist)
Paul Israel Singer (24 March 1932 – 16 April 2018) was an Austrian-born Brazilian economist and scholar. From 1979 he returned to teaching, as a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), where he remained for four years, having been head of the Department of Economics and member of the University Council.
In 1980 he was one of the founders of the Workers' Party.
Singer died on 16 April 2018 in São Paulo, São Paulo at the age of 86.
Vel Phillips
Velvalea Rodgers "Vel" Phillips (February 18, 1923 – April 17, 2018) was an American attorney and civil rights activist. She served as a local official and judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and as Secretary of State of Wisconsin, the first woman and African-American elected to that state position, from 1979 to 1983.
Phillips died under hospice care in Milwaukee at age 95 on April 17, 2018.
Grashof number
The Grashof number (Gr) represents forced convection in a heat transfer system. It can be found using the relation of Ra/Pr, where Ra is the Rayleigh's number and Pr is Prandtl's Number.
Pectoralis major muscle
The pectoralis major is a thick, fan-shaped muscle, on the chest (front) of the human body.
It makes up most of the the chest muscles, and is under the breast. In sports as well as bodybuilding, the pectoral muscles may be referred to as "pecs", "pectoral muscle" or "chest muscle" because it is the larger surface muscle in the chest area.
Seigneur
Seigneur (, ) was used during medieval times. It was the name formerly given in France to someone who had been granted a fief by the ruling king or queen, with all its associated rights over people and property. This form of lordship was called seigneurie. The rights that the seigneur had were also called seigneurie, and the seigneur himself was the "seigneur justice" because he exercised jurisdiction over his fief. France repealed its feudal system August 4, 1789 in the wake of the French Revolution. Since then, the office of seigneur ceased to exist, and the title has only been used for sovereign princes and only by their families.
The part of Canada that was once called New France also used a seigneurial system from 1627 to 1854.
Fire blanket
A fire blanket is a type of blanket that can be used to put out a fire. A fire blanket includes fire-resistant material to prevent it from burning when it is being used.
Like the fire extinguisher, it is a fire safety material. It can be used in high temperatures.
Control Machete
Control Machete were an Mexican rap group from Monterrey, Nuevo León, and its members were Fermín IV, Pato Machete and DJ Toy Selectah.
The rap group started in 1996 and lasted until 2004.
Control Machete achieved in just 6 months to sell 500 thousand units from their disk Mucho Barato both in México as América. Their capacity of convocation were presented before the crowds of 10.000 people in Spain with great success performing concerts throughout South America presented an total audience estimated more than 458 thousand people. It has been such an impact that they have generated, that they have been in charge of several events of carving international as it is the concert of the multi-awarded alternative musician David Bowie in the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez before more than 40 thousand people.