HMS Defender was the French privateer lugger Bon Marcel (Beau Marseilles in British records), that  captured in 1809. Defender served without distinction in Home Waters for slightly more than three years before being sold in 1814.

Career
Royalist captured Beau Marseille on 10 December 1809. She was armed with 14 guns, had a crew of 60 men and was three months old. Commander John Maxwell, captain of Royalist, described her as "a very beautiful vessel" and "one of the fastest sailers out of Boulogne."{{efn|Bon Marcel was one of six privateers that Maxwell captured between May 1809 and February 1810. For this productivity Maxwell received promotion to post-captain in June 1810. In 1847 the Admiralty rewarded the surviving claimants from Royalist the [[Naval General Service Medal (1847)|Naval General Service Medal]] with clasp "Royalist May & June 1810". Long points out that the dates given on the official list are wrong.}}

The Royal Navy took Bon Marcel into service as Defender. From 15 February to 16 March 1811 she underwent fitting out at Sheerness.

In January 1811 Lieutenant Moses Cannadey commissioned her for The Downs.

On 24 June 1813 Defender captured Hope. Defender shared the prize money for Hoop with .

FateDefender'' was offered for sale in August 1814. She was sold at Chatham for £280 on 1 September 1814.

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Gunboats of the Royal Navy
Privateer ships of France
Captured ships


There are five business routes of US Highway 131 in the state of Michigan, and previously there was one bypass route and an additional business route. All of the business routes are former sections of US Highway 131 (US 131). These former sections of the mainline highway, along with the necessary connecting roads, allow traffic to access the downtowns business districts of cities bypassed by sections of US 131 built since the 1950s. The extant business loops connect to Constantine, Three Rivers, Kalamazoo, Big Rapids, Cadillac, and Manton. The former bypass route in Grand Rapids allowed traffic to bypass that city's downtown at a time when US 131 still ran through the heart of the city, and the later business route connected through downtown while US 131 ran on a freeway bypassing the central business district.

Constantine

Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a business loop running through downtown Constantine. It starts south of the village in Constantine Township near some farm fields and runs northward. The highway passes a mobile home park and a couple of businesses before veering northwesterly on Washington Street through a residential neighborhood on the south side of Constantine. Bus. US 131 crosses the St. Joseph River and then turns northeasterly on Broad Street. The loop runs parallel to the banks of the river as the highway exits the northern side of the village. Bus. US 131 ends in Constantine Township where it intersects the northern end of the Constantine Bypass.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been studying a freeway upgrade for US 131 through St. Joseph County for several years. In late 2005, MDOT decided not to pursue an upgrade of the highway, but rescinded that decision in April 2006 under political pressure in the state. The department began building a two-lane bypass west of Constantine. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, which is in charge of US Highway numbering assignments and routings, approved the relocation of the US 131 designation out of Constantine on November 16, 2012. The group's Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering also approved the creation of a business route for the old highway through town. The bypass opened on October 30, 2013, and the business route designation was put into service that day.

Major intersections

Three Rivers

Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a  business loop running through downtown Three Rivers. It follows M-60 (Michigan Avenue) eastward from a commercial district on the main highway into downtown. Bus. US 131/M-60 passes through a residential neighborhood and crosses the Rocky River near its confluence with the St. Joseph River. On the east side of the river, the business loop turns north-northwesterly onto Main Street, separating from M-60 at an intersection that also features M-86. Bus. US 131 (Main Street) passes several more businesses and turns due north through a residential area. Near the northern terminus, the business loop passes a handful of businesses before ending at an intersection with US 131 on the north side of town.

The Three Rivers Bypass opened in the middle of 1953, and the former route of the highway through downtown was redesignated as the business loop at that time.

Major intersections

Kalamazoo

Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a  business spur running north of downtown Kalamazoo. North of downtown, Westnedge Avenue curves northeasterly to run next to Park Street, and the two streets form the opposing two-lane carriageways of a freeway; this transition point marks the southern end of Bus. US 131. This freeway runs north and then turns westward. There is a half folded diamond interchange for Douglas Avenue. West of that interchange, the freeway turns northwesterly, passing between suburban residential subdivisions before terminating at a partial interchange with US 131. At this endpoint, northbound Bus. US 131 traffic must enter northbound US 131, and only southbound US 131 traffic has access to the southbound direction of the business loop.

On December 7, 1959, the I-94/US 12 freeway opened on the south side of Kalamazoo, and US 12 was shifted to follow the new freeway. The former route through downtown Kalamazoo and along Stadium Drive was redesignated Bus. US 12. The next year, it was renumbered BL I-94. In 1963, the US 131 freeway opened on the northwest side of Kalamazoo. US 131 followed M-43 eastward from the end of the freeway into the downtown area to reconnect to its original routing along Westnedge and Park. The next year, another section of US 131 opened southwest of Kalamazoo, and US 131 was rerouted out of downtown completely. The freeway section north of downtown opened in 1964, and Bus. US 131 was designated along it into downtown and along BL I-94 back out to the US 131 freeway west of downtown. Later in 1965, Kalamazoo and Michikal avenues were transferred to state jurisdiction to set up the one-way pairing east–west through downtown. Kalamazoo and Michikal are then signed as southbound Bus. US 131 from Westnedge Avenue to Stadium Drive while Main Street and Michigan Avenue continued to serve northbound traffic only between Stadium Drive and Park Street. In January 2019, the City of Kalamazoo accepted jurisdiction of the streets that formed sections of state highways within the city. In doing so, Bus. US 131 was truncated such that it only runs north of downtown on its freeway segment through Kalamazoo Township to the US 131 freeway.

Major intersections

Grand Rapids bypass

Bypass US Highway 131 (Byp. US 131) was a bypass route around downtown Grand Rapids. The highway followed 28th Street eastward from the intersection with US 131 (Division Street) south of downtown. From this starting point eastward, it ran concurrently with Byp. US 16 and Byp M-21. M-37 also followed 28th Street at the time eastward from the intersection at Kalamazoo Avenue. At the intersection with East Beltline and Broadmoor avenues in Paris Township (now Kentwood), Byp.US 16/Byp. US 131/Byp.M-21 turned northward to follow East Beltline, and M-37 turned southward on Broadmoor. The bypass route continued northward through Grand Rapids Township. At the intersection with US 16/M-50 (Cascade Road), Byp. US 16 ended, and Byp. M-21 ended less than half a mile (0.4 km) north of that at the intersection with M-21 (Fulton Street). North of the intersection with Fulton Street, Byp. US 131 was the only designation along East Beltline Avenue at the time. The highway ran northward into Plainfield Township, and it terminated at an intersection with US 131 at Plainfield Avenue and Northland Drive just south of the Grand River.

By 1945, Byp. US 131, along with the other various bypass routes, was designated along the Grand Rapids beltline system, replacing M-114. Byp. US 131 followed the south beltline (28th Street) and East Beltline Avenue between Division Avenue and Plainfield Avenue, allowing north–south traffic to bypass downtown Grand Rapids. In late 1949, M-37 was rerouted onto 28th Street between Kalamazoo and East Beltline/Broadmoor avenues. Then in 1953, US 131 was rerouted onto the beltlines to replace its bypass route; the former mainline through downtown was redesignated Bus. US 131.

Major intersections

Grand Rapids business loop

Business US Highway 131 (BUS US 131) was a  business loop running through downtown Grand Rapids. The southern end was at a partial interchange with US 131 south of the S-Curve near the Grand River. Only northbound traffic on US 131 could directly access the business loop at this interchange, running northward on a long ramp that connects to Ottawa Avenue at an intersection with Cherry Street. Bus. US 131 followed Ottawa Avenue northward between parking lots, and after one block, it turned eastward onto Oakes Street immediately south of the Van Andel Arena. The business loop traveled three blocks along Oakes Street past commercial properties before turning northward onto Division Street. As the highway ran along Division Street, it passed the various businesses, the campuses of Kendall College of Art and Design and Grand Rapids Community College. It also passed under Michigan Avenue at the base of the hill that makes up the Medical Mile. Immediately north of the Michigan Avenue overpass, Bus. US 131 passed under Interstate 196 (I-196) without an interchange. Division Street here runs at the base of Belknap Hill through an area of the city dominated by industrial-type properties. North of an intersection with Coldbrook Street, the business loop switched to Plainfield Avenue and turned northeasterly. One block later, Bus. US 131 turned westward onto Leonard Street. The business loop followed Leonard for a few blocks and then crossed the Grand River. On the western bank of the river, Bus. US 131 met its parent highway at exit 87 and terminated. The streets that carried the business loop have either two or four lanes with an additional center turn lane.

The designation was created when US 131 was rerouted on the Grand Rapids beltline system in 1953. Previously, a Bypass US 131 (Byp. US 131) designation was used on the beltline system following 28th Street and East Beltline Avenue. After the change, the former mainline through downtown on Division Street and Plainfield Avenue was redesignated Bus. US 131, and the mainline US 131 replaced Byp. US 131. In 1961, the US 131 freeway was extended northward to the west of downtown, and between 28th Street and the downtown exit, it was initially designated as part of Bus. US 131. In December 1962, the I-296/US 131 freeway was completed west of downtown. Afterwards, Bus. US 131 was truncated on its southern end to the modern exit 84B interchange on the south side of downtown. At the same time, the northern end was also truncated, using Coldbrook Street and Monroe Avenue to Leonard Street to connect back to the freeway.

In 1986, the city and state transferred jurisdiction over some streets at the northern end of the business loop, smoothing out the routing of the northern end of Bus. US 131 and eliminating some extra turns between Plainfield Avenue and Leonard Street. The construction of the Van Andel Arena in 1995 and 1996 severed the connection from southbound Bus. US 131 to US 131. This gap was rejoined with the reconstruction of the "S-Curve" in 1999. In August 2017, the city and MDOT announced that jurisdiction of the business loop was being transferred to city control, decommissioning the trunkline in the process. Jurisdiction was transferred in December, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved the removal of the designation in May 2018.

Major intersections

Big Rapids

Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a  business loop running through downtown Big Rapids. The southern end of the highway is at an interchange with US 131 and M-20 west of downtown in Big Rapids Township. At this interchange, M-20 leaves the freeway to run concurrently eastward with the business loop along the four-lane Perry Street into town. Bus. US 131/M-20 passes several commercial properties on the western edge of Big Rapids before crossing the city limits. South of Perry Street in the city is part of the campus of Ferris State University, including Katke Golf Course; the north side of the street contains various businesses. At the intersection with State Street, Bus. US 131/M-20 turns northward toward downtown Big Rapids, passing the northern end of the FSU campus. North of campus, the business loop passes through residential neighborhoods. At the intersection with Maple Street immediately west of downtown, M-20 turns easterly and separates from Bus. US 131. North of the downtown area, State Street ends, and the business loop follows Northland Drive parallel to the Muskegon River. On the northern edge of the city, the highway passes Roben–Hood Airport before exiting town as a two-lane road. Running in a rural area in Big Rapids Township, the business loop turns westward onto 19 Mile Road. Bus. US 131 ends at an interchange with US 131 and County Road B-96.

In 1983 with the extension of the US 131 freeway west of Big Rapids to the interchange with 19 Mile Road, the former route of US 131 through Big Rapids on State Street and Northland Drive north of Perry Street was designated as a business loop, using M-20 (Perry Street) to connect back to the freeway on the southern end. At the time, 19 Mile Road between the freeway Northland Drive was used by the mainline to connect to its pre-existing routing north of Big Rapids to Reed City. The US 131 freeway was completed north of 19 Mile Road in 1986, and Bus. US 131 was extended over the 19 Mile Road portion of US 131 to connect with its parent route at exit 142 northwest of Big Rapids.

Major intersections

Cadillac

Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a  business loop running through downtown Cadillac. The southern end is at an interchange with US 131/M-55 in Clam Lake Township south of Cadillac, and the business loop runs northward along Mitchell Street away from the freeway, passing several businesses and the Maple Hill Cemetery. North of the cemetery, Mitchell Street descends a hill through a residential neighborhood south of downtown. At Howard Street, the business loop turns northwesterly into downtown near Lake Cadillac. North of downtown, Mitchell Street turns more northerly and passes the Wexford County Civic Center. At the intersection with Boon Road next to the Wexford County Airport, Bus. US 131 turns eastward onto Boon Road to connect back to the freeway in Haring Township. The business loop has at least four lanes, two in each direction, and some segments also feature a center turn lane.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) started construction of a freeway bypass of Cadillac in 1999. With the completion of the southern half of the bypass in 2000, M-55 was rerouted out of town along the new freeway. Once the northern half of the bypass was completed on October 30, 2001, US 131 was rerouted out of town along the new highway to the end of the freeway where it joined the old alignment north of town. Mitchell Street through downtown Cadillac was redesignated as Bus. US 131.

Major intersections

Manton

Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a  business loop running through downtown Manton. The business loop starts at an interchange with US 131 and M-42 east of downtown Manton in Cedar Creek Township. Bus. US 131 runs concurrently with M-42 for about a mile (1.6 km) westerly into town along a roadway with a travel lane in each direction separated by a center turn lane. At the intersection with Michigan Avenue (Old US 131), M-42 terminates and Bus. US 131 turns northward onto Michigan Avenue. The business loop runs through downtown Manton before exiting the northern end of town. North of Manton, the turn lane is eliminated, and the surrounding landscapes are dominated by farm fields broken by intermittent patches of forest. Bus. US 131 curves northwesterly before returning to a due northward course. As the business loop approaches northern end of the freeway mainline in Liberty Township, it curves northeasterly to meet it at an at-grade intersection.

With the completion of the Manton Bypass in 2003, US 131 was rerouted out of downtown Manton. The former route through town was designated Bus. US 131, using M-42 to connect back to the freeway east of town.

Major intersections

See also

References

External links

31-1
31-1B
Business


The Malaysian Kijang Emas is the official gold bullion coin of Malaysia and is minted by the Royal Mint of Malaysia. It was first issued on 17 July 2001. Malaysia is the 12th country in the world to issue its own gold bullion coin.

The Kijang Emas has a gold purity of 999.9 millesimal fineness or 24 karat. The coins come in denominations of RM200, RM100 and RM50 which are nominal face values, and weighs 1 oz, ½ oz and ¼ oz respectively. RM is the notation for the Malaysian ringgit.

The purchase and resale price of Kijang Emas is determined by the prevailing international gold market price.

History
The Malaysian Kijang Emas was first minted in December 2000 by the Royal Mint of Malaysia. It was launched by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad on 17 July 2001.

Malaysia is the 12th country in the world to issue its own gold bullion coin, and joins the ranks of the Canadian Gold Maple Leaf, American Gold Eagle, Australian Gold Nugget, and South African Krugerrand.

Denominations

Design
The obverse side of the Kijang Emas showcases a barking deer, or "kijang," set in the backdrop of the Malaysian wilderness. It also features the inscription "BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA", indicating that the central bank of Malaysia issued the coins. In addition, the text "KIJANG EMAS", the coin's weight, its gold purity, and the year it was minted are displayed.

Meanwhile, the reverse side is adorned with the hibiscus, Malaysia's national flower, and the words BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA in Jawi (Arabic) script.

Pricing
The purchase and resale price of Kijang Emas is determined by the prevailing international gold market price. For example, on 18 January 2008, the coins are offered for sale at RM3,052, RM1,555 and RM792 for 1 oz, ½ oz and ¼ oz respectively, when the price of gold in the market was US$879 (RM2,916) per troy ounce.

The Kijang Emas is retailed by Maybank in Malaysia.

References

External links
Bank Negara Malaysia
Kijang Emas Daily Market Price

Bullion coins of Malaysia
Gold bullion coins


Alan Russell Bishop  is a New Zealand academic. He is a professor of Māori education at the University of Waikato, and the director of Te Kotahitanga, a research programme. He has a PhD from the University of Otago. He co-authored Culture Counts: Changing Power Relations in Education () with Ted Glynn, another University of Waikato professor who had been his doctoral advisor.

In the 2016 New Year Honours, Bishop was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and education.

References

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Hamilton, New Zealand
Academic staff of the University of Waikato
Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit

University of Otago alumni


Sieghart may refer to any of the following:

 Sieg Hart, a fictional character in the anime/manga Rave Master
 Mary Ann Sieghart, an English journalist
 William Sieghart, a British philanthropist
 Groß-Siegharts, a municipality in the district of Waidhofen
 Sieghart, a major character in the video game Record of Agarest War Zero


La Muerte (Spanish for "The Death") is the sixth studio album by Dutch death metal band Gorefest. It was Recorded in July 2005 at Excess Studios in Rotterdam, Holland, Netherlands.
Mixed in August 2005 at Antfarm Studio in Aarhus, Denmark. Produced by Gorefes released in 2005 via Nuclear Blast. It was also released by Night of the Vinyl Dead in May 2006 as a double black vinyl with a colour insert, limited to 500 hand-numbered copies.

Track listing
 "For the Masses" – 4:47
 "When the Dead Walk the Earth" – 4:46
 "You Could Make Me Kill" – 5:45
 "Malicious Intent" – 5:47
 "Rogue State" – 7:09
 "The Call" – 4:52
 "Of Death and Chaos (A Grand Finale)" – 4:14
 "Exorcism" – 4:09
 "Man to Fall" – 3:50
 "The New Gods" – 4:08
 "'till Fingers Bleed" – 5:18
 "La Muerte" – 9:54

Band members
 Jan Chris de Koeijer – vocals, bass guitar
 Frank Harthoorn – guitar
 Boudewijn Bonebakker – guitar
 Ed Warby – drums

References

2005 albums
Gorefest albums
Nuclear Blast albums


Webber Greens is a new neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
It is bounded on the east by Anthony Henday Drive and on the west by Winterburn Road.

The Anthony Henday provides access to destinations to the south of the city including the Edmonton International Airport.

As of January 20, 2008, the City of Edmonton map utility contained virtually no data on this area.  As this area develops, more data should become available.

Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Webber Greens had a population of  living in  dwellings. With a land area of , it had a population density of  people/km2 in 2012.

Surrounding neighbourhoods

References

Neighbourhoods in Edmonton


Chapter 13 is the fifth studio album released by Dutch death metal band Gorefest. It was released in 1998.

Track listing
 "Chapter Thirteen" – 3:05
 "Broken Wing" – 4:04
 "Nothingness" – 2:23
 "Smile" – 3:08
 "The Idiot" – 3:37
 "Repentance" – 5:04
 "Bordello" – 2:54
 "F.S. 2000" – 6:09
 "All Is Well" – 3:30
 "Unsung" – 5:54
 "Burn Out" – 3:15
 "Super Reality – 3:16
 "Serve the Masses" – 5:01

Band members
 Jan-Chris de Koeijer – vocals, bass guitar
 Frank Harthoorn – guitar
 Boudewijn Vincent Bonebakker – guitar
 Ed Warby – drums
 Rene Merkelback – mellotron and grand piano

References

1998 albums
Gorefest albums
SPV/Steamhammer albums


Ryburgh railway station was a railway station in the village of Great Ryburgh in the English county of Norfolk.

History

The station opened in 1857, when the line between Dereham and Wells opened as part of the Norfolk Railway.  The entire line, between Wymondham and Wells, became part of the Great Eastern Railway in 1862.

The passenger service between Dereham and Wells ended on 5 October 1964, although the line remained open for goods trains as far as Fakenham.  The closure of the station was discussed in the House of Lords on 22 June 1964, with Lord Wise asking Lord Chesham what the government intended to do to address the tonnage of grain that the closure would put onto local roads.  1978 saw the formation of the Fakenham and Dereham Railway Society, a forerunner of the Mid-Norfolk Railway, which hoped to preserve the line between these two towns.

A charter train ran as far as Fakenham in 1979, but the section of line between Ryburgh and Fakenham was closed from 1 January 1980.  The last freight train left Ryburgh in August 1981, but the section remained intact for a while longer. A weedkiller train visited Ryburgh in May 1982 and the Neptune Track Recorder unit reached Ryburgh level crossing in August 1982, after which the section was officially closed and lifted.

Future use

This station would be restored as part of the Norfolk Orbital Railway, which proposes seeing public service trains running from Sheringham to Wymondham via Fakenham.

Services

See also
 List of closed railway stations in Norfolk

References

Bibliography

External links
Photo of final train at Rybugh station.
View southwards over the Ryburgh station site.

Disused railway stations in Norfolk
Former Great Eastern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1857
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
Beeching closures in England
1849 establishments in England


Roboboa is a robotic snake produced by WowWee. Roboboa has 4 angled body sections, allowing Roboboa to coil by rotating adjacent sections. A motorized tail roller and casters on the midsection allow Roboboa to move in a straight line.

Hardware
4 motorized sections
Infrared sensor
Light sensor
Speaker
Remote control

Roboboa requires 4 x D cell batteries, and 4 x AAA batteries for the remote control.

Functions

The remote control has 7 action buttons, an 8-way directional pad, and 2 mode buttons. The remote also functions as a flashlight.
The Strafe/Lazer/Cannon functions allow Roboboa to send commands to other WowWee robots such as other Roboboas, Robosapien, Robosapien v2, Roboreptile, Roboraptor, Robopet, or Roboquad.

Action buttons

Roboboa operates in distinct modes, accessed by pressing one of the action buttons. Secondary options are selectable by holding the action button down for 2 seconds, or by pressing a Mode button followed by an action button. Roboboa also has a Lighting Mode button on his head, which converts him into an area light After 1 hour, Roboboa will revert from Lighting Mode to Aware mode. In Aware Mode, Roboboa remains in place but will track movement and emit various sounds.
 Tail/Head:Reset:Strafe action button: Tail/Head toggles the 8-way directional pad to control either the head end or tail end of the Roboboa. Reset will clear all alarms, programs, and volume settings, and return Roboboa to the default position. Strafe sends IR command signals that are recognized by Robopet, Roboquad, and other Roboboas.
 Track:Scan:Lazer action button: In Track mode (as in Aware mode), Roboboa remains in place but will turn his light on and track nearby objects that are detected by IR. In Scan mode, Roboboa moves his head from left to right until an object is detected. Lazer sends IR command signals that are recognized by Roboreptile and Roboraptor.
 Explore:Sleep:Cannon action button: In Explore mode, Roboboa will wander in search of objects. Sleep causes Roboboa to curl up and suspend; programs and alarms are remembered, and alarm events will cause Roboboa to wake up. If no event occur within 24 hours of entering Sleep mode, Roboboa will enter Shutdown mode. Cannon sends IR command signals that are recognized by Robosapien and Robosapien V2.
 Alarm:Daily:Test action button: Selects one of three alarm modes. Pressing the Alarm button multiple times will set Roboboa to wake up and play an alarm that many hours in the future, i.e. two presses sets the Alarm for 2 hours. The maximum setting is 16 hours. Five seconds after the last press of Alarm, Roboboa will enter Sleep mode until the alarm time elapses. After setting an Alarm, it can be flagged as a daily recurring Alarm by holding the Alarm button for 2 seconds to activate Daily alarm mode. Test will demonstrate Roboboa's alarm sounds, lights and actions.
 Guard:Sentry:Patrol action button: Guard mode causes Roboboa to scan for objects within a range of several feet. Guard mode times out after 2 hours and Roboboa enters Aware mode. Sentry mode causes Roboboa to spin while scanning. If an object is detected, Roboboa will flash and then spin the opposite direction. Sentry mode times out after 20 minutes, followed by Aware mode. Patrol mode causes Roboboa to move randomly. After detecting an object, Roboboa will flash and then move in a new direction. Patrol mode times out after 10 minutes, followed by Aware mode.
 Demo:Party:Volume action button: Demo causes Roboboa to show his movement, sound and light capabilities. Party causes Roboboa to act as a disco light. Volume cycles through preset options of Loud, Medium, Soft and Off. Volume setting is lost after Reset.
 Execute:Program:Back action button: Execute will start a stored program of up to 40 commands. Program mode allows storing of commands, while Back removes the last command entered. The program is stored and played back by pressing the Execute button again.
Sleep mode: If Roboboa is not disturbed for 2 hours, he will curl up and enter sleep mode. If no alarms are set, Roboboa will enter Shutdown after 24 hours in Sleep mode.

Programming
Roboboa can be 'programmed' by entering commands with the remote; up to 40 commands can be recorded and played back in sequence. Two conditional steps can pause the playback until either the light level changes, or an object passes in front of the IR sensor. Playback resumes after the event.

External links

Roboboa Home on RoboCommunity - The official WowWee Robotics user community
WowWee Roboboa support page

Robotic snakes
Entertainment robots
WowWee


Launched on 21 May 1797, GB No. 21 was renamed HMS Defender on 7 August the same year.  She was a 12-gun Courser-class gun-brig built for the British Royal Navy at Limehouse and disposed of in 1802.

Design and construction
The Courser class was designed by Sir William Rule, the Surveyor of the Navy and although at first intended as gunboats, and therefore only had numbers, on 7 August 1797 they were reclassified as gun-brigs, and were given names.  The class were fitted with a Schank sliding keel and armed with ten 18-pounder carronades and two long 24-pounders.

Career
Defender was commissioned under the command Lieutenant Samuel P. Leavey at Portsmouth. She underwent coppering there in September 1798.

Between August and October 1799 she was engaged on an expedition to Holland.

Defender shared with the sloop  and the gunboats , and  in the proceeds of the capture of Hell Hound. This may have occurred on 7 October when Dart, Defender, Cracker, Hasty, and the schuyt Isis cut out four gunboats from the Pampus, in the Zuiderzee. Three of the gunboats were schuyts, but one was a new, purpose-built gunboat armed with two 18-pounder guns in her bow and two 18-pounder carronades in her broadside. The three schuyts also carried four guns and carronades each. The vessels had crews ranging in size from 20 to 30 men. The British suffered no casualties.

In February 1801 she underwent refitting at Pitcher, Northfleet. She then sailed for the Baltic.<

Fate
Defender was, along with many of her class, disposed of in 1802 during the short-lived Peace of Amiens. The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered "Defender Gun-Vessel, 168 Tons, Copper-bottomed, lying at Sheerness" for sale on 9 September 1802. She sold there in that month.

Citations

References

Gunboats of the Royal Navy
1797 ships


(born 1944) is a Japanese percussionist in the tradition of traditional Japanese dance and drama, the sixth iemoto (head) of the Tōsha school. He specializes in the taiko and tsuzumi, and performs as a member or leader of the hayashi (musical accompanists) in the kabuki theatre, as well as in a variety of other traditional contexts.

Born in 1944, his father was the 4th Tōsha Rosen. He began studying percussion under his father at the age of six, focusing upon the ko-tsuzumi, a small hand-drum. He later studied taiko under the 5th Tōsha Rosen, nagauta shamisen under Kondō Chōjūrō II, Kondō Ayako, and Kineya Katsuroku, and kiyomoto-bushi under Kiyomoto Jukuni-tayū.

He made his first appearance on stage in 1954, at the Kyoto Gion Kaburenjō (Song and Dance Practice Hall), under the name Tōsha Toshiaki. He then took up the name Tōsha Naritoshi in 1968, and made his kabuki debut in April the following year, performing for the dance piece Renjishi at the Kabuki-za in Tokyo. He succeeded to the name Tōsha Rosen, and the position as iemoto of the school, in September 1986.

Discography

Notes

References

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Japanese drummers
1944 births
Living people
Kabuki musicians


Fakenham East railway station was a railway station in the market town of Fakenham in the English county of Norfolk.

The station was opened by the Norfolk Railway on 20 March 1849 and was originally named Fakenham. Following nationalisation, it was renamed Fakenham East by British Railways on 27 September 1948; it was closed on 5 October 1964.

This station is one of the possible sites protected in local plans, if needed as part of the Norfolk Orbital Railway's long-term plans to return trains to Fakenham.  Any replacement station would be built on the throat of the original site, as sheltered housing has been built on the main station site. Other developments north of the former station make further extension impractical; instead the 'Norfolk Orbital' scheme proposes reopening towards the North Norfolk line at Holt and the Mid-Norfolk line at County School. The railway formation south of the station, as far as the three-arch viaduct over the River Wensum, is now owned by the Norfolk Orbital Railway.

There was also a Fakenham West railway station, on the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway between King's Lynn and Great Yarmouth, which closed in 1959.

Accident
On 27 May 1931, a head-on collision took place at the station. Ex-GER T26 2-4-0 No. 7486 was hauling a passenger train when it overran a signal and collided with another passenger train, hauled by fellow Ex-GER T26 2-4-0 No. 7457. In total, one person was killed and 15 others were injured.

References

Works cited

See also
 List of closed railway stations in Norfolk

Disused railway stations in Norfolk
Former Great Eastern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1849
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1964
Beeching closures in England
1849 establishments in England
Fakenham


Music Videos IV is a DVD recorded by the French singer Mylène Farmer, containing all the singer's videoclips from 2001 to 2006. It was released in October 2006 in France.

This DVD includes the videos of the three singles from the best of Les Mots and those of the five singles from the sixth studio album Avant que l'ombre.... The cover uses an image from the single's video "Les Mots".

Formats

This video is available only on DVD.

Chart performance
In France, the DVD went straight to number one on November 4, 2006, with 10,883 sales, its best weekly sales. It stayed for 5 weeks in the Top 10 and 29 weeks on Top 40. It disappeared from the chart June 16, 2007. With a total of 39,575 sales in 2006, the DVD peaked at number 11 on the Annual Videos Chart.

Track listings

Bonus: Shoot It All (making-of "Fuck Them All")

Credits and personnel
 "Les Mots", "Pardonne-moi", "Fuck Them All": Produced by Laurent Boutonnat
 "C'est une belle journée", "L'amour n'est rien...": Produced by Benoît Di Sabatino
 "Q.I": Produced by Benoît Lestang
 "Redonne-moi": Produced by François Hanss
 "Peut-être toi": Produced by Kusumi Naoko

Charts

References

Mylène Farmer video albums
2006 video albums


Patio Maravillas was a multi-purpose self-managed social centre which occupied several spaces in central Madrid between 2007 and 2015.

First building (2007–2010)

Patio Maravillas started life in the summer of 2007, with the squatting and fixing up of a building that was formerly a school and had been closed for 7 years, at 8 Acuerdo Street, in the Malasaña district.

Its opening took place on 4, 5, 6 and 7 October, three months after it opened. Different activities were organized to involve people living in the neighbourhood. Its philosophy, both campaigning and respectful, allows participation by a large number of different groups and individuals that have joined one by one and made it their focal point. Everything is for free and done by volunteers.

There were several permanent activities such as:
Bicicritica bicycle repair workshop
 Video and documentary screenings (Cinema Maravillas)
A hacklab called Hackers Against the Machine Lab (HAMLAB). In honour of their inspirations Isaac Asimov and Luther Blissett all communications from the lab were signed Dr. Isaac Hacksimov.
Cafeteria that served as a meeting point and cultural and social exchange
Urban allotment on the roof
Language classes
Workshops
Political and feminist discussion
The "chikiasamblea" (children's activities and games room)
Photography workshop (Foto Patio)
Rights advice

There were also theatre, painting, music, audiovisual, and immigration groups, that met, rehearsed, and carried out their activities in the space. There were also special activities such as concerts, exhibitions, neighbourhood meetings, talks about health and consumer issues, and meetings of different groups. There have also been performances by groups and soloists including Grande Marlaska and Amparanoia.

In 2009, an eviction attempt was thwarted by the number of people resisting.

Second building (2010–2015)

Following a legal suit by the legal owner, Acuerdo 8 was cleared by the police on January 6, 2010. On the same day, the Patio Maravillas community organized a peaceful protest demonstration in the area of Plaza del Dos de Mayo, summoning hundreds of people who were guided through the neighborhood until nearby Pez Street, where a group of activists had just entered a new long-abandoned building at number 21. One day after the clearing of Acuerdo, the fixing up of the building and resuming of the Patio activities in the new space were underway.

Patio Mariavillas came to have strong links with the 15-M Movement, supporting the protests at Puerta del Sol which was close nearby.

Pez 21 was evicted in June 2015, one day before the mayor of Madrid stepped down. Politicians from Ahora Madrid and Podemos criticised the action. The former released a statement declaring that Madrid needed “to open and not close down citizen-run spaces. The city needs to listen to projects such as Patio Maravillas.”

Third building (2015–2015)
The same day as the eviction of Pez 21, a new building was squatted on 9 Divino Pastor Street. It was owned by Miguel Ángel Capriles López, cousin of Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles. It had five floors and a basement. On August 4, 2015, this building was evicted.

See also
 Artivist Organizations
 La Ingobernable
La Tabacalera de Lavapiés

References

External links

 Patio Maravillas website, archived from 2017
 Madrid Bicicrítica Web site

Culture in Madrid
Social centres
DIY culture
Squats in Spain
Buildings and structures in Embajadores neighborhood, Madrid
2007 establishments in Spain
2015 disestablishments in Spain


"I See It Now" is a song written by Larry Boone, Paul Nelson and Woody Lee, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence.  It was released in August 1994 as the first single from his album of the same name. It peaked at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number 5 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. It also peaked at number 84 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Music video
The music video was directed by Marc Ball, and premiered in late 1994. It begins with the bank explosion from the "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" video, which Lawrence is "leaped" to a high-school dance, where he and his band perform the song. As the song ends, Lawrence dances with a pretty young woman on the dance floor, which is then "leaped" to the next video for "As Any Fool Can See". It was one of many music videos Lawrence had filmed in the mid 1990s (with Marc Ball as director) that interpreted the television series Quantum Leap.

Chart performance
The song made its debut at number 60 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart dated September 10, 1994, and charted for twenty weeks on that chart. It reached number 2 on the chart dated November 19, 1994, being held from the top spot by Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Shut Up and Kiss Me".

Charts

Year-end charts

References

1994 singles
1994 songs
Tracy Lawrence songs
Songs written by Larry Boone
Song recordings produced by James Stroud
Atlantic Records singles
Songs written by Paul Nelson (songwriter)


William Neilson may refer to:

William Neilson (Lord Provost), Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1717 to 1719
William Neilson (businessman) (1844–1915), Canadian businessman
William Neilson (Manitoba politician) (1854–1903), physician and politician in Manitoba, Canada
Willie Neilson (1873–1960), Scottish rugby player
William Allan Neilson (1869–1946), Scottish-American educator
William Neilson (cricketer) (1848–1880), English-born New Zealand cricketer
William George Neilson (1862–1899), Canadian politician in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Bill Neilson (1925–1989), Premier of Tasmania

See also
William Nelson (disambiguation)


A collection item (also called a noncash item) is an item presented to a bank for deposit that the bank will not, under its procedures, provisionally credit to the depositor's account or which the bank cannot (due to provisions or law or regulation) provisionally credit to a depositor's account. Collection items do not create float.  Payment must be received from the payor bank before the item may be credited to the depositor's account.

A collection item may be contrasted with a "demand item" or cash item, under which the bank credits the depositor's account immediately. Cheques are usually handled by banks as a cash item, on the assumption that the payor bank will honor the check. Cheques create float (cash in the payor's account which the payor still has access to while the transition has yet to be finalized).

Other types of collection items include:
Dishonoured cheques or "bad cheques"
Bank drafts
Negotiable instruments

A noncash item is a special kind of collection item.  Noncash items include checks which carry special instructions, checks drawing on funds in foreign banks, and bankers' acceptances.

In the United States, fees are generally imposed on collection items due to the special handling which they require.

See also
Warrant of payment

References

Bibliography
American Bankers Association. Banking & Finance Terminology. Washington, D.C.: American Bankers Association, 1999.
Coe, Charle K. Nonprofit Financial Management: A Practical Guide. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2011.
Fitch, Thomas P. Dictionary of Banking Terms. Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 2006.
Speidel, Richard E. and Rusch, Linda J. Commercial Transactions: Sales, Leases, and Licenses. St. Paul, Minn.: West Group, 2001.

Banking terms


The United States Business and Industry Council (USBIC) is an NGO lobbying on behalf of family-owned and closely held US manufacturing companies. It was founded in 1933.

Mission

The mission of the USBIC is "to expand our domestic economy, with particular emphasis on our manufacturing, processing, and fabricating industries, and through the resulting growth to extend a high standard of living to all Americans."

References

External links

American Economic Alert. USBIC funded web site.

Lobbying organizations in the United States


WarpWar is a science fiction board wargame published by Metagaming Concepts in 1977 that simulates interstellar combat. It was the fourth in Metagaming's MicroGame series.

Description
WarpWar is a two-player game of interstellar combat in which each player designs their own starships and then do battle.

Gameplay
Each player is given a pool of Build Points with which to build starships from a list of standard components. They then send their starships to various systems. If two opposing ships occupy the same star system, then combat begins. Players write orders for each ship involved, allocating power to various systems, as well as basic combat tactics such as Attack, Dodge or Retreat.

Several scenarios for set-up are given, the main difference being the number of build points that are given to each player to start the scenario. The game components are a  paper map, thin cardstock counters and an 18-page rulebook.

Publication history
In 1977, Metagaming Concepts pioneered a new type of small, fast and cheap solitaire or two-player wargame packaged in a ziplock bag, and produced nearly two dozen games in the series over the next five years. The fourth was WarpWar, designed by company president Howard M. Thompson, and published in a ziplock bag with thhin cardstock counters in 1977. Three years later, Metagaming republished the game in a slim plastic box with die-cut counters.

Reception
In the August 1978 edition of Dragon (Issue 17), Tony Watson liked the game, saying, "Warp War is a very interesting game, full of fascinating ideas and concepts. The play doesn’t become stereotyped as the forces involved and tactics used always change. Players are allowed to come up with their own ideas of sound ship design and enjoy the satisfaction of outwitting their opponents on the combat matrix."

Steve List reviewed Warp War in Ares Magazine #8 and commented "Like many of the MicroGames, Warp War packs a goodly amount of interest into a small package." He wasn't impressed with the mechanism to show the passage of years saying,"There is a minor effort to show elapsed time effects, but it merely boils down to old ships being not as good as new ones." The one issue List had with the game was that improvements in technology did not affect everything, pointing out, "An irritating simplification lies in the fact that Tech Level affects only the amount of damage done in combat. It has no bearing on ship movement or the ability to score a hit in the first place." List also noted that the game was not set up for single players, commenting, "The game system is clean and playable, but poorly suited for solitaire play." He concluded "The rules encourage players to make up their own where they want more complication. Given such official 'approval,' the game can be viewed as a starting point for whatever complexities the players can mutually agree upon."

In the 1980 book The Complete Book of Wargames, game designer Jon Freeman was not very impressed with the game, commenting, "there's not much new here except another try at a diceless Combat Results Table. This one is not so obnoxious as some, but since the options are unequal, combat gets tedious, and play can become somewhat stereotyped at both the tactical and strategic levels." He also noted "For a small, short game, there is a great deal of (admittedly uncomplicated) bookkeeping involved." Freeman concluded by giving the game an Overall Evaluation of "Good", saying,. "As a whole, this is probably the common impression of microgames: they are not something you'd play for years, but can be short, quick fun for a while."

In the October 1980 issue of Fantastic, game designer Greg Costikyan called the game "rather mundane [..] combat was resolved in an extended and rather boring tactical system. The limited area of the game-map did not allow for sufficient strategic flexibility, and games became stereotyped after a few playings."

In a retrospective review in Issue 35 of Warning Order, Matt Irsik commented  "This was an unusual sci- fi game in that no dice are used for combat. [...] The game is essentially a mini-campaign system that still holds up well today."

Reviews
Moves #37, p17
Magia i Miecz (Issue 1 – 1993) (Polish)

References

External links
 WarpWar rules, updated in 1994
 Yahoo Groups discussion

Board games introduced in 1977
Metagaming Concepts games
Science fiction board wargames
Wargames introduced in 1977


Winchcombe Pottery, near Winchcombe in Tewkesbury Borough, North Gloucestershire, is an English craft pottery founded in 1926.

Early history
There has been a pottery, with a Bottle kiln, on the current site in Greet since at least 1800,  north of Winchcombe. Known as Greet Potteries under the management of R A Beckett (who died in 1913), it produced a range of farmhouse ware, advertised as "Garden, Sea-Cale, Rhubarb, & Chimney Pots". Closed in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I, it did not restart again after the war.

Bernard Leach is credited with restarting craftsman pottery in Britain in 1920. One of his early students was  Michael Cardew who, at 25, was looking for a suitable site for his own pottery and in 1926 rented the old pottery buildings. Influencing his choice were the availability of local clay and the original bottle kiln. Cardew recruited two locals, critically Elijah Comfort, aged 63 and who had worked before in the pottery, and inspirationally, in 1927, Sidney Tustin (aged 13).

Cardew wanted people to use his pottery in regular daily use, as has been the tradition in early centuries. He followed the classic English slipware style using the red earthenware Winchcombe clay. After a difficult star and many trials, he managed to start slipware production. Experiments with firing the pots in the bottle kiln were eventually successful. For the produce of three men, the bottle kiln was really too large but it was what they had. A firing went on for three days. Gradually Cardew's skills and hard work were recognised. In 1935 he had one of his pots exhibited in the Victoria and Albert Museum. In 1935 the team was expanded to include Charlie, Sid's younger brother. A young chemist called Ray Finch tried to join the pottery staff in 1935 but was sent away by Cardew to gain some pottery experience. Finch returned in 1936, aged 22, and was able to convince Cardew that he now knew enough and he joined the team.

Cardew was a restless spirit and left to set up Wenfordbridge in Bodmin as his new pottery, leaving Finch to run Winchcombe Pottery. The 2nd World War caused the Tustin brothers to be called up and the bottle kiln was now too large. A small kiln was constructed in 1940. In 1943, Finch was called up and the pottery closed.

Post war years
In 1946 Finch bought the business from Cardew and restarted the pottery with the help of Sidney Tustin. The staff expanded and at last the bottle kiln saw proper usage. Students joined the pottery staff to learn the craft as they worked and many of them subsequently went on to be established potters in their own right. But the business was not as successful as hoped and in the early 1950s, the pottery was downsized. The last bottle kiln firing took place in 1954.

Finch had always been inspired by the Japanese potter Shoji Hamada, and starting experiments with stoneware in 1952. A new stoneware kiln was built and slipware production continued using electric kilns until 1964 when all production switched to stoneware. In 1974 a wood fired kiln was built to replace the oil fired kiln for stoneware production and is still in use.

In the 1960s the pottery began to supply tableware to the Cranks chain of vegetarian restaurants.

Two of Ray Finch's sons followed their father's career. Mike Finch runs Winchcombe Pottery  and Joe Finch runs his own pottery in Wales.

Ray Finch, who continued work into his nineties, died on 18 January 2012.

2017 The Pottery continues to produce production wares with one offs and specials available in the shop. A small selection of slipware has been reintroduced to the shop. Winchcombe Pottery is now run by Matt Grimmitt after Mike Finch took retirement in 2016. Matt is a relative of Elijah Comfort.

References

Further reading

External links

Ceramics manufacturers of England
Winchcombe
Companies based in Gloucestershire


Michelinoceras is the oldest known genus of the Michelinocerida, more commonly known as the Orthocerida, characterized by long, slender, nearly cylindrical orthocones with a circular cross section, long camerae, very long body chambers, and a central or near central tubular siphuncle free of organic deposits. Septal necks are straight; connecting rings cylindrical and thin. Cameral deposits are well developed. A radula has been found in one species, with seven teeth per row.  It had ten arms, two of which formed longer tentacles.

Range
Michelinoceras ranges from late in the Early Ordovician to the Devonian with more poorly known species from the Carboniferous to the Late Triassic included in the genus. The earliest known unequivocal species is Michelinoceras primum found in  Cassinian age strata near the top of the Lower Ordovician El Paso Group in southern New Mexico and west Texas. A less well known species of Michelinoceras, M. primum?, comes from further down in the same formation, near the beginning of the Cassinian.

Taxonomy and derivation
Michelinoceras named by Foeste in 1932 is the ancestral and characteristic genus of the Michelinoceratidae, established and described by Flower in 1946; derived from empty siphuncle Baltoceratidae.

See also
 List of nautiloids

References

Further reading
 Flower, R.H. 1976; Ordovician Cephalopod Faunas and Their Role in Correlation, pp 538–541; proceedings pub. Paleontological Association, Gr Br.
 Hook, J.C. and Flower, R.H. 1976; Tajaroceras and the Origin of the Troedsonnellidae. Jour Paleontology v 50, no 2, pp 293–300, March 1976
 Sweet, W.C, 1964; Michelinoceras, pp 225–226 in Orthoceratidae, pp 224–231 in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Vol K. GSA and Univ Kansas Press.

Excellent descriptions in:
 RISTEDT, H. 1971. Zum Bau der orthoceriden Cephalopoden. Palaeontographica A, 137:155-195
 KISELEV, G. N. 1971. Embryonalnye rakoviny silurskich michelinoceratin. Voprosy Paleontologii, 6:41-5
 SERPAGLI, E., AND M. GNOLI. 1977. Upper Silurian cephalopods from southwestern Sardinia. Bollettino della Societh Paleontologica Italiana, 16:153-196

Orthocerida
Ordovician cephalopods
Silurian cephalopods
Devonian cephalopods
Early Ordovician first appearances
Devonian extinctions
Prehistoric cephalopods of North America
Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)
Paleozoic life of Ontario
Paleozoic life of Quebec


HMS Defender was a 12-gun Archer-class gun-brig built in Chester in 1804 and employed in the English Channel. On 14 December 1809, she was wrecked near Folkestone.

Commanding officers
August 1804, Lieutenant George Hayes
November 1804, Lieutenant John George Nops
1806, Lieutenant George Plowman
February 1809, Lieutenant Frederick William Burgoyne

References

Brigs of the Royal Navy
1804 ships
Ships built in England
Maritime incidents in 1809
Shipwrecks of England
Shipwrecks in the English Channel


Robert Francis Klaus (born December 27, 1937), is a former right-handed Major League Baseball infielder who played from 1964 to 1965 for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets. He is the brother of the late MLB infielder Billy Klaus.

Prior to playing professional baseball, Klaus attended University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Klaus was  and weighed .

Originally signed as an amateur free agent by the Cincinnati Redlegs in 1959, Klaus made his big league debut on April 21, 1964, against Jimmy Wynn and the rest of the Houston Colt .45s as a pinch hitter for pitcher Jim O'Toole. He did not get an official at-bat in his first game, because a runner on base was caught trying to advance.

Klaus did poorly as a brief replacement for Pete Rose in 1964 with the Reds, batting .183 in 40 games. He was purchased by the Mets on July 19 of that year, and with them he played in 56 games, compiling a .244 batting average. Overall, in 96 games in his rookie season, he batted .225.

1965 would end up being Klaus' final season in the big leagues. In 119 games with the Mets, he collected 55 hits in 288 at-bats for a .191 batting average. He showed a fair eye at the plate, with his walk total nearly matching his strikeout total – he had 45 and 49 respectively.

He played his final big league game on October 3, 1965, against the Philadelphia Phillies. He ended his career on a sour note – he collected no hits in five at bats in his final game.

In his big league career, he played in 215 total games, collecting 123 hits in 590 at-bats for a .208 batting average. He hit 25 doubles, four triples and six home runs, scored 65 runs and drove 29 in, stole five bases and was caught 10 times, and walked 74 times and struck out 92 times. He committed 21 errors in the field for a .973 fielding percentage.

Statistically, he is most similar to Buddy Biancalana.

Although his big league career ended after the 1965 season, he still stuck around in pro baseball for a while, and was part of some notable transactions. On February 22, 1966, he was traded by the Mets with Wayne Graham and Jimmie Schaffer to the Phillies for Dick Stuart.

On December 2, 1968, he was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the Phillies in the rule 5 draft.

Finally, on March 28, 1969, he was traded by the Padres with Ron Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Tommie Sisk and Chris Cannizzaro.

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Living people
Baseball players from Illinois
Cincinnati Reds players
Columbia Reds players
Columbus Jets players
Major League Baseball infielders
Nashville Vols players
New York Mets players
People from Spring Grove, Illinois
Sportspeople from McHenry County, Illinois
San Diego Padres (minor league) players
Topeka Hawks players


Papaver alpinum, synonym Oreomecon alpina, the Alpine poppy or dwarf poppy, is a poppy found in the Alps. The circumscription of the species varies considerably. In some treatments, the species is one of a group of related species, and includes several subspecies, four of which are found in Austria. In other treatments, it includes species that have been treated as separate, and has at most one subspecies.

Description

The Alpine poppy is a short, upright, hairy perennial with odd-pinnate leaves. The flower grows to a height of 5 to 20 cm, with several upright and hairy stems.  As with all poppy species, a latex is produced. The feathery leaves are arranged in a ground hugging rosette.

The flowers are hermaphroditic and radially symmetric, with a diameter of up to 5 cm. The fragrant flowers do not have nectar, but produce pollen. The flowering period is from July to August.

All Alpine poppy subspecies have a strong taproot and make a good rockery plant. The root hairs are angled upwards, which helps secure the plant.

Subspecies

The Rhaetian Alps poppy (P. alpinum subsp. rhaeticum) has light yellow to orange petals and feathery foliage, and is found in the Central and Southern Alps. In Austria, it is scattered around Carinthia, Styria and Salzburg; in Switzerland, it has only been found in the Engadin.

The Salzburg Alpine poppy (P. alpinum subsp. sendtneri) also has pinnate deciduous leaves, with white flowers with a yellow heart. It grows only in the northern Alps and Northern Limestone Alps. It is found in moving limestone rubble, boulders, lime rock or dolomite.  It prefers a high altitude of 1300 to 2600m. Although the protected plant is rare, it is the most commonly found white flowering Alpine poppy. In Austria it is found in Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Upper Austria, Salzburg and Styria.

The Kerner-Alpine poppy (P. alpinum subsp. kerneri), or Karawanken Alpine poppy, has two to three times pinnate deciduous leaves and bright yellow flowers. It is found in the southeastern Limestone Alps, with a main distribution in the Slovenian Alps. In Austria it is only found in the southern Carinthia.

The Northeast Alpine poppy (P. alpinum subsp. alpinum, also known as P. burseri Crantz), or the Burser-Alpine poppy, has two to three times pinnate deciduous leaves with white flowers and is found in the northeastern Limestone Alps. In Austria it is found in Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Styria.

Other subspecies:

Chemistry
The alkaloids amurensine and amurensinine can be found in P. alpinum.

References

Sources
 Xaver Finkenzeller:Alpine flowers, Munich 2003,
 Fischer, MA, Adler, W. & K. Oswald:Excursion flora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol,Linz, 2005,
 Bittkau C, Kadereit JW. 2002. Phylogenetic and geographical relationships in Papaver alpinum L. (Papaveraceae) based on RAPD data. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 123: 463–479.

alpinum
Flora of the Alps
Flora of Austria
Flora of Switzerland
Alpine flora
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Plants described in 1753
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus


Victoria General Hospital is a general hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada founded in 1911. Originally it was located at 424 River Avenue in Osborne Village. Construction tenders were issued in July 1968 for a seven-storey, 250-bed facility. In January 1971, it moved to its present location, 2340 Pembina Highway, in Fort Richmond beside the University of Manitoba. As of 2020, it is a community hospital with 194 beds and employs approximately 1,200 people.

The hospital is Winnipeg's leading mental health crisis and addictions centre with 75 dedicated beds in the unit. The Adult Mental Health Inpatient centre consists of 48 beds for two inpatient units while a further 27 beds are dedicated for the Geriatric Mental Health Inpatient unit.

See also
 Royal eponyms in Canada

References

External links
 Victoria General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba
 Victoria General Hospital Foundation

1911 establishments in Manitoba
Fort Garry, Winnipeg
Hospitals in Winnipeg
Hospital buildings completed in 1971
Hospitals established in 1911


Savage Cove is a community located on the Great Northern Peninsula, north of Flower's Cove on the coast of the Strait of Belle Isle. Savage Cove is the most northerly sheltered harbour in the straits on the island of Newfoundland. In 1996, Savage Cove and nearby Sandy Cove were officially consolidated into the Town of Savage Cove - Sandy Cove.

History
Being on what was known as the French Shore of Newfoundland, Savage Cove had first been used as a French staging harbour in the early 18th century. Once dubbed Anse aux Sauvages (Cove of Savages) by French seamen who had most likely encountered a Beothuk settlement in the area, the harbour was permanently settled in the 1830s by an English seaman named George Gaulton. The English seamen of the time had come to know the harbour as Savage Cove. The English name was finalized after the French relinquished their rights to the area in 1904 under the Entente cordiale. Nearby Sandy Cove was settled by Thomas White and George Coles of Devonshire, England along with the former's wife Ann Gould of Anchor Point in 1843. They were hired by the French to protect French possessions on the shore during the winter. Up until the early 20th century, Sandy Cove was initially known only as Poverty Cove. It was eventually renamed for the unusual presence of a small amount sand found on the shore near its wharf.

For years the dominant industries were that of the cod and lobster fisheries. The Canadian Saltfish Corporation had built a processing facility in the area making Savage Cove the focus of long liners who would conduct their fishing in the straits on the Labrador side. When moratoriums on the cod fishery began to take hold in the 1980s and 1990s, the major saltfish plant was forced to close and these long liners began to focus on the scallop fishery.

In the 1970s, an area near Savage Cove was slated to be the site of an undersea tunneling operation called the Newfoundland-Labrador fixed link meant to link the island of Newfoundland with neighbouring Labrador. However, the project was cancelled in 1975 with very little accomplished. Remnants of this operation, including discarded boring equipment, remain on site to this day.

In 1996, Savage Cove and Sandy Cove were officially consolidated as per the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.

Present
With the demise of the cod fishery, Savage Cove, as well as many other neighbouring communities, are suffering financially. The towns' population's has been steadily decreasing as residents leave their homes for better job opportunities elsewhere. However, a fish plant in Sandy Cove is still operating and serving neighbouring communities. Also, various industries still function such as the shrimp and lobster fisheries, as well as other available smaller fisheries and fur trading.

Census

See also
List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador

References

External links
Northern Pen: What's in a name | Tracing roots
Town of Savage Cove - Sandy Cove Order, C.N.L.R. 411/96
Savage Cove - Sandy Cove
Savage Cove
Sandy Cove, St. Barbe
Savage Cove-Sandy Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Populated coastal places in Canada
Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador


Way Out  is a 1961 American horror, fantasy, and science fiction television anthology series hosted by writer Roald Dahl. The macabre black-and-white 25-minute shows were introduced by Dahl, his face projected in a disconcerting hall of mirrors effect, dryly delivering a brief introductory monologue, expounding on such unusual subjects as undertakers or frogs or murdering a romantic rival with ground tiger's whiskers.

Origin

The taped series began as CBS replacement for a Jackie Gleason talk show that network executives were about to cancel. Producer David Susskind contacted Dahl to help mount a show quickly. The series was paired by the network with the similar The Twilight Zone for Friday evening broadcasts, running from March through July 1961 at 9:30 pm Eastern time. The show's primary sponsor was Liggett & Myers (L&M cigarettes). Writers included Larry Cohen and Sumner Locke Elliott.

The only adaptation from one of Dahl's own short stories was the premiere episode, "William and Mary", a tale of a wife's posthumous revenge on her husband's disembodied brain kept alive in a bowl. In "Dissolve to Black", an actress (Kathleen Widdoes) cast as a murder victim at a television studio goes through a rehearsal, but the drama merges with reality as she finds herself trapped on the show's near-deserted set. Other dramas offered startling imagery: a snake slithering up a carpeted staircase inside a suburban home, a headless woman strapped to an electric chair with a light bulb in place of her head ("Side Show"), and half of a man's face erased ("Soft Focus"). Roald Dahl's short story, "Skin," was purchased alongside "William and Mary," but the network decided the story was too gory for telecast, especially after they asked Susskind to not film the brain being kept alive in the jar and only suggest the brain off camera.

Actors on the series included Martin Balsam, Michael Conrad, Mildred Dunnock, Kathleen Widdoes, Murray Hamilton, Martin Huston, Henry Jones, Mark Lenard, Kevin McCarthy, John McGiver, Barry Morse, Richard Thomas, Doris Roberts, and Fritz Weaver.

Roald Dahl was initially hired to host the series for three consecutive episodes at a salary of $650 per episode. CBS contracted David Susskind to produce a total of 26 half-hour episodes. Roald Dahl informed Susskind that he only wanted to host the first three episodes to make enough money to pay for his son's medical bills. But Dahl ultimately loved the assignment and optioned to remain as host beyond the first three. Initial proposals was to have Dahl sitting on a rock, answering the telephone, filmed on location at Central Park. But the cold January weather and the costs involved resulted in the decision to film Dahl's intros in a studio.

Critical notices at the time were extremely good, especially for Dahl's wry commentaries, suffused with gallows humor. The program was sponsored by Liggett and Myers, makers of cigarettes. The sponsor insisted characters on the programs smoked the product to ensure product placement. In the episode "The Sisters," the entire cast not only smoked cigarettes but also emptied ash trays during the telecast. Dahl himself smoked a cigarette during his introductory remarks. When network affiliates were receiving complaints from concerned parents about the stories giving their children nightmares, stations (beginning with episode 11) decided to start dropping the program in favor of a 16mm syndicated stock program instead. When a network station in Philadelphia previewed a closed circuit telecast and later agreed the program should not air over their station, news of this spread across syndicated newspaper columns. Ultimately, the sponsor paid less per telecast with less network coverage, which resulted in the decision of the advertising agency (who represented the sponsor) to cancel the program after 14 telecasts.

The show was one of the last weekly dramatic television series produced in Manhattan. Only five episodes have ever turned up on [bootleg] videocassettes and DVDs; as of October 2016, however, 10 episodes were posted on YouTube. The entire run is available for viewing at the Paley Center for Media in New York City and Los Angeles. The episodes are owned by Susskind's estate.

Dahl later hosted an anthology series called Tales of the Unexpected on British television beginning in 1979.

In 1986, Filmfax Magazine published a two-part article by Gary Joseph and Martin H. Friedenthal documenting the history of the 'WAY OUT television program, along with an episode guide. The authors reviewed the 14 episodes at the Museum of Television and Radio. In 2019, OTR Publishing released a book documenting the history of the television program, after reviewing thousands of archival documents from the production files of David Susskind and CBS, even reporting salary costs for Roald Dahl and the television cast, reprints of plot summaries for episodes that never went into production, and reprints of certain archival documents related to the television program.

Episodes
Source:

Sources
Battaglio, Stephen (2010). David Susskind: A Televised Life, pp. 89–92. St. Martin's Press.

References

External links
Way Out at RoaldDahlFans.com

Way Out at CVTA with episode list

1960s American anthology television series
1961 American television series debuts
1961 American television series endings
American fantasy drama television series
American horror fiction television series
1960s American science fiction television series
Black-and-white American television shows
CBS original programming
Television series by CBS Studios
Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios
Television shows set in New York City
Television series by Talent Associates
Science fiction anthology television series


Britains' Deetail toy soldiers were a popular product in the 1970s and 1980s. Manufactured in England by W. Britain, the 1/32 (54mm) scale plastic figures were finished with hand painted details and came with sturdy Zamak metal bases. In the early 1990s production moved to China before eventually being phased out.

Development
In 1971, Britains began phasing out its plastic Herald Miniatures produced in Hong Kong since 1966, with Herald eventually ceasing production in 1976. New Deetail figures were produced moulded in PVC plastic rather than polythene and using plug-in type arms, which were glued to bodies resulting in poses previously unavailable.  Figures were moulded with a tee shaped "footlug" on the feet of each figure that allowed secure attachment to sturdy metal bases. These rectangular metal bases ensured figures stood better than rival manufacturers products and paid homage to Britains hollowcast metal figures as well as being thought by consumers to be of "better value" due to their heavier weight.

The first Deetail figures produces were based upon Second World War (WW2) American and German infantry. Sculptor Rod Cameron rented uniforms from Berman's and Nathan's theatrical costumes with Cameron giving model Les Harden his air rifle to pose with.

In 1978 Britains developed the Super Deetail range using an overmoulding process whereby different coloured plastics came together in one figure.  The initial release were modern British paratroopers with red berets.

Range

Figures were generally produced in six different standing poses and represented various historical periods from medieval  to the modern era including:

Knights and Turks
Waterloo
American Wild West - Cowboys and Indians, 7th Cavalry, etc.
American Civil War
African Desert
Military - WW2 British, American, German; Modern; Guards, etc.
Space

Mounted figures were also released including a horse on metal base with rider glued in place. Riders and horses were presented in various different poses and came with reins, saddle and saddle blanket, which differed dependent upon the theme. All were commercially available from retail outlets and sold either lose or from retail/trade "counter" boxes containing 48 pcs for standing (usually eight of each pose); 18 pcs for mounted figures (six of each pose); or 12 for combat weapons sets - these retail boxes also came with handy plinths to display the models, which sat across the top of the each box as a promotional item. Many factory sealed boxed/play sets (ranging from 5-18 figures) were issued to retailers, along with smaller "blister" type packs containing several figures bundled together, and a "Patrol" range that included figures and a combat weapon.

In addition, Britains also produced sets which incorporated Deetail style figures that were marketed as Combat Weapons (mortar, recoilless rifle, gatling gun, etc.), Military Vehicles (scout cars, jeeps, etc.) and Motorcycles (dispatch rider, motorcycle combination). Combat Weapons sets used working, spring loaded firing mechanisms within the models, and were supplied with "ammunition" - 9 ball bearings for the Vickers and Gatling gun sets, and 12 plastic shells on a sprue for mortars and recoilless rifle.

Knights and Turks

Knights
7740 Series One (Foot)

 King with Sword.
 Knight sword low and back and shield.
 Knight sword overhead and shield.
 Knight sword high back and shield.
 Knight with halberd in both hands.
 Knight axe overhead held in both hands.

7730 Series Two (Foot)

Turks

7750

Issued Sets
TBC

Waterloo (1815)

Like Airfix, Britains used the label Waterloo rather than Napoleonic. Figures depicting British and French armies were produced from 1974-79 in foot and mounted types.

British
Infantry - 3 x Foot (advancing with rifle; kneeling shooting; officer holding sword & flag); and 3 x Highland Black Watch (kneeling with rifle; standing shooting rifle; advancing with rifle)
Cavalry - 2 x Hussars, 2 x Scots Greys, 2 x Life Guards

French
Infantry - 3 x Line Infantry (advancing with rifle; standing shooting rifle; officer holding sword & flag) and 3 Imperial Guard (kneeling with rifle; standing shooting rifle; advancing with rifle)
Cavalry - 2 x Hussars 2 x Cuirassier 2 x Carabinier

Issued Sets

7940 British Infantry retail counter box (48 pcs)
7950 French Infantry retail counter box (48 pcs)
7949 British Cavalry retail counter box (18 pcs)
7959 French Cavalry retail counter box (18 pcs)
7944 British Infantry 6 pcs
7945 British 6 pcs (2 mounted)

7946 British & French 5 pcs
7947 British 12 pcs (3 mounted)
7954 French Infantry 6 pcs
7955 French 6 pcs (2 mounted)
7956 British & French 5 pcs
7957 French 12 pcs (3 mounted)
7960 British & French 12 pcs (2 mounted)

African Desert (1900s)

Figures depicting French Foreign Legion (FFL) legionnaires and Arab tribesmen were produced in foot and mounted types from 1975-78.

French Foreign Legion

6 Legionnaires including an officer
6 cavalry including an officer
Combat Weapons - Gatling gun set with 2 figures (officer and gunner) and ammunition.

Arab Tribesmen
6 foot
6 mounted

Issued Sets

7780 FFL retail counter box (48 pcs)
7790 Arab retail counter box (48 pcs)
7779 FFL retail counter box (18 pcs mounted)
77-- Arab retail counter box (18 pcs mounted)
7770 FFL Gatling Gun retail counter box (12 pcs)

7785 FFL (6 pcs)
7785 FFL (6 pcs, 2 mounted)
7775 FFL & Arabs (6 pcs, 2 mounted)
7783 FFL Patrol (4 pcs, 1 Gatling Gun)
7787 FFL (12 pcs, 3 mounted)
7795 Arabs (6 pcs, 2 mounted)
7797 Arabs (12 pcs 3 mounted)
7799 FFL & Arab (12 pcs, 2 mounted)

American Wild West (1870s)

Figures depicting US 7th Cavalry, cowboys, Apache, Sioux and Mexicans were produced in foot and mounted types.

US 7th Cavalry

6 troopers including General Custer. General Custer is the only model in the Britains Deetail range that represents a real historical person.
6 cavalry

Cowboys

6 foot
6 mounted

Sioux
7 foot warriors
6 mounted warriors
One standing figure was discontinued and a brand new pose was created because it was easier to manufacture. The older pose came with a separate spear and the new one has no additional parts but holds an axe and a pistol.

Apache

6 foot warriors
6 mounted warriors

Mexicans

6 foot
6 mounted

Issued Sets
TBC

American Civil War

Figures depicting Federal (Union) and Confederate (Rebel) forces were produced from 1972-80 in foot and mounted types.

Federal
6 Infantry standing shooting rifle; kneeling shooting rifle; advancing with rifle; standing loading rifle; officer with sword and pistol; NCO with flag and pistol
6 Cavalry
Combat Weapons - Gatling gun set with 2 figures (officer and gunner) and ammunition

Confederate
6 Infantry - standing shooting rifle; kneeling shooting rifle; advancing with rifle; standing loading rifle; officer with sword and pistol; NCO with flag and pistol
6 Cavalry
Combat Weapons -Gatling gun set with 2 figures (officer and gunner) and ammunition

Figures for both types were exactly the same just molded and painted in different colours. Initial releases had longer rifles and plug-in arms, which were eventually discontinued and replaced with fully moulded figures.

Issued Sets

7440 Confederate retail counter box (48 pcs)
7450 Federal retail counter box (48 pcs)
7449 Union retail counter box (18 pcs mounted)
7439 Confederate retail counter box (18 pcs mounted)
7470 Union Gatling Gun retail counter box (12 pcs)
7460 Confederate Gatling Gun retail counter box (12 pcs)
7422 Confederate (5 pcs, 2 mounted)
7423 Confederate Patrol (4 pcs, 1 Gatling Gun)
7424 Confederate (6 pcs, 2 mounted)
7425 Confederate (6 pcs, 2 mounted)
7426 Confederate (7 pcs)

7426 Confederate (12 pcs 3 mounted)
7427 Confederate (6 pcs)
7428 Confederate (5 pcs, 2 mounted)
7452 Federal (5 pcs, 2 mounted)
7453 Federal Patrol (4 pcs, 1 Gatling Gun)
7454 Federal (6 pcs, 2 mounted)
7455 Federal (6 pcs, 2 mounted)
7456 Federal (7 pcs)
7456 Federal (12 pcs, 3 mounted)
7457 Federal (6 pcs)
7458 Federal (5 pcs, 2 mounted)
7462 Federal & Confederate (19 pcs, 6 mounted, 1 gatling gun)
7463 Federal & Confederate (12 pcs 3 mounted)
7466 Federal & Confederate Battle Set (9 pcs, 1 gatling gun)

Military

Figures depicting WWII American, German, British and Japanese forces were produced from 1971–89, with initial production of American and German figures only on brown/tan metal bases - eventually discontinued and replaced from 1974 with the standard green type. Figures were issued in the standard series of six pose types, except American and German figures which came in two separate series of six poses (12 in total) and included helmet decals in the form of red shield with black star (American) and shields with Imperial colours of red, white and black (German). Japanese, British 8th Army and German Afrika Korps were produced in limited quantities until production ceased in 1976 and 1979 respectively. Combat weapons sets and associated military vehicles also complimented the series.

American US WW2
6 Infantry (1st series)
6 Infantry (2nd series)
Combat Weapons
US recoilless rifle (75mm gun) set with 2 man crew (officer and gunner) and 12 plastic "shells" attached to a sprue
105mm pack howitzer with shells
Military vehicles
Willys Jeep with 2 man crew (driver and gunner with M83)
Helicopter with 2 man crew and casualty on stretcher, rotating blades and working winch
Motorcycles
Motorcycle with dispatch rider
Issued Sets

7340 Retail counter box Infantry (48 pcs)
7334 Retail counter box Recoilless Rifle (12 pcs)
7343 Patrol (4 pcs, 1 gun)
7344 Infantry (6 pcs)
7347 Infantry (18 pcs)
7347 Infantry (7pcs)

9761 Hughes 300C Helicopter
9682 US Despatch Rider
9786 US Jeep

German Army WWII
Infantry
1st series (6 figures) - kneeling with MG42, charging with fixed bayonet, standing throwing grenade, standing firing rifle, advancing firing MP41, carrying a Panzerbüchse anti-tank gun and ammo box
2nd series (6 figures, manufactured 1977-1989) - officer, radio operator, kneeling firing rifle, marching with rifle at slope, flamethrower, carrying Panzerbüchse anti-tank gun across body
Combat Weapons
Mortar set with 2 man crew (1 loading, 1 firing) with 12 plastic "shells" attached to a sprue
Pak field gun with shells
Military Vehicles
Kettenkrad half track with 2 man crew (driver and passenger)
Kubelwagen scout car with 2 man crew (driver and gunner firing MG40)
Motorcycles
Motorcycle with dispatch rider
Motorcycle combination (motorbike and sidecar) with 2 man crew (rider and gunner firing MG40)
Both sets include a shouldered rifle which is attached to the riders back

Issued Sets

7380 Infantry retail counter box (48 pcs)
7333 Mortar retail counter box Mortar (12 pcs)
7343/2 Patrol (4 pcs, 1 mortar)
7348 British & German Battle Set (18 pcs)
7354 Infantry (6 pcs)
7356 Infantry (7 pcs)
7357 Infantry (18 pcs)
7386 Infantry (7pcs)
7385 Infantry (6 pcs)

9732 German Field Gun
9751 Army Group series - British & German (12 pcs)
9679 German Army Dispatch Rider
9681 German Army Combination
9788 Army Group series - German Scout Car and Gun (2 pcs)
9783 Kubelwagen (Scout Car)
9780 Kettenkrad Halftrack

Afrika Korps WW2

6 Infantry (manufactured 1973-76)
Military Vehicles
Kubelwagen Scout Car with 2 man crew (driver and officer)
Motorcycles
Motorcycle (BMW) with dispatch rider
Motorcycle combination (sidecar) with 2 man crew (rider and gunner firing MG40)

Issued Sets

7370 Retail counter box (48 pcs)
7375 (6 pcs)

British Army WW2
Infantry (manufactured 1973-89)
Initially produced with a stained/faded paint finish,
TBC
Combat Weapons
Mortar set with 2 man crew (1 loading, 1 firing) with 12 plastic "shells" attached to a sprue
25 pdr gun with shells
BAT (Wombat anti tank gun) with shells
Military Floating Models
Assault craft with 2 man crew
Submarine with 2 man crew (frogmen/divers)
Military Vehicles
Short Wheel Base Military Land Rover with 2 man crew (driver & Bren gunner)
SWB Land Rover with driver and gunner 90 with Winch
Motorcycles
Motorcycle (850cc Norton) with dispatch rider

Issued Sets

7342 Infantry retail counter box (48 pcs)
7338 Mortar retail counter box (12 pcs)
4302 2-Man Submarine
4312 Assault Craft
7341 Patrol (4 pcs, 1 Mortar)
7345 Infantry (6 pcs)
7346 Infantry (18 pcs)
7347 Infantry (7 pcs)

7348 British & German Battle Set (18 pcs)
9672 British Despatch Rider
9704 25 Pounder Gun
9720 British Anti-Tank Gun
9751 British & German (Army Group set 12 pcs)
9787 Army Land Rover and Gun (Army Group set 2 pcs)
9781 Scout Car
9782 Military Land Rover

Desert Rats 8th Army WW2

6 Infantry (manufactured 1973-76)

Combat Weapons
Vickers MG with 2 man crew (1 loading, 1 firing) with ammunition
Military Vehicles
Daimler scout car with 2 man crew

Issued Sets
7339 Vickers Gun retail counter box (12 pcs)
7395 Infantry (6 pcs)
Patrol (4 pcs, 1 gun)
TBC

Imperial Japanese Army
6 Infantry (manufactured 1973-76)
Combat Weapons
75mm recoilless rifle set with 2 man crew (officer and gunner) with 12 plastic "shells" attached to a sprue

Issued Sets
7355 Infantry (6 pcs)
7353 Patrol (4 pcs, 1 gun)
TBC

Accessories
4715 Battleground Playset
4731 Bombed Buildings Set (Army Group set)
9791 Plastic shells (for use with guns 9704/9720/9732)
  Plastic shell sprue (for use with combat weapons (7333/7334/7438)
88 Britains Deetail Point of Sale poster on thick card in colour. Depicts the range of dismounted figures and mounted.

Super Deetail
Super Deetail figures initially featured as a prototype set of six modern British paratroopers at a 1978 London toy fair. The new moulds allowed finer details compared to Deetail range, however four of the six figures never made it into widescale production due to manufacturing difficulties with the new over-moulding process. A set of four were eventually released to the market in 1980 - firing rifle, firing bazooka, throwing grenade and an officer firing pistol. Rather than a particular historical context, they were modelled upon modern style British armed forces - Paratroopers (red berets, green bases), Commandos (green berets, light blue bases) and SAS (grey berets, grey bases).

Issued Sets

6330 SAS Retail Counter Box (48 pcs)
6300 Paratroopers Retail Counter Box (48 pcs)
6320 Marine Commandos Retail Counter Box (48 pcs)

6303 Paratroopers bubble pack (3 pcs)
6314 Paratroopers (6 pcs)
6336 Marine Commandos (6 pcs)

Guards
7250 Scots Guards retail counter box (48 pcs)
7256 Scots Guards (6 pcs)
7223 New Metal Miniatures - Life Guards, Scots Guards, Yeoman (6 pcs)
299 Sentry box

Task Force
The Task Force range was introduced 1995/96 using the US and British WW2 Deetail moulds, but finished with different colour schemes.

Space
The Space range was launched in 1981 and ran until 1985 including Stargard Commandos, Cyborg, Assault Squad, Aliens and Mutants along with various spacecraft and accessories.

Other
Farm
Britains most extensive range including vehicles, figures, buildings and animals.
Police
Motorcycles
Riding
Wildlife
Hospital
Robin Hood
Karate

Now
W. Britains remains the market leader in "toy soldiers" producing high quality hollowcast metal figures as well as a smaller range of hand painted plastic figures, which were reintroduced in 2006 as "Super Detail Plastics" which contain many attributes of the Deetail range first released in the 1970s . In 2016 W. Britains was sold to The Good Soldier LLC, located in Holland, Ohio, USA.

Certain figures using the original Deetail moulds (French Foreign Legion, Afrika Korps, British 8th Army, Arabs, etc.) are now manufactured in Argentina by DSG Plastic Toy Soldiers.

Vintage detail figures with metal bases remain highly popular with collectors and on secondary markets/internet auction sites often sell for - foot/infantry (£1-£5); mounted (£5-£20); full sets of 6 (£15-100); combat weapons (£5-40); and military vehicles (£15-100) all dependent upon condition.

Rarities

Sought after items such as ACW and FFL Gatling gun sets; British 8th Army Vickers gun; Mexican and Apache warriors; WW2 Afrika Korps; Waterloo series and most mounted figures often reach the top end of estimates. Retail counter boxes are particularly rare (£150-£250) and demand is very strong for any items with original packaging (£50-£250), particularly the larger play sets.

Collectors "Holy Grail" include the four Super Deetail paratroopers, which were discontinued due to production issues. It is rumoured only a few thousand made it to retail. First issue American Infantry released with red bases in very limited quantities are also highly prized.

Notes

References
 Pullen, David Britains Toy Model Catalogues 1970 to 1979  Veloce (July 15, 2010),

Scale modeling
Militaria
1970s toys
1980s toys
Toy figurines
Toy brands
Toy soldier manufacturing companies


Hugh Nelson may refer to:
Hugh Nelson (Australian politician) (1833–1906), Premier of Queensland, Australia
Hugh Nelson (Virginia politician) (1768–1836), American politician
Hugh Nelson (Canadian politician) (1830–1893), Canadian politician
Hugh Nelson (bishop) (born 1972), British Anglican Bishop of St Germans


Avilion is a fantasy novel by British author Robert Holdstock. It was published in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2009. It is his first Ryhope wood novel since Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn was published in 1997. Avilion is Tennyson's term for Avalon in Idylls of the King. Avilion is described by Tennyson as an island valley with ideal weather and fertile land.

The novel Mythago Wood introduces tropes, terminology and a backstory that are built upon in Avilion.

Plot summary

Avilion takes place after the events in Mythago Wood. Steven Huxley and the mythago Guiwenneth have been living in Ryhope wood where they are raising their two children, each half-human, half-mythago. The older boy, Jack, wishes to know about the outside world while the younger girl, Yssobel, dreams about her uncle Christian, who vanished into Lavondyss at the end of Mythago Wood. Despite being comfortably settled and living an idyllic agrarian lifestyle, events at hand will change the family's future.

Reception

Reviews have been very complimentary, with The Times Online saying "This is a wonderful, grown-up fantasy about growing up and moving on, and going home." and The Guardian commenting "Mythago Wood was a seminal expression of British fantasy, and Avilion, though lacking its predecessor's narrative drive and intensity, is an enthralling reworking of myth and a haunting vision of love and loss unmatched in contemporary fantasy."

Avilion was a finalist for a 2010 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award in the Adult Literature Category.  It won the 2010 Best Fantasy and Horror Award from the Czech Akademie of Science Fiction.

Chronology of works in the Mythago Wood cycle
The order in which the Mythago cycle works were written/published does not necessarily correspond to the order of events within the realm of the Mythago Wood cycle. For example, Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn and the novella The Bone Forest are prequels to Mythago Wood even though they were published at a later date. The novel Merlin's Wood (1994) and short stories in The Bone Forest and Merlin's Wood have little bearing on the events in the Ryhope wood. See the table below for a chronology of events within Ryhope wood.

References

Sources

External links
 Mythago Wood: the official website of Robert Holdstock

2009 British novels
2009 fantasy novels
Works by Robert Holdstock
British fantasy novels
Sequel novels
Victor Gollancz Ltd books


The lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve is a cutaneous branch of the foot.

This nerve is the terminal nerve portion of the sural nerve. The common convention for where the sural nerve transitions into the lateral dorsal cutaneous nerve is after the sural nerve wraps underneath the lateral malleolus. This turns into a dorsal digital nerve and supplies the lateral side of the fourth and fifth toe.

The course of this nerve influences the surgical approach to fixation of fractures of the fifth metatarsal, as the most direct surgical approach is at risk of damaging it.

Additional images

References

Nerves of the lower limb and lower torso


The Epson Tour Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event was played at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida from 2008 to 2019, except for 2016. In 2008 and 2009 the tournament was played on the Jones Course. Beginning in 2010, it has been played on the Champions Course. The 2016 event was played at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, Florida due to course conditions at LPGA International caused by Hurricane Matthew. In 2020, the event moved to River Run Country Club in Davidson, North Carolina.

The tournament is a 72-hole event, as are most tour events, and includes pre-tournament pro-am opportunities, in which local amateur golfers can play with the professional golfers from the Tour as a benefit for local charities. For professionals, it is a final chance to get into the top ten on the tour's money list and earn an LPGA Tour card, or at least improve their status for LPGA Tour Qualifying School. The current benefiting charity of the Epson Tour Championship is the Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia and Flagler Counties.

Winners

Tournament records

References

External links
Coverage on Epson Tour's official site

Symetra Tour events
Golf in Florida
Golf in North Carolina
Recurring sporting events established in 2008
2008 establishments in Florida


The discography of Hüsker Dü, an American punk rock band, consists of six studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, two extended plays, and ten singles. The band was formed by Bob Mould (guitar, vocals), Grant Hart (drums, vocals), and Greg Norton (bass guitar) in 1979. Their first album release was Land Speed Record, a live album released through New Alliance Records. The band released its first studio album, Everything Falls Apart on its own label (Reflex Records) the following year. Hüsker Dü signed with SST Records in 1983, and released its next three albums with that label. The Warner Music Group released the band's last two studio albums. Hüsker Dü broke up in 1987. The band released 6 albums, including two double albums, between January 1983 and January 1987.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

Compilation appearances

Music videos
"Makes No Sense at All"/ "Love Is All Around" (1985)
"Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" (1986)
"Could You Be the One?" (1987)

Video albums
Live from the Camden Palace (Live from London UK TV show on 14 May 1985, released on DVD on 5 February 2007)

References
General

Specific

Discographies of American artists
Punk rock group discographies


Hardingham railway station is a railway station in the village of Hardingham in the English county of Norfolk. The station is periodically served by heritage services operated by the Mid-Norfolk Railway on the line from East Dereham to Wymondham.

The former yard is now used by an independent rolling stock company, Great Eastern Traction Ltd., specialising in trading in industrial locomotives.  Other items of privately owned rolling stock have also been preserved in the former station yard.

History

The Wymondham-Dereham branch line was built by the Norfolk Railway and the line and stations were opened on 15 February 1847.

The Tudoresque main station building was built on the down side of the line, and was of a similar style to the other stations on the line.  The station included a two-storey station master's house and a single storey waiting room.  The platform was protected by two canopies, one of which was possibly an original Norfolk Railway structure.  The up platform buildings were more basic, comprising a simple waiting room.  The GER signal cabin, with a 21 lever frame, was located at the north end of the up platform.

The goods yard was located on the down side, providing two sidings, each with a headshunt.  A wagon turntable gave access to three short spurs.  An additional siding was provided north of the station.  Facilities included cattle pens, a loading dock, and a rail connected granary.

When the branch was singled in June 1968, Hardingham was retained as a passing loop until passenger services ended in October 1969.

Signal box

The original signal box was located to the north of the station's up platform, but it was demolished after passenger closure with parts of it used to construct a number of sheds and shelters in the Stationmaster's garden.  The non-operational replacement is located on a new site to the south of the down platform.  The signal box is private property and does not constitute an operational structure on the railway.
The eight year restoration of the box was recognised through a FirstGroup Craft Skills Award.  The cabin is an original Great Eastern Railway structure, recovered from Snettisham, Norfolk and restored by the owner of the private station site.

Engineering projects

Double track and storage sidings

A £3,000,000 project to relay the lifted up formation and restore the second platform at this station, in order to provide a storage siding for new Abellio Greater Anglia trains running between Hardingham and Kimberley, was conducted in 2018 and 2019.  This involved the partial relaying of the lifted sections of the double line southwards towards Kimberley Park railway station, provision of a storage yard on the site of an original ballast quarry and erection of signalling - controlled from the signal box at Thuxton railway station.  Track works were conducted by Sonic Rail Services.

Rolling stock

Diesel locomotives
 GET 2, Bagnall 0-4-0 diesel hydraulic 8368, formerly "Horsa" at the Nene Valley Railway, built 1962
 GET 8, Rolls-Royce 0-6-0 diesel 10272, formerly LT DL82 on the London Underground, built 1967
 GET 11, Brush Traction 0-6-0 Diesel Electric 804, built for the Tyne & Wear Metro and use in the Channel Tunnel, built 1978

Carriages
 BR 1984 Mk 1 Unclassified Restaurant Car, built 1960
 BR 14021 Mk 1 Brake Corridor First, built 1962 (to North Norfolk Railway, July 2022)
 BR 87616 Blue Spot Four wheel Fish Van, built 1959
 BR 889018 Four-wheel Continental Ferry Van, built 1961
 BR 87602 Blue Spot Four wheel Fish Van, built 1960

References

Heritage railway stations in Norfolk
Disused railway stations in Norfolk
Former Great Eastern Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1847
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1969
1847 establishments in England
1969 disestablishments in England


The Felbrigge Psalter is an illuminated manuscript Psalter from mid-13th century England that has an embroidered bookbinding which probably dates to the early 14th century. It is the oldest surviving book from England to have an embroidered binding. The embroidery is worked in fine linen with an illustration of the Annunciation on the front cover and an illustration of the Crucifixion on the back.

Embroidery

The cover embroidery is " by ", couched in a zigzag pattern using fine gold thread. The remainder is worked in linen floss using a split stitch that flows independently from the mesh of the canvas. In the opinion of Cyril Davenport, the embroidery on this book is very high quality: "I know of no other instance for which appropriateness of workmanship, or charm of design, can compare with this, the earliest of all." Davenport praises both the technical quality of the stitching and the overall rendering of the figures and drapery. See illustration for the front cover.

Davenport describes the back cover in the following manner:
On the lower side, on a groundwork of gold similar to that on the upper cover, is a design of the Crucifixion. Our Saviour wears a red garment round the loins, and round his head is a red and yellow nimbus, his feet being crossed in a manner often seen in illuminations in ancient manuscripts. The cross is yellow with a green edge, the foot widening out into a triple arch, within which is a small angel kneeling in the attitude of prayer. On the right of the cross is a figure of the Virgin Mary, in robes of pale blue and yellow, with a white head-dress and green and yellow nimbus. On the left is another figure, probably representing St. John, dressed in robes of red and blue, and having a nimbus round his head of concentric rings of red and yellow. This figure is unfortunately in very bad condition. The edges of the leaves of the book are painted with heraldic bearings in diamond-shaped spaces, that of the Felbrigge family 'Gules, a lion rampant, or' alternately with another 'azure, a 32 fleur-de-lys, or.'

By the close of the 19th century, when Davenport wrote, the book had been rebound in leather. The back embroidery had been quite done away with and the embroidered sides had been damaged both by time and by efforts at repair. The two panels have been laid into a calf leather binding dating from the 18th century. No other embroidered English book survives from this early period; the next oldest dates from approximately 1536.

Grace Christie wrote in 1928 "The Felbrigge Psalter is the only example of existing Opus Anglicanum worked before 1350 with a 'surface' couched gold ground."

Ownership
The book takes its name from Anne de Felbrigge, a nun at a convent of Minoresses at Bruisyard, Suffolk, who is known to have been an early owner of the book and was probably its embroiderer. Anne de Felbrigge had an aristocratic background: she was the daughter of Sir Simon de Felbrigge, of Felbrigg Hall, Felbrigg, who was standard-bearer to Richard II.

In the 18th century the Psalter was in the possession of Hans Sloane, whose collection was the foundation for the British Library, which opened in 1753.  It is catalogued as MS Sloane 2400.

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Illuminated psalters
English embroidery
13th-century biblical manuscripts
Sloane manuscripts
Bookbinding
13th-century illuminated manuscripts