Moss Station () is a railway station located in downtown Moss in Østfold, Norway.
The station is located on the Østfold Line and serves as terminal station for Line 550 of the Oslo Commuter Rail service to Oslo Central Station and onwards to Spikkestad as well as a stop of the regional services to Halden. All services are operated by Vy.

History
Moss Station was built based upon designs by architect, Peter Andreas Blix. The station was opened as part of the railway on 2 January 1879.
In 1923, an agreement was made by which the restaurant was to be taken over by Norsk Spisevognselskap (NSS) in 1924. However, private operation continued until 1 October 1941, when operations were taken over by Spisevognselskapet.

New station
A new station is being built 300 meters south of the current station, connected to the construction of a high-speed line. Construction started 2019 and will be in operation 2025.

References

Railway stations in Østfold
Railway stations on the Østfold Line
Railway stations opened in 1879
1879 establishments in Norway
Moss, Norway
Railway stations in Norway opened in the 1870s


The Wyoming School for the Deaf was a school for deaf elementary students located in Casper, Wyoming, United States.  The school was open from 1961 until it was closed due to a lack of students in 2000.  The school was created to accommodate the concerns of parents who did not want to send their deaf children to schools in other states. Early pilot programs were conducted, and in 1959, a house was purchased across from the local Pineview Elementary School and used to house the program. In 1961, the state legislature appropriated more funds for the program and a permanent school was built and dedicated in 1963.

The dormitory facility opened in 1990; prior to that date students stayed with host families. The student population declined after federal guidelines came into place which required that deaf students generally be instructed in locations near their houses. The school was closed in 2000, with only one student enrolled. All the other students had been mainstreamed into regular schools. In 2007, the Natrona County School District announced that they would be tearing down the building, which resulted in an outcry from alumni of the school, who wanted to see the building preserved.

As of 2011, the building is still standing. The original portion of the building is used as a library and resource center for the deaf/hard-of-hearing and visually impaired in the area, with various services provided. There has been no money available to tear down the old building and rebuild Pineview Elementary School.

As of summer of 2013, plans are in the works to demolish Pineview Elementary and the Wyoming School for the Deaf. The Casper Historic Preservation Commission and alumni of the school are both fighting the proposed demolition, which would take place in 2014 under plans to build a replacement for Pineview Elementary. Funding for the construction still has to be approved by the Legislature, which is scheduled to consider the issue at next year's session. Until money is available for the project — which includes the school's demolition — it will remain standing.

References

External links
Byer, Kelly (2013-08-01) Alums, preservationists fear Casper deaf-school demolition Casper Star-Tribune
Moore, Makayla (2013-07-22) Historic preservation commission wants to save deaf school Casper Journal (Archive)
Drake, Kerry (2013-07-24) Agency, Alumni Frustrated by Plans to Tear Down Wyoming School for the Deaf The Casper Citizen
Watt, Meghan (2007-10-01) Deaf alumni saddened by school's fate  Casper Star-Tribune
Wyoming Department of Education Services for the deaf/hard of hearing programs

Schools for the deaf in the United States
Schools in Wyoming
Defunct schools in Wyoming
Educational institutions established in 1961
Educational institutions disestablished in 2000
Buildings and structures in Casper, Wyoming
1961 establishments in Wyoming
2000 disestablishments in Wyoming
Public boarding schools in the United States


The 1968–69 Drake Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Drake University in the 1968–69 college basketball season. The team was led by eleventh-year head coach Maury John. In 1967–68, the Bulldogs finished 18–8 (9–7 in the Missouri Valley Conference). They were also trying to make their first NCAA tournament appearance since as well as their first postseason appearance since their National Invitation Tournament appearance in 1964.

Regular season
The Bulldogs were 12–1 at home as well as 8–3 on the road and 6–1 at neutral locations. With their third-place finish in the NCAA Tournament Drake had their best NCAA finish up to that point, and as of the start of the 2022–2023 season. On December 27–28, 1968 Drake played in the Dallas Classic in Dallas, Texas against Minnesota and Southern Methodist. Drake was ranked in the AP Top 20 Poll on several occasions during the season. Drake was ranked 18th during the week of January 7, 1969. Drake was once again ranked 11th on March 4, 1969. On March 8, 1969 Drake won a MVC playoff game 77–73 in Wichita, Kansas to determine the conference champion.
A documentary on the 1968–69 Drake Basketball team was made in 2004 by filmmaker Jacob Adams of Impossible Productions and is available from his website. Most of the UCLA—Drake game was recreated with an old coach's film and radio play by play. Intercut are commentaries by Drake players and coaches.

Missouri Valley Conference standings

Roster

Player statistics
Note: GP= Games played; RPG = Rebounds per Game; PPG = Points per Game

Schedule

Rankings

NBA draft

References

Drake
Drake Bulldogs men's basketball seasons
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons
Drake
Drake Basketball, Men's
Drake Basketball, Men's


Legacy of Hate and Lust is the 6th album by Leæther Strip.

Track listing

 Down There With You
 We Need a Life
 The Darkness Ends the Day
 I Wanna Hate You
 We're Losing Time
 Whisper Your Poetry
 Come Out Tonight
 I Won't Look Back
 I Try - I Die
 No Rest for the Wicked
 13/6 - 1994

1995 albums
Leæther Strip albums


Nicole Uphoff (born 25 January 1967) is a German equestrian who competes in the sport of dressage. She won four gold medals in individual and team competition at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. Riding her star horse, Rembrandt, Uphoff also won numerous other international competitions, including the World Equestrian Games and the European Dressage Championships.

Personal life

Uphoff first married international show jumper Otto Becker in the early 1990s, but the pair separated in late 2007 and later divorced. In January 2004, Uphoff gave birth to her first child, a son named Patrick. Long-time boyfriend Travis Morgan was the baby's father.

Competitive career
In 1985, Uphoff, riding Rembrandt, began to compete at events for young riders, and in 1986, the pair began working with Uwe Schulten-Baumer, a well-known dressage coach. In 1987, they began to compete, and win, at the international level. They rose to the top of the dressage world with unheard-of speed, due to Rembrandt's elegance and expression in the ring. Their rise to fame resulted in a 1988 Olympic nomination. Uphoff switched trainers four months before the Games began, leaving Schulten-Baumer to work with Harry Boldt, the German national coach.

Rembrandt and Uphoff were Olympic Champions twice, in 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona. Both times they took both individual gold and a gold medal with the German team. The Barcelona games resulted in Rembrandt being titled a "living work of art" by one German sports commentator. During the last two years of his career, Rembrandt began to decline slightly, and he missed the team nomination to the 1996 Summer Olympics. Uphoff used her right as defending champion to compete as an individual, and they were again part of the German delegation in Atlanta, where they placed 14th. This placement was despite being pulled from competition before the last round, due to an injury, at which point they was in 8th place. Uphoff and Rembrandt also took both individual and team gold at the first World Equestrian Games in 1990. In 1993, he was injured by a kick from another horse during a victory lap at the German Championships, but recovered from the blow to take individual silver at the 1994 World Equestrian Games. The German team, including Uphoff, again took gold.

Uphoff and Rembrandt also competed at many other international-level events. In 1989, Rembrandt made his European Dressage Championships debut at Mondorf, Luxembourg, where they took both individual and team gold. It was the first time that the gold medal-winning German team (which had also won the previous 12 team golds) had been made up of four female riders. In 1991, at the Championships in Donaueschingen, Germany, the pair took silver in the Grand Prix Special, while again riding to gold as part of the German team. The silver medal was the first defeat in three years for the pair, and was dealt by another Schulten-Baumer student, Isabell Werth on Gigolo FRH. At the 1995 Championships, held in Mondorf, Luxembourg, Uphoff again assisted the German team to a gold medal, while taking 5th individually. The pair also won seven times at the Stuttgart German Masters international show, the last in 1995. This was a record number of wins until 2010, when Werth won for an eighth time, and Uphoff remains the only rider to have won seven masters titles on a single horse (Werth rode three different horses to her eight victories).

In 1996, Uphoff and Rembrandt gave a farewell show at his official retirement at the Stuttgart Indoor Show. Rembrandt spent the rest of his life at Uphoff's farm. On 30 October 2001, he was euthanized after his health deteriorated quickly and he was unable to rise. Rembrandt's transitions, particularly from passage to extended trot back to passage, have been called "unequalled". He was also known for his spookiness, however, to the point that crowds hushed themselves when he was performing. He is known as a "legendary" dressage horse, and mounted upon Rembrandt, Nicole Uphoff pioneered an era of female-dominated dressage competitions. In 2009, Uphoff donated Rembrandt's saddle to the equestrian museum at CHIO Aachen in Germany.

After the 1996 Olympics and Rembrandt's retirement, Uphoff faded from the dressage world for several years, unable to find a mount that could win in international competition. However, in early 1998, she began riding Borbet Rubinstein and soon returned to international prominence, winning the 1999 CDI Frankfurt. She also began training several of Rubinstein's offspring. In 1999, she appeared on German television, giving dressage commentary, and was named the German Sportswoman of the Year. There was speculation that she may make a bid for the 2000 Olympic team. She did not compete in the 2000 Olympics, and by early 2013, she had officially retired from competition.

References

External links

1967 births
Living people
Olympic gold medalists for West Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Equestrians at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic equestrians for West Germany
Olympic equestrians for Germany
German female equestrians
German dressage riders
Sportspeople from Duisburg
Olympic medalists in equestrian
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
20th-century German women


Nihal Nelson (; 9 January 1946 – 13 December 2022) was a Sri Lankan vocalist, songwriter and composer. One of the most influential singers in Sri Lanka, and considered 'undefeated on the concert stage', Nelson holds the record for the most albums recorded by a Sri Lankan artist, at a total of 113.

Personal life
Nelson was born in Moratuwa on 9 January 1946 as the only child in the family. His father, D.C. Hendrick was a businessman and his mother, D.P Weerawardena was an English teacher.

He started primary education at Innocent Maria Mixed School (now known as Rawathawaththa Roman Catholic College). After passing grade 8, he entered Moratu Maha Vidyalaya where he completed his GCE Advanced Level schooling in 1960. It was here that he began to focus on making music.

Nelson married Malini Sriyalatha, the second in a family of four, on 16 May 1974. The couple have one son, Kanchana Tharanga, who was born on 10 January 1978 and works as a radio sound administrator. Nelson's wife Malini died in July 2020.

Career
Nelson was popular on the school stage as well as in Moratuwa as a singer. However, he had to polish his musical ability to enter the music world. During this period, he met Sarath Munasinghe (now a monk, Meegahawela Sumanashantha Thero) who had written many songs. In 1962 during a wedding, he met popular musician A. J. Kareem, who introduced him to composer R. A. Chandrasena. Nelson's first recording Lassanata Pipunu Wanamal, written by Munasinghe, was released in SLBC as an EP on 31 March 1963 under the guidance of Chandrasena. Later, he joined Kandy Lake Club with Chandrasena.

Nelson was among the first Sri Lankan vocalists to release a cassette in 1978 with Gune Ayyage Kamare. The release was on Wijaya Ramanayake's Tharanga label, which introduced the format to Sri Lanka. Nelson was also among the first to release a compact disc in the region.

Nelson's 110th album Nihal 110 Dot Com was released in 2000. It was recorded at Sunflowers Studios in Mahawewa, Chilaw, with Neil Warnakulasooriya conducting and music by the Sunflowers. At this point Nelson had been singing on the concert stage for 55 consecutive years.

He also worked as a playback singer for many films. His maiden playback singing came through the film Pem Kurullo with the song "Kasii Basili Na". It was written by Chandradasa Fernando and the music was composed by Tony Weeratunga. He then did playback for the films Sakvithi Suwaya, Loka Horu, Rodaya, Hari Yanakota Ohoma Thamai, Sanda Wata Rantharu, Loku Thaththa, Mal Warusa, Valampuri, and Diyamanthi. He also sang a song called Hitha Honda Minihage for Gamini Fonseka.

On 15 March 2013, a "50 years old, Nihal Awith" concert was held at the Musaeus College Auditorium to celebrate his 50 years of singing. In 2015, Nelson was awarded the 'Moratupura Ratnavibhushana' award.

Death
On 13 December 2022, Nelson died in his residence after suffering a heart attack, at age 76.

Legacy
In January 2021, it was announced that the third lane of his hometown, Rawathawatte, Moratuwa, would be named after the veteran singer.

References

External links
 Nihal Nelson Official YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/@NihalNelsonOfficialYoutube

1946 births
2022 deaths
20th-century Sri Lankan male singers
People from Moratuwa
Sinhalese singers


Ericameria arborescens is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae known by the common name goldenfleece. It is widespread across much of California and found also in southwestern Oregon.

Ericameria arborescens grows in chaparral communities and open woodlands. This is a resinous, glandular shrub or small occasionally exceeding 5 meters (over 17 feet) in height. It has many erect branches covered in  very thin, needle-like to lance-shaped leaves 3-6 centimeters (1.2-2.4 inches) long. Atop each stem is an inflorescence of many bright golden flowers, each a rounded bunch of disc florets about 5 mm (0.2 inches) wide. This plant is adapted to ecosystems prone to wildfire.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Callphotos Photo gallery, University of California

arborescens
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


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Anthony John "Tony" Ward (1924 – 9 May 2006) was an Australian television actor, director and producer and journalist. He is regarded as Australian television's original action star, on Hunter, and was an inaugural reporter on two national current affairs programs, Seven Days and A Current Affair.

Life
Anthony John Ward was born in Sydney. His father was a public servant. He was educated at a Catholic primary school before going to Parramatta Marist High School, and then became a trainee radiographer at Lewisham Hospital in 1942.

Early career in the theatre
After World War II, he developed an interest in theatre and acted in and directed productions for several Australian and New Zealand companies, including J. C. Williamson and Garnet H. Carroll. He appeared with actors such as Robert Morley, Emlyn Williams, John McCallum, and Googie Withers.

Television career
Ward realised the potential of television and joined Channel 9 in Adelaide soon after television began there in 1959. He worked as a producer and director, and also appeared as a newsreader and in advertisements. He became the first television reporter for Channel 7's Seven Days program and then joined Bill Peach on Channel 10's Telescope current affairs program.

In 1966, Crawford Productions chose him for the title role of Hunter, their new James Bond-style action series. He said of this role:  "Hunter was a project which fired my imagination. I had no doubts about giving up a good career in current affairs for an opportunity like this – it was Heaven sent." He starred opposite Gerard Kennedy who played his arch enemy. The series rated highly and he travelled around Australia and overseas on location, performing many of his own stunts. He left the series after disagreements with Crawfords, particularly over the quality of the later scripts. He said, "The firm has shown initiative, courage and ambition and has made a valiant effort ... But 39 episodes of Hunter this year was far too ambitious. This outstripped the ability of the scriptwriters."

He returned to current affairs, becoming the first reporter on Mike Willesee's A Current Affair program in 1971. He is recognised as the person who discovered Australian comedian and actor Paul Hogan. Willisee was looking for a comedian to do a weekly commentary on events, and Ward suggested Hogan having seen him on the New Faces television show. Ward auditioned Hogan by interviewing him on Sydney Harbour Bridge where he worked as a rigger. Ward was the only original reporter still on A Current Affair when it was cancelled in 1978.

Ward appeared in other television series such as Sons and Daughters, Skippy, The Long Arm and Dynasty. He reported for ABC's Nationwide'' and made documentaries for SBS Television, and also appeared in television commercials, including for Ardath cigarettes and car insurance.

Interests
Ward had a number of other interests including cars and trains. He was a member of the Rolls-Royce Bentley Owners Club, and he took thousands of feet of film and videos of steam train trips in Australia and overseas. He had a banana plantation in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, and ran an antique print gallery in Sydney's Woollahra, New South Wales. He also cultivated prize-winning roses.

Filmography

References

Bibliography

Australian television presenters
Australian male television actors
Male actors from Sydney
1924 births
2006 deaths


Brandon Croft Saine (born December 14, 1988) is a former American football running back. He played college football at Ohio State. Saine was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2011.

High school career
As a junior, Brandon Saine ran for over 1,300 yards and scored 21 touchdowns while receiving All-State, All-Conference, and Conference Player of the Year honors. In his senior year, he ran for 1,895 yards and 27 touchdowns on 259 carries, while recording 30 receptions for 412 yards, And won state.  Saine was the 2006 Mr. Football Award recipient and was ranked second overall in the 2007 football recruiting class from Ohio by Rivals.com, and ranked 50th among the Rivals 100, a list compiled from nationwide recruits. He was said to have run a 4.2 forty time during his senior year

Saine also lettered in track at Piqua and currently holds the Ohio Division I record in the 100-meter dash, with a time of 10.38, which he set in 2006. He had four state track titles and a national championship in the 60-meter dash.

College career
Saine was compared to Reggie Bush while entering his Freshman year at Ohio State, due to his ability to be a jack of all trades, running, blocking and even spending time in the slot as a WR. Saine has been officially timed at 4.4 seconds in the forty yard dash, although he has been unofficially timed at 4.25 seconds.

Statistics

Professional career
Saine was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Green Bay Packers on July 28, 2011. Saine was released by the Packers on April 24, 2013 after failing a physical.

References

External links
Ohio State profile

1988 births
Living people
American football running backs
Green Bay Packers players
Ohio State Buckeyes football players
People from Piqua, Ohio
Players of American football from Ohio


The Pixar Story, directed by Leslie Iwerks, is a documentary of the history of Pixar Animation Studios. An early version of the film premiered at the Sonoma Film Festival in 2007, and it had a limited theatrical run later that year before it was picked up by the Starz cable network in the United States.

The film was released, outside North America, on DVD in summer 2008 as part of the "Ultimate Pixar Collection", a box set of Pixar films. It was then included as a special feature on the WALL-E special edition DVD and Blu-ray releases, which were launched on November 18, 2008, and again on its Criterion edition.

The film premiered on BBC Two in the United Kingdom.

Synopsis
The success story of Pixar Animation Studios from the ground up.

Voice cast
 Steve Jobs – Principal Investor & co-founder of Pixar
 John Lasseter – Pixar co-founder & visionary
 Tim Allen – Actor, voiced Buzz Lightyear
 Brad Bird – Director
 Edwin Catmull – First Chief Technical Officer
 Billy Crystal – Actor, voiced Mike in Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University
 Michael Eisner – Former CEO of The Walt Disney Company
 Tom Hanks – Actor, voiced Sheriff Woody
 Bob Iger – CEO of The Walt Disney Company
 George Lucas – Founder of Lucasfilm, Pixar's original foundation
 James Ford Murphy – Head of animation & director of Lava
 Diane Disney Miller – Daughter of Walt Disney and wife of former Disney CEO Ron Miller
 Marc Davis – animator
 Stacy Keach – Narrator

Reception
The film was given generally positive reviews, receiving an aggregated score of 86% from Rotten Tomatoes, based on seven reviews.

See also
Waking Sleeping Beauty, a 2009 documentary film chronicling the history of Walt Disney Animation Studios.

References

External links

2007 films
2007 documentary films
American documentary films
Disney documentary films
Pixar
Films directed by Leslie Iwerks
Films scored by Jeff Beal
Documentary films about the cinema of the United States
Documentary films about animation
Walt Disney Pictures films
Films about Disney
2000s English-language films
2000s American films


The Rebirth of Agony is the 7th album by Leæther Strip.

Track listing
 You Know Where To Put It
 Life is Painful (Bastard)
 Switch On - Switch Off
 Lies to Tell
 My Mind is My Master
 How Do I Know?
 The Edge of Anger
 I Want You Hard
 Take Care of Me
 Anger is a Part of Me
 Make My Blood Boil
 Fool!

Leæther Strip albums


Derek Andre Hanekom (born 13 January 1953) is a South African retired politician, activist and former cabinet minister currently serving as the interim Chairman of South African Airways.

He is currently serving as a presidential envoy for South Africa mandated to promote investment with a focus on tourism. He was previously Minister of Tourism from 27 February 2018 until 29 May 2019. In his capacity as Minister of Tourism he was responsible for South African Tourism, the official national marketing agency of the South African government, with the goal of promoting Tourism in South Africa both locally and globally.

He previously served as Minister of Science and Technology from October 2012 until 2014. He was Deputy Minister of Science and Technology having served under the then-Presidents Kgalema Motlanthe and Thabo Mbeki, and former President Jacob Zuma in May 2009. He has a strong African National Congress (ANC) history having served three years in prison for the work he did for the ANC during apartheid, with his wife Dr. Trish Hanekom who served three years for her involvement.

He is also a former Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, having served under the Mandela administration. Hanekom's tenure as Minister of Land Affairs was reflective of his career in the anti-apartheid NGO sector and he was selected by former President Nelson Mandela partly because of his ability as an Afrikaner to negotiate with white landowners. Hanekom's tenure as minister was marked by an affinity for redistribution as opposed to retribution, and rights as opposed to property. Some have cited a strong contrast with his successor in the ministry during the Mbeki administration, Thoko Didiza.

Hanekom was a member of the ANC National Executive Committee from 1994 to 2022 and the NEC deployee to the Western Cape - the only province the ANC does not govern.

Personal life

Hanekom was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 January 1953. He spent his school career in Cape Town, attending the German Primary School and then matriculating from prominent Afrikaans school, Jan van Riebeeck High School in 1970. Hanekom went on to complete his compulsory conscription in the South African Defence Force between 1971 and 1973. Thereafter, Hanekom travelled abroad where he worked for various organisations including working on farms, factories and building sites. He then returned to South Africa in his early twenties where he continued farming. Working the land, Hanekom was a dairy, poultry, and vegetable farmer from 1978 - 1983.

Hanekom is married to academic Dr Patricia (Trish) Hanekom.

Struggle history

As a 23-year-old in 1976, Hanekom was arrested for participating in a peaceful candlelight demonstration at John Vorster Square, the Police Headquarters in Johannesburg. Four years later, in 1980, Hanekom and Patricia joined the ANC, conducting underground activities while continuing to farm on a smallholding in Magaliesburg. Patricia and Hanekom fed information to the parent body ANC, such as the apartheid Defence Force's attempts to overthrow the Mozambican government through the rebel movement, Renamo. Both were then arrested in 1983. They were initially charged with high treason, the worst offence against the State, but the charge was subsequently reduced due to the international sensitivity of the case.

After spending three years in prison, Hanekom started work with the trade union movement in Johannesburg. Patricia was released a year later, in 1987, but was subsequently deported to Zimbabwe, where the couple went into exile for three years. During this period, Hanekom served as the co-ordinator of the Popular History Trust in the capital Harare.

After three years in exile and as the apartheid government unbanned previously banned political organisations, Hanekom returned to South Africa in 1990 to work at the headquarters of the ANC, where he was responsible for policy formulation on land and agricultural matters, during the period of negotiations prior to the first democratic elections in 1994.

Career in government

Under founding democratic President Nelson Mandela, Hanekom was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs from 1996 to 1999. In his capacity, Hanekom piloted various reform bills through Parliament which aimed to redress the injustices and inequities caused by apartheid laws and the 1913 Land Act. Much of the South African land reform legislation was initiated, drafted, and enacted during Hanekom's term. This legislation laid the foundation for land reform in the post-apartheid era.

From 1999 to 2004, Hanekom served as a Member of Parliament on various Parliamentary Committees.  In April 2004, Hanekom was appointed Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, a position he served in until he was promoted in October 2012 to Minister of Science and Technology. As Minister, Hanekom served until 25 May 2014 before moving his portfolio to Tourism.

Hanekom was replaced as Minister of Tourism on 31 March 2017 but remained an ANC member of parliament after he filed a motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma. He was one of five ministers who lost their positions following their criticism of the president's controversial relationship with the Gupta family and accusations of corruption against President Zuma. President Cyril Ramaphosa appointed him to the ministerial post once again on 27 February 2018.

Resignation from government
Following the 2019 national elections, President Ramaphosa appointed Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane as the new Minister of Tourism. Hanekom resigned as an MP on 11 June 2019.

Later career
Hanekom was a member of the ANC's National Executive Committee since 1994; National Working Committee; Chairperson of the National Disciplinary Committee and NEC Convener of the Western Cape.

He also serves as the Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation.

In August 2019 Hanekom took former President Jacob Zuma to court for defamation of character following Zuma's allegation on Twitter that Hanekom was a "known enemy agent". The court found Zuma's statement to be false and deflationary and ordered Zuma to issue a full and unconditional apology and retraction of his allegation.

Retirement
Ahead of the ANC's 55th National Conference in December 2022, Hanekom announced that he had declined the nomination for another term on the ANC NEC and would be retiring from politics at the conference.  Hanekom said in an interview with Eyewitness News that he would continue being "critical voice" in the party. In April 2023, Hanekom was appointed as non-executive Chairman of South African Airways.

References

Other sources

Profile at anc.org.za
Profile at info.gov.za

1953 births
Living people
Politicians from Cape Town
Afrikaner anti-apartheid activists
South African exiles
African National Congress politicians
Agriculture and land affairs ministers of South Africa
Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
White South African anti-apartheid activists
Government ministers of South Africa
Tourism ministers
Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
20th-century South African politicians
21st-century South African politicians
Alumni of Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck


Music Video II & III is a DVD recorded by the French singer Mylène Farmer, containing all the singer's videoclips from 1992 to 2000. It was released in March 2001 in France.

The DVD contains all the videos from the studio albums Anamorphosée and Innamoramento and the live album Live à Bercy, as well as the video "Que mon cœur lâche". This DVD was more sold than the previous one, Music Videos I, made by Laurent Boutonnat, and remains one of the most best-selling musical DVD today in France. The cover refers both to a scene from "XXL" and the cover of the CD maxi "L'Âme-stram-gram".

According to DVDfr.com, "a very good job was made on the cover and the booklet". Images are "impeccable" and the sound "is dynamic, full of feelings and basses".

Formats

This video is available only on DVD.

Track listings

+ Backstage of the videos of "California" and "L'Âme-stram-gram" + Report "MF Confidential" (11:32).

Credits and personnel

 "Que mon cœur lâche": Produced by Luc Besson
 "XXL", "L'Instant X", "Comme j'ai mal", "Souviens-toi du jour": Produced by Marcus Niespel
 "California": Produced by Abel Ferrara
 "L'Âme-stram-gram": Produced by Ching Siu Tung
 "Je te rends ton amour", "Innamoramento": Produced by François Hanss
 "Optimistique-moi": Produced by Michael Haussman
 "Ainsi soit je...", "La Poupée qui fait non", "Rêver" : Produced by Laurent Boutonnat and François Hanss

Certifications and sales

Charts

1 The French Videos Chart started on October 4, 2003. This video album was probably ranked higher before.

References

Mylène Farmer video albums
2001 video albums


SASI may refer to:

 Shugart Associates System Interface, the first embodiment of what is now known as SCSI
 SASI (software), a student information system developed by Pearson School Systems
 Shiprock Associated Schools, Inc.
 Socialist Workers' Sport International, in German Sozialistische Arbeiter Sport Internationale
 Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute, a Tucson, Arizona educational nonprofit.
 South Australian Sports Institute, an elite athlete training program in South Australia
 Sutherland Astronomical Society (officially Sutherland Astronomical Society Incorporated), an amateur astronomical society based in Sydney, Australia.
 Swanson Analysis Systems, Inc., the name Ansys was founded under


Lake Winfield Scott is an  mountain lake located  south of Blairsville, Georgia in Union County. The lake, which is owned and managed by the U.S. Forest Service, is the source of Cooper Creek. It is the centerpiece of the Forest Service's Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Area, a park which features hiking, fishing, boating and other outdoor activities. At  elevation it is one of Georgia's highest altitude lakes. The various habitats surrounding the lake support a wide assortment of plants and animals.

History
Completed in early 1942, Lake Winfield Scott is a man-made reservoir created as part of the Civilian Conservation Corps' efforts to establish recreational areas in north Georgia. It was the final CCC project in Georgia and one of the last in the nation, completed just after the United States' entry into World War II. It is located in the southern Blue Ridge Mountains near Blood Mountain.

The lake was named after General Winfield Scott, a 19th-century United States Army general, diplomat, and presidential candidate. Known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" and the "Grand Old Man of the Army", Scott was a hero of the Mexican–American War and the first American since George Washington to hold the rank of lieutenant general.

By the late 17th century the Cherokee and Creek had begun to compete for the same resources and fought a battle at nearby Slaughter Gap. The Creek lost, ceding the Blood Mountain area to the Cherokee, who considered it a holy place. Archaeological evidence has been discovered that tends to back the story of the battle, but the date of the battle and its participants are still disputed.

In 1838, the American Indians were removed from the area by General Winfield Scott and forced westward along the "Trail of Tears" Farmers moved in later, and by the 1880s lumber companies began logging the area. On May 14, 1938, the lake was first opened to the public as part of the Forest Service's multiple-use plan for administering the Chattahoochee National Forest for the "greatest good for the greatest number of people." During the 1990s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rebuilt and strengthened the lake's dam.

Location and surroundings

Lake Winfield Scott is  east of Suches on Highway 180 and  west of U.S. Highway 19/129 near Vogel State Park. Two roads provide access to the park, although the north entrance is only for lake access. The south entrance leads to the campgrounds, hiking trails and lakeshore facilities. The hardwood forests surrounding the lake and in Sosebee Gap offer brilliant autumn displays, making it a popular destination during the leaf season.

Wildlife and flora
Like the rest of the southern Blue Ridge Mountains, the area surrounding the lake consists of many valleys, ridges and mountains formed by repeated plate tectonic movement and collisions, starting with the Grenville Orogeny nearly 1.5 billion years ago. The resulting landscape created diverse topology containing many different species of plants and animal. Much of the area is similar to Pennsylvania in climate, vegetation and wildlife. The lake is near the southern limit for Eastern hemlock and Eastern white pine. Coves in the area vary by elevation and topography, with second-growth oak and hickory more common in lower-lying areas. Forests surrounding the lake contain rich, high-altitude flora including rare wildflowers and ferns, such as painted trillium, which grows near Rhododrendron. Boulderfields near Sosebee Cove include Dutchman's breeches, squirrel corn, waterleaf and other herbaceous plants.

The lake area is populated with white tail deer, grouse and raccoon. The deer population, which was extirpated by 1895, has rebounded since re-introduction by park ranger Arthur Woody during the 1930s. Over 100 species of birds inhabit or migrate through the area, including native songbirds such as the Canada, Blackburnian, black-throated blue, black-throated green and chestnut-sided warblers. Also found are hawks, owls, woodpeckers, kinglets, thrushes, vireos, cuckoos, phoebes, chickadees, titmice, nuthatches, brown creepers, wrens, tanagers, grosbeaks, indigo buntings and red crossbills. Migratory species are present during the late spring and early fall, making the area popular among birdwatchers. The creeks surrounding the lake are rich with different species of salamanders.

Recreation
The recreational area encompassing the lake includes camping, picnicking, boating, fishing and a variety of hiking trails. Motorcyclists refer to the area as the starting point of "The Georgia Triangle", a scenic riding circuit beginning on Highway 180.

Fishing, boating and swimming
The small lake is a local favorite for fishing. Lake Winfield Scott is stocked with rainbow trout and also contains local species of warmwater fish such as largemouth bass and sunfish. Also on the lake are a boat ramp, boat dock and swimming area with a sand beach. The Forest Service allows only man-powered and electric-powered watercraft on the lake.

Camping and hiking trails

The recreational area has camping loops offer 36 campsites, including 21 which can accommodate tents and RVs; these sites provide utility hook-ups. There is also a group camping area which accommodates up to 25 people. The area houses comfort stations with flush toilets and showers. There is also one cabin available for rental. The recreational area includes a children's playground and picnic sites. The campground is open spring through fall and is administered by the USFS's Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest/Blue Ridge Ranger District.

There are three trails at the lake. The  Lake Winfield Scott Trail circles around the lake shore. This easy trail has portions which are wheelchair accessible. Jarrad Gap Trail and Slaughter Gap Trail share a common trailhead, located on the lake's southern tip. Both are approach trails to the nearby Appalachian Trail and are marked with blue blazes.

Slaughter Creek Trail passes through a hardwood forest on the south bank of Slaughter Creek for most of its distance, following a series of old roadbeds. It climbs  over its  path to Slaughter Gap (elevation ), where it intersects the Appalachian Trail at the base of Blood Mountain. The trail passes through thickets of mountain laurel and rosebay rhododendron along the way, and crosses the creek at one point. Also present are excellent spring wildflower habitats. The summit of Blood Mountain is  from Slaughter Gap along the Appalachian Trail.

Jarrard Creek Trail is an easy to moderate hike which leads southward  to Jarrard Gap (elevation ) on the Appalachian Trail. It follows Lances Branch creek through second-growth hardwood forests. Jarrard Creek Trail can be combined with Slaughter Creek Trail and a  section of the Appalachian Trail to form a  loop hike that starts and ends at the lake.

See also

Notes

References

 Elliott, Charles Winslow (1937). Winfield Scott: The Soldier and the Man. New York: MacMillan

External links

Lake Winfield Scott, Campground and Recreational Area, USDA Forest Service website.

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest
Winfield Scott
Civilian Conservation Corps in Georgia (U.S. state)
Protected areas of Union County, Georgia
Bodies of water of Union County, Georgia


Self-Inflicted is the 8th album by Leæther Strip.

Track listing
 Hate Me!
 Black Candle
 Understand My Torment
 Are we the Sinners?
 Give It Back
 Face the Fire
 Coming up for Air
 Tell Me What to Do!
 Under My Control
 Kill a Raver
 Showroom Dummies (written by Kraftwerk)
 X-Files Theme (Written by Mark Snow)

Leæther Strip albums


Crowdon is a village in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England.

References

Villages in North Yorkshire


Harrow Hill is a village situated in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. It is contiguous with the larger village of Drybrook. Originally, the village was known as Harry Hill. "Until fairly recently the village was once called Harry Hill"

The Harrow Hill church, Holy Trinity, was opened in 1817, and is known as The Forest Church. The village has its own football club, Harrow Hill F.C.

The main route that bisects the village is Trinity Road. This links the village to Drybrook and the A4136 (Gloucester to Monmouth). At the halfway point of the road stands a battle weary red telephone box, which is sadly in a state of neglect. From here, there are good views across the valley to Ruardean Hill.

The Football club can be found at the end of Larksfield Road, and is easily located by the floodlight towers that stand on the corners of the main pitch (a further pitch is located adjacent to the car park).

References

Villages in Gloucestershire
Forest of Dean


The superficial branch of the lateral plantar nerve splits into a proper and a common plantar digital nerve:
 the lateral proper plantar digital nerve supplies the lateral side of the 5th digit and a branch for innervation of the Flexor digiti quinti brevis
 the 4th common plantar digital nerve communicates with the third common plantar digital branch of the medial plantar nerve and divides into two proper digital nerves, which supply the adjoining sides of the fourth and fifth toes. The 4th common plantar digital nerve also has a branch that supplies the interosseus muscles of the 4th intermetatarsal space.

References

Nerves of the lower limb and lower torso


The deep branch of lateral plantar nerve (muscular branch) accompanies the lateral plantar artery on the deep surface of the tendons of the Flexor muscles and the Adductor hallucis, and supplies all the Interossei (except those in the fourth metatarsal space), the second, third, and fourth Lumbricales.

References

Nerves of the lower limb and lower torso


Lake Nuga Nuga is a natural water body at Arcadia Valley in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is within the Central Queensland Sandstone Belt and adjacent to the Nuga Nuga National Park. It provides a habitat for waterbirds in an otherwise arid landscape.

Lake Nuga Nuga is the largest natural water body in the entire Central Queensland Sandstone Belt. The lake sometimes dries up completely. But when there is water in it, Lake Nuga Nuga is a great spectacle. Water lily carpet the lake and in the vicinity groves of the endangered bonewood, Macropteranthes leichhardtii, grow.

Activities
Lake Nuga Nuga is ideal for nature lovers as it offers opportunities for photography, bushwalking and canoeing. Over 150 species of birds inhabit the area in its vicinity, which is part of the larger Nuga Nuga National Park. Fishing is permitted in the lake.

See also

List of lakes of Australia

References

Lakes of Queensland
Central Queensland


Monier is a French name that may refer to the following notable people:

 Damien Monier (born 1982), French professional road bicycle racer
Étienne Monier (1889–1913), French anarchist
Evelyn Monier-Williams (1920–2015), English barrister
 Georges Monier (1892–1974), Belgian composer
Iszlam Monier Suliman (born 1990), Hungarian Sudanese judoka
 Jean Monier (or Mosnier) (1600–1656), French painter
 Joseph Monier (1823–1906), French gardener, one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete
Monier Ventilation Shaft 1 in Brisbane, Australia
Monier Ventilation Shaft 2 in Brisbane, Australia
Monier Ventilation Shaft 3 in Brisbane, Australia
 Louis Monier (born 1956), founder of Internet search engine AltaVista
 Monier Monier-Williams (1819–1899), British Indologist
 Pierre Monier (or Mosnier) (1641–1703), French painter
 Raúl Monier (born 1960), Argentine chess master
 Robert Monier (1885–1944), French sailor
 Sébastien Monier (born 1984), French-Mauritian footballer
 Thomas Monier, French slalom canoer
 Virginia Monier, American stage actress and theatre manager

See also
 Monier Field, a baseball venue in Charleston, Illinois, USA
 Monier Group, a roofing company
 Monnier (disambiguation)

French-language surnames


The 1994 NBA All-Star Game was the 44th edition of the All-Star Game. The event was held in Minneapolis. The East All-Stars won the game with the score of 127–118. Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls was voted MVP of the game.

It was broadcast by NBC for the fourth consecutive year.

Roster

 Alonzo Mourning and Charles Barkley did not participate due to injury. Karl Malone replaced Barkley in the West starting lineup.
 Charles Oakley and Gary Payton replaced Alonzo Mourning and Charles Barkley, respectively.

External links
1994 NBA All-Star Game

National Basketball Association All-Star Game
All-Star
Basketball competitions in Minneapolis
February 1994 sports events in the United States
1994 in sports in Minnesota
1990s in Minneapolis
GMA Network television specials
1994 in American sports


After the Devastation is a two-CD album by Leæther Strip, and is his comeback album after a five-year hiatus. Some editions of the album included the bonus EP ÆFTERSHOCK. The album peaked at #1 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and ranked #6 on the DAC Top 50 Albums of 2006.

Track listing
Disc 1
 The Shame Of A Nation (Album Edit)
 Back In Control
 Death Is Walking Next To Me (Album Edit)
 A Boy
 Dying Is Easy – Life Is Harder (Daddy Please Love Me)
 Sleep Is Only Heartbreak
 Slam
 Smerte
 Happy Pills (Gimme Gimme)
 Rip Like Cat Claws
 What If...
 Inner Exploration
Disc 2
 Gaza Strip (March Of The Innocent)
 Suicide Bombers (Album Edit)
 Carry Me (2006)
 Empty Space
 Junkie Do – Junkie Die
 Homophobia
 This Is Where I Wanna Be (Album Edit)
 One Man's Gain Another Man's Pain
 Give Us Some Shelter (Katrina)
 One For One For One
 I Was Born That Day
 Leæther Strip Part 3 (Symphony For Kurt)

References

2005 albums
Leæther Strip albums


Ericameria bloomeri, known by the common names Bloomer's rabbitbush and Bloomer's goldenbush, is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. This plant is native to the mountains of western North America from British Columbia to California, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada. It may have been extirpated from Canada.

Ericameria bloomeri grows in coniferous forests. This is a small shrub reaching a maximum height of about 50 centimeters (20 inches) and covered in a foliage of threadlike to slightly oval leaves a few centimeters long. It may be glandular and resinous and slightly woolly or hairless. Atop each of the many erect branches is an inflorescence of golden yellow flower heads. Each centimeter-wide head has up to 14 disc florets and sometimes up to 5 ray florets but sometimes none. The dense inflorescence has resin glands and some woolly fibers.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

bloomeri
Flora of the Northwestern United States
Flora of British Columbia
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of the Cascade Range
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Plants described in 1865
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


Koenen is a patronymic surname of Low German () or Dutch () origin derived from the given name Koen (Conrad).

Notable people with the surname include:

 Adolf von Koenen (1837–1915), German geologist
 Bernard Koenen (1889–1964), Communist and East German politician
 Breanna Koenen (born 1994), Australian rules footballer
 Emmy Damerius-Koenen (1903–1987), East German politician
 Gerd Koenen (born 1944), German historian and former communist
 Heinrich Koenen (1910–1945), German anti-fascist fighter and Soviet agent
  (1893–1956), Dutch neurologist who described Koenen's tumor
 Karestan Koenen (born 1968), American epidemiologist
  (1931–2023), German-born American philologist and papyrologist
 Lyle Koenen (born 1956), American politician in Minnesota
  (1849–1924), German civil engineer
 Michael Koenen (born 1982), American football player
 Theo Koenen (1890–1964), German footballer
 Vera Koenen (born 1967), Dutch volleyball player
 Wilhelm Koenen (1886–1963), Communist and East German politician
Koene
Isaac Koene (1637–1713), Dutch landscape painter
Randal A. Koene (born 1971), Dutch neuroscientist

See also
 Coenen
 Koenders

References

Dutch-language surnames
Low German surnames
Patronymic surnames


The 66th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in west central Pennsylvania and has been represented by Brian Smith since 2021.

District profile
The 66th District encompasses parts of Indiana County and all of Jefferson County, and includes the following areas:

Indiana County

 Banks Township
 Canoe Township
Cherry Tree
 East Mahoning Township
 Ernest
 Glen Campbell
 Grant Township
 Green Township
 Marion Center
 Montgomery Township
 North Mahoning Township
 Plumville
 Rayne Township
 Smicksburg
 South Mahoning Township
 West Mahoning Township

Jefferson County

Representative

Recent election results

References

External links

 District map from the United States Census Bureau
 Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
 Population Data for District 66 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.

Government of Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Government of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
66


The Valparaiso Moraine is a recessional moraine (a land form left by receding glaciers) that forms an immense U around the southern Lake Michigan basin in North America. It is a band of hilly terrain composed of glacial till and sand. The Valparaiso Moraine defines part of the continental divide known as the Saint Lawrence River Divide, bounding the Great Lakes Basin.  It begins near the border of Wisconsin and Illinois and extends south through Lake, McHenry, Cook, DuPage and Will counties in Illinois, and then turns southeast, going through northwestern Indiana. From this point, the moraine curves northeast through Lake, Porter, and LaPorte counties of Indiana into Michigan. It continues into Michigan as far as Montcalm County.

The moraine was formed during the Crown Point Phase of the Wisconsin glaciation. At this time the glacier covering the area had grown thin, so it was restrained by dolomite rock layers in the Lake Michigan basin. Where the glacier stopped, glacial till and sand was deposited, creating the hills of the moraine. After the Valparaiso Moraine was formed, the glacier retreated and formed the Tinley Moraine.

Many towns in northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois are named after the Valparaiso Moraine or the Tinley Moraine. The moraine itself was named after the city of Valparaiso, Indiana where the moraine is at its highest and the city lies on the moraine.

As part of the continental divide, many creeks or rivulets have their origin source in the Valparaiso Moraine. Water on one side of the moraine flows into Lake Michigan, through the Great Lakes, and eventually into the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River, while water run-off on the other side of the moraine flows into tributaries of the Mississippi River, which eventually flows into the Gulf of Mexico.  The moraine divide was breached at the Chicago Portage gap by a canal beginning in the mid-19th century.

History
The Valparaiso Moraine formed as the first major moraine of the Cary substage of the Wisconsin Glacial period (10,000-50,000 years before present). There are three minor moraines that have been identified in northeastern Illinois, the Minooka, Rockdale, and Manhattan. Within the arc created by the Valparaiso Moraine are two younger Cary substage moraines of the Tinley Moraine and the Lake Border Moraine. Younger still is the Port Huron system, which occurs in the northern portion of the Lake Michigan Basin. The Cary substage dates to around 30,000 years before present.

Location
  The Valparaiso system includes five moraines north of Chicago. The most northerly reach is to the headwaters of the Fox River in Waukesha County, west of Milwaukee.  The moraine angles to the south and east, reaching the headwaters of the Des Plaines River west of Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the county of the same name. The moraine forms a major portion of the eastern divide of the Fox River Basin and then the western bank of the Des Plaines River. The moraine continues southward along the Des Plaines River following the route of the modern Tri-State Tollway (I-294) around the west side of Chicago. Where the Des Plaines River bends to the west and forms the Illinois River, the moraine angles south and east, continuing along I-294 towards Chicago Heights. In this area, the moraine has widened out towards the south and east, becoming a broad plain covering large portions of Will and Kankakee counties.

Turning eastward, the moraine enters Indiana.  The moraine is  wide as it passes through Lake County, Indiana, covering nearly half of the county's midsection. As it passes through Porter County, Indiana, it is under the city of Valparaiso, from which it derives its name.  Through Indiana, the moraine forms a "continental divide" between the drainage of the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River.

The moraine then turns northeast, passing just north of La Porte, Indiana, through the county of the same name. Upon entering Michigan the moraine forms much of the shoreline of Lake Michigan northward through St. Joseph. From here northward the moraine angles more eastward, missing Holland and passing through Grand Rapids, finally ending in a mingling of inter-lobe moraines about  northwest of Grand Rapids in Montcalm County.

Distribution
The inner border is less than  and at its closest approach is only about  from Lake Michigan. The system is from  or  up to nearly  . It is narrowest in LaPorte County, Indiana and widest in Lake County, Indiana. In northern Illinois the moraines merge into a composite moraine, including parts of earlier stages..

The Valparaiso morainic system in Michigan includes the morainic belt along Lake Michigan, from the Grand River Valley south.  In places it consists of two or more ridges. These ridges coalesce and separate repeatedly. In northern Van Buren County it becomes associated with the Saginaw moraine.

Altitude
The moraine runs between  and  above sea level, or  to  above the surface of Lake Michigan. From the inner border there is usually a rise of  or more.  In some places of  or more. The crest in Illinois ranges from about  to  above sea level.  The highest point is near Lake Zurich, in southern Lake County.  The lowest is on the Des Plaines River, in Will County. In Indiana the crest ranges from  in Lake County to nearly  in LaPorte County. The Michigan section is  to   in near the St. Joseph River and north to the Allegan and Van Buren county line. In Allegan County the moraine has its greatest variation. The highest point is , while the low point near the Kalamazoo River is a little above .

Thickness of the drift
The drift across the Valparaiso moraine and outwash plains is the result of repetitive ice advances and intervening recessions.  This drift and the drift from the previous ice sheets of the Illinoian and Iowan glacial periods are present across northeastern Illinois and northwestern Indiana. The early Wisconsin drift are similar to that of the Valparaiso drift that identification of each period is not currently possible.

Preservation
Moraine Nature Preserve is located north of Valparaiso, Indiana, east of State Route 49 and south of US Route 6 on County Road 750 North (Meska Rd).  Indiana Department of Natural Resources maintains .  The preserve has numerous trails through rolling ridges and steep hills left by the glaciers.  The area includes potholes and a shallow pond.   It is covered by a mature beech-maple forest on the high ground and buttonbush and black willow in the ravines, potholes and near the pond.

Correlative moraines
The Lake Erie basin has two moraines of the same age as the Valparaiso Moraine, the Mississinewa Moraine and the Union Moraine. These moraines formed from the Lake Erie Lobe of the continental glacier.[2] In Michigan the Kalamazoo Moraine is of the same time period.  It is the result of the Saginaw lobe of the Laurentian glacier.

See also
 Terminal moraine
 Geography of Indiana
 List of glacial moraines
 Niagara Escarpment
Glacial features, north to south from Lake Michigan:
 Calumet Shoreline
 Glenwood Shoreline
 Tinley Moraine
 Valparaiso Moraine
 Kankakee Outwash Plain

References

Schoon, Kenneth J., Calumet Beginnings, 2003, Indiana University Press p. 20-22

External links
LakeRim, University of Indiana: Maps and data for the Lake Michigan region in northwest Indiana

Moraines of Indiana
Landforms of Illinois
Lake Michigan
Landforms of Porter County, Indiana
Geological history of the Great Lakes
Landforms of McHenry County, Illinois
Landforms of Cook County, Illinois
Landforms of DuPage County, Illinois
Landforms of Will County, Illinois
Landforms of Lake County, Indiana
Landforms of LaPorte County, Indiana
Landforms of Montcalm County, Michigan
Moraines of the United States


Fovou tous Ellines (also known as Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns) is a film directed by John Tatoulis. Filmed in Australia and the island of Crete, Greece it is a romantic comedy / drama that stars Lakis Lazopoulos alongside Zoe Carides, Claudia Buttazzoni and John Bluthal.

Cast
Lakis Lazopoulos as Manos and George
Zoe Carides as Niki
John Bluthal as Stephanos
Claudia Buttazzoni as Katerina
Damien Fotiou as Jim
Tasso Kavadia as Maria
Osvaldo Maione as  Enzo
Percy Sieff as Petros
Ron Haddrick as Thomas
Anastasia Malinof as Helen
Noni Ioannidou as young Maria (1943–1971)
Dimitris Kaperonis as young Manos (1971)
 Alexandros Kaperonis as young George (1971)
 Artemis Ionnides as young Nicki (1971)
 Nikos Psarras as young Vasilli (1943)
 Dimitris Kalantzis as young Stephanos (1943)

Release
The film was highly popular in Greece.

References

External links

Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns at Urban Cinefile
Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns at Oz Movies

2000 films
Greek romantic comedy films
Australian romantic comedy films
2000 romantic comedy films
Films directed by John Tatoulis
English-language Greek films
2000s Greek-language films
2000s English-language films
2000 multilingual films
Australian multilingual films
Greek multilingual films


The Dr. Sapir Hospital and Charity Center, a Jewish charity hospital in Tehran, founded by Yaghoub Massaband (Dye Yaghoub), is the largest charity among the religious minorities in Iran. Over 75 years old, the hospital is under the leadership of Siamak Moreh Sedgh. The Tehran Jewish Committee assist in the financial maintenance of the complex, which is owned by the Tehran Jewish Committee. In 2007, The Christian Science Monitor reported that one cause for the recent co-existence between Jews and Muslims in Tehran, "has been gratitude for the Dr. Sapir Hospital."

History
The hospital was first known as Kheirkhah clinic and was opened in 1942. First donors were mostly Jews from the Mulla Hanina Synagogue. Jewish physician Ruhollah Sapir was one of the first physicians of this clinic. Most patients at the time were Jews from Oudlajan neighborhood who were bringing in their children for problems from the poor quality of water. Sapir himself died from Typhus in 1943. Later the clinic turned into a hospital and was named Cyrus the great hospital. Additionally, many gentile Muslims started to be treated in the hospital as well.

After the revolution the hospital was named in honor of Ruhollah Sapir to Sapir Hospital.

Sapir hospital was instrumental in helping the wounded revolutionaries during the Iranian revolution of 1979. At the time most of the public hospitals would report the wounded revolutionaries to SAVAK but Dr. Sapir's hospital was the only hospital that was treating them without informing the SAVAK agents. Dr. Sapir hospital's actions were so instrumental that Ayatollah Khomeini himself wrote a personal note thanking the hospital for its help after the revolution succeeded.

See also
 Tehran Jewish Committee

References

Hospitals in Iran
Tehran Jewish Committee
Jewish charities
Jewish medical organizations
Hospitals established in 1942
1942 establishments in Iran
Buildings and structures in Tehran


The Platinum Highway is part of the N4, and a major South African highway built under concessions with a private contractor. In 2001, the project was voted Infrastructure Deal of the Year by Project Finance International Magazine. It took eight years to complete. The highway is part of the Trans-Kalahari Corridor, which links four African countries (Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana and Namibia) and two oceans (the Indian and Atlantic). The contract had tougher concession terms than were seen in previous contracts.

The Platinum Highway is the section of the N4 from the Skilpadshek Border with Botswana, through Zeerust, Swartruggens, Rustenburg and Brits, to the interchange with the N1 in Pretoria (Tshwane). The concessionaire responsible for this road is Bakwena and the entire route is a toll road. There are 4 tollgates on the route (one west of Swartruggens; one east of Rustenburg; one east of Brits; one at the N1 interchange).

See also
N4 (South Africa)

References

Roads in South Africa
Year of establishment missing

Toll roads in South Africa


OnyX is a popular freeware utility for macOS developed by French developer Joël Barrière that is compatible with both Intel processors and Apple silicon (previous versions supported PowerPC). As a multifunctional tool for maintenance and optimization, it can control many basic Unix programs already built into macOS, including setting hidden preferences otherwise modified by using property list editors and the command line.

Features
 Verify the structure of the file system on the start-up volume
 Repair disk permissions
 Configure certain parameters hidden from the system and from certain applications
 Empty System, User, Internet, Font caches
 Force Empty the Trash
 Rebuild Launch Services, CoreDuet database, XPC Cache...
 Rebuild Spotlight and Mail indexes

Development
Created in 2003 by Joël Barrière, a.k.a. Titanium, the program was originally meant to address its creator's personal needs. Developed using Xcode, Apple's software development environment (Cocoa + AppleScript Studio + Objective-C), OnyX is regularly updated by its author taking into consideration users' suggestions and requests. To do its job, the program uses macOS's standard Unix utilities, allowing their control through a graphical user interface without needing the command line.

Versions
OnyX versions are specific to each version of macOS and are not backward compatible. The program will not work correctly if used with an OS for which it was not designed.

 Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar: OnyX version 1.3.1
 Mac OS X 10.3 Panther: OnyX version 1.5.3
 Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: OnyX version 1.8.6
 Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: OnyX version 2.0.6
 Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: OnyX version 2.4.0
 Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: OnyX version 2.4.8
 OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: OnyX version 2.7.4
 OS X 10.9 Mavericks: OnyX version 2.8.9
 OS X 10.10 Yosemite: OnyX version 3.0.2
 OS X 10.11 El Capitan: OnyX version 3.1.9
 macOS 10.12 Sierra: OnyX version 3.3.1
 macOS 10.13 High Sierra: OnyX version 3.4.9
 macOS 10.14 Mojave:  OnyX version 3.6.8
 macOS 10.15 Catalina: OnyX version 3.8.7
 macOS 11 Big Sur: OnyX version 4.0.2
 macOS 12 Monterey: OnyX version 4.2.7
 macOS 13 Ventura: OnyX version 4.3.6

The build for macOS Ventura is actively maintained. However, all previous versions in support of past operating systems are still available for download from the developer's website.

See also

 TinkerTool

References

External links
 Official Site in English
  Official Site in French

Utilities for macOS


The Weston Generating Station, also known as the Weston Power Plant, is a base load, coal fired, electrical power station located in the villages of Rothschild and Kronenwetter in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. In 2009, it was listed as the fifth largest generating station in Wisconsin, with a net summer capacity of 1,076 MW.  It is owned by Wisconsin Public Service, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group.

This plant is connected to the power grid via numerous 115 kV and 345 kV lines. In February 2008 the Arrowhead-Weston 345,000 volt transmission line was completed allowing more power to be transmitted between Duluth, Minnesota, The Stone Lake Substation, and the Weston plant. Unit 1 was retired in 2015, while Unit 2 was switched to natural gas.

Between November 2016 and April 2020, the plant consumed on average 196,670 tons of coal per month, or approximately 6,500 tons daily.

Units

Electricity Production
In 2021, Columbia Energy Center generated 4,767 GWh, approximately 7.6% of the total electric power generated in Wisconsin (62,584 GWh) for that year. The plant had a 2021 annual capacity factor of 50.75%.

Sub-notes:

(1) : Table data reflects electrical generation from all fuels (subbituminous coal, refined coal, distillate fuel oil, and natural gas). Monthly natural gas generation represents on average 1.2% of total generation.

(2) : Major fuel switched from subbituminous coal to refined coal in November 2016

See also

List of power stations in Wisconsin

References

External links
 https://web.archive.org/web/20071028071616/http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/news/weston/background.aspx* https://web.archive.org/web/20081022133605/http://www.wisconsinpublicservice.com/news/coal.aspx

Energy infrastructure completed in 1954
Energy infrastructure completed in 1960
Energy infrastructure completed in 1981
Energy infrastructure completed in 2008
Buildings and structures in Marathon County, Wisconsin
Coal-fired power stations in Wisconsin


The Giant Minutes to the Dawn is an album by Leaether Strip. Some editions of the album included the bonus EP The Hourglass.

Track listing
 "Will the Sun Return?"
 "Dirty Little Secret"
 "Sedated Nation"
 "Commotio"
 "The Trouble"
 "Go Ahead"
 "Caught in the Headlights"
 "Kill the Predator"
 "Blah Blah Blah"
 "Crucify Them"
 "This Age of Neglect"
 "Seconds Last Forever"
 "Annie"

References

Leæther Strip albums
2007 albums


Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya OLS (14 April 1942 – 11 April 2018) was a South African politician who was Minister of Public Service and Administration from 1994 to 1999 and Minister of Social Development from 1999 to 2009. Skweyiya was re-elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress in 2007.

Early life
He was born in Simon's Town, Western Cape, in 1942. He is the young brother of Thembile Skweyiya. He completed high school in Alice, Eastern Cape, at Lovedale College. His political activity began then, when he involved himself in protest against changes to Bantu education. After high school, he attended Fort Hare University and became active with the African National Congress (ANC). When the ANC declared the beginnings of the armed struggle in 1961, he became part of its armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He left South Africa in 1963, joining the ANC in exile in Tanzania and Zambia. He furthered his education in East Germany, where he studied law from 1969, and obtained a PhD ten years later.

In-exile
Until 1985, Skweyiya was the ANC's representative at the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), before being recalled to Lusaka to set up the ANC's Legal and Constitutional Department. In 1986, he was deputy chair of the ANC's constitutional committee with members such as Jack Simons, Kader Asmal and Albie Sachs. This committee developed the ANC constitutional guidelines that would eventually be used after the ANC's unbanning in 1990, during negotiations that would lead to the first elections in which citizens of all races voted in 1994 and a South African Constitution. During 1986, and until 1988, he attempted to investigate the conditions of detention of ANC members by the ANC security wing of the Department of National Intelligence and Security.

Services

After his return from exile in 1990, he directed the Department of Legal and Constitutional Affairs. He helped to set up the Centre for Development Studies and the South African Legal Defence Fund, both at the University of the Western Cape. Skweyiya also served on the board of trustees of the National Commission for the Rights of Children. He was also elected as president of UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations.

Skweyiya was first elected to Parliament in 1994, and he joined the Cabinet as Minister of Public Service and Administration in the same year. He was moved to the position of Minister of Social Development under President Thabo Mbeki in 1999. Skweyiya is credited with the creation of the South African Social Security Agency, launched on 1 April 2006, aiming to address corruption and maladministration in the social grants payments system.

After 15 years in the Cabinet and Parliament, his retirement from both was announced on 6 May 2009, following the April 2009 general election. As a result, he was not sworn in for the new parliamentary term. He did not leave politics altogether, however; he remained a member of the ANC National Executive Committee, and on 7 May 2009 the party announced that he would have a new post working at the ANC Presidency. According to ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe, Skweyiya voluntarily chose to leave parliamentary politics, "contrary to current speculative and surreptitious commentary". He praised Skweyiya's "immense skill and expertise" and said that the ANC still wanted to make use of his abilities.

Skweyiya was appointed by President Jacob Zuma as the South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in September 2009.

From 2011 to 2015, an annual Zola Skweyiya Lecture series was hosted by the Centre for the Analysis of South African Social Policy (CASASP) at the University of Oxford, with the inaugural lecture being given by Dr Skweyiya himself.

Death
Skweyiya died at a Pretoria hospital on 11 April 2018, at the age of 75, leaving behind his second wife, Thuthukile, and two stepchildren, and a son from his first marriage.

References

External links
Profile at anc.org.za.
Vusi Madonsela, "Zola Skweyiya: A tribute", Politicsweb, 20 April 2018.
Wiseman Magasela, "Zola Skweyiya’s contribution to South Africa should not be forgotten", Daily Maverick, 20 April 2020.

1942 births
2018 deaths
African National Congress politicians
Government ministers of South Africa
High Commissioners of South Africa to the United Kingdom
Members of the National Assembly of South Africa
Members of the Order of Luthuli
People from Simon's Town
Xhosa people


John Edward Kennedy (May 29, 1941 – August 9, 2018) was an American major league baseball third baseman, shortstop and second baseman. He played from 1962 to 1974 for the Washington Senators, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots / Milwaukee Brewers, and Boston Red Sox. He was born in Chicago, IL and attended Harper High School.

Major League career

Kennedy spent twelve seasons in the major leagues. He hit a home run in his first major league at bat (on September 5, 1962, against Dick Stigman of the Minnesota Twins), and garnered headlines because both his name and birthdate, May 29, were shared with the President of the United States at the time, John F. Kennedy, born 24 years earlier.

His only season as a full-time regular was with the 1964 Washington Senators under manager Gil Hodges, primarily as a third baseman, but also playing at shortstop and second base. Kennedy hit .230 with seven home runs and 35 runs batted in (RBI) in 148 games. After the 1964 season, he was traded with pitcher Claude Osteen and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers for five players, including outfielder Frank Howard. With the Dodgers, Kennedy would be part of history when he replaced Jim Gilliam at third base in the eighth inning of Sandy Koufax's perfect game on September 9, . Kennedy did not get to bat in that game, nor did he have a fielding chance as Koufax struck out the last six Chicago Cubs he faced to complete his then-record fourth no-hitter. The New York Yankees acquired Kennedy in a trade after the 1966 season, then sold him to the expansion Seattle Pilots after the 1968 season. Kennedy retired in 1974 after four and a half seasons with the Boston Red Sox.

Retirement

Kennedy scouted, managed, and coached in the minor leagues after leaving Major League Baseball. He managed the North Shore Spirit through most of their five years as an independent team, and was named the Can-Am League Manager of the Year in 2006.

References

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1941 births
2018 deaths
Arizona Instructional League Dodgers players
Baseball players from Chicago
Boston Red Sox players
Columbus Jets players
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Milwaukee Brewers players
Minor league baseball managers
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Sportspeople from Peabody, Massachusetts
Philadelphia Phillies scouts
Portland Beavers players
Raleigh Capitals players
Seattle Pilots players
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Washington Senators (1961–1971) players
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is a manga consisting of four volumes. It was authored by Chizuna Nakajima and serialized in the shōnen manga magazine Monthly Dragon Age, published by Fujimi Shobo. The story centers around an omorashi character, that is, a character who tends to wet herself in public.

Its popularity soon spawned "Shizukuishi kyun kyun toilet paper" printed with wetting scenes featuring Shizukuishi, an accident-prone public wetter who often carries toilet paper for cleanup. The product premiered at the 2007 summer Comic Market in Japan.

References

Fujimi Shobo manga
Shōnen manga


Ericameria cuneata is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae known by the common name cliff goldenbush. This plant is native to the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico (Baja California).

Ericameria cuneata grows on cliffs, mountainsides, and rocky hillsides. It is a small, glandular shrub sometimes reaching as much as 100 cm (40 inches) in height. Its wavy-edged leaves are rounded and oval-shaped, often with visible resin glands, and up to 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) long. Atop each of the many erect branches is an inflorescence of several golden yellow flower heads, each with few or up to 70 disc florets and sometimes a few short ray florets.

Varieties
Ericameria cuneata var. cuneata - California
Ericameria cuneata var. macrocephala Urbatsch - San Diego County in California
Ericameria cuneata var. spathulata (A.Gray) H.M.Hall - California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Baja California

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

cuneata
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora of California
Flora of Baja California
Flora of the California desert regions
Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Natural history of the Colorado Desert
Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Plants described in 1873
Taxa named by Asa Gray
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


Dakalanta Sanctuary is a  nature reserve in the northern region of the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, between the towns of Lock and Elliston.  It is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC).

History
Dakalanta was a pastoral lease which was acquired by Earth Sanctuaries as a wildlife reserve in the 1990s, before being purchased by AWC in 2002.  A quarter of the property was previously cleared and is regenerating.

Landscape
Most of Dakalanta consists of low hills and stabilised dunes.

Ecosystems
Dakalanta's habitats include mallee, sheoak and native pine communities.

Fauna
Dakalanta's fauna includes the malleefowl and the southern hairy-nosed wombat.

References

External links
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Dakalanta Sanctuary - revegetation project funded by Landcare Australia in 2016

Nature reserves in South Australia
Australian Wildlife Conservancy reserves
Eyre Peninsula
2002 establishments in Australia


Kenneth Harry Hofmann (February 15, 1923April 22, 2018) was an American builder, real estate developer, and philanthropist.  He was an owner of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League from 1988 to 1997, in partnership with Ken Behring, and of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2005, in partnership with Stephen Schott.

Biography

Born in Oakland, California, Hofmann attended Fremont High School and Saint Mary's College of California, then graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. In 1948 he became a licensed plastering contractor, in 1951 a licensed building contractor, and in 1957 he founded The Hofmann Company, in Concord, California, which has built thousands of houses and apartments, owns athletic clubs and a golf course, and has developed communities such as Discovery Bay, California.  In 1986, the California Homebuilding Foundation (the research and education foundation for the California Building Industry Association) named him to its hall of fame. He was a prominent supporter of De La Salle High School in Concord, California providing generous funding, and by sponsoring the De La Salle Academy for underprivileged students – providing tutors, food, and books to youngsters before reaching their high school years. Through his K. H. Hofmann Foundation, Hofmann donated 100 acres to build the Concord Pavilion, and he was a transitional donor to the cardiac high rise building at the John Muir Medical Center Concord, with a donation of  million.

Personal life
Hofmann loved playing and especially enjoyed waterfowl hunting and salmon fishing. "In his early years, he was also an avid aviator. He was married for 60 years to the former Jean England. He and Jean had three daughters and eight grandchildren, all of whom live within a two mile radius of their home in Lafayette, California."

References

External links

 The Hofmann Company
 Biography at Oakland Athletics

1923 births
2018 deaths
Businesspeople from Oakland, California
Major League Baseball owners
Oakland Athletics owners
Saint Mary's College of California alumni
Seattle Seahawks owners
United States Merchant Marine Academy alumni
Catholics from California
20th-century American businesspeople
Fremont High School (Oakland, California) alumni


Verbivka may refer to:

Villages

 Verbivka — Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Kalush Raion

 Verbivka — Ternopil Oblast, Chortkiv Raion

 Verbivka — Kharkiv Oblast, Balakliia Raion

 Gammalsvenskby,  a former village that is now a neighbourhood in the village of Zmiivka in Beryslav Raion of Kherson Oblast

Urban-type settlements
  — Vinnytsia Oblast, Illintsi Raion

See also
Verbiv (disambiguation)


Daniel Lincoln (born October 22, 1980, in Ruston, Louisiana) is a former world-class American track and field athlete and the former American record holder in the 3000 meter steeplechase.

Education
In 1998, Lincoln graduated from the Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences located in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  The same year, he also attained the rank of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America.

Lincoln accepted the Chancellor's Scholarship, a full academic scholarship, to the University of Arkansas where, in 2002, he received a BS in chemistry with a focus in biochemistry and a minor in mathematics. In 2004, he received his MS in biochemistry from Arkansas.  He completed his thesis on the structure of xylogluconase 74.

In 2002, Lincoln was accepted to the University of Arkansas Medical School located in Little Rock, Arkansas.  He began medical school in 2005 where he is pursuing his MD with an anticipated graduation date in 2010.

In 2008, Lincoln co-authored an academic research paper with Dr. C. Lowry Barnes which was accepted for presentation at the Mid-America Orthopedic Association 23rd annual meeting located at Amelia Island, FL in April 2009.

Lincoln has completed Internal Medicine residency and is now a Critical Care Medicine Fellow at Oregon Health and Science University.

Collegiate career

Lincoln ran collegiately for the University of Arkansas where he added the steeplechase to array of long distance events in which he competed, earning 14 All-American honors.  During his time at Arkansas, he won the steeplechase in the 2001, 2002 and 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships as well as the 10,000 meter run in 2003 (barely edging teammate and future Irish Olympian Alistair Cragg).  Following his final season in 2003, Lincoln was named the NCAA Division I National Scholar Athlete of the Year by the US Track Coaches Association. and Collegiate Athlete of the Year by Track and Field News magazine.

Professional career

In 2004, Lincoln won the steeplechase at the US Olympic Trials, eventually coming in 11th in the event at the Athens Olympics.  He finished the year ranked first in the US in both the steeplechase and the 10,000 meter run by Track and Field News.

Lincoln won the steeplechase at the USATF National Outdoor Championships in 2005 and 2006, the last year while attending medical school full-time. He was ranked number 1 in the US by Track and Field News in both those years as well.  During 2006, he was ranked number 8 in the world in the event by the publication.

On August 11, 2006, Lincoln broke the 21-year-old 3,000-meter steeplechase American record of Henry Marsh by running a time of 8:08.82 at the Golden Gala in Rome, Italy.  That year, he was recognized by the USATF with the Robert E. DeCelle, Jr., Award as the top US male long distance runner.

Lincoln now bicycles competitively, representing [HCH-RPM Mortgage], while working as a doctor.

Cycling

In 2017, Lincoln won all three events of the High Desert Omnium in Bend, OR, securing the overall victory. Later that year he dominated the hill climb state championships to win the title.

References

Living people
1980 births
American male long-distance runners
American male steeplechase runners
Arkansas Razorbacks men's cross country runners
Sportspeople from Hot Springs, Arkansas
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Arkansas Razorbacks men's track and field athletes
Olympic track and field athletes for the United States


115th Street–Morgan Park is one of two Metra railroad stations in the Morgan Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, along the Beverly Branch of the Rock Island District Line. It is  from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, 115th Street is in zone C. As of 2018, 115th Street–Morgan Park was the 176th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 136 weekday boardings.

As of 2022, 115th Street–Morgan Park is served by 40 trains (20 in each direction) on weekdays, by 21 trains (10 inbound, 11 outbound) on Saturdays, and by 16 trains (eight in each direction) on Sundays and holidays.

Parking is available along the west side of the tracks on South Hale Avenue between Edmaire Street and north of 116th Street. It is also available on small on-street lots along the north side of 115th Street between the tracks and Church Street. No bus connections are available.

The train station building was damaged by a fire in May 2017 and subsequently demolished. Officials ruled that arson was the cause of the fire.

References

External links

Station from 115th Street from Google Maps Street View

Metra stations in Chicago
Former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1892


Hacker Valley is an unincorporated community in northern Webster County, West Virginia, United States, along the Left Fork of the Holly River. Its ZIP Code is 26222.

History

The valley was named for its first settler, John Hacker (1743-1824), who reportedly took possession of a tract of land nearby by means of "tomahawk mark" circa 1772. Hacker Valley is home to Holly River State Park and serves as the southern end of the Mountain Parkway Byway scenic byway. The community is also contains the grave of George Lough (died 1817), which is believed to be the oldest marked grave in northern Webster County.

Hacker Valley was the subject of a November 26, 2010 story by Noah Adams of National Public Radio on the impact of the "suspension" of the local post office by the U.S. Post Office in 2009. The suspension has effectively closed the post office for use by the public. In 2012 the post office was deemed to be illegally closed, and thus was re-opened in the former Hacker Valley School cafeteria.

The Mollohan Mill is located nearby and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

School
Hacker Valley is home to Hacker Valley Elementary School, serving students in Kindergarten through Grade 8. The school's mascot is the cardinal. The school is part of the Highlanders of Tomorrow Band program, along with Webster Springs Elementary School.

Industry
Near Hacker Valley is a plant of Northwest Hardwoods, which produces dimensional lumber.  Numerous potters and artists are also in the area.

Climate
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.  According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Hacker Valley has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.

See also
 Holly River State Park

References

Unincorporated communities in Webster County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia


, originally , is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen, founded in 1300 by the monk Jiun Myoi in Toyama, Japan. In 1327 Emperor Go-Daigo gave the temple the name Kokutai-ji, and Jiun Myoi became Seisen Zenji.

Kokutai-ji was once also a temple of the Fuke sect (as many Rinzai monasteries in Japan once were), and housed komusō. Rinzai monks and priests still dress and practice suizen as komusō during memorial ceremonies in remembrance of Jiun Myoi.

See also
Buddhism in Japan
 For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, Japanese Buddhist art, and Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.

Notes

References

Buddhist temples in Japan

Buddhist temples in Toyama Prefecture


Ericameria discoidea, commonly known as whitestem goldenbush or sharp-scale goldenweed is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. This plant is native to the western United States from California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and Montana.

Ericameria discoidea grows in clumpy thickets on rocky slopes. It is a small shrub reaching a maximum height of 40 centimeters (16 inches). It has many erect branches covered in a foliage of oval-shaped leaves coated in dense white woolly fibers and tiny stalked resin glands. Atop each short branch is an inflorescence of many flower heads, each packed with sometimes as many as 70 disc florets that bloom in golden yellow and wilt to a rusty orange. There are no ray florets.

References

External links
Jepson Manual Treatment
United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
Calphotos Photo gallery, University of California

discoidea
Flora of the Western United States
Flora of California
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Plants described in 1840
Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


The Good Witch is a television film that aired on the Hallmark Channel on January 19, 2008. It stars Catherine Bell as Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale and Chris Potter as chief of police Jake Russell. The film has spawned a franchise of six followup television films and the television series Good Witch.

Plot
The town of Middleton is shaken up the arrival of the mysterious, beautiful Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale, who has moved into Grey House—an old, abandoned building supposedly haunted by its former owner and Cassie's ancestor Elizabeth Merriwick, known as "The Grey Lady."  Martha Tinsdale, wife of Middleton's mayor, demands that Police Chief Jake Russell investigate reports of a woman occupying the house; together, they meet Cassie, who answers questions evasively but makes clear she is the home's owner and resident.  Later, a dog, Attila, chases Jake's children Brandon and Lori on their way home from school.  They end up at Grey House, where Lori falls and scrapes her knee.  Cassie appears and Attila leaves in response to her verbal admonishment.  Cassie invites the children inside and tends to Lori's knee with an herbal poultice.  Attila's owner Rusty complains to Jake that his guard dog has become completely docile, so Jake meets with Cassie, quickly establishing that the entire incident occurred on Cassie's property, negating Rusty's complaint.  He is surprised to learn that she has met his children.  She invites him to visit her at Grey House or the shop she plans to open on Main Street.  Meanwhile, Brandon's classmate Kyle threatens Brandon and Lori, demanding Brandon's lunch money.  Jake's wife died three years earlier; Brandon has become surly and withdrawn, while Lori has nightmares.  Lori asks Cassie about stopping the nightmares; Cassie gives her a dreamcatcher and uses reverse psychology to get her to dream about bunnies instead.

Cassie opens her shop, "Bell, Book, & Candle," specializing in herbs and curiosities.  She sells an aphrodisiac essential oil to a woman named Nancy; Nancy and her husband, who had experienced infertility, successfully conceive.  Martha believes Cassie's wares are associated with witchcraft.  After Martha falls over a display while recoiling from the merchandise, she accuses Cassie of assault.  Jake goes to see Cassie and learns she has hired Walter Cobb, a homeless alcoholic, to assist in renovations while living onsite.  Jake declines to file charges, concluding Martha's fall was accidental, displeasing Martha's husband, Mayor Tom Tinsdale, who demands Jake run a background check on Cassie.  When Jake finds no record of a "Cassandra Nightingale," she admits that she ran away from foster care after her parents died in a car crash.  He asks her to dinner and she accepts.

Brandon and Lori are now convinced Cassie is a "good witch" who can perform magic.  Brandon asks Cassie for help with Kyle, and she agrees to turn him into "something less threatening," but sets conditions that require Brandon to spend time with Kyle.  Brandon learns Kyle steals money to placate his abusive father; Brandon confides the situation to Jake, who promises to help; Kyle goes to live with his grandmother, out of town, where Jake believes Kyle will be "all right."  Jake's father-in-law, George, introduces himself to Cassie due to her increasing involvement with his family.  She quickly befriends him and convinces him to fulfil his lifelong ambition of visiting his ancestral homeland of Ireland.  Martha rouses a group of townspeople against Cassie, for her supposed practice of "dark arts" and her association with Walter Cobb.  Martha gathers signatures to revoke Cassie's business license, and Cassie cancels the dinner to avoid any conflict of interest for Jake.  But at George's urging, Jake goes to see her and finds she has already prepared an intimate dinner for them to enjoy at Grey House.  She reveals her given name, "Sue Ellen Brock," and Jake acknowledges that her chosen name suits her better.

Cassie hosts a Halloween party, but most of the townspeople stay away.  Jake's family attend, as do Walter, Nancy and her husband, and Kyle.  Cassie believes Martha will succeed in driving her out of town, but Jake urges her to change her mindset of "running away."  Jake's deputy, Derrick, catches Martha's sons Michael and Dylan vandalizing Cassie's shop.  Cassie refuses to press charges, and Tom demands Martha drop her destructive vendetta.  Tom orders his sons to work off their debt to Cassie.  Jake and Cassie tease each other over a broom that inexplicably appears in the shop.

Cast and characters
 Catherine Bell as Cassandra "Cassie" Nightingale. A mysterious woman who moves into Grey House. She seems to have multiple strange abilities, the extent and origin of which are mostly unknown. These include communicating with animals, and suddenly appearing out of nowhere. Born Sue-Ellen Brock, Cassie's parents died in a car crash when she was a child, and she was raised in foster care. Cassie has a shop in Middleton called Bell, Book & Candle, where she sells various curious objects. Towards the end of the film she begins a relationship with Police Chief Jake Russell.
 Chris Potter as Chief of Police Jake Russell. Jake is the father of Brandon and Lori. Since the death of his wife Jennifer three years ago, he gets help raising them by his father-in-law George. Since his wife's death he has become overly protective of his children. Jake is fascinated by Cassie, but as opposed to her intuitive decision-making, he relies mainly on facts. Toward the end of the film, the two begin a relationship.
 Catherine Disher as Martha Tinsdale, a strong willed member of city council. Martha is afraid of Cassie ruining the good image of Middleton, as the town is looking for new investors. Convinced that Cassie practices Black Magic, she petitions for the shop to be closed.
 Peter MacNeill as George O'Hanrahan, Brandon and Lori's maternal grandfather and father-in-law of Jake, who assists him in looking after the kids after the death of his daughter Jennifer.
 Allan Royal as Walter Cobb
 Matthew Knight as Brandon Russell. The son of Jennifer and Jake Russell. Brandon spends his free time playing video games. He cares for his younger sister, despite often being annoyed by her. He gets bullied by Kyle in school, but after learning that Kyle comes from an abusive home, the two boys become friends. Brandon tells his father about the abuse, and helps get his new friend away from the situation.
 Paula Boudrea as Nancy, also a member of city council. Nancy buys a perfume in Bell, Book & Candle that increases her husband's attraction to her. At the end of the film, she is revealed to be pregnant, after having tried for a long time. She befriends Cassie and makes some effort to defend her.
 Hannah Endicott-Douglas as Lori Russell, Jake's youngest child. Since her mother's death, she has been haunted by nightmares about monsters. She receives a dreamcatcher from Cassie and is told not to dream of bunnies, which makes her nightmares disappear.
 Jesse Bostick as Kyle, a boy who bullied Brandon out of jealousy because of his abusive father and his mother who abandoned him. After seeing someone brave enough to confront him Kyle befriends Brandon after changing his ways. His father is arrested for child abuse and he goes to live with his grandmother.
 Noah Cappe as Deputy Derek Sanders, a laid back and easygoing police officer. In addition to Jake being his boss, the two men are also friends. Derek is surprised when he first sees Cassie, as she does not look like the witch townspeople have called her.
 Paul Miller as Tom Tinsdale, Mayor of Middleton and Martha's husband.
 Nathan McLeod as Michael Tinsdale, son of Martha and Tom Tinsdale.

Production
Although set in Middleton, USA, it was filmed in Hamilton, Cambridge and Niagara-on-the-Lake, in Ontario, Canada. In the sequel, The Good Witch's Charm, the map on the wall in the police station shows Middleton located southwest of Chicago, in the vicinity of DuPage County. The names of the suburbs and interstates that are west of Chicago can be clearly seen.

In S2E8 of the original series, Sam’s friend Doug refers to Middleton as “up this far North of Chicago.”

Promotion and release
On January 15, 2008, Hallmark Channel and Limbo, the mobile entertainment community, teamed up to create and launch the cable network's first-ever mobile interactive initiative. The campaign "enhanced viewers' experience of the premiere of the network's original movie ... through 'Limbo Unique' – a game played via cell phone or online". The grand prize was $2,000 and a portrait of the "Grey Lady" that was featured in the movie.

Home media
The Good Witch (Region 1) DVD was released on January 5, 2010. The Good Witch Collection (Region 1) DVD was released October 14, 2014.

Reception
The movie had great success on Hallmark Channel on the night of its premiere, making it the second-highest-rated original movie to that date. It premiered with a 3.8 HH (household) rating and was in nearly 3.2 million homes. It also was #1 in its time period, propelling the channel to the #4 spot in weekly ranking.

Film series
In addition to the original television movie, the Hallmark Channel has aired six followup television films.

Television series

In February 2014, the Hallmark Channel announced that Good Witch had been green-lighted for a ten-episode series, starring Catherine Bell, to premiere on February 28, 2015. Production for the first season began on October 29, 2014, in Toronto, with Sue Tenney as showrunner. Bailee Madison and James Denton also star. The series ran for seven seasons, concluding on July 25, 2021.

References

External links

 The Good Witch  at Hallmark Channel
 The Good Witch Movies on Hallmark Channel

2008 television films
2008 films
American fantasy television films
Canadian fantasy television films
English-language Canadian films
Films shot in Hamilton, Ontario
Hallmark Channel original films
Films about witchcraft
Films directed by Craig Pryce
2000s American films
2000s Canadian films