The Mini was offered in a number of limited editions that usually included a special combination of trim and badging, but some also included mechanical upgrades.

Anniversary editions

Mini 20

see below Mini 1100 Special

Mini 25

Year: 1984 (July)
Based on: Mini Mayfair
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Silver Leaf Metallic (MME - BLVC421)
Exterior trim: Nimbus Grey
Decals/badges: Side and rear grey and red stripes with "Mini 25" logos
Interior: Luxury velvet with red piping, zip pockets fitted to front seats, red seat belts, leather-wrapped steering wheel
Equipment: 12-inch wheels, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54 tyres, 8.4-inch front disc brakes, full-width wheel trim with arch extensions, 1275GT instrumentation, tinted glass, stereo radio cassette, twin door mirrors
Production: 3,500 in UK, 1,500 exported
Vehicles exported to Germany: no radio
Certificate issued to original owner

Mini 30

Year: 1989 (June)
Based on: Mini Mayfair
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour: Cherry Red and Black
Cherry Red (COG - BLVC843)
Black (PMA - BLVC90) with an antique gold coloured engine block and cylinder head
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and grille
Decals/badges: Coachlines and 1959-1989 crests
Interior: Half leather/lightning cloth, red piping
Equipment: Minilite-style wheels, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, security coded stereo, leather-bound copy of Rob Golding's book ("Mini")
Production: 3,000 for UK

Of the 3,000 produced for the UK, 2,000 were in Cherry Red and 1,000 were Black; 2,800 were manual and 200 had an automatic gearbox.600 were made with an optional sun roof.

Mini 35

Year: 1994
Based on: Mini Sprite
Engine: 4cylinder, 1275cc
Exterior colour(s): Arizona Blue, Nevada Red and Diamond White
Exterior trim: Chrome grille, lock set and door handles, auxiliary driving lamps. Electric adjustable headlamp aim. Export option: Webasto sunroof.
Decals/badges: Silver coachline with special decals.
Interior: Blue-and-pink "Jamboree" fabric; export option: all-leather, perforated leather inserts, colored piping that matched the exterior. Full walnut wood dash and door cappings.
Equipment: Opening rear windows, R652 stereo
Production: 1,000 for UK (RHD), 400 for export (LHD)

The 35 did not come with alloy wheels as standard. An automatic transmission was offered as an option. This limited edition was also offered in France, Italy and Japan, although it was identified by different names in those markets. Four hundred left-hand drive Mini 35 cars were also built for export to the Netherlands and Germany late in the model year (November 1994). They were painted British Racing Green Metallic and had all-leather interior with piping trim that matched the exterior color. They had 13-inch alloy wheels and extended wheel arches. The LHD cars also had the same silver coachlines, special decals, and a special wood-rimmed steering wheel with a 35th Anniversary horn button. Only a few were sold and the rest rebadged and sold as 1995 models.

Mini 40

Year: 1999 (April)
Based on: Mini Cooper S
Engine: 1,275 cc MPi (Multi-Point Injection)
Exterior colours:
Island Blue (JFU)
Mulberry Red (CDM)
Old English White (NNX)
Platinum silver (MNX)
Solar red (EDM)
 Epson Green
 Black (PMF)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers, grille, and handles. Optional Webasto electric sunroof.
Decals/badges: Gold or black  "Mini 40" bonnet badge, anniversary decal on the body sides, chrome "GB" on boot
Interior: Color-matched leather seats with contrasting piping, alloy dashboard, chrome-detailed instruments with "Mini 40" between the water temp. and fuel gauge, and a leather facia top, handbrake, and gear knob.
Equipment: CD Player, 13-inch Sportspack wheels, Sportspack arches, twin spotlamps, adjustable headlights
Production: 800 models, 400 for UK and Japan, the rest for the Europe.

London Collection

Mini Mayfair

Year: 1982 - 1996
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc / 1,275 cc
Exterior colour: Various
Exterior trim: Various coloured grille, door handles, bumpers, door mirrors, plastic wheel arch extensions and sill finishers, chrome from 1992. Silver plastic wheel covers
Decals/badges: Coachlines with "Mayfair" logos
Interior: Various colours, seats and door cards in Chalkstripe velour (1985–1988), Prism velour (1988–1991), Chevron velour (1992–1994), Windsor velour (1995–1996)
Equipment: 12-inch wheels with alloy option after 1984, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, opening rear side windows, radio, head restraints, locking fuel cap, tinted glass, tachometer, front disc brakes from 1984, brake servo from 1988

Mini Ritz

Year: 1985 (January)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Silver Leaf(MME - BLVC421)
Exterior trim: Chrome, black-centered grille
Decals/badges: Red stripes with "Ritz" logos
Interior: Claret Red, Prussian Blue and Osprey Grey velvet
Equipment: 12-inch alloy wheels. 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54 tyres
Production: 2,000 for UK, 1,725 for export from Italy

Mini Chelsea

Year: 1985 (February)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colours:
Targa Red (CNE - BLVC641)
Silver Leaf (Japan) (MME - BLVC421)
Exterior trim: Grey bumpers and door handles
Decals/badges: Silver and red coachlines with "Chelsea" logos
Interior: Osprey Grey with red piping
Equipment: 12-inch alloy wheels, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, and opening rear side windows
Production: 1,500 for UK, more exported

Produced after the supply of Mini Ritz's had been sold.

Mini Piccadilly

Year: 1986 (May)
Based: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Cashmere Gold Metallic (GMD - BLVC422)
Exterior trim: Black bumpers, black-centred grille
Decals/badges: Twin coachlines with "Piccadilly" logo
Interior: Bitter Chocolate, Coffee and Claret velvet
Equipment: Full-width wheel trims, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, push button radio
Production: 2,500

Many examples were exported to France and Japan.

Mini Park Lane

Year: 1987 (January)
Based: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Black (PMA - BLVC90)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and grille surround
Decals/badges: 'Park Lane' logos on doors and bootlid, stripes on rear side panels
Interior: Beige/Black velvet
Equipment: Full width wheel trims, tinted windows, opening side windows, stereo radio cassette
Tyres: 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 4,000 (1,500 for UK, 700 for Japan)

Mini Advantage

Also known as: Mini Masters (Germany)
Year: 1987 (June)
Based on: Mini Mayfair
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Diamond White (NMN - BLVC655)
Exterior trim: Grey bumpers and door handles; black door mirrors; white wheel covers for the 12-inch steel wheels; Nimbus grey plastic wheel arch extensions and sill finishers
Decals/badges: Tennis-net theme on lower body sides with "Advantage" script logo; Advantage logo on upper right of bootlid
Interior: Flint Grey and Jade Green "Tennis Net" cloth on seats and door panels
Equipment: Tachometer, radio-cassette, tinted glass, opening rear windows with chrome surround
Production: 4,675 (2,500 for UK)

First launched in France in May 1987 to coincide with the French Open, the Mini Advantage also appeared in the UK in June of that year to be available during The Championships, Wimbledon.  Originally the name was to be the Mini Wimbledon, to match the London theme of the other names, but the All England Lawn Tennis Association would not allow this use of name with a tennis themed styling.

Colours

Mini Red Hot
Year: 1988 (January)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
GPO Red (CNL – BLVC 1073)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and grille surround
Decals/badges: Black coachline and 'Red Hot' logos
Interior: Black velour
Equipment: Full width wheel trims, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, opening side windows, tinted glass, push button radio
Production: ~3,000 (~1,000 for UK)

Mini Jet Black
Year: 1988 (January)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Black
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and grille surround
Decals/badges: Red coachline and 'Jet Black' logos
Interior: Black velour
Equipment: Full width wheel trims, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, opening side windows, tinted glass, push button radio
Production: 3,000 (1,000 for UK)

Mini Rose
Year: 1989 (January)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
White (NAL or BLVC 1218) with Pastel Pink (DME)roof
Exterior trim: Grey bumpers, wheelarches and grille center
Decals/badges: Coachlines with 'Rose' logo
Interior: Pink and Blue 'Crayons' fabric
Equipment: Full-width white wheeltrims, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, radio cassette
Production: 500

This 1960s theme was introduced in preparation for the Mini's 30th birthday.

Mini Sky
Year: 1989 (January)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
White (NAL or BLVC 1218) with Pastel Blue (JQN) roof
Exterior trim: Grey bumpers, wheelarches and grille center
Decals/badges: Coachlines with 'Sky' logo
Interior: Pink and Blue 'Crayons' fabric
Equipment: Full-width white wheeltrims, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, radio cassette
Production: 500

This 1960s theme was introduced in preparation for the Mini's 30th birthday.

Mini Racing
Year: 1988 (January)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
BRG Metallic (HAF - BLVC617) with white roof
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and black grille center
Decals/badges: Coachlines with 'Racing' logo
Interior: Black 'Crayons' fabric
Equipment: Full-width white wheeltrims, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, radio cassette
Production: 1,000

Some Mini Racing cars were fitted with the John Cooper 998 conversion. Otherwise, the 'Racing' was identical to the 'Flame' apart from the colour.

Mini Flame
Year: 1989 (January)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Flame Red (COF - BLVC818) with white roof
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and black grille center
Decals/badges: Coachlines with 'Flame' logo
Interior: Black 'Crayons' fabric
Equipment: Full-width white wheeltrims, radio cassette
Tyres: 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 1,000

Apart from the color, the 'Flame' was identical to the 'Racing'.

Mini Racing Green

Year: 1989 (April) to 1990 (February)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
BRG Metallic (HMN) with white roof
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and grille
Decals/badges: Coachlines with 'Racing' logo
Interior: Black 'Crayons' fabric
Equipment: Three-instrument binnacle, R361 Radio Cassette, option of automatic gearbox
Tyres: 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 2,500 for UK (total for Racing Green, Flame Red & Checkmate), more exported

Fitted with a 3.44 final drive (as was found in the original 1961 Cooper), the 'Racing Green' could be bought with the Rover-approved John Cooper performance kit. Identical to the 'Flame Red' and 'Checkmate' apart from the color.

Mini Flame Red
Year: 1990 (February)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Flame Red (COF - BLVC818)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and black grille with chrome surrounds
Decals/badges: Coachlines with 'Racing' logo
Interior: Black 'Crayons' fabric
Equipment: Three-instrument binnacle, R361 Radio Cassette, option of automatic gearbox
Tyres: 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 2,500 for UK (total for Racing Green, Flame Red, and Check Mate), more exported

Fitted with a 3.44 final drive (as was found in the original 1961 Cooper), the 'Flame Red' could be bought with the Rover-approved John Cooper performance kit. Identical to the 'Racing Green' and 'Checkmate' apart from the colour.

Mini Checkmate
Year: 1990 (February)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Black (PMA - BLVC90)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers, Black grille, Minilite alloy wheels
Decals/badges: Coachlines with 'Checkmate' logo
Interior: Black 'Crayons' fabric
Equipment: Three-instrument binnacle, R361 Radio Cassette, option of automatic gearbox
Tyres: 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 2,500 for UK (total for Racing Green, Flame Red, and Checkmate), more exported

Fitted with a 3.44 final drive (as was found in the original 1961 Cooper), the Checkmate could be bought with the Rover-approved John Cooper performance kit. Identical to the 'Racing Green' and 'Flame Red' apart from the colour.

Designer

Mini Designer
Year: 1988 (June)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
White (NMF - BLVC449)
Black (PMA - BLVC90)
Exterior trim: Nimbus grey
Decals/badges: Twin coachlines and "Designer" logos on the rear side panels and bootlid
Interior: Black and white striped fabric with ‘Mary Quant’ signatures embossed.
Equipment: Tinted glass, opening rear side windows, leather-rim steering wheel and two vanity mirrors in the sun visors, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 2,000

The Mini Designer was often called the "Quant" in reference to the Mary Quant-designed interior and Quant Daisy motifs on the steering wheel and bonnet badge.

Mini Paul Smith

Year: 1998 (March)
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Paul Smith Blue (JFL - BLVC1269)
Also available in Black and White (Japanese market)
Exterior trim: Chrome grille, handles, and bumpers; green Great Britain isle badge on grille
Decals/badges: 24ct gold enamelled "Paul Smith" bonnet badge, Paul Smith rear window sticker
Interior: Black leather trim,  Paul Smith-scripted instrument graphics; Citrus Green glovebox interior, petrol tank and solid boot liner.
Equipment: Charcoal grey Minilite alloy wheels, 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, two spotlamps, Special "Paul Smith" denim jack & tool bag
Production: 300 for UK, 1,500 for rest of world

Paul Smith also designed a one-off Mini with 86 different-coloured stripes.

Cooper

Mini Cooper RSP
Year: 1990 (September)
Based on: Mini 30
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Flame Red (CPQ - BLVC1000)
Black (PMF - BLVC644)
British Racing Green (HAF - BLVC617)
Exterior trim: Chrome Grille and bumpers, body-colored door mirrors and wheel arches
Decals/badges: White bonnet stripes with John Cooper signatures, Cooper badges
Interior: Black leather seat inserts, leather-bound steering wheel, red carpets
Equipment: Sunroof, twin driving lamps, tinted glass, alloy Minilite-style wheels, 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, Oil Cooler
Production: 1,050 for UK, 650 for Japan

The RSP (Rover Special Products) was the first Cooper in 21 years and the first Mini with a 1,275cc engine in 10 years. The most powerful carburettor engine (with the S works conversion) and the only non-Works Mini fitted with an oil cooler as standard.

It was an instant success and sold out even before cars began to appear in showrooms which prompted Rover to put the Cooper in full-time production a year later.

Mini Cooper Monte Carlo
Year: 1994 (January and July)
Based on: Mini Cooper 1.3i
Engine: 1,275 cc. The engine number on the UK cars is prefixed with 12A2EJ66 and the Japanese cars were prefixed with 12A2EJ77, though there is evidence that some have 12A2EJ34, same as the later Cooper 35 LE.
Exterior colour:
Flame Red (CPQ - BLVC1000)
Black (PMF - BLVC644)
Exterior trim:
Decals/badges: "John Cooper" signature decals, coachline with Monte Carlo decals
Interior: Wooden dashboard, red vinyl seats with cream cloth center panels, red seat belts, red carpets, red leather steering wheel, gear knob, and gaiter
Equipment: Gunmetal Minilite-style alloy wheels, 1457012 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, four fog lamps
Production: 200 for UK, 1000 for Japan.

The 1994 Monte Carlo was released to celebrate Paddy Hopkirk's return to the Monte Carlo Rally, 30 years after his original win.

Mini Cooper Grand Prix
Year: 1994 (August) - December 1996
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour: All available Rover Mini Cooper colors
Exterior trim: Chrome grille, handles and locks
Decals/badges: Coachlines with Grand Prix decals
Interior: Leather trim for doors, leather steering wheel and upholstery, glovebox-mounted plaque, walnut 6-gauge dash, door cappings and door pulls
Equipment: Koni adjustable dampers, four driving lamps, stainless sill plates
Modifications: big-valve, ported, balanced and flowed cylinder head, special cam and valve rocker assemblies, Weber Alpha fuel injection (except for the last few, which had a remapped Rover ECU), catalyzed Janspeed exhaust, revised air filter, oil cooler
Production: 35

Only two of the Grand Prix cars were made in a left-hand-drive configuration. The engine produced 86 hp.

Mini Cooper 35
Year: 1996 (May)
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1,275 cc single point fuel injection. The engine number on the UK cars is prefixed with 12A2EJ66 and the Japanese cars were prefixed with 12A2EJ34. These engine prefixes were shared with the 1994 Monte Carlo LE and is one of the key identifiers of a genuine Cooper 35 LE.
Exterior colour:
Almond Green (HAK - BLVC1212) with Diamond White roof (NMN - BLVC655) UK and Japan
Flame Red (RDV) with Diamond White roof (NMN - BLVC655) option for Japan only.
Exterior trim: Body-coloured door mirrors and wheel arches. Some Japanese green and red cars had white door mirrors. Some red cars had black plastic wheel arches.
Decals/badges: Coach lines with "Mini Cooper 1961-1996 Anniversary Edition" decals on sides and boot lid. 1.3i boot badges on UK cars and A panels on Japanese cars (some UK cars left the factory with A panel badges).
Interior: Almond Green cars had Porcelain Green leather seats with embossed Cooper logos; matching leather steering wheel and gear knob; "Anniversary" badge on steering wheel; wooden dash with cream-faced dials. Flame Red cars had Black leather seats with embossed Cooper logos; red leather steering wheel and gear knob; "Anniversary" badge on steering wheel; wooden dash with cream-faced dials but with no clock, the Japanese cars have air conditioning vents where the clock would be.
Equipment: UK cars - Gunmetal grey centred Minilite-style 4.5x12-inch alloy wheels with silver outer rims, two spotlights, two fog lamps. Japanese cars - silver alloy wheels and four fog type lamps instead of two spotlights & two foglamps of the UK model. All Japanese cars had factory fitted Air Conditioning, no alarm or immobiliser.
Tyres: 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 200 for the UK market (5 of which received official John Cooper Garages S specification), 1501 were manufactured for Japan, the first (used in Rover's Japanese launch brochure) remained in the UK. Japanese cars featured air conditioning as standard, fixed rear quarterlights, and four fog style lamps (but still functioning as spot and fog). Rover Japan sources have said that no more than 10% of the Japanese cars were sold in Flame Red. Both the green and red Japanese models were available with the option of an automatic gearbox, something that was not available on the UK market cars.

The five, John Cooper S specification Cooper 35 produced 86 hp.  The conversion consisted of a replacement cylinder head, 1.5 roller rockers, Janspeed exhaust, K&N air filter element and modifications to the injection system. An oil cooler was also fitted.

These cars had the roof resprayed in Old English White with matching painted on bonnet stripes which run over the scuttle panel as a tribute to the Cooper Car Co racing cars.  Badging was updated with red enamelled Cooper inserts on the winged bonnet and boot badges, and the 1.3i badge on the boot lid was replaced by a Si badge. The original side graphics were retained.

They also had a unique dashboard and matching door capping's in elm rather than the walnut which featured on the factory car, and three signed ivory auxiliary dials were added, clock, voltmeter and oil pressure, rather than just a clock on the standard car.  Alloy door furniture was fitted, signed on some cars, but not all as the door furniture was redesigned around this time. A steering drop bracket was also standard on the Si.  The factory steering wheel and gear knob was retained.

Externally, in addition to the changes already highlighted, the Si gained clear indicator lenses, and polished metal Cooper wheel centre badges.

Only four of the five John Cooper S specification Cooper 35's still exist.

A number of cars were subsequently converted to S specification by John Cooper Garages, and the S pack cars can be distinguished from the original five cars by a plaque stating conversion number rather than car number.

Mini Cooper Sports LE
Year: 1998 (May)
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colours:
Brooklands Green (HFB - BLVC1265)
Black (PMF - BLVC644)
Roof: White
Exterior trim: Chrome grille and handles; white mirrors
Decals/badges: Twin coachlines with BMC-style rosette with the words "Mini Cooper" to the rear; "V" flash in yellow (similar to British Vita Logo) above the front side indicator; BMC-style rosette with the words "Mini Cooper" on the right hand side of boot lid; white bonnet stripes
Equipment: Two spotlamps, sports suspension pack, 13x6-inch Sportspack wheels, Sportspack wheelarches
Interior: Walnut dashboard; dark green leather interior; green carpets; dark green leather and black steering wheel; dark green leather gear change boot and knob
Production: 100 (50 of each colour); there is some doubt that the production color split was not even and that more green than black cars were produced.

Built to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Cooper's victory in four Saloon Car Championship races in 1968.

Mini Cooper S Touring
Year: 1997
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior trim: Stainless steel sill covers, alloy fuel flap, Cooper valve caps
Decals/badges: "Cooper S Touring" side decals, "Si" boot badge, John Cooper chassis plate under front seat
Interior: Leather steering wheel, walnut dashboard and door cappings, alloy door handles
Equipment:

On the Cooper S Touring, the Jack Knight 5-speed gearbox was available as an optional extra.

Mini Cooper S Sport 5
Year: 1997
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and grille
Decals/badges: Cooper S Sport 5 decals
Interior trim: Leather gear knob
Equipment: 13x6-inch Rover Sportspack alloy wheels, Sportspack wheelarches, 2 auxiliary driving lamps
Production: 30 - 50 No official records kept
Options:
Leather interior
Electric sunroof

The Sport 5 was very similar to the Cooper S Touring except that it was offered with the five-speed Jack Knight gearbox as standard.

Mini Cooper S Works
Year: 1999 (March)
Based on: Mini Cooper (John Cooper LE 40 Edition)
Engine: 1,380 cc
Exterior colour:
Brooklands Green
Roof: Old English White
Exterior trim: Chrome grille, door handles and bumpers
Decals/badges: Coachlines with "S works" decals. Special red-winged badges front and back.
Interior: Alloy dashboard, door cappings, door furniture, and foot pedals; leather steering wheel and gear knob
Equipment: CD player, 12-inch alloy wheels
14570R12
Production: 51, demand was so high that production increased from the original 25 (which have unique no. 1/25 edition plates on their dash glovebox). The 51st was unique with added extras as made specifically for Mrs John Cooper and sold at auction for 47,465.10 GBP at the Retromobile by Artcurial Motorcar in Paris 2016. All were converted by John Cooper Garages in Sussex from Mini John Cooper LE 40's
Options:
Jack Knight 5-speed gearbox
Sportspack

With 90 hp output from its big-valve high-compression engine, the S Works is the most powerful Cooper ever made.

'Mini' John Cooper LE 40

Year: 1999 (August)
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Brooklands Green (HFB - BLVC1265)
Roof: Old English White (NNX - BLVC1205)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers, grille, and handles
Interior: Grenadine red leather upholstery (with black piping for seats) on dash top, door liners, gear gaiter, and door pockets; red carpeting; black leather steering wheel, handbrake grip and gear knob; alloy dashboard
Decals/badges: John Cooper signature in chrome-plated steel.
Equipment: 13-inch Sportspack alloy wheels, Sportspack arches, two spotlamps, CD player
Production: 301 (51 converted to Mini Cooper S Works) officially only sold in UK as RHD

Built to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Cooper's victory in the Formula One World Championships 1959 & 1960. The Le 40 Editions were the most Expensive Minis ever sold as standard from the Factory. Also the only Mini not to registered as a Mini, instead as only 'John Cooper LE 40'

Mini Cooper Sport 500
Year: 2000
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colours:
Tahiti Blue (JRJ - BLVC965)
Anthracite (LQW - BLVC1266)
Solar Red (CMU - BLVC1278)
British Racing Green (HAF - BLVC617)
Roof: silver
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and grille, silver bonnet stripes
Interior: Black and silver leather; alloy gear knob
Equipment: Four spotlamps, 13-inch alloy wheels, certificate signed by John Cooper, plaque inside glovebox, high level brake light
Production: 500 - Last ever to classic Issigonis design.

Export-only

Mini After Eight
Market: France / Spain / Portugal
Year: 1991
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
BRG
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and door handles; black mirrors and grille
Decals/badges: "After Eight" script on rear wing
Interior: Velvet seat covering
Equipment: 12-inch steel wheels with full wheel covers, 14570R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54, front head restraints
Production: 1,500

This trim package adopted the branding of the After Eight chocolate mint in a partnership with its manufacturer, Rowntree & Company (then owned by Nestlé).

Mini Belfast
Market: Japan
Year: 1988

Mini Blue Star
Market: Germany
Year: 1996
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Tahiti Blue Metallic (JRJ)
Exterior trim: Body-colored wheel arches
Decals/badges: Coachlines with "Blue Star" script decals
Interior: Full blue leather seats with gray piping; elm dashboard, door cappings, door pulls, steering wheel, gear knob, and handbrake grip; blue leather gaiter; Magnolia instruments; black carpets
Equipment: 13x6 alloy "Sportspack" wheels, "German" wheel arches, twin spotlamps
Production: 500

The steering wheel used in the Blue Star is a RAID model 13D.

Mini Brighton
Market: Japan
Year: 1988

Mini Brooklands
Market: Germany
Year: 1998
Engine: 1,275 cc
Colour: RNE
Exterior: Charcoal, also called Niagara or Charcoal Black (LVD 1207)
Roof: White Diamond (NAL 1218)
Other colour details: white bonnet stripes, white side-mirrors, white coachlines with "Brooklands" decals on sides.
Equipment: Koni dampers, Rover Sport Pack 13×6 inch wheels, Rover Sport Pack wheel arches, two beam lights and two fog lights in front of grill, rear fog light.
Interior: black leather seats with cream piping and Cooper logos, black leather stearing wheel, black leather gear knob, walnut dashboard, Cooper chrome instrument panel showing speed, fuel, water temp, oil temp, voltage and clock, alloy gas pedal.
Production: 600

Mini Cooper Serie 300

Market: Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Year: 1975
Based on: Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 Export (MK III)
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Beaver (Castoro), white roof
Black, white roof
Bluette, white roof
Green, black roof
Lobster (Aragosta), black roof
Night Blue, white roof
Peach (Pesca), black roof
Red, black Roof
White Ivory, black roof
Exterior trim: light-green tinted windscreens, black colored front and rear bumpers, roof drains without drip rails
Equipment: Britax-Sabelt sunroof, black plastic wheel arches, 4.5x10 inches Rostyle rims
Interior: 36 centimeters Hellebore steering wheel, all-cloth interior, lowered rear storage compartments
Production: ~300 (between 300 and 399)

This car, also called “Last 300 Series” or “Super Cooper” is known as the last Italian classic Mini as the Innocenti production ended with this limited edition model. Originally fitted to counter the competition of the just launched Mini 90 (introduced in the same year), it is now considered as one of the highest-quality and best-finished Minis of all time.

Mini Cosmopolitan
Market: France
Year: 1993
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Black
Exterior trim: Black grille and mirrors; chrome bumpers
Decals/badges: "Cosmopolitan" text on rear wing
Interior: Fabric-covered seats and door panels
Equipment: Philips CD player
Production: 1,000

Mini Jubilee
Name: Mini 1000 Jubilee  (5 Years of British Leyland in the Netherlands)
Market: Netherlands
Year: 1975
Build in Spain by AUTHI
Exterior Colour: Brown with White vinyl roof
Engine: 998 cc
Beam Lights build in grill
Jubilee logo on A-panels. rear quarter panels and bootlid
Rostyle Wheels
Production: 1000 cars
Buyers were eligible to receive a certificate

Mini Kensington
Market: Japan, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
Exterior color:
Tahiti Blue
Surf Blue
Nightfire red
British Racing Green
Whitehall Beige
Dark Brown
Interior: Leather seats
Equipment: Air conditioning
Year: 1996-1997

Mini Lady
Market: Netherlands, Belgium, Austria
Year: 1977
Engine: 998 cc
Engine: 850 cc
extra: colour-coded Umbrella
200 Cars for the Dutch Market
full Wooden Dashboard with Lady-badge
Exterior: Special Blue Striping

Mini Lapagayo
Market: Netherlands
Year: 1998
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Tahiti Blue Metallic (JRJ)
Exterior trim: Chrome grille, bumpers, and door handles; white door mirrors; white fuel filler cap
Decals/badges: Coachlines with "Mini Cooper" decals; "Lapagayo" striping and logos on lower section of doors
Interior: Blue leather and yellow Alcantara upholstery; walnut dashboard and gear knob; tinted windows
Equipment: 12-inch Minilite alloy wheels painted white; two spotlamps; package including polo shirt and umbrella
Production: 20
Named for the Lapagayo fashion brand.

Mini Monza
Market: Germany
Year: 1998-1999
Engine: 1,275 cc MPI
Exterior colour:
Tahiti Blue Metallic (JMP - BLVC65)
Exterior trim: Body-colored Sportpack wheel arches, "Monza" petrol cap.
Decals/badges: Coachlines with crossed-checkered-flag "Monza" decals; optional silver roof chequers and chequered bonnet stripes.
Interior: Black leather seats; burl walnut dashboard and door cappings; black carpets; Magnolia instruments with 3 additional Magnolia gauges, leather and wood steering wheel, aluminium and wood gear knob.
Equipment: 12x5 or optional 13x6 Minilite alloy wheels, Sportspack wheel arches, two spotlamps, two fog lamps and rear fog lamp, chrome exhaust-end
Production: 250 for Germany, though a few later reimported to GB through Mini Sport.

Mini Printemps
Market: France
Year: 1979
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Beige metallic
Production: 500

Mini S
Market: France
Year: 1979
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Bleu Nuit
Black

Mini Silver Bullet
Market: Germany
Year: 1995
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Silver Metallic
Exterior trim: Body-coloured wheel arches
Decals/badges: Coachlines with "Silver Bullet" decals
Interior: Full black leather seats with red piping; elm dashboard, door cappings, door pulls, and gear knob; black leather gaiter; Magnolia instruments; black carpets
Equipment: 13x6 five-spoke "Revolution" alloy wheels, Sportspack wheel arches, twin spotlamps
Production: 400 for Germany

The steering wheel used in the Silver Bullet is a RAID model 13D.

Mini Silverstone
Market: Germany
Year: 1993
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Black
Decals/badges: Coachlines and crossed-checkered-flag "Silverstone" decals
Interior: Leather seat edging with cloth inserts and red piping; birdseye maple dashboard, door cappings, and gear knob; maroon carpets
Equipment: 6x13 "Revolution" alloy wheels, "German" wheel arches

Mini Twinings
Market: France
Year: 1991
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Black

Mini Woodbury
Market: France
Year: 1992
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Black
Interior: Beige leather stamped with "Arc de Triomphe"; walnut dashboard
Equipment: 12-inch steel wheels with full wheel covers
Production: 500

Mini John Player Special
Market: German
Year: 1980
Engine: 1000cc
Exterior colour:
Black, Gold Stripe, JPS Decals & Vinyl/Matte Roof.
Interior: Black Recaro Seats; Walnut dash made by Rokee.
Equipment: 10-inch Gold ATS Classic wheels, Abarth exhaust system, Leather covered steering wheel.
Production: Unknown.

Special

Mini 1000 'Stripey' LE

Year: 1976 (January)
Based on: Mini 1000
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colours:
Brooklands Green
White
Exterior trim: Chrome, chrome mirrors
Decals/badges: Gold coachlines
Interior: Striped orange MGB-style 'deckchair' seats
Equipment: Reclining seats, face-level vents, two door mirrors
Production: 3,000

Mini 1100 Special
Year: 1979
Based on: Mini 1000
Engine: 1098 cc
Exterior colours:
Metallic Silver (MMB - BLVC202)
Metallic Rose (CMM - BLVC303)
Exterior trim: Clubman rear bumpers (fitted to front and rear), black slatted grille, vinyl covered roof
Decals/badges: Wide shaded side stripes, "Mini" laurel leaf A-panel decals, "Special" grill badge, "Mini 1100" boot badge
Interior: Tartan check trim, two-spoke steering wheel with "Mini" laurel leaf decal, plastic centre console and plastic passenger side under dash tray (the only production model fitted with a centre console and under dash tray as standard)
Equipment: Exacton 5x10 inch alloy wheels with plastic centre caps and plastic wheel nut covers, Dunlop Formula 70 165/70x10 tyres, plastic wheel arch extensions (the first production model to use this later ubiquitous design), wing-mounted side indicators (mounted higher on the wings and longer in length than other Mini models), twin door mirrors, 1275 GT instrumentation and Clubman upper dash facia. MW/LW radio, cigar lighter and clock fitted within the centre console.
Production: 5,100

Built to celebrate the Mini's 20th anniversary, the 1100 Special was the only round-nose Mini to be supplied with the 1098 cc engine in the UK. British Leyland supplemented the original run of 2,500 cars with an additional 2,600 due to its popularity.

Mini 1100 Special (BE-version)
Year: 1976-81
Based on: Mini 1000  MkIII
Engine: 1098 cc
Exterior colours: any Mini colour available
Exterior trim:
 before 1979 : wing-mounted side indicators close to wheel arches, twin door mirrors,
 after 1978 : wing-mounted side indicators (mounted higher on the wings and longer in length than other Mini models), twin door mirrors, like British special,  Clubman rear bumpers (fitted to front and rear), black slatted grille, vinyl covered roof,
Decals/badges:  "Mini Special" boot badge
Interior:
 before 1979 : 3 gauge central oval dash
 after 1978 Tartan check trim, two-spoke steering wheel with "Mini" laurel leaf decal
Equipment: Exacton 5x10 inch alloy wheels with plastic centre caps and plastic wheel nut covers, Dunlop Formula 70 165/70x10 tyres, plastic wheel arch extensions (the first production model to use this later ubiquitous design),
Production: unknown in Seneffe

Built between for Belgium market in Seneffe from 1976 to 1978 as an experiment to test demand. The success on the continental market inspired  BLMC to launch it, in 1979 for Mini's 20th anniversary, the 1100 Special was the only round-nose Mini to be supplied with the 1098 cc. The model was popular in the Benelux market and somewhat in France.

Mini Sprite
Year: 1983 (August)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colours:
Cinnabar Red (CMT - BLVC399)
Primula Yellow (FMP - BLVC442)
Exterior trim: Black bumpers and grille centre
Decals/badges: Tapering side stripes with "Sprite" logo
Interior: Grey Herringbone seat facings
Equipment: Exacton 5x10 inch alloy wheels with 165/70x10 tyres, Mini Special wheel arch extensions, twin door mirrors, 1275 GT instrumentation and Clubman upper dash facia
Production: 2,500

The Mini Sprite was released in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of the Mini. Its name revived the old Austin-Healey name last used in 1971. The Sprite was intended to be an intermediate trim level between the "City" and the "Mayfair".

Mini Studio 2
Year: 1990 (June)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Black (PDE - BLVC373)
Nordic Blue (JQV - BLVC863)
Storm Grey (LOZ - BLVC867)
Exterior trim: Chrome grille, black bumpers
Decals/badges: Studio 2 Decals, green stripe and three green dots below the window line
Interior: Doeskin seat covers with green diagonal stripe, three-spoked steering wheel with unique green Mini badge.
Equipment: full-width wheeltrims, opening rear quarterlights and an R750 stereo, 12' steel wheels with hubcaps, front disc brakes.
Production: 1,500 for UK (RHD), 500 for Germany (LHD)

The Studio 2 name was first used on the Metro in 1987/88.

Mini Neon
Year: 1991 (February)
Based on: Mini City
Engine: 998 cc
Exterior colour:
Nordic Blue (JQV - BLVC863)
Pearlescent Caribbean Blue (UME - BLVC911)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers, door handles, grille surround and exhaust tailpipe
Decals/badges: Coachlines with "Neon by Mini" decals.
Interior: Chevron velour with Neon badge on steering wheel.
Equipment: Full-width wheel trims, standard passenger side door mirror, R280 digital radio/cassette, hinged rear windows
Production: 1,500

The "Neon" was originally meant to be produced in Caribbean Blue Pearlecent, but problems with the new paint meant that the production version was made in Nordic Blue,
at least one was produced in Caribbean Blue and sold by Startins of Redditch. The "Neon" decals on the car still had a Caribbean Blue border, which was meant to blend with the paintwork, so looked a little odd on the Nordic cars.

Mini Cabriolet
Year: 1991 (June)
Based on: Mini Cooper
Engine: 1275 cc
Exterior colour:
Pearlescent Cherry Red
Exterior trim: "LAMM" body kit
Decals/badges: Cabriolet badge on boot. Coachlines with "LAMM" decals
Interior: Wood-grain dash, three-instrument binnacle, wooden door cappings and gear knob, Mayfair seats and trim, leather steering wheel
Equipment: Clarion CRH50 stereo, Revolite alloy wheels
Production: 100

Rover first ordered 75 cars from Lamm Autohaus, and this was shortly followed by an order for an additional 25. After the success of this limited edition, Rover went into full-time production on the Mini Cabriolet.

Mini British Open Classic
Year: 1992 (June)
Based on: Mini Mayfair
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
British Racing Green (HNA)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers, grille, and handles; body-color door mirrors; black wheelarch extensions and sill finishers
Decals/badges: Coachlines with "British Open Classic" decals and coat of arms
Interior: Stone Beige Countryman Tweed upholstery with leather inserts and green piping, cream leather steering wheel, matching doorcards and seatbelts, label stitched to seats reading "By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen"
Equipment: Electrically operated full-length Webasto sunroof, Minilite-style alloy wheels, R552 stereo, opening rear windows
Tyres: 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 1,000 for UK

A similar folding sunroof that appeared on the British Open Classic had been an option in 1991 only in Japan, but the model was known as the 'Canvas Top.' Only 400 were made.  Some unsold models were registered as 1992s, but this model was only officially sold in Japan in 1991. One difference between the British Open Classic and the Japanese Canvas Top model was the fact that the Japanese canvas top could be opened from the rear as well as the front.  Opening from the rear was done manually by first releasing two latches on the inside rear of the top akin to those commonly found on convertible tops, and physically pushing the top forward.  Opening from the front was accomplished via an electric motor just like in the British Open Classic.

The British Open Classic was also made for other markets in larger numbers, these can be identified by either being left hand drive, fuel injected or no tweed inserts in the seats. UK spec Open Classics were all carburetor engines but the shell is single point injection as it has the bracket on the bulk head to the right of the carburetor. Unlike most limited editions the Open Classic has opening rear windows and a two pod dash, i.e. no rev counter. The export version has a three pod dash (this seems to vary, a German version and an Italian version are known, which have two pod dashes, so further research please). Also, there are export versions in existence, which are black, again, known are German and Italian cars. The Italian version also has beige cloth upholstery, without leather trimmings, also prepared for a radio (speakers, cables and antenna, but delivered without actual stereo unit).

Mini Italian Job
Year: 1992 (October)
Based on: Mini Mayfair
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Flame Red (COF - BLVC818)
Metallic British Racing Green (HAM - BLVC1216)
Diamond White (NMN - BLVC655)
Electric Blue (NMN - BLVC997)
Exterior trim: Body-coloured wing mirrors, white grilles, black bumpers.
Decals/badges: Bonnet stripes, "Italian Job" badge, crossed Italian and British flag decals
Interior: Black tweed, three-spoke steering wheel with Italian flag on steering wheel and front seats
Equipment: Tinted glass, twin driving lamps, opening rear quarter windows
Tyres: 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 1,000 for UK, 750 for Italy

Inspired by the 1969 film "The Italian Job", these cars were made to look like Coopers though they produced only 50 hp.

Mini Rio

Year: 1993 (June)
Based on: Mini Sprite
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Black (PDE - BLVC373)
Pearlescent Caribbean Blue (UME - BLVC911)
Metallic Polynesian Turquoise (UMG - BLVC966)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers
Decals/badges: "Rio" Decals on flanks and boot
Interior: Black with bright green Spira panels on doors and seats.
Equipment: R562 radio/cassette
Tyres: 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 750

The colours offered on the Rio were usually extra-cost options on the standard Mini Sprite. The Rio name was also used on the Rover Metro in 1993.

Mini Tahiti
Year: 1993 (October)
Based on: Mini Sprite
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Tahiti Blue (JMP - BLVC65)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers
Decals/badges: "Tahiti" Decals with silhouetted palm trees on flanks and boot
Interior: Black trim with blue-and-black door and seat inserts, colour-coded seat belts
Equipment: Minilite-style alloy wheels, R652 radio/cassette
Tyres: 145/70R12 Pirelli Cinturato CN54
Production: 500

Mini Sidewalk / Mini Tartan
Also known as: Mini Tartan (Japan)
Year: 1995 (June)
Based on: Mini Sprite
Engine: 1,275 cc
Exterior colour:
Charcoal Metallic
Kingfisher Blue
Diamond White
British Racing green (pearl)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers
Decals/badges: "Sidewalk" decals
Interior: Red seat belts and blue tartan trim
Equipment: Radio/cassette
Production: 1,000 for UK

Mini Equinox
Year: 1996 (April)
Based on: Mini Sprite
Engine: 1,275 cc SPi
Exterior colour:
Amaranth Purple (KMN - BLVC1223)
Charcoal Grey (LVD - BLVC574)
Platinum Silver (MNX - BLVC1209)
Exterior trim: Chrome bumpers and grille
Decals/badges: Coachlines with "Equinox" Decals (astrological theme)
Interior: Purple and black moon-and-stars printed fabric seat inserts with vinyl edging
Equipment: Tinted glass, opening rear quarter windows, R660 radio/cassette, alarm/immobilizer
Production: 750

Mini ERA Turbo
Year: 1990
Engine: 1,275 cc Turbocharged
Exterior colour:
Flame Red (COF - BLVC818)
British Racing Green (HAF - BLVC617)
Other special order colours:
Black
White
Silver
Exterior trim: Body kit, grille with ERA badge, five-spoke wheels with ERA emblem, rear windscreen wiper
Decals/badges: Turbo bonnet badge, ERA badge fitted to rear, ERA ID plate on slam panel
Interior: Available in full- or half-leather modified Austin Metro seats
Equipment: Two speakers fitted to parcel shelf, radio (same manufacturer)
Production: 99 UK & 337 Japan
96 bhp@8 psi turbo boost

Registers
Mini Limited Editions Register
Mini Special Register
Mini 25 Register
Mini Paul Smith Register
Mini RSP Register
Mini Cooper Sport 500 Register
Mini Equinox Register
Mini Designer Register
Mini Sky & Rose Register
Mini Cooper 35 Register

References

Mini


Edwin Ronald Barnes (6 February 19356 February 2019) was a British Roman Catholic priest and a former Church of England bishop. He was the Anglican Bishop of Richborough from 1995 to 2001 and was also formerly the president of the Church Union.

Anglican ministry
Barnes was educated at Plymouth College and Pembroke College, Oxford. He began his ministry with a curacy at St Mark's North End, Portsmouth. After this he held incumbencies at Farncombe and Hessle. In 1987 he became Principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford, an Anglican theological college. He was made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1960 (12 June) and ordained a priest the next Trinity Sunday (28 May 1961), both times by John Phillips, Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth, at Portsmouth Cathedral. In 1995 he was chosen to be the first Bishop of Richborough, a provincial episcopal visitor in the Province of Canterbury, and consecrated a bishop at Westminster Abbey on 20 July 1995. He retired in 2001.

Reception into the Catholic Church
In October 2010, Barnes was interviewed by The Tablet magazine on the possibility of joining the proposed personal ordinariate in the Roman Catholic Church for former Anglicans (which was established as the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in January 2011). He said that he wanted to join "because the Anglican Church is no longer the one holy and apostolic Church it says it is." On 6 January 2011, Barnes announced that he intended being received into the Catholic Church.

On 21 January 2011 he and his wife, Jane, were received into the Catholic Church at the Church of Our Lady & St Joseph, Lymington by Monsignor Peter Ryan, himself a former Anglican. He was ordained to the diaconate on 11 February 2011 in the domestic chapel at Bishop's House, Portsmouth by Crispian Hollis, Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth. He was ordained to the priesthood on 5 March 2011 by the same bishop in the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, Portsmouth, for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. In June 2012 he was elevated to the rank of monsignor as a Chaplain of His Holiness.

Illness and Death
Barnes died on 6 February 2019 on his 84th birthday, following a short illness.

References

1935 births
2019 deaths
People educated at Plymouth College
Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford
Bishops of Richborough
20th-century Church of England bishops
Anglo-Catholic bishops
Anglican bishop converts to Roman Catholicism
21st-century British Roman Catholic priests
Principals of St Stephen's House, Oxford
English Anglo-Catholics
People of the personal ordinariates


Gabriel Gurméndez Armand-Ugon (born 1961) is a Uruguayan industrial engineer, business executive and politician, serving as president of the National Administration of Telecommunications (ANTEL) since 17 June 2020.

Background

He studied industrial engineering at Universidad de la República, in Montevideo. He served as head of a number of large companies, including the Uruguayan telecommunications company ANTEL.

Gurméndez also served as general manager of Punta del Este International Airport (Laguna del Sauce International Airport), Uruguay.

Former ASUR Director.

Minister of Transport and Public Works

From mid- to late-2004 Gurméndez served as Uruguayan Minister of Transport and Public Works. He thus participated in the government of President Jorge Batlle.

Later career

Subsequently Gurméndez moved to Mexico in late 2004. He served as Chief Executive of Cancún International Airport.

References

External links

1961 births
Living people
Uruguayan industrial engineers
Colorado Party (Uruguay) politicians
Ministers of Transport and Public Works of Uruguay

University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
People educated at The British Schools of Montevideo


Obliquaria reflexa, common name the threehorn wartyback or three-horn wartyback, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

References

Unionidae
Bivalves described in 1820
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque


The Aruba Amateur Radio Club (AARC) is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Aruba.  AARC operates a QSL bureau for those members who regularly communicate with amateur radio operators in other countries.  The organization operates amateur radio repeaters located at points of high elevation on Sero Yamanota that can be accessed from around the island, from Curaçao, and parts of Venezuela.  AARC represents the interests of Aruban amateur radio operators before Aruban and international telecommunications regulatory authorities.  AARC is the national member society representing Aruba in the International Amateur Radio Union.

References

Aruba
Organisations based in Aruba
1957 establishments in the Netherlands Antilles
Organizations established in 1957
Radio in Aruba


Craig Low (born 8 May 1985) is an Australian writer, producer, director & comedian. He is known publicly as "Lowie”.

Early life
Low was on born on 8 May 1985 in Helensvale, Queensland. His family grew up in the small community of Helensvale, where he attended Helensvale State Primary School and Helensvale State High School.

Radio
Low began working at 90.9 SeaFM on the Gold Coast when he was 15 years old yrs old as a junior in audio production and was nominated for his first Australian Commercial Radio Award (ACRA). He was put on Mid-Dawns (12am-5am) and then shifted to B105 to host Australian Made, a late night syndicated program (now called Australian First) that plays 100 percent Australian content. Within 6 months of moving to Brisbane, Craig was filling in for the Hot30 Countdown over the summer period. He stayed on to host the show for just under 1 year. Ratings success differed from state to state, but it was regularly the number 1 FM show in the 7pm-12am time slot. Craig and Austereo parted ways in 2006.

Low returned to radio in 2009 with a new show Lowie vs America for the Southern Cross Media Network. The show earned him 3 ACRA Nominations in 2010.

Television
Low has written for several NBC television projects including the clip series The Worst Thing I Ever... for the E! Network. In 2014, Low made his US TV Debut on Fox's stand up comedy series Laughs.

In 2015, Low was cast as a season regular on MTV2's Joking Off. Defy Media has also confirmed a development deal with Lowie with a pilot being green lit under the working title Lowie Sucks for release later this year.

Low signed on with FOX8 in Australia to host Road to Rock Star. The series went around Australia as they hunted for Australia music talent to become hopefuls on the American series titles "Rock Star Supernova". The band consisted of Tommy Lee (Mötley Crüe), Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) and Jason Newsted (Metallica).

CD Live, a Saturday night live countdown show hosted by Low and Asha Keurten on FOX8. Due to run for 13 episodes, but was expanded to 22.

Ralph TV, based on the Australia Men's Magazine Ralph and broadcast on the Nine Network Thursday nights during 2008. The TV series was released on DVD along with the magazine.

Stand Up
His one-man show Name Dropping with Craig Low debut at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2018 with one reviewer writing “I can tell you first hand it will have you laughing so hard you’ll wish the toilet was 5 foot closer”. Craig was to record his one hour special in March 2020 but it has since been postponed due to the global pandemic.

Acting
Craig's first role was opposite Heath Ledger in the 1997 TV series Roar. After many various commercial roles he left to focus on School. After moving to LA permanently in 2015, Craig returned to acting with roles in The Muppets, 5 Years Apart, Ghost Story Club on TruTV and short films My Girlfriend From Hell, Accents and Founder.

Directing
After working as both assistant director and producer for over 80 episodes of television for El Rey Network, Craig made his directorial debut with the horror short film DON’T TOUCH which he also wrote and produced during the quarantine.

Filmography

References

External links
http://www.lowielive.com

1985 births
Living people
Australian male comedians
Australian male film actors
Australian television presenters
Male actors from the Gold Coast, Queensland


The Big Man (US title: Crossing the Line) is a 1990 feature film. It stars Liam Neeson, Joanne Whalley and Billy Connolly. The film's score was composed by Ennio Morricone. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by William McIlvanney.

Synopsis
Set in a once prosperous mining community, now a ghost town, an unemployed miner who was imprisoned for his part in the miner's strike is released from jail, and in order to make some money agrees to take part in a boxing fight. However he discovers the real implications of the fight, and finds himself caught up with the Glaswegian gangland society.

Plot
In the mid-eighties, Danny Scoular marries Beth. Several years later, the couple have two children and Danny is a striking miner, who is sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting a police officer during a protest. Upon his release, the mine in his Scottish village has closed and he is banned from mining regardless, having to rely on Beth to bring in a wage in order to support the family.

Whilst visiting the local pub, Danny meets his old friend Frankie. Frankie has deliberately visited the pub with Mr Mason, who is implied to be involved in organised crime, in an attempt to show off Danny's ability to fight. Mason orders his foot soldier Billy to purposefully start a fight with Danny to test his fighting skills. Danny wins the fight. He returns home to Beth, having been paid a large sum of money by Mason to engage in a bare-knuckle fight in several weeks time. Beth is uneasy about this and fears for Danny's safety.

Danny begins training with Frankie. Whilst out training, Danny sees that Beth has taken their children on a bus out of the village to stay in Glasgow with her parents. In an attempt to get Beth back, Danny goes for a job interview to prove he can hold down a steady job but after exchanging insults with the manager Danny returns to training for the fight. As he is to leave the village for Glasgow, most of the village residents gather the streets to see him off and wish him luck.

Arriving in Glasgow, Danny brings his dog along and stays in a hotel with Frankie, beginning training the next day. Danny states that he will fight with honour and not lower himself by training to fight dirty. His trainer tells his opponent will fight dirty and that Danny will inevitably have to fight dirty too in order to survive. Danny instructs Frankie to take his dog back to Beth and say hello to his children for him, but whilst doing so Frankie sees Beth going out with another man, Gordon. Unable to leave the dog with Beth, Frankie throws the dog in the river and lies to Danny about the incident. That night the dog finds his way back to Danny. Furious at Frankie, Danny leaves the hotel.

Whilst visiting a club, Danny sees Beth with Gordon. Distraught and angry, he leaves the club, pursued by an equally angry Frankie. Whilst arguing, Danny tells Frankie the fight is off. That night, Beth and Gordon have sex.

The next morning, Mason and Frankie wait for Danny to turn up to the gym, unsure that he will. When Danny does appear, he challenges everyone in the gym to a fight and after a partner is found, Danny is punched to the floor. In an attempt to motivate him, Danny is taken to Mason's childhood neighbourhood and introduced to the children playing in the rubble who have become drug addicts. Mason reveals that Danny's opponent in the bare-knuckle fight will be fighting on behalf of Cam Colvin, a drug trafficker, and that if Danny wins the fight it will put Colvin out of business.

Danny is taken to the fight, situated in an abandoned ship-yard. Danny's opponent is a man called Cutty Dawson, who is blind in one eye. The rules are made clear - the last man standing wins. The pair engage in a long and brutal slog, with Dawson engaging in dirty tactics. Unable to keep up with Dawson, Danny is forced to listen to his trainer and fight dirty, targeting Dawson's eyes before smashing his head numerous times on the concrete floor and kicking him in the face. Danny is declared the winner.

Whilst at Mason's home recuperating, he is offered cocaine by Mason's daughter. Dawson's brother arrives and attempts to enter the house but is prevented. Dawson's brother reveals that Danny has now completely blinded Dawson due to the fight and tells Danny where to find him. Danny confronts Mason for his money. Mason opens a safe to reveal a huge quantity of money inside. After Danny asks what Dawson will get money-wise, Mason begins to taunt Danny and throw money at him which leads Danny to lose his temper and knock Mason out. Danny decides to take all of the money in the safe.

Danny forces Frankie to drive him to the hospital where Dawson is staying. Frankie tells him that unless he gives the money back immediately both of them will be murdered. At Dawson's hospital bedside, Danny asks what the purpose of the fight was. Dawson reveals that Mason and Colvin were in drug trafficking together and both had a grievance against a drug dealer living in Spain, but, due to the importance of this particular dealer, neither wanted to be the one responsible for his death due to potential reprimands. As such, it was decided that a bare-knuckle fight would take place, with the loser having to complete the assassination and be responsible for any potential criminal underworld reprimands or punishments.

Danny makes his way back to his village to discover Beth and his children have returned but Beth will not allow Danny or his 'blood-money' in the house. Danny, with nowhere else to go, visits his former coal mine. He spots Frankie nearby, who has been slashed across his face as punishment, and who has led Mason and his foot soldiers to the location. Danny hands the money back to Mason, who reveals that he has already visited Danny's wife and children.

Danny races back to his house to find it now empty. On the street, Danny weeps on his knees as Mason drives up. As Mason goes to approach Danny, Beth, the children and most of the village crowd the street, standing in solidarity with Danny. As Mason makes threats to Danny, Beth repeats them for all of the village to hear. Knowing that any subsequent retaliations against Danny could implicate him, Mason and his foot-soldiers leave. The village crowd around the Scoular family as they embrace and are reunited.

Production
Filmed at locations in Coalburn, Glasgow and Spain.

Cast
Liam Neeson as Danny Scoular
Joanne Whalley-Kilmer as Beth Scoular
Billy Connolly as Frankie
Ian Bannen as Matt Mason
Juliet Cadzow as Margaret Mason
Tom Watson as Tommy Brogan
Hugh Grant as Gordon
Kenny Ireland as Tony
George Rossi as Eddie
Julie Graham as Melanie
Johnny Beattie as Beth's father
Amanda Walker as Beth's mother
Peter Mullan as Vince
Pat Roach as Billy
Maurice Roeves as Cam Colvin
Denise Nelson as Running Villager

Reception

Critical reception
The Radio Times wrote "the script turns cartwheels to gain resonance from Mrs Thatcher's duel with the miners, but to little avail: the picture is "pumped-up" yet irredeemably dull." whereas Time Out described the film as "one of Britain's finest existential thrillers in ages...There are minor flaws, but as a portrait of one man's desperate struggle to survive against all odds, the film is tough, taut and intelligently critical of the man's world it depicts."

Box office
The film opened at the Odeon West End and grossed £24,727 in its opening week. It went on to gross £268,000 in the UK.

References

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1990 films
1990 drama films
Scottish films
British boxing films
Mining in Scotland
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Films directed by David Leland
English-language Scottish films
1990s English-language films
1990s British films


Mikey Wax, (also known as Middle Child) is an American pianist, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his singles “Counting on You” and "You Lift Me Up".

Early life and education
Mikey Wax grew up on Long Island, New York, and started playing piano at the age of 8. Upon graduating from high school, Wax attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Career
His debut single "In Case I Go Again" was released in 2008, along with his album Change Again, which featured the single. The single was featured on television programs such as Pretty Little Liars, Ghost Whisperer, The Real World, and NBC’s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2011, Wax released his second independent album, Constant Motion. The album was ranked at #47 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and #6 on the  iTunes singer/songwriter chart in the US. The album’s single "Counting on You" was used as the elimination montage song for season nine of the US version of So You Think You Can Dance.

In 2012, Wax was recognized by New Music Seminar as an "Artist on the Verge." In the same year, he was also featured by iHeartRadio as an "Artist To Watch".

In 2012, Wax also released the Christmas song  "And A Happy New Year." The song was featured on the television series Switched at Birth.

In 2014, Wax's single "You Lift Me Up" debuted on the iTunes US Top 200 Pop Chart. and was also featured on iTunes’  "Ahead of the Curve" list. The New York-based EDM duo Live City also produced a dance remix of the song, which premiered on BPM station. "You Lift Me Up" has been used on episodes of MTV's The Real World and The Challenge: Battle of the Exes II. "You Lift Me Up" was also used in a commercial for Keeping Up With The Kardashians on E! Entertainment, and in FOX Sports’ coverage of NBA games. "You Lift Me Up" was co-written by Wax and his brother Jonathan Wax.

In September 2014, Wax was chosen as a featured artist by the karaoke and music app Smule. In October, he was named Artist of the Month by American Airlines. Wax's song "Drive On" was written and recorded for the film The Road Within.

Wax premiered his new single "Love Always Wins (#LoveWins)", inspired by marriage equality. In the same month, it was announced that the song would be featured in promos for E! Entertainment's docuseries about Caitlyn Jenner, titled I Am Cait. On September 11, 2015, Wax was the featured artist performing on the AOL’s Build Series. Wax's song "Walking On Air" was featured on MTV's Finding Carter in November 2015. In 2015, Wax's songs “Perfect Holiday” and “Catch the Midnight Flight” were featured in the film A Dogwalker's Christmas Tale.

"You Lift Me Up" was played in the background during TBS's coverage of NCAA March Madness for the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. In 2016, Wax also released his new single "Helium." The song was featured in a Hollister Co. online commercial.

In June, 2017, Wax released the single "Never Letting You Go.” In October, 2017, Wax released the single “Spaceman,” which was produced by Stash Konig. The song was featured in a Nike, Inc Swim ad. Wax also co-wrote LIIV's single "Bring You Back," in late 2017.

On June 15, 2018, Wax released the single 'Big Little Life'. In an interview with All Access, Wax revealed that the song would be featured on the season finale of the television series Born This Way. On June 21, 2019, Wax released his single "Do You Believe Me." The song was featured in season 8 of Teen Mom.  In August, 2019 pop singer Midlo released the single "Emotional," which was co-written by Wax.

Wax's song "My Heart Knows Where To Go" was featured in the show Heartland in September 2019, and in one of the show's promos. On February, 2021, Wax's single "Helium" was featured in a commercial for hospitality sales for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

On May 13, 2021, Wax released the single 'Burn Out' under the new stage-name Middle Child, alongside producer Jacob Lee.

Wax has performed on tour with artists such as Andy Grammer, Howie Day,Tyler Ward, Rachel Platten,Matt Wertz,Parachute, Ryan Cabrera, Tyler Hilton, Teddy Geiger, Jon McLaughlin, and Tony Lucca, among others. Wax has been known to play the piano and guitar simultaneously.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links
Mikey Wax Official Website

American pop rock singers
Living people
1984 births
Singers from New York City
American pop guitarists
People from Syosset, New York
Guitarists from New York City
American male guitarists
21st-century American singers
21st-century American guitarists
21st-century American male singers


The Valun tablet () is an 11th-century bilingual (Old Croatian and Latin) and digraphic (Glagolitic and Latin) tablet, originally serving the role of a gravestone, found at the graveyard in Valun on the island of Cres, Croatia. It records that under the tablet three generations of one 11th-century Valun family rest in peace: the grandmother, her son and grandson (named Teha, Bratohna and Juna). Today, the Valun tablet is embedded in the wall of Saint Mary in Valun. Its bilinguality is important evidence of the coexistence of two ethnic and linguistic elements: old Romance and newly arrived Croatian.

The tablet
The Valun tablet is a natural tablet, unprocessed by a carver, of a type that can commonly be found on karstic territory and employed by peasants for e.g. tiling the ground. According to Fučić it originally served as the marker of a shallowly dug grave at the church of Saint Mark in Bućevo above the present-day village of Valun on the island of Cres.

The text

The tablet is equipped with a bilingual inscription: one in Croatian, carved in an older, rounded Glagolitic, and a Latin inscription, carved with Caroline.

The Latin text can be easily read:
TECHNA ET FILIUS EIUS BRATOHNA
ET IUNNA NEPUS EIUS

It's evident that the grave of 3 generations is in question, carrying old Croatian baptismal names. These are the grandmother Těha, her son Bratohna and her grandson Juna.

On the Glagolitic inscription, carrying the Old Croatian text, the names TĚHA and JUNA can easily be read, but BRATOHNA is missing. In the middle of the inscription 8 letters are found, two of which look unknown to Fučić, so he read the sequence as:

The unknown letter (6) is according to Fučić old Glagolitic 'I', with a duplicated horizontal line separating the upper element from the lower. As for the unknown letter (7), the diagonal line in the eye of the letter N (14) in the word JUNA has led Fučić as a lead to the diagonal line in the letter (7), and notice that a carver has made an obvious mistake, carving at the wrong place a following semivowel. Now, after the word TĚHA word SINЪ "son" can be read, which matches to FILIUS "son" from the Latin text—and in the remaining group of letters VЪKЪ one should assume contracted NU in order to read VЪNUKЪ "grandson", in order to match the word from Latin text.

The Glagolitic inscription of the Valun tablet is thus:

Dating
Latin inscription in Caroline can date to 9th, 10th and 11th century. Glagolitic inscription is of markedly rounded Glagolitic.

The types of semivowels, triangular Ě, V with semicircular joint, K with long lateral line—all unambiguously point to the 11th century.

Notes

References

External links
  Valun tablet - an excerpt from Branko Fučić's book Terra incognita, Kršćanska sadašnjost, Zagreb, 1997
  Istra - Istria - Turistički vodič

11th century in Croatia
Old Croatian inscriptions
Medieval Latin inscriptions
11th-century inscriptions
Multilingual texts
Tourist attractions in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Croatian glagolithic texts
Archaeological discoveries in Croatia


Hoppet is a 2007 motion picture directed by Petter Næss.

Plot
The Kurdish boys Azad and Tigris are brothers. Due to an airstrike Tigris cannot speak anymore. They are sent to an uncle in Germany, the parents plan to come soon afterwards. The boys travel through Sweden and are accompanied by another family until Sweden. They get stuck there and have to live with the family in Sweden.

Azad is good at high jumping and gets the opportunity to travel to Germany for a competition. However, he has no passport. Therefore, he borrows the passport of a Swedish friend, and changes his appearance to look like the picture: he puts in blue lenses and dyes his hair blonde. Tigris is smuggled into Germany in a suitcase. When he is about to be discovered by the border guard, the latter is distracted with conversation, and they can move on.

In Germany Azad wins the competition and is reunited with his parents.

External links

2007 films
Films directed by Petter Næss
Swedish drama films
2000s Swedish-language films
Films about immigration to Germany
2000s Swedish films


Ratley is a village in the civil parish of Ratley and Upton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England. The population of the civil parish in 2011 was 327. It is on the northwest side of the Edge Hill escarpment about  above sea level. The village is close to the county border with north Oxfordshire, some 7 miles northwest of Banbury, the closest town.

History of Ratley
The remains of a 12th-century motte and bailey castle are just outside the village, which were designated a Scheduled monument in 1961.

The Church of England parish church is Decorated Gothic and almost all of it was built in the 14th century. It is one of a few churches in England dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula and is designated a Grade II* listed building.

The Battle of Edge Hill, the first battle of the English Civil War, was fought very near the village. The former Church of England school and local Post Office buildings are still standing but have been converted into houses.

Upton House is less than  from the village. It houses a fine art collection and is managed by the National Trust.

In 1922 the Edge Hill Light Railway was built through the village to carry ironstone from a local quarry. It became disused after a few years and was dismantled in 1946.

Amenities
The village has a public house, the Rose & Crown. Parts of the pub are reputed to be 900 years old. It is also a Grade I listed building. The village has a village hall and a sports pitch with football goals and children's play equipment, both of which can be used by the public.

References

Sources

External links

Photos of Ratley and surrounding area on geograph.org.uk

Villages in Warwickshire
Stratford-on-Avon District


The 26 episodes of the Japanese anime series Tales of the Abyss are jointly produced by Bandai Visual, Namco, and Sunrise, and are based on the PlayStation 2 game of the same name. Taking place in a fantasy world, the story focuses on Luke fon Fabre, a young swordsman whose pampered life turns upside down when he unwittingly becomes the target of a military-religious organization known as the Order of Lorelei, who believe him to be the key to an ancient prophecy. Together with his companions, Luke attempts to discover the truth and significance of his own birth, as well as unravel the mystery of The Score, the prophecy that has bound humanity's actions for thousands of years.

The episodes were directed by Kenji Kodama and written by Akemi Omode. The first episode premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX on October 3, 2008. The episodes also aired on Animax, MBS, BS11, and CBC. The episodes were collected in DVD, Blu-ray and UMD format. The first volume was released on February 20, 2009 while the ninth and final volume was released on October 29, 2009.

On July 22, 2010, Anime News Network announced that the North American anime distributor Bandai Entertainment acquired the license to the Tales of the Abyss anime. Originally set to release on July 7, 2011, it was later delayed to October 11, 2011. Following the closure of Bandai Entertainment in 2012, Sunrise announced at their panel at Otakon 2013, that Funimation has rescued the series, along with a handful of other former Bandai Entertainment titles.

Two pieces of theme music were used for the episodes, one opening theme and one ending theme. The opening theme, "Karma" by Bump of Chicken, is the theme song of the source game. The ending theme is Bōken Suisei by Kurumi Enomoto.

Episode list

References

External links
 Official Tokyo MX TV Tales of the Abyss anime website
 Official MBS Tales of the Abyss anime website

Tales of the Abyss
Tales (video game series)


Amblema plicata, common name the threeridge, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.

References

Unionidae
Bivalves of North America
Fauna of the Great Lakes region (North America)
Bivalves described in 1817


This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, United States.  Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.

There are 38 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

Current listings

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See also

 List of National Historic Landmarks in Maryland
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Maryland

References

Queen Anne's


The Tacoma Mausoleum is a mausoleum in Tacoma, Washington, United States. Built in 1910, the mausoleum was the first such structure in the U.S. to be built west of the Mississippi River. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

In 1918, the mausoleum was sued by David Rea and his wife, who claimed that the existence of a mausoleum near homes constituted a nuisance. They were suing in an attempt to prevent the already built mausoleum from adding further structures on its premises, but the Washington Supreme Court ruled against them.

See also
 Afterglow Vista: Mausoleum in San Juan County, Washington
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Pierce County, Washington

References

Sources
 Reiter, Darlyne A. (2007). South Tacoma, Arcadia Publishing.
 Washington Supreme Court (1919). Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington, Bancroft-Whitney Co.

National Register of Historic Places in Tacoma, Washington
Neoclassical architecture in Washington (state)
Buildings and structures completed in 1910
Buildings and structures in Tacoma, Washington
Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state)
Mausoleums on the National Register of Historic Places
1910 establishments in Washington (state)
Death in Washington (state)


Henry Fitz Jr. (December 31, 1808 - November 7, 1863) was an American engineer, scientist, locksmith, optician, inventor and a pioneer of photography in the United States.

Personal life
Fitz was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts on December 31, 1808. He married Julia Ann Wells of Southold, Long Island in June 1844.

Career and death
After returning from a trip in Europe in December 1839, he entered partnership with Alexander Wolcott and John Johnson to solve the problem of making daguerreotype portraits. Johnson fell ill, however, and work only resumed in January 1840. These experiments led Wolcott to patent a special mirror camera.

Wolcott and Johnson opened the first photo studio in the world in March 1840. Fitz opened his own daguerreotype studio in Baltimore in June 1840. A group of daguerreotypes, from the early experimentation with Wolcott and Johnson as well as later studio portraits, were discovered and sold at auction in 2021.

Fitz’s telescope business was highly profitable, so in 1863, he started construction of a new house. However, he died suddenly on November 7, 1863. Obituaries report that his demise was from tuberculosis. Before his final illness, he was about to sail for Europe to select a glass for a  telescope and to procure patents for a camera involving a new form of lens.

References

Sources

1808 births
1863 deaths
People from Newburyport, Massachusetts
Telescope manufacturers


Sławomir Twardygrosz  (born 18 April 1967 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career
Twardygrosz began his professional career with Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski, before moving to Śląsk Wrocław where he appeared in 121 Ekstraklasa games and 28 I liga fixtures across five seasons.

Twardygrosz moved to Lech Poznań for the 1994–95 season, where he made 33 league appearances. He spent a few seasons in the lower leagues before returning to Lech where he appeared in another 10 second division games.

Honours
Lech Poznań
I liga: 2001–02

References

1967 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gorzów Wielkopolski
Footballers from Lubusz Voivodeship
Men's association football midfielders
Polish men's footballers
Śląsk Wrocław players
Lech Poznań players
Zawisza Bydgoszcz players
RKS Radomsko players
Arka Gdynia players
Ekstraklasa players
I liga players


Asterostigma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It is native to  Brazil  and Argentina. The leaves are pinnate and the plant is tuberous.

Species
Asterostigma cryptostylum Bogner - Brasília, Goiás, Minas Gerais
Asterostigma cubense (A.Rich.) K.Krause ex Bogner - São Paulo
Asterostigma lividum (G.Lodd.) Engl. - southern Brazil; Misiones Province of Argentina
Asterostigma lombardii E.G.Gonç. - Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo
Asterostigma luschnathianum Schott - southern Brazil
Asterostigma reticulatum E.G.Gonç - southern Brazil
Asterostigma riedelianum (Schott) Kuntze - eastern Brazil
Asterostigma tweedieanum Schott - Santa Catarina in southern Brazil

References

Aroideae
Araceae genera
Flora of Southern America


William Baird may refer to:

 William Baird (MP) (1796–1864), Conservative MP for Falkirk Burghs
 William Baird (physician) (1803–1872), Scottish physician and zoologist
 William Baird (footballer) (1874–1943), Scottish footballer
 William Alexander Baird (1867–1940), Ontario lawyer and politician
 William L. Baird (1843–1916), Massachusetts politician
 William M. Baird (1862–1931), American Presbyterian missionary
 William Raimond Baird (1848–1917), publisher of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities
 William Teel Baird (1819–1897), New Brunswick historian

See also
 Baird baronets
Bill Baird (disambiguation)


Ronald Knox (February 14, 1935 – May 4, 1992) was a National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) quarterback. He played college football at UC Berkeley and UCLA.

High school and college
The son of Dr. Raoul Landry, who was a professor of nuclear physics, Ronnie's parents divorced when he was young. He had a sister, Patricia.

An All-American at Santa Monica High School, and known by his step-father's surname, Ronnie Knox played under the tutelage of coach Jim Sutherland. He played his freshman season for Pappy Waldorf's California Golden Bears before abruptly transferring to UCLA in the fall of 1954. Knox's stepfather, Harvey Knox, was accused of interfering with the Bears' coaching staff and of making extreme monetary demands on the university.

Harvey Knox interfered with his son's high school coaches and Ronnie played for three different high school teams (Beverly Hills, Inglewood, Santa Monica) in three years. Harvey Knox was also accused of interfering in the business of his stepdaughter, actress Patricia Knox.

Ronnie Knox played for one season at UCLA in 1955 before being declared ineligible due to accepting "under-the-table" financing.

Professional football
After leaving UCLA, Knox signed a movie contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but he would never appear in any pictures for the studio. Knox signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, but would leave the team after one month to once again pursue a film career. Knox signed with the Calgary Stampeders on October 3, 1956, six days after quitting the Tiger-Cats.

Selected in the third round of the 1957 NFL Draft, Knox signed with the Chicago Bears. He was suspended indefinitely by head coach (and owner) George Halas in early October 1957 for violations which included his stepfather's public criticism of the team and missing two practices and a quarterback tutoring session without reason.

Due to a bitter dispute with the Bears, Knox was not allowed by Halas to play for the Bears or play for any other NFL team. Instead, he signed with the Toronto Argonauts midway through 1958 CFL season with a promise by Harvey Knox to the team that he would not interfere. His most notable performance came on October 25, 1958 when, playing the Ottawa Rough Riders, he passed for 522 yards, then a team record and still second most in Argonaut history. After splitting up with his stepfather, Knox would play only one more season of football before retiring, saying that football was a "game for animals."

Post-sports

After leaving Toronto, Knox appeared in a few movies and television shows, but did not return to football, despite offers from the Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers of the newly formed American Football League.

In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s Knox drifted around California, residing only a short time in various towns, prior to moving again. In July 1988 a reporter located him as he was moving out of a one-room apartment in Canoga Park. Knox had lived there for just several weeks, spending the majority of his time writing poetry. Aside from past residences in McKinleyville, Malibu, and San Francisco, Knox lived for short periods in other states, i.e. Maine and Texas. He also lived for brief stints in Mexico and Europe.

Having been single since a divorce from painter Renate Druks in 1964, his philosophy was to stay free. Knox compared his lifestyle to the noble savage written about by James Fenimore Cooper. He read English literature by the hour, stretched out on a cot or in his worn out twelve-year-old car. He yearned for a life at sea.

References

External links

1935 births
1992 deaths
American football quarterbacks
Hamilton Tiger-Cats players
Calgary Stampeders players
Chicago Bears players
Toronto Argonauts players
Players of American football from Santa Monica, California
UCLA Bruins football players
California Golden Bears football players
Canadian football quarterbacks


Of all the claimants to the title of the "Father of Radio", the one most associated with it is the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. He was the first person to send radio communication signals in 1895. By 1899 he flashed the first wireless signal across the English Channel and two years later received the letter "S", telegraphed from England to Newfoundland. This was the first successful transatlantic radiotelegraph message in 1902.

Today, radio waves that are broadcast from thousands of stations, along with waves from other sources, fill the air around us continuously. Italy has three state-controlled radio networks that broadcast day and evening hours on both AM and FM. Program content varies from popular music to lectures, panel discussions,  as well as frequent newscasts and feature reports. In addition, many private radio stations mix popular and classical music. A short-wave radio, though unnecessary, aids in the reception of VOA, BBC, Vatican Radio in English and the Armed Forces Network in Germany and in other European stations.

See also
 List of radio stations in Turin
 List of radio stations in Rome
 List of radio stations in Naples
 List of Italian-language radio stations
 Emittenti radiofoniche italiane in onde medie
 Media of Italy
 List of newspapers in Italy
 List of magazines published in Italy
 Television in Italy
 List of television channels in Italy

 Censorship in Italy
 Telecommunications in Italy
 Internet in Italy

Notes


The Ultimate Collection is the fifth compilation album by Rebecca St. James. It was released by ForeFront Records on March 11, 2008. This album is a 2-CD collection of 25 of her most popular songs.

Critical reception

Jared Johnson begins his AllMusic review by saying, "Ultimate in every conceivable meaning of the word, this double-disc collection is generous in length and prolific in its impact."

Laura Sproull of Jesus Freak Hideout gives the album 3½ out of a possible 5 stars and writes, "Both of these discs demonstrate the stages of Rebecca's musical talent and vocal ability and how she has matured since the start of her journey as a young teen. The overall quality of this project is good, but may not be good enough for the dedicated fans who already own the majority of Rebecca's music. There are a few rare gems that make it into this mix, however, including "Lion" from the Narnia soundtrack"

Tony Cummings of Cross Rhythms gives the album an 8 out of a possible 10 and writes, "Rebecca's voice stands out in quality above others and it verges on spectacular. The album shows her as an inventive crafter of music and lyrics and provides some excellent arrangements of other artists' songs."

Michael Dalton of The Phantom Toolbooth gives the album 4 out of a possible 5 and writes, "Rebecca St. James has the heart of a disciple. It's reflected in God-centered lyrics and modern music with an edge. It's this combination of passion for God and artistic integrity that make her a continual favorite with fans. This 2-CD set provides a comprehensive collection of her best material."

Track listing

Production

Mastered by Vinnie Alibrandi
Creative Design by Jan Cook
Design by Andy Norris Design

Track information and credits verified from the album's liner notes.

References

2008 compilation albums
Rebecca St. James albums
ForeFront Records compilation albums


is a junction passenger railway station located in the city of Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway.

Lines
Ogawa Station is served by the Seibu Kokubunji Line from  to , and by the Seibu Haijima Line from  to . It is located 2.7 km from the starting point of the Kokubunji Line at Higashi-Murayama, and 2.8 km from the start of the Haijima Line at Kodaira.

Station layout
The station consists of two ground-level island platforms serving four tracks. The station building is located above the platforms, with entrances on the east and west sides.

Platforms

History
Ogawa Station opened on 21 December 1894.

Station numbering was introduced on all Seibu Railway lines during fiscal 2012, with Ogawa Station becoming "SS31" on the Haijima Line and "SK04" on the Kokubunji Line.

Passenger statistics
In fiscal 2019, the station was the 34th busiest on the Seibu network with an average of 29,859 passengers daily.

The passenger figures for previous years are as shown below.

Surrounding area
 Polytechnic University

References

External links

 Seibu station information

Stations of Seibu Railway
Seibu Haijima Line
Seibu Kokubunji Line
Kodaira, Tokyo
Railway stations in Tokyo
Railway stations in Japan opened in 1894


The Angers tramway () is the tramway network in the French city of Angers in Pays de la Loire.

Opened on 25 June 2011, the system is operated by RATP Dev and replaced some bus lines, with the buses redeployed throughout the rest of the metropolitan area. The Alstom APS ground-level power supply has been used on two parts of the line totalling  in order to avoid overhead lines in the centre of Angers and Avrillé. Angers is the third city using such system, after Bordeaux and Reims.

Timeline
 April 2007: Works officially started.
 April 2010: Delivery of the Alstom Citadis 302 trams
 December 2010: Testing
 January 2011: Operation of shadow service without passengers
 25 June 2011: Line A in service
 8 July 2023: Line B and C in service

Current Service
The total budget for the first line, re-evaluated in 2008, is around €350m (€47m for the trams), up from the 2004 estimate of €250m.

Main features for Line A:
 North-South connection across the metropolitan area, connecting Avrillé (third most populous town ) to La Roseraie (most populous district in Angers).
 Non-stop service from 5.30 AM until 0.30 AM (19 hours a day)

 25 stations
 End to end journey time of 37 minutes;
 Average speed of 20 km/h (13 mph)
 6 minute headways during peak hours.
 an estimated 35,000 passengers expected daily.

As the line goes on both banks of the Maine, a new bridge was built to allow the trams to cross the river.  It connects Angers' University Hospital Centre to Saint-Serge. This 270m bridge is accessible to bicycles and pedestrians as well as emergency vehicles.

Stations

Angers-Roseraie
Jean Vilar
Jean XXIII
Bamako
Strasbourg
Place Lafayette
Les Gares
Foch-Haras
Foch-Maison Bleue
Ralliement
Molière
Saint-Serge Université
Berges de Maine
C.H.U-Hôpital
Capucins
Jean Moulin
Les Hauts De Saint Aubin
Verneau
Terra Botanica
Plateau Mayenne
Bois du Roy
Acacias
Saint Gilles
Bascule
Avrillé-Ardenne

Advantages
 Good public transport system for Avrillé (third town in the metropolitan area after Angers and Trélazé), bringing more life to the city centre and assisting with the development of new neighbourhoods
 Connecting new districts: Plateaux de la Mayenne and des Capucins
 Tram station close to Terra Botanica
 Connecting important  facilities such as the University Hospital Centre (4,500 employees and 3,000 visitors a day), Angers Saint-Laud railway station and the administrative city
 The new bridge on the Maine is used by trams, bicycles and pedestrians between the hospital and the Gaumont Film Company studios.
 A better connections to the Angers city centre and improved traffic flows
 A more attractive city centre (including a larger pedestrian area)
 Complementarity of different transport types around the central connection point, Angers Saint-Laud railway station and bus station
 Connecting La Roseraie as part of the urban renovation of the district.

Drawbacks
Line A passes through place du Ralliement, which will still be accessible for pedestrians, emergency and delivery vehicles as well as bicycles, but buses will not have access to it, nor will other tram lines.

Rolling stock
Angers Loire Métropole awarded Alstom a €47m contract to supply 17 Citadis 302 trams on 15 November 2006. A further 20 units were supplied for the expansion of the network.

Design of rolling stock

Design and personalization of the rolling stock is characterized by the front end "convergence" V-shape similar in form to a shield. The other major feature is the ubiquity of a rainbow, designed by the French agency RCP Design Global is found in the color scheme and interior design of the trams and other transportation in the city.

The interior of the trams is marked by floral figures in different colors on the ceiling, white walls and green seats to reflect the geological layers of Anjou.

Future services

The  Line B was expected to be opened by 2020. It was planned to run from Beaucouzé, via the Atoll shopping centre via the Campus Belle-Beille - Université Angers to the main railway station and Parc des Expositions (Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou) through Monplaisir district. However, in 2016 the city presented a revised proposal for the future Line B. Stopping at the Technopole Angers at the Universities Belle-Beille Campus, the lines length is stripped to . Due to financial reasons, the start of construction has been postponed for 2019, so that a start of passenger transport can not be expected until 2022. The line, along with Line C, finally opened on 8 July 2023.

It has been announced that the Line A will be rerouted from January 2021 via Centre de Congrès, avoiding Place du Railiement, using new tracks, a new junction south of Saint-Serge - Université and an existing junction immediately north of Foch-Maison Bleue that was built with the original line to facilitate a future expansion. The new route will serve two new stops at Centre de Congrès and Hôtel de Ville. The existing route between Molière and Foch-Maison Bleue will be retained as part of Line C that will run between Line B's western terminus at Belle-Beille - Campus and Line A's southern terminus at Angers - Roseraie allowing a direct connection between Belle Beille and Angers-Saint-Laud station.

Network Map

See also
 Trams in France
 List of town tramway systems in France

References

External links

Angers Loire métropole tram website

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Tram transport in France
Transport in Pays de la Loire
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