Carno Football Club is an amateur Welsh football team based in the village of Carno. The team competes in the Central Wales Northern Division.

The club was formed in 1960 and began life in the Montgomeryshire Amateur League, eventually winning it in the 1966–67 season (no promotion). Carno bounced between Divisions One and Two until joining the Mid Wales League Division 2 in 1982, picking up a Montgomeryshire Amateur League Cup along the way. Carno lifted the Montgomeryshire Cup for the first time in 1983. 1983–84 saw the Mid Wales League merge into one division but a failure to adapt saw Carno drift back to the Montgomeryshire Amateur League Division Two by the 1985–86 season. A bounce-back promotion and a league title in the 1987–88 season led to promotion back to the Mid Wales League. Carno then reached new heights as they were founding members of the new Cymru Alliance in 1990–91. In 1995–96 Carno were relegated to the Mid Wales League. Carno claimed their first Mid Wales League Cup and were crowned Mid Wales League Champions as the millennium drew to a close. By the 2005–06 season fortunes had changed and Carno finished rock bottom (no relegation). Better times were to come, league positions improved and the club secured their second Montgomeryshire Cup victory in 2007–08 and their third in the 2013–14 season. In the 2015/16 season Carno reached the last 8 of the FAW Trophy, semi-final stages of both the Radnorshire Cup and League Cup and lifted the Central Wales Challenge Cup for the first time. Carno also competed in a second final and third consecutive Montgomeryshire Cup Final. For the second consecutive year they were defeated in the final by Llanfair United FC. In 2022 the Club was relegated to Tier 4, ending the run as the team with the most consequent seasons in Tier 3.

From their first game Carno have played at the Recreational Ground now commonly known as Ty Brith. History shows however that originally the ground had been known as "The Gay Meadow". The ground is located in the village itself.

Club history

The idea

Carno have enjoyed a memorable history having originated from an idea shared by Bernard Evans and Edward Glyn Jones and the late Meirion Rowlands, while in the pub convalescing after a car crash.

"When we got better we organised the Carno Football Club idea down the local watering hole," said Bernard Evans, one of the club's founders. "Our first away game was versus Llandinam," continued Bernard, "We took the train from Carno to Moat Lane, but there was no connection to Llandinam, so we had to walk the rest of the way."

1960–1980

The club was formed in 1960 and began life in the Montgomeryshire Amateur League. In their first full season the club finished 12th. They played 32 games and managed 10 wins, 5 draws and were beaten 17 times. They scored 66 goals whilst conceding 84.
The club's first silverware was achieved in the 1966–67 season when they won the Montgomeryshire Amateur League. There was no promotion to the Mid Wales League and later when the Montgomeryshire Amateur League was divided into 2 divisions in the 1969–70 season Carno found themselves in Division 2. In 1970–71 Carno were promoted to Division 1 but managed only one season as before being relegated back to Division 2.
The mid to late 1970s saw Carno win the Montgomeryshire Amateur League Division 2 twice. In 1975–76 Carno won the league and gained promotion but again failed to cope with life in Division 1 with relegation after just one season. Carno added another Division 2 title in 1977–78 and finally managed to adapt to life in Division 1, maintaining their league status over the next few years until further promotion.

1980–2000

The 1980s was an up and down decade for Carno, but started with more silverware as Carno lifted their first Montgomeryshire Amateur League Cup in the early 80's, the first and only time Carno have won this cup. The 1982/83 season saw Carno compete in the Mid Wales League for the first time as they joined the second division.

1983 was a massive year for the club as they lifted the prestigious Montgomeryshire Cup for the first time. The final was played at Welshpool and Carno won 1–0 against Llansantffraid FC, courtesy of an Aidy Hughes goal.

1983–84 saw the Mid Wales League merge into one division. Carno struggled to cope with the change and were relegated the following season from the Mid Wales League. The fall was severe and Carno found themselves playing in the Montgomeryshire Amateur League Division 2 during the 1985–86 season but it would result in them lifting the league title. Promotion to Division 1 saw them flourish and finish runners up back to back in 1986–87 and 1987–88 with the latter resulting in their promotion back to the Mid Wales League.

Carno then reached new heights in the 1990s as they were founding members of the new Cymru Alliance in 1990–91. Carno enjoyed five seasons playing in the second tier of Welsh Football. Their highest position, 6th, was achieved in both the 1992–93 and 1994–95 seasons. Sadly in 1995–96 Carno struggled to cope with the high standards of the league and were relegated back to the Mid Wales League. They played 36 games that season winning just 6, drawing 3 and losing 27. They only managed 42 goals and conceded 89.

In the buildup to the millennium Carno wrapped up their first Mid Wales League Cup win. In 1999–2000 Carno won the Mid Wales League. That season Carno played 30 games, winning 22, drawing 5 and losing just 3 on their way to lifting the league. 73 goals were scored and 29 conceded. This is the first and only time the club have won this League.

2000–2010

The 2000–01 season was cut short due to an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease. Carno came close again to lifting the Mid Wales League but ended finishing runners up in the 2001–02 season. In the 2005–06 season Carno finished rock bottom but managed to avoid relegation. That season they could only to muster up 19 points, winning just 5, drawing 4, and losing a staggering 21 games of the 30 we played. We scored only 32 goals whilst conceding 96. However, better times were to come. Their league position improved and we managed to secure a second Montgomeryshire Cup victory in 2007–08. At Meifod they shocked Cymru Alliance favourites Guilsfield with a 5–0 win. The club had impressive back to back top 4 finishes before reaching the Montgomeryshire Cup final again in 2010–11. Unfortunately they were unable to win a third Montgomeryshire Cup, losing 1–0 to Montgomery Town FC at Newtown. A last day defeat to Rivals Llanidloes Town FC would mean the club finished 5th in the 2011/12 season. The 2012–13 season saw Carno finish a disappointing 12th place in the Mid Wales League.

2013-2019

 The 2013–14 season Carno finished 3rd place whilst lifting the Montgomeryshire Cup for the third time in the club's history. At Berriew's, Talbot Field, they beat Waterloo 1–0 thanks to a Peter Rees goal. He would also go on to be named the Mid Wales League player of the Season, something that had not happened to a Carno player since John Davies won it over 15 years previously.

The 2015–16 season was one to remember. Carno finished 3rd in the league. The club reached the last 8 of the FAW Trophy for the first time and after the first game was abandoned in the 70th minute at Ty Brith due to conditions, Carno fell short in the replay being beaten 2–0 in extra time by Sully Sports at Latham Park. They also lost out in the semi-final stages of both the Radnorshire Cup and League Cup. However, a Central Wales semi-final win against Hay St Mary's, courtesy of a Gregg Brown winner, saw Carno reach the Central Wales Cup final for the first time. They met Guilsfield FC in the final at Berriew FC, Talbot Field. The score was still 0–0 after extra time, and the game went to penalties. Carno won 4–3 and became Central Wales champions for the first time.  A 2–1 win over Caersws in the Montgomeryshire Cup semi-final, the first ever win over our neighbours, sent them to their second final of the season and third consecutive Montgomeryshire Cup Final, but for the second consecutive year they were defeated in the final by Llanfair United FC. Carno lost 3–1 at their home ground, our goal coming from Geraint Jones.

The 2016–17 saw Carno achieve their league finish in 16 years as they finished 2nd behind League Winners Rhayader FC. Carno had an impressive run in the league going 24 games unbeaten between 16 August and 29 April. An odd season with an ever-changing squad and a number of injury issues hampered the chances of any Cup success during the season as Carno lost to Berriew in the League Cup Semi-final, Llanrhaedr in the Mont Cup Quarter-final, Rhayader in the Central Wales Quarter-final and for the second consecutive season Sully Sports in the FAW Trophy.

The 2017–18 saw manager Chris Davies step down for a break of three months and was replaced Jonathan Evans and Phillip Richards. Chris returned in mid March and Carno finished 7th in the league.

2018–19 saw Carno again finish 7th in the league. Slightly better performances in the cup saw Carno reaching the semi-final of the Montgomeryshire Cup and the semi-final of the League Cup.

2019 onwards

The 2019 season has seen the biggest changes at Carno FC in many years. Manager Chris Davies stepped down and the club struggled to find a successor. A number of players followed Davies out the door to add to the worries at the Ty Brith. Eventually Gwynfor Edwards stepped in during a tough spell in which a few players came in and out. After nine games he was replaced with manager Gary Jones. Following the disruption of Covid 19 the 2020/21 saw the club relegated to Tier 3. The club prior to relegation was the longest serving (continuously) club at Tier 3 in Wales. Gary Jones stepped down as manager.

Paul Canning, who had previously managed the Reserve side at the club, took on the managerial role and the club are currently competing in Tier 4.

Reserves
Carno formed a reserve team in the 2006/07 season. It began in the Montgomeryshire League Division 2. The first chance at silverware was in the 2007/08 season where Carno were defeated 4–2 by Llansantffraid Reserves in the Village Cup at Llansantffraid. Carno secured promotion to Montgomeryshire League Division 1 in 2009/10.
A change of league in 2014/15 saw the Reserves enter the Mid Wales League (south). It was an historic season with a 4th place league position secured, Carno faced league champions, Rhayader Town FC Reserves, in the League Cup final at Llanidloes Town's Victoria Avenue. The game ended 1–1 and Carno prevailed 5–4 on penalties with Harry Bastable scoring the winning penalty, securing the first trophy for the Reserves. The 2015/16 season saw the Reserves finish 7th in the League and fall at the first hurdle in their defence of the League Cup.
The decision was made to return to the Montgomeryshire League for the 2016/17 season.

The Reserve team folded before the start of the 2018/19 season after struggling the previous season to find players.

Staff

Club officials

Manager

Paul Canning

Coaches

First team squad

Honours

 Mid Wales League
 Winners (1) 1999/2000
 Runners up (2) 2001/2002, 2016/17
 Mid Wales League Cup Winners (1)
Winners (1)
 Central Wales Cup
Winners (1) 2015/16
 Montgomeryshire Cup
Winners 2007/08, 2013/14
Runners up (2) 2010/11, 2014/15, 2015/16
 Montgomeryshire League Division 1
Winners (1) 1966/67
Runners up (2) 1986/87, 1987/88, 2010/11*
 Montgomeryshire League Cup
Winners (1) 1981/82
 Montgomeryshire League Division 2
Winners (3) 1975/76, 1977/78, 1985/86
 Mid Wales League (South) Pip Samuel League Cup
Winners (1) 2014/15*
 Village Cup
Runners up (2) 2008/09, 2010/11*

Note: * denotes reserve team honour

References

Spar Mid Wales League http://www.midwalesleague.pitchero.com

Football clubs in Wales
Mid Wales Football League clubs
1960 establishments in Wales
Cymru Alliance clubs
Ardal Leagues clubs
Montgomeryshire Football League clubs
Sport in Powys


The Einsatzgruppe TIGRIS (, ,  ) is a police tactical unit of the Federal Criminal Police, the investigative arm of the Swiss Federal Office of Police. As of 2009, it consists of 14 officers and is based at the military police base in Worblaufen near Bern. Manpower for the unit is currently being increased to recruit more officers.

The exact budget allocated to the unit has been made classified by the Federal Office of Police, only being known as part of its allocated budget.

As of 2009, TIGRIS operators had been deployed in 130 operations in Switzerland. No shots had been fired by TIGRIS during these operations.

History

In the past, plans to create a specialist federal police unit had failed twice — in 1978 and in 2002 — due to jurisdiction issues with the cantons. After the Swiss Parliament approved the formation of TIGRIS in the year 2000, the unit was covertly created under the watch of ex-Justice Minister Christoph Blocher on January 1, 2002. The unit was created under "Project Effort".

Federal officials were first informed about the existence of TIGRIS in September 2005 in a routine meeting of high-ranking police officials, catching most of them by surprise as they were not aware of its creation. It was not, however, a matter of public knowledge until March 2009, when it was revealed by an article in the Swiss weekly magazine Die Weltwoche.

Known operations
TIGRIS was deployed in its first mission in May 2003, when they apprehended two foreign nationals, one for the breaking out of a German prison and another for committing fraud. In June 2006, TIGRIS operatives, assisting Zürich police, arrested a Moldavian national wanted for armed robbery, followed by another arrest operation resulting in the apprehension of a Polish national on December 11, 2006.

On April 3, 2007, TIGRIS units joined with St. Gallen police in arresting a Turkish national for forgery. TIGRIS arrested Gerhard Ulrich, the founder of "Call to the People" on March 27, 2009.

Equipment
Operatives of TIGRIS are known to wear black helmets and combat uniforms. The Weltwoche had reported that the unit has been provided with state-of-the-art counterterrorism equipment and weapons as well as computerised training facilities. Its known budget is a total of 2.7 million Swiss francs.

The operatives of TIGRIS are seen armed with the following firearms:
 Heckler & Koch MP5
 SIG P226
 Glock 19

Mandate
The unit normally operates as a tactical unit for the needs of the Federal Criminal Police. For instance, they are tasked with arrests of particularly dangerous individuals, tailing and observation of targets (intelligence gathering), tactical training for the armed personnel of the Federal Criminal Police.

TIGRIS would also intervene in situations where cantonal police agencies would need federal assistance.  TIGRIS's missions are based on special operations with high risks and will not intervene in missions where canton police specialist units can handle the job themselves.

A report on TIGRIS was publicly announced, saying that the unit could probably operate in international territory according to its mandate.

Criticism
Several politicians were angered at the creation of TIGRIS when the unit was officially revealed to the public due to its covert nature.

Markus Notter, Zurich Director of Justice and President of the Police and Justice directors, claimed that Switzerland had too many civilian specialist units serving under various cantons which would not warrant TIGRIS's existence. Additionally, the police forces in various cantons have responsibility for maintaining security in their own jurisdiction while the Federal Police are supposed to protect Switzerland's territory.

Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf had ordered an investigation into whether the covert creation of TIGRIS was legal and whether the agency is needed for Swiss law enforcement. She concluded that TIGRIS is not needed when she had announced the investigation.

The matter of the unit's existence was raised in the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, questioning its structure and operational methods.

In 2021, Federal Counselor Alain Berset is accused of abusing his power by sending Tigris to the house of his former lover. The Swiss Federal Assembly announced an investigation in the case.

Defense
In an interview with Blick, Federal Criminal Police commander Kurt Blöchlinger insisted that the feedback from various police cantons was positive regarding TIGRIS's deployment to assist them. In addition, he said that he had told police officials about TIGRIS's existence in 2005, which contradicted their claims that they never knew about TIGRIS.

TIGRIS' Worblaufen facility is said to be a violation of Swiss law since it was said to be using Swiss military facilities when a reply to the Federal Assembly had insisted that TIGRIS and the military police did not share any building facilities.

References

Federal Department of Justice and Police
Law enforcement in Switzerland
Police tactical units


St Halvards plass was a tram stop on the Gamleby Line of the Oslo Tramway. It was located at the square St Halvards plass, on the intersection of Oslo gate and Bispegata in Gamlebyen, Oslo, Norway.

The station opened on 6 October 1875 as part of the Gamleby Line extension to Oslo Hospital by Kristiania Sporveisselskab. The station was served by lines 18 and 19, and before its closure, used both SL79 and SL95 trams. The nearest tram station is Middelalderparken. Nonetheless, St. Halvards plass is still in use as a bus stop.

References

Railway stations opened in 1878

Disused Oslo Tramway stations
Railway stations in Norway opened in the 1870s


Legare Stadium is a sports venue in Gobabis, Omaheke Region, Namibia.  the stadium is dilapidated and not usable as a sports venue.

References

Buildings and structures in Omaheke Region
Gobabis
Football venues in Namibia


Munkegata was a tram stop on the Gamleby Line of the Oslo Tramway. It is located at the intersection of Oslo gate and Schweigaards gate in Gamlebyen, Oslo, Norway.

The station opened on 6 October 1875 as part of the Gamleby Line extension to Oslo Hospital by  Kristiania Sporveisselskab. The station was served by lines 18 and 19, which used both SL79 and SL95 trams. It was closed in late 2020, when the Gamleby Line was shifted to run through Bjørvika.

References

Oslo Tramway stations in Oslo
Railway stations opened in 1878

Disused Oslo Tramway stations
Railway stations in Norway opened in the 1870s


This is a list of people from Windsor, Ontario.

This list includes people from the Windsor-Essex County area (Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, LaSalle, Leamington, Tecumseh, and Windsor).

A
 Fouad Abiad (born 1978), bodybuilder
 Meghan Agosta (born 1987), Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) player and Olympic medalist
 Ian Allison (1909–1990), Olympic silver medalist in basketball (1936)
 Glen Angus (1970–2007), Canadian artist whose work has appeared in role-playing games and video games
 Albert Anstey (born 1966), former darts player
 Oshiomogho Atogwe (born 1981), former NFL player, analyst on TSN

B
 Steve Bacic (born 1965), actor, raised in Windsor
 Ahmad Bateman (born 1961), former professional golfer
 Iain Baxter& (born 1936), OC, Governor General Award-winning visual artist, forerunner of Canadian conceptual art
 Matt Beleskey (born 1988), NHL player
 Michael Dougall Bell (1943–2017), Canada's Ambassador to Jordan (1987–90)
 Brett Bellemore (born 1988), former NHL player
 Dave Beneteau (born 1967), former UFC fighter and wrestler
 Douglas G. Bergeron (born 1960), CEO, investor, philanthropist
 Reno Bertoia (1935–2011), former MLB baseball player
 Alan Bernard (1934–2011), Emmy award winning sound engineer
 Hank Biasatti (1922–1996), former MLB baseball player and National Basketball Association basketball player
 James Bondy (born c. 1974), entertainer, star of the children's show Ribert and Robert's Wonderworld
 Bob Boughner (born 1971), former NHL player and current head coach of the San Jose Sharks. Also part-owner of Ontario Hockey League's Windsor Spitfires
 Pat Boutette (born 1952), former NHL player
 Bill Brady (born 1932), CM, journalist
 Trish Brown (born 1963), national education advocate, first openly lesbian school board president in the State of Michigan
 Mike Brkovich (born 1958), former NBA player, businessman
 Brian Bulcke (born 1987), former CFL player
 Seth Bullock (1849–1919), merchant and U.S. Marshal famous for tenure in Deadwood, SD
 Ted Bulley (born 1955), former NHL player
 Sean Burke (born 1967), former NHL player
 Jeff Burrows (born 1968), drummer of The Tea Party

C
 Stuart Chatwood (born 1969), bass player of The Tea Party, composer for video game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
 Frank Chauvin (1933–2015), former police detective, resigned from Order of Canada over abortion rights
 Kenneth Church (1930–2020), jockey, Windsor / Essex County Sports Hall of Fame inductee
 Stubby Clapp (born 1973), former MLB baseball player, current first base coach for the St. Louis Cardinals
 Peter D. Clark (born 1938), Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carlton (1991-1997)
 Jay Justin "Nig" Clarke (1882–1949), former MLB player and member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
 Dorothy Collins (1926–1994), singer, actress, and recording artist
 Arjen Colquhoun (born 1992), CFL player
 Joe Comartin (born 1947), former politician
 Greg Constantine (born 1938), artist
 Dave Cooke (born 1952), politician, former Minister of Education
 Peter Cory (1925–2020), CC, Supreme Court of Canada judge from 1989 to 1999
 Aileen H. Cowan (born 1926), Canadian painter and sculptor
 Jack Cowin (born 1942), billionaire, founder of Hungry Jack's
 Tyrone Crawford (born 1989), former NFL player
 Sharon Creelman (born 1964), field hockey player
 David Croll (1900–1991), former mayor of Windsor, first Jew appointed to a federal or provincial cabinet in Canada
 Keith Crowder (born 1959), former NHL player
 Emilia Cundari (1930–2005), operatic soprano

D
 George Dadamo (born 1953), former MPP (1990–1995)
 Scott D'Amore (born 1974), professional wrestler, manager and booker
 Ken Daneyko (born 1964), former NHL player
 Jaime D (born 1976), also known as Sirelda, former professional wrestler
 Edward Dawson (1907–1998), Olympic silver medalist in basketball (1936)
 Alexander Deans (born 1997), inventor, artist, and public speaker
 Andy Delmore (born 1976), former NHL player
 Johnny Devine (born 1974), professional wrestler
 Roman De Angelis (born 2001), professional racing driver in the IMSA SportsCar Championship
 Drew Dilkens (born 1972), present mayor of Windsor
 Michael DiPietro (born 1999), NHL player
 Jesse Divnich, industry personality and analyst, video games (from LaSalle)
 Roxi DLite (born 1983), burlesque performer
 Tie Domi (born 1969), former NHL player (from Belle River)
 Charles Drake (1920–1998), CC, Canadian neurosurgeon known for his work on treating aneurysms
 Dwight Duncan (born 1959), former Finance Minister of Ontario

E
 Murray Eaves (born 1960), former NHL player
 Aaron Ekblad (born 1996), NHL player
 Hoda ElMaraghy (born 1945), CM, first woman to serve as dean of engineering at a Canadian university

F
 Christine Fellows (born 1968), musician
 Ron Fellows (born 1959), former NASCAR driver
 Colm Feore (born 1958), OC, actor
 Bob Ferguson (1931–2014), sports journalist and writer
 John Ferguson, Sr. (1938–2007), former NHL player and executive
 Katie Findlay (born 1990), actress
 Cam Fowler (born 1991), NHL player
 Gino Fracas (1930–2009), CFL player and long-time coach of Windsor Lancers football
 Eddie Francis (born 1974), former mayor of Windsor
 Ron Friest (born 1958), former NHL player

G
 Frances M. Gage (1924–2013), sculptor
 Marty Gervais (born 1946), poet and publisher
 Barbara Gowdy (born 1950), CM, novelist
 Mary Henrietta Graham (1857 or 1858–1890), first black woman to be admitted to, as well as to graduate from, the University of Michigan
 Tommy Grant (1935–2011), CFL player and member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
 Herb Gray (1931–2014), CC, former Liberal Member of Parliament and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
 Tony Gray, comic book illustrator

H
 Mary Jo Haddad (born 1957), CM, former President and CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children, first female Chancellor at the University of Windsor
 Richie Hawtin (born 1970), techno musician
 Frank Hayden, OC, professor and pioneer of the Special Olympics
 George Hester (1902–1951), Olympic athlete
 Ken Hodge Jr. (born 1966), former NHL player
 David H. Hubel (1926–2013), research scientist and Nobel Prize winner
 Garth Hudson (born 1937), CM, organist and keyboardist for Canadian rock group The Band
 Michael D. Hurst (born 1950), former mayor of Windsor, Justice of the Peace

I

J
 Dan Jancevski (born 1981), former NHL player
 Alaric Jackson (born 1998), current NFL player
 Gordie Johnson (born 1964), guitarist and vocalist of Big Sugar
 Spider Jones (born 1946), former boxer
 Ed Jovanovski (born 1976), former NHL player
 Jeon So-mi (birthname Ennik Somi Douma) (born 2001), South Korean singer

K

 Zack Kassian (born 1991), NHL player with Edmonton Oilers
 Jerry Kauric (born 1963), former NFL and CFL player
 Rick Kehoe (born 1951), former NHL player and coach
 Ruth Kerr (1916–1974), athlete, 1932 Summer Olympics, at age 16; first Windsor-born person to represent Canada in Olympics
 Tim Kerr (born 1960), former NHL player
 Malcolm Knight, Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank and former General Manager of Bank for International Settlements
 Robert Knuckle (born 1935), historian, bestselling author, actor and playwright
 Killer Kowalski (1926–2008), WWE Hall of Famer, professional wrestler and trainer
 Tomasz Kucharzewski (1968–2008), martial artist

L
 Mathew Charles Lamb (1948–1976), spree killer acquitted on grounds of insanity, later killed in action while fighting for the Rhodesian Security Forces
 Thomas W. LaSorda (born 1954), former CEO of Chrysler Canada Group
 Karen Lawrence (born 1951), writer
 Mike Lazaridis (born 1961), OC, CEO of Research in Motion, inventor of the BlackBerry
 Lou Lefaive (1928–2002), Canadian sports administrator and civil servant
 Ken Lewenza, Sr. (born 1954), former head of the Canadian Auto Workers
 Marion Lewis (born 1925), OC, Canadian medical researcher known for her work on the Rh factor
 Aaron Lowe (born 1974), former pairs figure skater with Megan Wing
 Budd Lynch (1917–2012), announcer for the Detroit Red Wings

M

 Sir Archibald Macdonell (1864–1941), decorated Canadian police officer and soldier
 Angus MacInnes (born 1947), actor
 Alistair MacLeod (1936–2014), OC, novelist, short story writer, and academic
 Marco Marsan (born 1957), author
 Jeff Martin (born 1969), guitarist and lead vocalist of The Tea Party
 Matt Martin (born 1989), NHL player for the New York Islanders
 Paul Martin (born 1938), Liberal former Prime Minister of Canada
 Paul Martin Sr. (1903–1992), longtime federal cabinet minister; father of the former PM
 Sheila Martin (born 1943), wife of former Prime Minister Paul Martin
 Medo Martinello (born 1935), former NLA lacrosse player, NLL Quebec Caribous and MILL Detroit Turbos lacrosse coach, IHL and NCAA hockey referee
 Brian Masse (born 1968), politician
 Kylie Masse (born 1996), swimmer, two-time Olympic medalist and World Champion in 100 m backstroke
 Brandon McBride (born 1994), Olympian, 800m runner, Canadian National Record Holder
 Sean McCann (1935–2019), actor
 Howard McCurdy (1932–2018), the New Democratic Party's first African-Canadian Member of Parliament
 Gordon Morton McGregor (1873-1922), a Canadian businessman who founded the Ford Motor Company of Canada in 1904
 Irving "Toots" Meretsky (1912–2006), Olympic silver medalist in basketball (1936)
 Steve Moore (born 1978), former NHL player
 Eugene McNamara (1930–2016), poet, novelist, University of Windsor English Professor Emeritus
 Eddie Mio (born 1954), former NHL player
 Noelle Montcalm (born 1988), Olympic hurdler
 Mychal Mulder (born 1994), NBA player

N
 Stanley Nantais (1913–2004), Olympic silver medalist in basketball (1936)
 Isabelle Nélisse (born 2003), actress
 Sophie Nélisse (born 2000), actress in movies including The Book Thief
 Dan Newman (born 1952), former NHL player

O

 Joseph "Gerry" Ouellette (1934–1975), Olympic gold medalist in Men's shooting

P
 Mark Paré (born 1957), former NHL linesman
 Alton C. Parker (1907–1989), CM, first black Canadian police detective
 Christina Pazsitzky (born 1976), Canadian-American comedian
 Richard Peddie (born 1947), former president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
 Maryse Perreault (born 1964), former short track speed skater
 Ed Philion (born 1970), former NFL and CFL player
 Jacqueline Pillon (born 1977), actress
 Casey Plett (born 1987), writer
 Oliver Platt (born 1960), television and film actor
 Lloyd Pollock (1909–1993), president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
 Barry Potomski (1972–2011), former NHL player
 Cathy Priestner (born 1956), speed skater, 1976 Winter Olympics, silver medalist in 500-metre event
 Valerie Pringle (born 1953), CM, journalist & TV Host
 Bob Probert (1965–2010), former NHL player
 Sandra Pupatello (born 1962), politician
 Matt Puempel (born 1993), former NHL player

Q
 Joel Quenneville (born 1958), former NHL player and former NHL head coach of 4 teams. 3x Stanley Cup winner.

R
 Rob Raco (born 1989), actor, musician
 Amanda Reason (born 1993), Olympic swimmer, former world record holder
 J. Paul Reddam (born 1955), academic, businessman, racehorse owner
 Mark Renaud (born 1959), former NHL player
 Brett Romberg (born 1979), former NFL player
 Ernestine Russell (born 1938), first female Olympic gymnast, 1956 Melbourne Summer games
 Warren Rychel (born 1967), former NHL player

S
 Lionel Sanders (born 1988), triathlete
 Cid Samson (born 1943), former MP
 Dave Schreiber (born 1944), NHL play-by-play man
 Erika Schmutz (born 1973), paralympic athlete (wheelchair rugby)
 Jack Scott (1936–2019), rockabilly singer
 Tyler Scott (born 1985), former CFL player
 Kim Shaw (born 1984), actress
 Dakoda Shepley (born 1994), NFL player, minor acting role as Omega Red in Deadpool 2., and stunt and body double in Game Over, Man!
 Larry Shreve (born 1941), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) professional wrestler known as Abdullah the Butcher (WWE Hall of Famer)
 Joe Siddall (born 1967), former MLB baseball player
 Bob Simpson (1930–2007), former CFL player
 Thomas Joseph Simpson (1921–2017), one of the 114 Canadians to receive the Distinguished Service Medal for World War II service.
 Jimmy Skinner (1917–2007), former NHL coach and executive
 Art Skov (1928–2009), former NHL referee
 Glen Skov (1931–2013), former NHL player
 Brad Smith (born 1958), former NHL player, nicknamed "Motor City Smitty"
 D. J. Smith (born 1977), former NHL player, current head coach of the Ottawa Senators
 Brad Snyder (born 1976), Olympic athlete  1996, 2000, 2004
 David Sobolov (born 1964), voice actor and director
 Skip Spence (1946–1999), composer, multi-instrumentalist, member of Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape
 William W. Spencer (1921–2007), Emmy award winning cinematographer
 Niki Spiridakos (born 1975), actress
 The Reverend J O L Spracklin (1886–?), Methodist minister who killed an illicit trader in alcohol in 1920, later tried and acquitted
 Dave Steen (born 1959), CM, decathlete, Olympic bronze medal winner
 Marta Stępień (born 1994), Miss Universe Canada 2018
 Alek Stojanov (born 1973), former NHL player
 John Swainson (1925–1994), Governor of Michigan 1961–1963
 Mark Suzor (born 1956), former NHL player

T
 Tamia (born 1975), R&B singer
 Chris Taylor, lawyer, Global President of eOne Music
 Fred Thomas (1923–1981), multi-sport athlete (baseball, basketball, football)
 Shirley Thomson (1930–2010), CC, civil servant
 Ray Timgren (1928–1999), former NHL player
 Daryl Townsend (born 1985), CFL player
 Keegan Connor Tracy (born 1971), actress
 David Tremblay (born 1987), freestyle wrestler, 2012 Olympian
 Tim Trimper (born 1958), former NHL player
 William Troy (1827–1905), abolitionist and preacher
 John Tucker (born 1964), former NHL player
 Shania Twain, OC (born 1965), country singer

U
 John Upham (born 1940), former MLB player

V
 Daniel Victor (born 1979), singer, songwriter, producer of Neverending White Lights
 André Viger (1952–2006), OC, multi-time Paralympic athlete and medalist
 Christian Vincent (born 1980), actor, dancer, choreographer
 Tessa Virtue (born 1989), CM, ice dancer, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion with her partner Scott Moir
 Harold Vokes (1908–1998), malacologist and paleontologist

W
 Hiram Walker (1816–1899), founder of distillery
 Aaron Ward (born 1973), former NHL player, now hockey analyst for TSN
 Felix Watts (1892–1966), inventor
 Kyle Wellwood (born 1983), former NHL player
 Solomon White (1836–1911), lawyer and politician
 Petey Williams (born 1981), professional wrestler
 Robert S. C. Williams, CM, humanitarian
 Tom Williams (born 1951), former NHL player
 Kortney Wilson (born 1979), professional house-flipper and musician
 Luke Willson (born 1990), former NFL player
 Ron Wilson (born 1955), former NHL player and coach
 Ryan Wilson (born 1987), former NHL player
 Megan Wing (born 1975), former pairs figure skater with Aaron Lowe
 Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (born 1987), actress

X

Y

Z
 Alexander Zonjic (born 1951), jazz musician

References

Windsor
Windsor


The playoffs are the post-season matches (usually to decide a championship) in various sports leagues.

Playoff, play-off or playoffs may also refer to:

 One-game playoff, a single ad hoc tiebreaker match
 Playoff (golf), extra hole(s) played to break a tie
 Third place playoff, between losing semi-finalists in a knockout tournament
 Playoff Bowl, 1960s NFL third place playoff
 Football League play-offs, the post-season matches to decide promotion to the next division
 Playoff (film), a 2011 film
 "Playoffs?", a well-known postgame rant delivered by former NFL head coach Jim E. Mora

See also
 tiebreaker


Quick Gun Murugun: Misadventures of an Indian Cowboy is a 2009 Indian English-language Comedy Western film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajesh Devraj. The film stars Rajendra Prasad as the title character alongside Rambha, Anuradha Menon and Nassar. It is a spoof on Indian western films, featuring songs, melodrama and action sequences including a duel in a traffic jam.

The character of Murugun was created in 1994 and was featured in India's Channel V promos. Around 1998, the film version was in the works. In the 2007 Hindi film Om Shanti Om, Shah Rukh Khan films a scene as Murugun, trying to trick his love interest into believing he is a star of Tamil cinema.

Eventually, the film was released in 2009. Quick Gun Murugun has been exhibited at the London Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New York City (MoMa).

The film also has some Tamil dialogues and Hindi songs. The film was dubbed in several languages, including Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

A mobile video game based on the film was also released by Indiagames.

Plot
Quick Gun Murugun is an unlikely superhero, a Tamil cowboy whose duty is to protect the world against arch villain restaurant owner Rice Plate Reddy, who wants to create the ultimate non-vegetarian dosa.  The film revolves around the adventures of Murugun along with his love-to-be Mango Dolly and Locket Lover. Murugun is a typical vegetarian cowboy who made himself into Quick Gun Murugan. He has to do something good for the world, so he believes that vegetarianism is the need of the hour. Murugun enters into a battle that spans time and space, from a small south Indian village to Heaven and then finally to cosmopolitan Mumbai across 25 years. He is torn between Mango Dolly, who loves him secretly, and his first love Locket Lover. His loyalty is put to the test. Mango Dolly gets hit by a bullet. While dying, she expresses her love to Murugun. Realizing that he too loves Mango Dolly, he tells her that he too loves her and that she can "stay with him". Finally, Murugun is able to succeed in his mission by defeating Rice Plate Reddy.

Cast

 Rajendra Prasad as Quick Gun Murugun
 Rambha as Mango Dolly
 Anuradha Menon as Locket Lover
 Nassar as Rice Plate Reddy
 Raju Sundaram as Rowdy MBA
 Ashwin Mushran as Dr. Django
 Shanmugarajan as Gun Powder
 Vinay Pathak as Chitragupta
 Kishori Ballal as Mrs. S. G. Murugan
 Sandhya Mridul as TV Host
 Manjit Baba as Dacoit
 Ranvir Shorey in a guest appearance
 Gaurav Kapoor in a guest appearance
 Robin Gurung in a guest appearance as a cameraman

Reception
Chandrima Pal of Rediff.com gave 3.5 out of 5, saying 'From his two-minute life span on a music channel, Quick Gun Murugan has come a long way indeed and deserves this full-length feature dedicated to our very own Indian Cowboy with a buckle to die for (Stylists, may I please have a replica of the same?!). On the whole, QGM is as delicious as Mrs Murugan's dosais. As Rice Plate would have said, "A1, Tip Top!"'. Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave this film 3/5 rating and described it as 'Quick Gun Murugan is an innovative experience. The adventures should appeal to the youth mainly. Rajeev Masand gave it a 3 out of 5 and said 'Good spoofs are hard to come by, but director Shashanka Ghosh’s Quick Gun Murugun is a rare exception'. Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times said 'This one is so much funnier as a whole. Go for it, I say!' and gave 3 out of 5 stars.

Soundtrack

*remixed by Deep & DJ Chandu

References

External links

2000s Hindi-language films
2000s parody films
2000s Western (genre) comedy films
2009 action comedy films
2009 comedy films
2009 films
English-language Indian films
Films scored by Raghu Dixit
Films directed by Shashanka Ghosh
Films set in heaven
Films set in Mumbai
Fox Star Studios films
Indian action comedy films
Indian parody films
Indian Western (genre) comedy films
2000s English-language films
Films based on television series
Films based on television shows
Films adapted for other media


Peniel College was a Nazarene college located in Peniel, Texas. It has since closed.

History
Texas Holiness University was founded by B. A. Cordell and E. C. DeJernett in 1898. It was then established on a 37-acre campus in 1899 by A. M. Hills and a small holiness community at Holiness, later called Peniel and now part of Greenville, Texas. It was sponsored by the Holiness Association of Texas, but the association disbanded in 1910 after many of its members united with the Church of the Nazarene. The school then became one of the first three "official" Nazarene educational institutions in 1908, supported by the Dallas District Church of the Nazarene, and the name was changed to Peniel College. In 1920, the college merged with Oklahoma Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma, which was then renamed "Bethany-Peniel College".

Peniel's presidents included A. M. Hills, Edgar Ellyson (1907-1911), Roy T. Williams (1911-1913), J. B. Chapman (1913-1918), and A. K. Bracken, who took the presidency at Bethany-Peniel College in 1920.

Legacy
Founded in 1909, Oklahoma Holiness College, called Oklahoma Nazarene College when it absorbed Peniel College, took on the founding date of Texas Holiness University (1899).

Notes and references

Universities and colleges established in 1899
1920 disestablishments in Texas
Buildings and structures in Hunt County, Texas
Defunct private universities and colleges in Texas
Defunct Nazarene universities and colleges
1899 establishments in Texas


Jabez Fitch may refer to:
 Jabez G. Fitch (1764–1824), businessman and political figure from Vermont
 Jabez W. Fitch (1823–1884), American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio


Kenneth George "Buck" Davies (August 10, 1922 – November 11, 2004) was a Canadian ice hockey player, who played center. He played one game in the National Hockey League a playoff game with the New York Rangers on April 4, 1948 against the Detroit Red Wings. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1942 to 1961, was spent in the minor leagues. Davies was born in Bowmanville, Ontario.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

See also
 List of players who played only one game in the NHL

References

External links

1922 births
2004 deaths
Buffalo Bisons (AHL) players
Canadian ice hockey centres
Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
New Haven Ramblers players
New York Rangers players
Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
Oshawa Generals players
Philadelphia Ramblers players
Providence Reds players
St. Paul Saints (USHL) players
Sportspeople from Clarington
Washington Presidents players


Rail transport in Catalonia operates on three rail gauges and services are operated by a variety of public operators:
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya lines (FGC):
Metro de Barcelona lines
Línia Barcelona-Vallès
Llobregat–Anoia line
Broad gauge lines (Renfe):
Rodalies Barcelona lines
Regional lines ( in Catalan)
Long-distance lines ()
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona lines (TMB):
Metro de Barcelona
Tramway lines:
Tramvia Blau (TMB)
Tram lines (TRAM)
High speed lines in Catalonia (Renfe)
AVE lines (in Standard gauge)
High speed trains (in broad gauge)
Funicular and aerial tramway of Catalonia (Funiculars i telefèrics de Catalunya)

Transport authorities

Transport authorities are inter-administrative voluntary corporations responsible for coordinating the public transportation system. There are currently four transport authorities in Catalonia:
Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) in Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona (Barcelona and part of Tarragona and Girona).
Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat del Camp de Tarragona (ATM Camp de Tarragona) in Camp de Tarragona.
Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Lleida (ATM Àrea de Lleida) in some parts of Lleida.
Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de l'Àrea de Girona (ATM Àrea de Girona) ) in some parts of Comarques Gironines.
In project:
Autoritat Territorial de la Mobilitat de les Comarques Centrals (ATM Comarques Centrals) in Comarques Centrals.

Rodalies de Barcelona

Rodalies Barcelona  is the principal element of Barcelona metropolitan area transport and in some municipalities of Girona and Tarragona.

There are 15 lines (R1-R2-R3-R4-R7-R10-S1-S2-S5-S55-S1-S8-S33-R5-R6) operated by:
Renfe Operadora : 6 lines (broad gauge).
 Molins de Rei - L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Mataró - Blanes - Maçanet-Massanes (via Barcelona Plaça Catalunya) St. Vicenç Calders - Vilanova i la Geltrú - Castelldefels - Granollers Centre - St Celoni - Maçanet-Massanes (via Bcn Passeig de Gràcia) L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Vic  - Ripoll - Puigcerdà - La Tor de Querol (via Barcelona Plaça Catalunya) Sant Vicenç de Calders - Vilafranca del Penedès - Martorell - Terrassa - Manresa (via Barcelona Plaça Catalunya) L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Martorell (via Cerdanyola-Universitat and Barcelona Plaça Catalunya) Martorell Central - Granollers Centre (via Cerdanyola-Universitat)Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya  : 2 lines (standard gauge) 8 lines (metric gauge).
FGC Línia Barcelona-Vallès:
 Barcelona Plaça Catalunya - Terrassa-Nacions Unides (via Sant Cugat Centre) Barcelona Plaça Catalunya - Sabadell-Parc del Nord (via Sant Cugat Centre)FGC Llobregat–Anoia line:
 Barcelona Plaça Espanya - Can Ros
 Barcelona Plaça Espanya - Olesa de Montserrat
 Barcelona Plaça Espanya - Martorell Enllaç
 Barcelona Plaça Espanya - Quatre Camins
 Barcelona Plaça Espanya - Manresa-Baixador
 Barcelona Plaça Espanya - Manresa-Baixador (semi-direct)
 Barcelona Plaça Espanya - Igualada
 Barcelona Plaça Espanya - Igualada (semi-direct)

 Rodalies de Girona
Renfe Operadora RG1 line:
 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Figueres - Portbou

 Rodalies de Lleida
FGC Lleida-La Pobla line:
 Lleida-Pirineus - Balaguer
 Lleida-Pirineus - La Pobla de Segur

 Rodalies de Tarragona
Renfe Operadora Tarragona's lines:
 Tarragona - Reus (service suspended due to Covid pandemic and not reactivated yet as of May 2023. The route is covered by Regional Exprés' lines R14 and R15) Salou- PortAventura - Tarragona - L'Arboç (service suspended due to Covid pandemic and not reactivated yet as of may 2023. The route is covered by Barcelona's R4 from L'Arboç to Sant Vicenç de Calders and by Regional Exprés' R17 from there to Salou)The Generalitat de Catalunya is building a tramway system connecting several cities of the Camp de Tarragona, those being Reus, Tarragona, Vila-seca, Cambrils and Salou. This service, the Tramvia del Camp de Tarragona (also called TramCamp) will comprise around 46km of tracks and 47 stations, with a first part of 14km (between Cambrils, Salou and Vila-seca) being finished in 2026 and the Vila-seca - Tarragona and Vila-seca - Reus sections finishing in no longer than 10 years from the initial announcement in 2023. The whole system will be built in Standard-gauge railway and operated by Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

  and Regional Exprés

 or Regional Exprés: Those lines cover the four Catalan provinces. Lines are operated by:
Renfe Operadora: 8 lines (broad gauge) and one of standard gauge:
 Barcelona-Sants - Figueres railway station - Portbou
 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat - Lleida-Pirineus (via Barcelona, Sabadell, Terrassa, Manresa, Cervera and Mollerussa) Barcelona-França - Lleida-Pirineus (via Roda de Berà, Valls and Montblanch) Barcelona-França - Lleida-Pirineus (via Tarragona and Reus) Barcelona-França - Riba-roja d'Ebre (via Tarragona and Reus) Barcelona-França - Tortosa (with some expeditions to Vinaròs and València-Nord) Barcelona-França - Tarragona - Salou- PortAventura
Avant  Barcelona Sants - Camp de Tarragona - Lleida-Pirineus
Avant  Barcelona Sants - Camp de Tarragona - Tortosa
Avant  Barcelona Sants - Girona - Figueres-Vilafant

 or  (in Catalan or Castilian)  are Renfe lines that used other Renfe lines,  or Rodalies, and connect Catalonia with other Spanish towns or European cities. Some of them are high speed lines.
Estrella (120 km/h):Costa Brava: Madrid Chamartín · Alcalá de Henares · Guadalajara · Sigüenza · Arcos de Jalón · Calatayud · La Puebla de Híjar · Casp · Flix · Móra la Nova · Reus · Tarragona · Sant Vicenç de Calders · Barcelona Sants · Granollers Centre · Caldes de Malavella · Girona · Flaçà · Figueres · Llançà · Portbou · Cervera de la MarendaGalicia: Barcelona Sants · Tarragona · Reus · Lleida-Pirineus · Montsó-Riu Cinca · Saragossa-Delicias · Tudela de Navarra · Castejón de Ebro · Logronyo · Burgos · Palència · Lleó · Astorga · Ponferrada · O Barco de Valdeorras · A Rúa-Petín · San Clodio-Quiroga · Monforte de Lemos >
La Corunya branch: Sarria · Lugo · Curtis · Betanzos-Infesta · La Corunya-San Cristóbal
Vigo branch: Ourense-Empalme · Guillarei · O Porriño · Redondela de Galícia · VigoPío Baroja: Barcelona Sants · Tarragona · Reus · Lleida-Pirineus · Montsó-Riu Cinca · Saragossa-Delicias >
Bilbao branch: Tudela de Navarra · Castejón de Ebro · Calahorra · Logronyo · Miranda de Ebro · Llodio · Bilbao-Abando
Asturias branch: Tudela de Navarra · Castejón de Ebro · Calahorra · Logronyo · Miranda de Ebre · Burgos · Palència · Sahagún · Lleó · Pola de Lena · Mieres-Puente · Oviedo · Gijón-Jovellanos · Gijón-Cercanías
Hendaia branch: Tudela de Navarra · Castejón de Ebro · Tafalla · Pamplona · Alsasua · Zumárraga · Beasaín · Tolosa · Sant Sebastià · Irun · Hendaia
Salamanca branch: Tudela · Castejón de Ebro · Calahorra · Logronyo · Miranda de Ebro · Burgos · Palència · Valladolid-Campo Grande · Medina del Campo · Cantalapiedra · Salamanca
TalgoCatalà Talgo: Barcelona Sants - Montpeller-Saint RochMare Nostrum: Cartagena/Llorca - Montpeller-Saint RochMiguel de Unamuno: Barcelona Sants - País Basc/Salamanca
Barcelona Sants - Llorca
Barcelona Sants - Múrcia
Alvia
Barcelona-Sants · Camp de Tarragona · Lleida Pirineus · Saragossa-Delicias · Tudela · Castejón de Ebro · Tafalla · Pamplona · Vitoria-Gasteiz · Miranda de Ebro · Burgos · Palencia · Sahagún · León · Astorga · Bembibre · Ponferrada · O Barco de Valdeorras · A Rua-Petín · San Clodio-Quiroga · Monforte de Lemos · Ourense-Empalme · O Porriño · Redondela · Vigo
TrenhotelAntonio Machado: Barcelona-Sants · Tarragona · València-La Font de Sant Lluís · Còrdova Central · Sevilla-Santa Justa · Jerez de la Frontera · El Puerto de Santa María · CadisGibralfaro:ruta Màlaga: Barcelona Sants · Tarragona · Salou · Vinaròs · Castelló de la Plana · València Nord · Almansa · Albacete · Alcázar de San Juan · Linares-Baeza · Espeluy · Andújar · Còrdova Central · Montilla · Puente Genil · Bobadilla · Màlaga-María Zambranoruta Granada: Barcelona Sants · Tarragona · Salou · Vinaròs · Castelló de la Plana · València Nord · Almansa · Albacete · Alcázar de San Juan · Linares-Baeza · Jódar-Úbeda · Moreda · Iznalloz · GranadaJoan Miró: Barcelona Estació de França · Girona · Figueres · Limoges · Orleans-Les Aubrais · París AusterlitzPau Casals: Barcelona Estació de França · Girona · Figueres · Perpinyà · Ginebra · Lausana · Friburgo de Brisgovia · Berna · Zuric CentralSalvador Dalí: Barcelona Estació de França · Girona · Figueres · Perpinyà · Torí Porta Susa · Milà Centrale
Euromed (220 km/h):
Barcelona - Alacant: Sagrera (2010) · Barcelona Sants · Tarragona · Castelló de la Plana · València Nord · Alacant Terminal
Alaris (160–200 km/h) (490 o 120 Renfe stock):
Barcelona - València: Barcelona Estació de França · Barcelona Sants · Tarragona · Salou · L'Aldea-Amposta-Tortosa · Vinaròs · Benicarló-Peníscola · Orpesa del Mar · Benicàssim · Castelló de la Plana · Sagunt · València Nord
Barcelona - Alacant: (Estacions Alaris: Barcelona - València) · Alacant Terminal
Arco (200 km/h):García Lorca: Barcelona Sants · Sant Vicenç de Calders ·Tarragona · Salou · L'Aldea-Amposta-Tortosa · Vinaròs · Benicarló-Peñíscola · Castelló de la Plana · València Nord · Xàtiva · Albacete · Villarrobledo · Socuéllamos · Alcázar de San Juan · Extremadura / Almería / Granada / Sevilla / Màlaga

 Alta Velocidad Española

High speed lines are operated by Renfe in a commercial branch called Alta Velocidad Española (AVE). Those lines run on new standard gauge railways.
Barcelona Sants - Zaragoza-Delicias: via Lleida-Pirineus, el Camp de Tarragona.
Barcelona Sants - Madrid-Puerta de Atocha
Barcelona Sants - Málaga-María Zambrano
Barcelona Sants - Sevilla-Santa Justa

 Railway gauge

Most of Catalan's railway gauge is broad gauge, as in other parts of Spain, and new railways are built in standard gauge to be able to connect with European railways; therefore, some stations exist where trains can change gauges. Currently, there are only two stations in Catalonia with that capability:
 Portbou: Talgo system.
 Roda de Barà: Talgo and Brava-CAF systems.

 Metropolitan railways

There are 11 metropolitan lines in Barcelona (L1-L2-L3-L4-L5-L6-L7-L8-L9-L10-L11) operated by:
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona: 7 underground lines, one of them in old Spanish broad gauge (line 1); the others have standard gauge.
 (Opened on 1926 called Ferrocarril Metropolità Transversal de Barcelona) Hospital de Bellvitge - Fondo
 (Opened on 1995) Paral·lel - Badalona Pompeu Fabra
 (Opened on 1924 called Gran Metropolità de Barcelona) Zona Universitària - Trinitat Nova
 (Opened on 1973) Trinitat Nova - La Pau
 (Opened in 1969) Cornellà Centre - Vall d'Hebron
 (Line 9 will open partially in September 2009 and totally in 2014) Aeroport-Terminal sud - Can Zam
 (Line 9 branch) Zona Franca ZAL - Gorg
 (Opened in 2003) Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya:Metro del Vallès:
  (Opened in 1863) Plaça Catalunya - Reina Elisenda.
 (Opened in 1954) Plaça Catalunya - Avinguda Tibidabo.Metro del Baix Llobregat'':
 (Opened in 1912) Plaça Espanya - Molí Nou-Ciutat Cooperativa.

Territory
Nowadays there are 32 comarcas (group of municipalities) with some kind of rail service; 14 of those have Rodalies Barcelona and/or FGC services. There are  with medium- or long-distance stations and nine  without rail service.

 (rodalies and/or MD and/or LD):
Alt Penedès
Anoia
Bages
Baix Llobregat
Baix Penedès
Baixa Cerdanya
Barcelonès
Garraf
Maresme
Osona
Ripollès
Selva
Vallès Occidental
Vallès Oriental

 (MD or LD):
Alt Camp
Alt Empordà
Baix Camp
Baix Ebre
Conca de Barberà
Garrigues
Gironès
Montsià
Noguera
Pallars Jussà
Pla d'Urgell
Priorat
Ribera d'Ebre
Segarra
Segrià
Tarragonès
Terra Alta
Urgell

 without service:
Alt Urgell
Alta Ribagorça
Baix Empordà
Berguedà
Garrotxa
Pallars Sobirà
Pla de l'Estany
Solsonès
Vall d'Aran

References

Transport in Catalonia


Bolko II of Ziębice (; 1 February 1300 – 11 June 1341) was a Duke of Jawor-Lwówek-Świdnica-Ziębice in Poland from 1301 to 1312 (with his brothers as co-rulers), of Świdnica-Ziębice from 1312 to 1322 (with his brother as co-ruler), and sole Duke of Ziębice from 1322 until his death.

He was the fourth son of Bolko I the Strict, Duke of Jawor-Lwówek-Świdnica-Ziębice, by his wife Beatrix, daughter of Otto V the Long, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel. He was named after his eldest brother Bolko, who died on 30 January 1300, just two days before his birth.

Life
At the time of his father's death in 1301, Bolko II was not quite two years old. Therefore, he and his siblings were placed under the care of their mother and the guardianship of their maternal uncle, Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, until 1305, when the eldest living brother Bernard assumed the government and the tutelage of his brothers. Out of fear that the duchy would be fragmented, Bolko II was initially destined for a career in the Church.  Bolko II strongly resisted these plans, and in 1322 received the district of Ziębice as an independent duchy from Bernard.

In 1322, Bolko II, alongside Bernard, took part with Teutonic Knights in the expedition against Lithuania.

On the threshold of his reign, Bolko II fell into conflict with the Church. The continued financial difficulties of the Duke lead him to invade and steal goods from the monasteries of  and Kamieniec Ząbkowicki. In 1329, the Duke attacked the suite of the Papal legate Pietro di Alverni. This action motivated the intervention of the Kings of Poland and Bohemia, with the support of almost all of the Silesian dukes. Defeated, Bolko II was excommunicated by the Bishop of Wrocław, Nanker. The excommunication was only removed after Bolko II paid large sums to both the Papal legate and the monasteries as compensation.

In 1335, the Duchy of Ziębice was attacked by Charles of Luxembourg, Margrave of Moravia and heir of the Bohemian Kingdom, because Bolko II refused to pay homage for his duchy. It was the shortest route between Prague and the most important Silesian city, Wrocław, at that time under the control of the Bohemian Kingdom. Charles ignored Bolko II's determination, and sent a small force against him. The Duke quickly defeated the force, capturing 150 of the major Bohemian knights, but he failed to halt the destruction of the Bohemian lands made by Charles's army. Bolko II was able to take advantage from the captivity of the Bohemian knights; however, he only asked a very small ransom for them.  Bolko II won the 1335 war.

However, in June 1336, Bolko II voluntary paid homage to the King of Bohemia. The withdrawal of the Silesian Dukes by King Casimir III the Great of Poland eliminated Bolko II's hope of building an effective power against the Bohemian Kingdom. Also, Bolko II received the district of Kłodzko during his lifetime. Bolko II's act of homage confirmed that, after the eventual extinction of the male line of the Dukes of Ziębice, the Duchy would fall under the direct rule of the King of Bohemia.

Bolko II struggled with his continuing financial problems, increased by his prodigality. In 1337, he was forced to pledge Ząbkowice to Charles of Luxembourg, and shortly after, for the amount of 2,300 fines he pledged Strzelin and Kąty Wrocławskie. At the end, Bolko II only retained the capital of the Duchy, Ziębice. Despite this, Bolko II cared about the economic development of his estate, which enjoyed a relatively high popularity among the Silesian cities.

Bolko II died on 11 June 1341 in Ziębice, and was buried in the .

Marriage and issue
By 21 November 1321, Bolko II married Bonne de Savoie (also named Guta or Judith), daughter (either legitimate) or illegitimate
of Louis II of Savoy, Baron of Vaud. Bonne was the widow of Matthew IV Csák, a Hungarian nobleman (son of the infamous oligarch Matthew III Csák) and also mother of two sons, Matthew V and James. Bolko II and Guta had two children:
Nicholas the Small (b. c. 1327 – d. 23 April 1358).
Margareta (b. c. 1330 – d. August aft. 1368), a nun in Strzelin.

Ancestry

References

External links
BOLKO II ZIĘBICKI

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1341 deaths
People temporarily excommunicated by the Catholic Church
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Reig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys osvaldoreigi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to central Argentina, where it is known only from a grassland location in Cordoba Province at an elevation above 2000 m in the Sierras Grandes. The species is threatened by disruption of its habitat by fire and sheep grazing. It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).

References

Mammals of Argentina
Tuco-tucos
Endemic fauna of Argentina
Mammals described in 1995


Radio Fusion Radio is the debut album by rap group, the College Boyz. It was released on April 7, 1992, through Virgin Records. The album found some success, making it to #118 on the Billboard 200, #25 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #2 on the Top Heatseekers, as did three singles released from the album. Both "Hollywood Paradox" and "Humpin" found decent success on the Hot Rap Singles chart, at #19 but the most successful was "Victim of the Ghetto", which peaked at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100, #28 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and #4 on the Hot Rap Singles.

Track listing
"Victim of the Ghetto"- 4:53
"Interlude 1: Radio Fusion Radio"- :28
"Hollywood Paradox"- 3:45
"Politics of a Gangster"- 3:53
"Underground Blues"- 3:22
"Interlude 2: The Homeless"- :52
"Rigmarole"- 3:13
"Interlude 3: After These Messages"- :05
"Interlude 4: Peter Pump"- :53
"Interlude 5: I Gotcha"- :39
"Humpin'"- 5:03
"Interlude 6: Phone Sex"- :33
"College Boyz in the House"- 3:45
"Interlude 7: Concerned Parent"- :09
"Real Man"- 3:59
"Interlude 8: Highroller Parade"- :32
"How Ta Act"- 3:15
"Interlude 9: Tips of the Day"- 1:08
"Funky Quartet of the Day"- 3:19
"Interlude 10: Who the Fuck Is This?"- :38
"Politics of a Gangster Dub"- 4:14

Samples
"Hollywood Paradox"
"Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
"For the Love of You (Part 1 & 2)" by The Isley Brothers
"Humpin'"
"Humpin'" by The Gap Band
"Interlude: Peter Pump"
"Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste of Honey
"Interlude: Phone Sex"
"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" by Luther Ingram
"Underground Blues"
"Seven Minutes of Funk" by The Whole Darn Family
"Good Times" by Chic
"Atomic Dog" by George Clinton
"Victim of the Ghetto"
"The Newness Is Gone" by Eddie Kendricks
"Politics of a Gangster"
"Gangsta Gangsta" by N.W.A
"Politics of a Gangster Dub"
"B-Boy Bouillabaisse" by Beastie Boys
"Rigmarole"
"Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles chart awards
Victim of The Ghetto

Hollywood Paradox

Humpin

References

1992 debut albums
College Boyz albums
Virgin Records albums


Larry Willis may refer to:

Larry Willis (born 1942), American jazz pianist and composer
Larry Ray Willis (born 1963), American-born Canadian and Arena Football League player
Larry Willis (American football) (born 1948), American football safety


Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition is the fifth published novel of Bernard Malamud. It is a novel in the form of a short story cycle, which gathers six stories dealing with Arthur Fidelman, an art student from the Bronx who travels to Italy, initially to research Giotto, but also with the hopes of becoming a painter. It was published in 1969 and includes stories from Malamud's earlier collections The Magic Barrel (1958) and Idiots First (1963), plus two previously uncollected stories and one previously unpublished story.

Background
The novel consists of six linked stories. As Malamud's official biographer, Philip Davis, points out: "The first three of the six stories in Fidelman had been published previously: "The Last Mohican" in The Magic Barrel (1958), and "Still Life" and "Naked Nude" in Idiots First (1963); "A Pimp’s Revenge" was published in Playboy and "Pictures of the Artist" in The Atlantic Monthly, both in 1968.

Malamud had already published two collections of short stories by the time he gathered these stories together for a book. But his intention here was not to publish a third short story collection:

The Stories

Aside from Arthur Fidelman, the only character that appears in more than one story is Bessie, his sister, a mother of five living in Levittown, who occasionally sends him money. Bessie also loaned Fidelman her "bulky, two-strapped affair" suitcase for his Italian adventure (11).

"The Last Mohican"
First published in the Spring 1958 Partisan Review and later included in Malamud's first short story collection The Magic Barrel, Fidelman arrives in Rome wide-eyed with wonder ("a Bronx boy walking around in all this history" (18)), but is repeatedly accosted by eccentric beggar Shimon Susskind, "a Jewish refugee from Israel, no less" (14).

"Still Life"
First published in the Winter 1962 Partisan Review and later included in Idiots First; Fidelman moves into a studio with Annamaria Oliovino, whom he is attracted to though she repeatedly mistreats him. To keep warm in his pittrice's drafty loft, Fidelman wears "a new thick sweater Bessie had knitted for him" (60).

"Naked Nude"
First published in the August 1963 Playboy and later included in Idiots First; Fidelman finds himself working as a toilet-scrubber in a whorehouse, at the mercy of Scarpio and Angelo, who convince him to forge Titian's Venus of Urbino in exchange for his freedom. Passing reference is made to Susskind from the opening story:

"'Who's that hanging?' Scarpio points to a long-coated figure loosely dangling from a gallows rope among Fidelman's other doodles.

Who but Susskind, surely. A dim figure out of the past.

'Just a friend. Nobody you know'" (69-70).

Later, reference is made to two women in Fidelman's past, providing the stories continuity:

"He is at the same time choked by remembered lust for all the women he had ever desired, from Bessie to Annamaria Oliovino, and for their garters, underpants, slips or half-slips, brassieres and stockings" (85).

"A Pimp's Revenge"
Previously uncollected story published in the February 1968 issue of Playboy. Fidelman, now living in Florence, Italy, tries to complete a painting that has tormented him for years, of himself and his mother, and though he finally manages to create a masterpiece, it does not convey what he had hoped it would. Esmeralda, an 18-year-old prostitute, moves in with Fidelman, becoming his housekeeper, cook, bedmate, and muse. Ludovico Belvedere, a failed artist and erstwhile Esmeralda's pimp, is a recurring thorn in the side to Fidelman and Esmeralda, especially after financial pressures force the girl to return to her dishonorable profession with Fidelman serving as her pimp.

Malamud deftly weaves continuity into his story, referencing characters from earlier stories, as in this passage describing the face of his mother that he continually paints only to scrape off in vexation:

"I've made her old and young, and sometimes resembling Annamaria Oliovino, or Teresa, the chambermaid in Milan; even a little like Susskind, when my memory gets mixed up, who was a man I met when I first came to Rome" (107-08).

Annamaria Oliovino appeared in "Still Life," Teresa in "Naked Nude," and Susskind in "Last Mohican." Fidelman's sister Bessie is also mentioned throughout the story.

"Pictures of the Artist"
Previously uncollected story published by The Atlantic Monthly in December 1968. Fidelman's stream-of-consciousness, heavy with quotations, revealing his thoughts about life, art, and truth.

"Glass Blower of Venice"
Previously unpublished story, so this marked its first appearance in print. Fidelman learns about love and glass blowing, and finally returns to America.

Reception
When the book came out Anatole Broyard of The New York Times compared it unfavorably to Malamud's previous book, The Assistant:
What [Malamud] has done in Pictures of Fidelman is to reverse the principle of his most successful book, The Assistant. There he thrust an Italian, Frank Alpine, into the thick texture of Jewish life, where he functioned as a kind of perspective by incongruity, a green pepper in the chicken fat. Now Fidelman, a "Classical" Jew from the Bronx, is put down in Italy presumably for the same purpose.But where Alpine learned the nobility of suffering from the Jew, Fidelman learns, as far as one can discover, nothing but pimping, glass blowing and sodomy from the Italians. And perhaps it is this poor return for his years of expatriation that robs Pictures of Fidelman of the moral breadth, the grand lugubriousness, that distinguishes Malamud's best stories.
Broyard concludes that "Malamud is too talented a writer not to make this book a joy in many of its details. But there are too many unanswered questions, too many glib capitulations to the modern canon, which absolves the author of all responsibility for his stories."

References
Pictures of Fidelman: An Exhibition. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969.

1969 American novels
1969 short story collections
American short story collections
Short story collections by Bernard Malamud
Jewish American short story collections
Farrar, Straus and Giroux books


Bernard Friedman (1896–1984) was a South African politician.

Bernard Friedman may also refer to:
Bernard A. Friedman (born 1943), U.S. federal judge
Bernie Friedman, American attorney
Bernardas Fridmanas (1859–1939), or Bernard Naftal Friedman, Minister for Jewish Affairs of Lithuania, 1923
B. H. Friedman (1926–2011), American author and art critic


Charles Stanley Duncan (1889 – after 1927) was a Scottish professional footballer who scored 88 goal from 266 appearances in the Scottish League and 6 goals from 22 appearances in the English Football League. He began his senior career with Dunfermline Athletic, played for English club Birmingham ither side of the First World War, and returned to Scotland where he represented Rangers, Third Lanark, Clyde, Dundee and Arbroath. He was capped once for the Scottish League representative team. He played as a centre forward.

Career
Duncan was born in Kinross. He played for Dunfermline Athletic before coming to England to sign for Birmingham of the Second Division in 1913. He made his debut in the Football League on 22 February 1913, scoring the opening goal in a 3–1 home win against Hull City, and followed up with three more goals in the next five games, but lost his place when Billy Jones returned to fitness. Unable to establish himself in the first team, Duncan scored a remarkable 52 goals in the 1914–15 season for Birmingham's reserve team as they won the Birmingham & District League title. When the Football League was suspended for the duration of the First World War, Duncan returned to Scotland and signed for Clyde. He joined Rangers for the 1916–17 season, scored twice in the opening game against Dundee and a hat-trick in the third game, against Dumbarton, and finished the season as the club's top scorer, with 15 goals from 25 League games.

While a Clyde player, he was selected by the Scottish League XI for a representative match against the Irish League XI. The game took place on 26 October 1921 at Clyde's home ground, Shawfield Stadium, and Duncan scored the third goal of a 3–0 win.

References

1889 births
Year of death missing
Footballers from Perth and Kinross
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Birmingham City F.C. players
Clyde F.C. players
Rangers F.C. players
Third Lanark A.C. players
Dundee F.C. players
Arbroath F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
English Football League players
Date of birth missing
Place of death missing
Scottish Football League representative players


The Sherwood-Parkdale Metros were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Sherwood, Prince Edward Island.  They were one-time Centennial Cup National finalists.

History
The Sherwood-Parkdale Metros were founded in the early to mid-1970s as members of Prince Edward Island's Island Junior Hockey League.  They were a Tier II Junior "A" club and were eligible for the Centennial Cup.

In 1979, the Metros were the top of the Island Junior Hockey League.  They ended up winning the Eastern Canada Junior A championship and entered into the 1979 Centennial Cup in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.  The Metros were up against the Central Champion Guelph Platers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and the Western Champion Prince Albert Raiders of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.  In their first game they lost to Prince Albert 7–2, but beat Guelph 6–5 in the second game.  They lost their third game to Prince Albert 8–6.  The fourth game was do-or-die, the winner went to the final while the loser went home.  The Metros were victorious as they beat Guelph 5–4 to move on to a one-game final for the national championship against the Raiders.  The Metros took the Raiders to overtime in the final, but fell 5–4.

In 1980, again the Metros won the IJHL.  They won the Eastern Canadian championship and moved on to the 1980 Centennial Cup in North York, Ontario.  They started out the round robin with a 7–6 double overtime win over the North York Rangers on the OPJHL.  Then they played Brent Sutter and the Red Deer Rustlers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, losing 6–0.  In the third game they lost to North York 4–3 to set up a fourth game that would either make or break the Metros.  They forced overtime against the Rustlers, but lost 7–6 in the second period of extra time—ending their tournament.

In 1989, the team changed its name to the Sherwood-Parkdale Kings.  In 1991, the Summerside Western Capitals and Charlottetown Abbies vacated the Island Junior Hockey League to join the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League in Nova Scotia, thus creating the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.  The Kings folded.

Season-by-Season record

See also
List of ice hockey teams in Prince Edward Island

External links
Hockey PEI Website
MHL Website

Maritime Junior Hockey League teams
Ice hockey teams in Prince Edward Island
1991 disestablishments in Prince Edward Island
Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1991
1970s establishments in Prince Edward Island
Sports clubs and teams established in the 1970s


WMXZ (95.9 FM, "Mix 95.9") is a radio station licensed to Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States, serving the South Carolina Lowcountry.  The station is owned by Saga Communications, and operates as part of its Charleston Radio Group.  WMXZ airs an adult top 40 format.  The station's studios are located in Charleston (east of the Cooper River) and the transmitter tower is in West Ashley, South Carolina.

In 2012, WMXZ commenced HD Radio service with 99.3 The Box on the HD2 channel, featuring Urban and R&B music.

History
Vic Whetstone owned WWBD in Bamberg, South Carolina for 25 years. Miller Communications, a company based in Sumter, South Carolina, acquired it in 2003.  It then became a classic rock station as "Bad Dog 95.7". In September 2005, WWBD upgraded from 6,000 to 25,000 watts with a new 500-foot tower in Canaan. In 2006, WWBD changed to country music as "Outlaw 95.7" but listeners overwhelmingly demanded that Bad Dog return, so it did after four months. In June 2007, Miller applied for a change in the city of license to Isle of Palms near Charleston but said Bad Dog would stay in Orangeburg.

Apex Broadcasting, owner of WXTC, WIHB, and WXST, purchased WWBD from Miller in a deal announced in July 2008. The power had been increased to 50,000 watts.

WSPO was part of a large frequency swap in Charleston and Myrtle Beach. The 96.1 frequency in Charleston moved to the Myrtle Beach market and became the new home of WKZQ-FM. WKZQ's former 101.7 frequency moved to Hanahan and is owned by Apex Broadcasting. This allowed the Charleston metro area to get a new station, as WWBD moved to Isle of Palms with Apex as its new owner. The Bad Dog format began simulcasting with Miller's 105.1 WGFG on January 14, 2009.  The simulcast stopped and 95.7 FM is now silent, with WQKI-FM expected to take over the frequency.

The station was assigned the WSPO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on February 25, 2009.  They were switched to WIOP in June 2009 when the WSPO calls went to the sister station at 1390 AM with its new sports talk format.

On June 18, 2009 FM 95.9 launched in the Charleston area with a classic hits format, last heard on WXLY before it dropped the format in favor of adult contemporary in late 2007.  The station re-imaged as "95-9 IOP" in August 2010, and switched to country music on September 15, 2010 as "Kickin 95.9, Real Country Variety".

On May 31, 2011 WIHB (now WCKN) began simulcasting WIOP. On June 13, 2011 WIOP stopped simulcasting and began stunting with construction sounds. On June 15, 2011 WIOP ended stunting and changed their format to soft adult contemporary, branded as "Lite 95.9". The station featured a blend of light AC hits, softer rock oldies, and some adult standards from the 1960s through the early 2000s but was entirely gold-based, playing no current product.  Artists heard on Lite 95.9 included Lionel Richie, Elton John, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Mariah Carey, Olivia Newton-John, Josh Groban, Eric Clapton, Celine Dion, Kenny Rogers, and Barbra Streisand.

On March 5, 2012, WIOP became the "New Mix 95.9", with hot adult contemporary, and changed their call letters to WMXZ on March 14, 2012.

In 2014, "Mix 95.9" became "Mix 96" and while still CHR the station is trying to compete with Charleston's Cumulus-owned WSSX "95-SX.", the only other CHR in the market. That all changed in April 2017, when Mediabase moved the station to the Top 40/CHR panel.

In July 2017, WMXZ reverted to the "Mix 95.9" branding.

On September 6, 2017, the sale of the station to Saga Communications was complete.

HD2 format change
On March 27, 2013, WMXZ's HD2 subchannel changed their format from Regional Mexican to mainstream urban, branded as "99.3 The Box" (using the frequency of FM translator W257BQ in its branding).

References

External links
Mix 95.9 website

MXZ
Radio stations established in 1967
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States


Hurdia is an extinct genus of hurdiid radiodont that lived 505 million years ago during the Cambrian Period. Fossils have been found in North America, China and the Czech Republic.

Description
Hurdia was one of the largest organisms in the Cambrian oceans, H. victoria reached approximately  in length, while H. triangulata reached up to just . Its head bore a pair of frontal appendages. These frontal appendages had 9 or more rarely 10 or 11 segments/podomeres, which were approximately rectangular and decreased in size towards the end of the appendage. The upper surface of the appendage was convexly curved. Podomeres 2 to 6 bore long downward pointing spines (ventral spines) with forward-curving tips. These ventral spines themselves bore up to 9 equally spaced forward-facing spines dubbed auxiliary spines, with podomeres 7 and 8 bearing shorter, smooth forward curving spines. The frontal appenages were used to bring food to its ring-shaped mouth (oral cone), in which four large plates are present, with inner rows of spines inside the main cone. Like other hurdiids, Hurdia bore a large frontal carapace protruding from its head composed of three sclerites: a central component known as the H-element and two lateral components known as P-elements. Originally, it is estimated that body flaps ran along the sides of the organisms, from which large gills were suspended. However, anatomy of Aegirocassis clarified that Hurdia had both ventral and dorsal flaps, and gills were on trunk segments.

Ecology
Hurdia is either suggested to have used its frontal appendages to sift small prey from sediment, or to have used them as a trap to capture larger benthic (seafloor dwelling) prey.

Distribution
Hurdia had cosmopolitan distribution; it has been recovered from the Burgess Shale in British Columbia, Canada, as well the Spence Shale and Wheeler Shale in Utah, USA, the Shuijingtuo Formation in Hubei, China, and the Jince Formation of the Czech Republic.

Taxonomic history
Hurdia was named in 1912 by Charles Walcott, with two species, the type species H. victoria and a referred species, H. triangulata. The genus name refers to Mount Hurd. It is possible that Walcott had described a specimen the year prior as Amiella, but the specimen is too fragmentary to identify with certainty, so Amiella is a nomen dubium. Walcott's original specimens consisted only of H-elements of the frontal carapace, which he interpreted as being the carapace of an unidentified type of crustacean. P-elements of the carapace were described as a separate genus, Proboscicaris, in 1962.

In 1996, then-curator of the Royal Ontario Museum Desmond H. Collins erected the taxon Radiodonta to encompass Anomalocaris and its close relatives, and included both Hurdia and Proboscicaris in the group. He subsequently recognized that Proboscicaris and Hurdia were based on different parts of the same animal, and recognized that a specimen previously assigned to Peytoia was also a specimen of the species. He presented his ideas in informal articles, and it was not until 2009, after three years of painstaking research, that the complete organism was reconstructed.

Sixty-nine specimens of Hurdia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.13% of the community.

See also
 Paleobiota of the Burgess Shale

References

External links

Burgess Shale fossils
Cambrian arthropods
Anomalocaridids
Cambrian genus extinctions
Fossil taxa described in 1912


An anion exchange membrane (AEM) is a semipermeable membrane generally made from ionomers and designed to conduct anions but reject gases such as oxygen or hydrogen.

Applications
Anion exchange membranes are used in electrolytic cells and fuel cells to separate reactants present around the two electrodes while transporting the anions essential for the cell operation. An important example is the hydroxide anion exchange membrane used to separate the electrodes of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) or direct-ethanol fuel cell (DEFC).

Poly(fluorenyl-co-aryl piperidinium) (PFAP)-based anion exchange materials (electrolyte membrane and electrode binder) with high ion conductivity and durability under alkaline conditions has been demonstrated for use to extract hydrogen from water. Performance was 7.68 A/cm2, some 6x the performance of existing materials. Its yield is about 1.2 times that of commercial proton exchange membrane technology (6 A/cm2), and it does not require the use of expensive rare earth elements. The system works by increasing the specific surface area.

See also
Alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cells
Alkaline fuel cell
Artificial membrane
Gas diffusion electrode
Glossary of fuel cell terms
Ion exchange
Ion-exchange membranes
Proton-exchange membrane

References

Fuel cells
Electrochemistry
Polymers
Hydrogen technologies
Membrane technology


William Fyfe may refer to:

William Fyfe (boatbuilder) (1785–1865), Scottish founder of the Fife & Sons shipyard, grandfather of William Fife#Biography
William Baxter Collier Fyfe (1836–1882), Scottish painter
William Hamilton Fyfe (1878–1965), British–Canadian scholar
William Fyfe (geochemist) (1927–2013), New Zealand geologist
William Patrick Fyfe (born 1955), Canadian serial killer

See also

William Fyffe (disambiguation)
William Fife (disambiguation)


Elevator is a Romanian independent film directed by George Dorobanțu and written by . The screenplay adapts Pintilei's own 2004 stageplay Elevator, which was inspired by a real story that took place in London in 2002. Both the movie and the play won several national and international awards.

Background
In 2004, during a student party at the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography (UNATC), Gabriel Pintilei began work on what would become the play entitled Elevator. He won the DramAcum2 contest for the play.

Alexandra Păun and George Dorobanţu became interested in the cinematographic adaptation of the play after seeing a stage version directed by Adrian Zaharia, at the Teatrul Foarte Mic theater in Bucharest. In 2005 Păun and Dorobanţu met Gabriel Pintilei. After seeing the performances of Iulia Verdeş and Cristi Petrescu in a performance of the play that Pintilei directed, Păun and Dorobanţu cast the two stage actors in leading, and only, roles in the film.

Principal photography took place during 18 days, in August and September 2005, in the Odeon Theatres cargo elevator. The editing dragged on for 2 years, and Florin Piersic Jr joined during the post-production phase as a technical consultant. Ada Milea composed the score, while the end title's song was written by Dan Lăzărescu.

The film was first screened in 2008 at the International Film Festival of Uruguay.

Awards
 "Best Romanian Debut of 2008" award from Romanian Film Critics Association, Bucharest, Romania (May 2009)
 "Audience Choice Award – Best Film" and "Special Commendation – Best First Film" at South-East European Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA (May 2009)
 "Best Debut Award" at Gopo Awards 2009, Bucharest, Romania (March 2009)
 "Best Editing Award" from Romanian Filmmakers Union – UCIN, Bucharest, Romania (February 2009)
 "Audience Choice Award" (Best feature film made by adults about or for youth) at Auburn Film Festival for Children and Youth, Auburn, Australia (September 2008)
 "Fresh Generation Award" at Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic (August 2008)
 "Best Romanian Debut Award" at Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (June 2008)

References

External links

2008 films
Romanian independent films
Films set in elevators
2000s Romanian-language films
2008 independent films


Ebrachosaurus is an extinct genus of aetosaur. It was named after the town of Ebrach, Germany, near an outcrop of the Blasensandstein Formation where the original fossils have been found. Other Blasensandstein fauna include the temnospondyl Metoposaurus and the phytosaur Francosuchus. The genus has often been considered synonymous with the closely related Stagonolepis. The holotype specimen was lost during World War II, so its relationships within Stagonolepididae remain indeterminant.

References

External links
Ebrachosaurus in the Paleobiology Database

Aetosaurs
Late Triassic reptiles of Europe
Late Triassic pseudosuchians
Fossil taxa described in 1936
Taxa named by Oskar Kuhn
Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera


Pure Oil Company was an American petroleum company founded in 1914 and sold to what is now Union Oil Company of California in 1965.  The Pure Oil name returned in 1993 as a cooperative (based in Rock Hill, South Carolina since 2008) which has grown to supply 350 members in 10 Southern states.

History

Three companies operating in the United States have used the Pure Oil name. The first began as a group of independent oil refiners, producers, and pipeline operators, in fall 1895 in Butler, Pennsylvania, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, although it was incorporated in New Jersey. Pure was organized by independent interests to counter to the dominance of Standard Oil Company in the Pennsylvania oil fields, and was the second vertically integrated oil company (after Standard) in the region.  Operations were based in Oil City, Pennsylvania. David Kirk was elected the first president.  He was succeeded in 1896 by James W. Lee.

Pure Oil sold illuminating oil in Philadelphia and New York City. The company also built bulk terminals in Amsterdam and Hamburg and competed in Europe with Standard Oil, the Nobel and Rothschild families, and Deutsche Bank.

Pure Oil Producing Co. was incorporated in 1902. In 1904 a refinery was built on the Delaware River which received  from the United States Pipe Line. This increased to  by 1906. The Pennoil tanker delivered oil to Europe.

Beman Gates Dawes and his brothers, whose Columbus-based Ohio Cities Gas Company had begun in 1914, made an offer of $24.50 a share for the company. Dawes was building an Oklahoma refinery, and Pure Oil had production capabilities there which would benefit his company. The Pennsylvania company accepted the offer and made $22 million in profit on the sale.

In 1920, Ohio Cities Gas Company's name changed to Pure Oil. In 1926, the headquarters moved to Chicago. Refineries were located in Ohio, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Texas.  A Pure Oil Gas Station, built in 1933 and located at Saratoga Springs, New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

In the late 1920s Pure Oil made a contract to deliver gasoline and oil to another Ohio gasoline company, Hickok Oil Corporation of Toledo Ohio. The contract called for Pure Oil to be paid in stock such that on August 1, 1945, Pure Oil would own Hickok. When Pure Oil took control of Hickok they rebranded the "Hi-Speed" gas stations as "Pure". The Hi-Speed stations were built of white-glazed brick, with an iconic square tower over the door, about 1/4 the width of the building and slightly taller than the height of the rest of the building which had a flat roof.

By the 1960s, sales were $700 million a year, and Pure Oil ranked as one of the country's 100 largest industrial companies. Over 1,000 worked in the Chicago area. The headquarters at that time were located in unincorporated Palatine, Illinois now Schaumburg, Illinois, in a building which is now a campus of Roosevelt University. The company motto was "Be Sure With Pure."

Union Oil Company of California purchased Pure Oil in 1965. Shortly after acquisition by Union Oil, Pure Oil's Refining & Marketing operations became the Pure Oil Division of Union Oil Company of California with the Pure Oil name continuing in full force. By 1970, the Pure Oil brand was phased out, and remaining service stations and auto/truck stops were rebranded as Union 76.  The Pure Oil Division was merged with Union Oil's west coast Refining & Marketing division to become the Union 76 division.

After 1970, the Pure Oil name was retained as a registered trademark, while the Firebird brand name was retained and used primarily for motor oils and lubricants that were not extensively marketed toward consumers.

In 1992, Unocal announced plans to end Southeast operations.  The 76 brand is currently owned by Phillips 66 while Unocal was later bought by Chevron Corporation.

In 1996, Pure Oil became the holding company for three independent pipeline companies. By 1997, operations in Europe ended.

Pure, and later Union 76, was "The official fuel of NASCAR", a relationship that lasted over 50 years, ending in 2003.  Sunoco has since replaced 76 as the official fuel of NASCAR.

Pure Oil Jobbers Cooperative
The Southeastern Oil Jobbers Cooperative, Inc., began as a result of Unocal's departure from the Southeast. Independent operators wanted a cooperative "of marketers, by marketers, and for marketers", which would let members make decisions on their own. Each member joins by buying a share of stock and paying an initiation fee. Since 1996, the members have received a dividend every year.

The cooperative provides signs and images to member stations for consistent marketing of its products. It has the right to the Pure brand name and Firebird logo for selling Pure and SOJO petroleum products in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. It also has the right to expand the use of the name and trademark anywhere in the United States.

In 2008, the cooperative had changed its name to Pure Oil Jobbers Cooperative and moved its headquarters to Rock Hill.

See also
Pure Oil Service Station (disambiguation) Pure Oil Service Stations

References

External links
Pure Oil Jobbers Cooperative, Inc.
Pure Oil photos

Defunct oil companies of the United States
Defunct companies based in Texas
Petroleum in Texas
Union Oil Company of California
Energy companies established in 1895
Non-renewable resource companies established in 1895
Non-renewable resource companies disestablished in 1965
1895 establishments in Pennsylvania
1965 disestablishments in Illinois
1965 mergers and acquisitions


Robert Gale may refer to:

Robert Gale (musician), trombonist
Robert Henry Otley Gale (1878–1950), Canadian politician
Robert Peter Gale (born 1945), medical researcher
Bob Gale (born 1951), screenwriter
Bob Gale (basketball) (1925–1975), American basketball player
Bob Gale (cricketer) (1933–2018), English cricketer and businessman
Robert Gale, character in the TV series 12 Monkeys


Hammersmith Head is a rowing head held by Auriol Kensington Rowing Club on the River Thames.  The race starts at Chiswick Bridge  and finishes at Hammersmith Bridge  (a course of approximately ).  It is held under Amateur Rowing Association Rules of Racing.

References

Head races


The 2005 IIHF European Champions Cup was the first edition of IIHF European Champions Cup. It was held in Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace arena, from January 13 to January 16. The champions of 2004 of the six strongest hockey nations of Europe participate: Avangard Omsk (RUS), HV71 (SWE), HC Dukla Trenčín (SVK), Kärpät (FIN), HC Hame Zlín (CZE) and Frankfurt Lions (GER).

Group A

Results
All times local (CET/UTC +1)

Standings

Group B

Results
All times local (CET/UTC +1)

Standings

Gold medal game

External links
 Official site

1
1
IIHF European Champions Cup
2005


A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on 18 July 2027. The Moon will barely clip the edge of the Earth's penumbral shadow, and the eclipse will be impossible to see in practice. The event is listed as a miss by some sources.

Visibility
Insofar as it is visible at all, it will be visible over Asia and Australia.

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses in 2027
 An annular solar eclipse on 6 February.
 A penumbral lunar eclipse on 20 February.
 A penumbral lunar eclipse on 18 July.
 A total solar eclipse on 2 August.
 A penumbral lunar eclipse on 17 August.

Lunar year series

Saros series

This eclipse is a member of Saros series 110. The previous event occurred on July 7, 2009. This is the last lunar eclipse of this series.

Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 117.

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses
August 2016 lunar eclipse

Notes

External links

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Poniente Almeriense is a comarca in Almería, Spain. It is sometimes also known as the "sea of plastic" (Mar de plástico) due to the numerous greenhouses that cover the area. The comarca contains ten municipalities (the tenth, Balanegra, was created in 2015 from part of Berja municipality) and 259,357 inhabitants in an area of 971 km2. The "sea of plastic" was one of the subjects of We feed the world, a 2005 documentary; and the setting of Spanish crime drama Mar de plástico.

The typical agricultural products of the greenhouses are: cucumbers, watermelons, eggplants, zucchinis, peaches, peppers and tomatoes.

The comarca borders the Alboran Sea to the South, the city of Almería to the east, the Sierra de Gádor to the north, and the municipality of Albuñol (in Granada province) to the west.

Municipalities
The Poniente Almeriense contains the following ten municipalities:

Note: + an additional municipality, Balanegra, was created in 2015 from part of Berja municipality.

References

External links
 Las Norias de Daza - Google maps
 Greenhouses of the Campo de Dalías, Almería Province, Spain - NASA Earth Observatory
 Southeastern Spain's Greenhouse Landscape: Plastic over Sand-Beds.

Comarcas of Andalusia
Geography of the Province of Almería


A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, January 12, 2028.

This event will take place near perigee, and as described, such event is known as a supermoon.

Visibility
It will be completely visible over Europe, western Africa and the Americas, and will be seen setting over the rest of Africa and western Asia.

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses in 2028
 A partial lunar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 January 2028.
 An annular solar eclipse on Wednesday, 26 January 2028.
 A partial lunar eclipse on Thursday, 6 July 2028.
 A total solar eclipse on Saturday, 22 July 2028.
 A total lunar eclipse on Sunday, 31 December 2028.

Saros series
It is part of Saros series 115.

Lunar year series

Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two partial solar eclipses of Solar Saros 122.

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

Notes

External links

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AAEM may refer to:

Alkali anion exchange membrane
American Academy of Emergency Medicine
American Academy of Environmental Medicine


This is a comprehensive list of all universities in Australia by total university enrolment. The data is gathered from the Department of Education and Training Higher Education statistics from 2016. For accuracy of comparison, all data is measured in Equivalent Full-Time Student Load (EFTSL) except for "Total Students".

National universities

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Largest universities

By all students

By EFTSL

By enrolments

By undergraduate students

By postgraduate students

References

External links
 Australian University Rankings

Australia education-related lists
Australia


A partial lunar eclipse will take place on Thursday, July 6, 2028.

Visibility
It will be completely visible over much of Asia, Australia, and eastern Africa, and will be seen rising over the rest of Africa and eastern Europe.

Related lunar eclipses

Eclipses in 2028
 A partial lunar eclipse on Wednesday, 12 January 2028.
 An annular solar eclipse on Wednesday, 26 January 2028.
 A partial lunar eclipse on Thursday, 6 July 2028.
 A total solar eclipse on Saturday, 22 July 2028.
 A total lunar eclipse on Sunday, 31 December 2028.

Lunar year series

Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 127.

Tzolkinex
 Preceded: Lunar eclipse of May 26, 2021

 Followed: Lunar eclipse of August 19, 2035

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

Notes

External links

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A total lunar eclipse will take place between Thursday and Friday, December 20-21, 2029.

Visibility

Related lunar eclipses

Lunar year series

Metonic series (19 years)

Half-Saros cycle
A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros). This lunar eclipse is related to two total solar eclipses of Solar Saros 142.

See also
List of lunar eclipses and List of 21st-century lunar eclipses

Notes

External links

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