Owusu is a both surname and given name in the Akan language. The name is originally from the Akan people of Ghana. Owusu is one of the most common Akan surnames or given names in Ghana. However, it is a real name; thus, there are both male and female versions. (male: "OWUSU" and female: "OWUSUA") which means "Strong-Willed and Determined" in Akan. It is the second most common surname in Ghana, with one in 80 people having this name. Notable people with the name include:

Akwasi Owusu-Ansah (born 1988), American football safety and wide receiver
Andrew Owusu (born 1972), Ghanaian athlete who competes in the triple jump
Basty Owusu Kyeremateng (born 1987), Italian footballer
Belinda Owusu (born 1989), British actress
Benjamin Owusu (1989–2010), Ghanaian footballer
Chris Owusu (born 1990), American football player
Collins Owusu, contestant on Deutschland sucht den Superstar (season 5)
Daniel Owusu (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
David Owusu (born 1998), English footballer
Edmund Owusu-Ansah (born 1983), Ghanaian footballer
Elsie Owusu, Ghana-born British architect
Ernest Owusu-Poku, former Inspector General of Police of the Ghana Police Service
Evans Owusu (born 1997), Ghanaian footballer
Francis Owusu (born 1994), American football player
Felix Owusu-Adjapong (born 1944), Ghanaian politician
Genesis Owusu (born 1998) a Ghanaian-Australian singer and rapper
Hackman Owusu-Agyeman (born 1941), Ghanaian member of parliament
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (born 1999), American football player
Joshua Owusu (born 1948), retired Olympic track and field athlete from Ghana
Julian Owusu-Bekoe (born 1989), English-born football player
Kwesi Owusu (born 1950s), Ghanaian author and filmmaker
Lloyd Owusu (born 1976), professional footballer
Mercy Adoma Owusu-Nimoh (1936–2011), children's writer, recipient of a Noma Award honourable mention
Monica Owusu-Breen, American television producer and screenwriter
Nana Owusu-Nsiah, police officer and diplomat
Obed Owusu (born 1990), Ghanaian international footballer
Owusu Afriyie (born 1980), Ghanaian former professional footballer
Owusu Ampomah (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer
Owusu Benson (born 1977), Ghanaian football player
Owusu Hayford (born 1981), former professional footballer from Ghana
Owusu-Ankomah (born 1956), contemporary Ghanaian/German painter
Owusu-Ansah Kontoh (born 1992), Ghanaian football midfielder
Papa Owusu-Ankomah (born 1958), Ghanaian politician
Princeton Owusu-Ansah (born 1976), retired Ghanaian football midfielder
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (born 1986), Ghanaian international footballer
Sandra Owusu-Ansah (born 2000), Ghanaian professional footballer
Victor Owusu (1923–2000), former Ghanaian politician and lawyer
William Owusu (footballer, born 1989), Ghanaian footballer
William Owusu (footballer, born 1991), Ghanaian footballer

See also
Ouassou

References

Akan given names
Surnames of Akan origin


John Rutherford (born 6 November 1908) was an English professional footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Nenthead, he joined Gillingham in 1927 and went on to make 44 appearances for the club in The Football League. He left to join Watford in 1931.

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1908 births
Year of death missing
English men's footballers
Gillingham F.C. players
Watford F.C. players
Men's association football goalkeepers
People from Eden District


Fables is an album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1985.

Reception

AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell noted that "Ponty's sound has opened up considerably", but that he "continues to explore the high-tech, electronic, sequenced ostinato world that he opened the door to on Individual Choice" and that the album is "very even... without any extreme peaks or dips".

Fables is one of several of Ponty's albums that has been acknowledged as an influence on Detroit techno artists. In 2014, DJ Rolando cited it as his favourite album.

Track listing
All songs by Jean-Luc Ponty. Adapted from liner notes.

Personnel
 Jean-Luc Ponty – Zeta & Barcus-Berry electric violins, Prophet-5 & Synclavier synthesizers, electronic percussion, vocals
 Scott Henderson – electric guitar (tracks 1-5)
 Allan Holdsworth - electric guitar solo on Cat Tales
 Baron Browne – electric bass (tracks 1-5)
 Rayford Griffin – drums, percussion (tracks 1-5)

Production
 Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
 David Ahlert – engineer
 David Eaton – engineer
 Dan Garcia – engineer
 Cliff Jones – engineer
 Peter R. Kelsey – engineer

Charts

References

External links
 Jean-Luc Ponty - Fables at Discogs
 Jean-Luc Ponty - Fables at ProgArchives.com

1985 albums
Jean-Luc Ponty albums
Atlantic Records albums


"Peter's Progress" is the 16th and final episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 17, 2009. In the episode, a psychic reads Peter's palms and discovers he led a fascinating past life as Griffin Peterson, a dignified gentleman in 17th-century England, who was the original founder of Quahog.

The episode was written by Wellesley Wild and directed by Brian Iles. It received mixed reviews from critics for its storyline and many cultural references. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 7.33 million homes in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by John Ross Bowie, Neil Patrick Harris, Brody Hutzler, Derwin Jordan, Keri Lynn Pratt, David Pressman, Josh Radnor, Martin Savage, Jason Segel, Alexander Siddig and Erik von Detten, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series. This episode marks Cleveland Brown's final regular appearance on Family Guy until the episode "He's Bla-ack!" in season 12 where he made his official return to the show.

Plot
Cleveland introduces his Jamaican cousin Madame Claude to Peter, Joe, and Quagmire saying she is a psychic. Cleveland offers to have her read their palms and determine past lives they have had. Madame Claude then determines that Joe was once an octopus whose tentacles were bitten off by a shark, and Quagmire was Jack the Ripper. After Peter suggests that he was a strawberry in a past life, Claude reads Peter's palm, she discovers that he was Griffin Peterson, the supposed founder of Quahog where the previously mentioned history of Quahog was a myth. Most of the episode follows the story of this past life, the main characters therein having the appearance of regular Family Guy characters.

In 17th-century England, Griffin Peterson proposes to the love of his life Lady Redbush (Lois) upon getting the approval from Carter Redbush. The ruthless King Stewart III (Stewie) has the court jester (Brian) tell him some jokes after "deleting" How I Met Your Mother from his "TiVo" (represented as archers killing Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, and Neil Patrick Harris). While being carried around in his litter, King Stewart spots Lady Redbush strolling through town with Griffin Peterson and decides that she should marry him instead. While Griffin Peterson is on the way to his wedding, Stewart secretly kidnaps him, exiling him to the New World on one of the outgoing ships. As Lady Redbush waits in growing angst, King Stewart walks into the church. He tells Lady Redbush that Griffin Peterson is dead and proceed to marry her himself.

At sea, Griffin Peterson meets fellow exiles Joe (exiled for pleasuring himself in front of a carving), Quagmire (exiled for having sex with an underage girl), and Seamus. Upon reaching the New World, Griffin Peterson establishes the colony of Quahog, which eventually grows into a thriving settlement. Griffin Peterson moves on with his life, even marrying another woman (Meg).

Back in London, Later Redbush suffers a dull sexless marriage with King Stewart since they're never available to each other. Lady Redbush continues to lament Griffin's supposed death until the jester reveals the truth by showing her the newspaper article about Quahog's founding. The jester stated that he was to keep quiet about this under threat of execution. Lady Redbush and the jester immediately depart for the New World on one of the slave ships. In Quahog, Griffin Peterson has grown irritated with his current wife until Lady Redbush arrives. Griffin Peterson and Lady Rebush are reunited and Griffin "divorces" his current wife by killing her with a blunderbuss.

Six months later, King Stewart learns that Redbush is gone and he makes his way to Quahog to reclaim his wife and kill Griffin Peterson. King Stewart's army arrives in Quahog where they terrorise the colony (similar to a scene from Blazing Saddles). King Stewart orders Cockney First Lieutenant (Chris) to search every house for them. Upon being discovered by the First Lieutenant, Griffin Peterson and Lady Redbush are confronted by King Stewart. Griffin Peterson threatens to kill the officer, while King Stewart threatens to kill Redbush. After exchanging threats without getting anywhere, Griffin and Stewart decide to settle their dispute with a talent show, with the winner winning Lady Redbush's hand in marriage, and ownership of the town of Quahog. For his act, King Stewart steals his jester's mostly unfunny jokes about his Aunt Frieda. However, Griffin, Quagmire, Joe, Cleveland, Mort, and Seamus effectively steal the show with a techno-rock number from Revenge of the Nerds. This was enough to defeat King Stewart in the talent show. After King Stewart and his army leaves for England, Griffin and Redbush remain in Quahog to live happily ever after.

After the story is told, Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, Joe, and Madame Claude see a promo ad for Cross-Armed Opposites.

Production

The episode was written by Wellesley Wild and directed by Brian Iles. The live action sequences used throughout the episode to promote supposed shows on Fox was directed by Bones director Steve Beers. The night the episode aired, the "Animation Domination" block was co-hosted by an animated version of rapper Eminem and Stewie Griffin. Eminem, who provided his own voice, said that it was a "thrill to work with Stewie" and that he is a "big fan of talking babies and their humor".

In addition to the main cast, Josh Radnor, Jason Segel and Neil Patrick Harris guest starred in the episode as their characters from the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Family Guy writer John Viener was the voice of Cleveland's cousin, Madame Claude. Recurring guest voice actor John G. Brennan and writers Alec Sulkin, Danny Smith, Tom Devanney and Mark Hentemann made minor appearances in the episode. Alexander Siddig, Martin Savage, John Ross Bowie, Brody Hutzler, Derwin Jordan, Keri Lynn Pratt, David Pressman and Erik von Detten guest-starred as well.

Cultural references
The title is a reference to The Pilgrim's Progress. The episode begins with a cutaway gag featuring Alan Rickman's answering machine. When Madame Claude tells everyone who they were in a past life, she reveals that Quagmire was Jack the Ripper. Also, when Madame Claude first speaks, Peter says that she sounds like Sebastian the crab from Disney's The Little Mermaid King Stewart III orders to kill the cast of How I Met Your Mother after he is displeased with their performance. Griffin Peterson's act in the talent show is a reference to the act the Lambda Lambda Lambdas perform at the homecoming in the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. As a running gag throughout the episode, Fox promos appear on the bottom of the screen for made-up shows including Shovin' Buddies, Slowly Rotating Black Man, and Cross-Armed Opposites, parodying stereotypical types of Fox mid-show advertising. Griffin Peterson says that he is the happiest guy in the world because he's on his way to get married and there are "290 years separating me from the films of Kevin Smith." A clip is shown of Madonna celebrating her 16th birthday, suggesting she is over 300 years old. During King Stewart's invasion of the settlement the music and lyrics are identical to that of Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, with Rock Ridge changed to Quahog. A lady says of King Stewart, "I didn't vote for him," alluding to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Harry MacAfee from the film Bye Bye Birdie makes an appearance.

Parts of the narrative also show similarity to Captain Blood, a novel by Rafael Sabatini, and to the film Restoration. In Captain Blood, the protagonist is transported as a prisoner to a new world colony for false crimes against the king. In Restoration, the king attempts to steal the affections of the protagonist's love interest. Both works are set within the general time period featured in the episode.

Reception
In its original airing in the United States, "Peter's Progress" was watched by 7.33 million homes, which was up from the previous episode, and was the most watched show in the "Animation Domination" block, beating the season finales of The Simpsons, American Dad! and King of the Hill. It acquired a 3.7 rating in the 18–49 demographic, finishing third in its timeslot after the season finales of Survivor: Tocantins and Desperate Housewives.

The episode received mixed reviews from critics. Ahsan Haque of IGN said that "Family Guy has never really done anything particularly special for the last episode of any season [...] and despite the obvious efforts to increase the animation quality and try to tell a complete story in this episode, it didn't turn out to be the winning effort that will keep fans eagerly awaiting the show's return next season". Emily St. James of The A.V. Club gave the episode a D, and called it an "unfortunate and unfunny flashback [...] with lots of incest gags [that] was genuinely queasy-making, but not in a way that made anyone laugh from the shock of recognition or anything like that", but said that Family Guy can be "damn funny when it wants to be", referring to the Fox promos that take up the bottom quarter of the screen. Robin Pierson of The TV Critic gave the episode a positive review, stating: "Good fun story, good fun jokes", but said that the end "felt flat" because of the Revenge of the Nerds music sequence.

References

External links

2009 American television episodes
Family Guy (season 7) episodes
Works set in the 17th century
Cultural depictions of Jack the Ripper


James Poxton (2 February 1903 – 14 December 1971) was an English professional footballer of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Staveley, he joined Gillingham from West Bromwich Albion in 1928 and went on to make 43 appearances for the club in The Football League. He left to join Millwall in 1929. He subsequently played for Watford – predominantly at outside left – and Walsall.

References

1903 births
1971 deaths
English men's footballers
Gillingham F.C. players
West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
Millwall F.C. players
Watford F.C. players
Walsall F.C. players
English Football League players
People from Staveley, Derbyshire
Footballers from Derbyshire
Men's association football forwards


Vyacheslav Petrovich Kovneristov (; born 20 March 1973) is a former Russian professional footballer. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 1997 for FC KAMAZ-Chally Naberezhnye Chelny.

References

1973 births
Living people
Russian men's footballers
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players
Russian Premier League players
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players
Men's association football goalkeepers
FC Elista players
FC Arsenal Tula players
FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players
FC Nosta Novotroitsk players
FC Akademiya Tolyatti players
FC Volgodonsk players


Anthony Glyn Evans (December 4, 1942 in Porthcawl, Wales – September 9, 2009) was Alcoa Professor of Materials, professor of Mechanical Engineering, director of the Center for Multifunctional Materials and Structures and co-director for the Center for Collaborative Engineering Research and Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States.

Evans received a Ph.D. in metallurgy at Imperial College London. Evans had previously been, successively, professor in the Department of Materials Science and Mineral Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley; chair of the Materials Department and director of the High Performance Composites Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara; Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Engineering at Harvard University; and Gordon Wu Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and director of the Princeton Materials Institute at Princeton University, before returning to Santa Barbara as department chair of the Materials Department.

Evans was vice president of the American Ceramic Society (1984–1988), and for four years served as chair of the Defense Sciences Research Council. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences.

Achievements
Achievements include: membership in the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Royal Society of London, and the Royal Academy of London. He was awarded a fellow in the Imperial College of London, Evans' alma mater. Evans' public service included a gold medal at the ASM International, ASME Nadai and Senior US Scientists. Evans authored over a thousand publications, and is one of the most highly cited authors in materials science, as well as engineering and physics. He was known for his innovative contributions and ability to collaborate ideas among colleagues and was recognized with some of the highest accolades in science and engineering. He was Alcoa Professor of Materials, professor of mechanical engineering, director of the center for multifunctional Materials and Structures and co-director for the center for collaborative Engineering research and Education at the University of Santa Barbara. He was a world-renowned researcher, scientist, and a top-ranked founded chair.

Awards and other recognition
1967 – Matthey Prize (Imperial College)
1974 – Ross Coffin Purdy Award (American Ceramic Society)
1979 – Richard M. Fulrath Award (American Ceramic Society)
1980 – Robert Sosman Award (American Ceramic Society)
1983 – Van Horne Distinguished Lecturer (Case Western Reserve University)
1984 – Clyde Distinguished Professor (University of Utah)
1985–1994 – The Founding Chair of Materials Department UCSB
1985 – The American Ceramic Society ( vice president)
1986 – Hobart N. Kramer Award (American Ceramic Society)
1988 – John Jeppson Medal (American Ceramic Society)
1988 – Orton Lecture (American Ceramic Society)
1984–1988 – Chair of Defense Science Research Council
1989–  World Academy of Ceramics( Recognition Academician)
1993 – Honorary Fellow (International Congress on Fracture)
1994–1998 –  Gordon McKay Professor at Harvard University
1994 – Griffith Medal and Prize (The Institute of Materials, U.K.)
1997 – member, National Academy of Engineering
1998 – Peterson Award (Society for Experimental Mechanics)
1998 –  DARPA Chair ( Defense Advanced Research)
1998–2002 – Director of the Princeton Materials Institute at Princeton University
1998–2002 – Gordon Wu Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
1999 – DARPA Chair(Defense Sciences Research)
2000 – DARPA Chair (Enhancing DARPA's Defense Sciences)
2000 – Distinguished Life Member (American Ceramic Society)
2000 – Fellow American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2000 – Turnbull Award (Materials Research Society)
2001 – McLaren Award
2001 – Mellor Memorial Lecturer (The Institute of Materials, U.K.)
2001 – Fellow Royal Society (London)
2001 – KREIDL AWARD (Rio Grande Regional)
2002 – Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2003 – Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series Tour
2003 – Nadai Medal (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
2004 – Southwest Mechanics Lecture Advocating
2005 – member, National Academy of Science
2006 – Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering
2005 –  Alpha Sigma MU Distinguished Life Member
2005 –  Alpha Sigma MU Lecturer
2005 –  ASM Gold Metal
2006 – Henry Marion Howe Medal (ASM International)
2008 – Fellow, Imperial College London

References

External links
University of California, Santa Barbara
Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies

1942 births
2009 deaths
People from Porthcawl
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Welsh emigrants to the United States


"Three Kings", alternatively spelled "3 Kings", is the 15th episode in the seventh season of the American animated television series Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 10, 2009. The episode is split into three segments, parodying films based on three Stephen King stories: Stand by Me, Misery and The Shawshank Redemption.

The episode was written by Alec Sulkin and directed by Dominic Bianchi. The episode received mostly positive reviews for its break from the usual storyline in the series, in addition to receiving some criticism from the Parents Television Council. According to Nielsen ratings, it was viewed in 6.47 million homes in its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Richard Dreyfuss, Roy Scheider and George Wendt, along with several recurring guest voice actors for the series.

Plot

The episode opens with Peter Griffin sitting in a study, explaining that "Lois has been bitching that I watch too much TV and don't read enough books." He then picks out three novels by "the greatest author of the last thousand years", Stephen King, and proceeds to share them with the viewer.

Stand by Me
In the summer of 1955, four 12-year-old boys — Petey LaChance (Peter, with Richard Dreyfuss' voice in his head narrating the story), Quag Chambers (Quagmire), Joey Duchamp (Joe with Roy Scheider's voice in his head, who starts talking with Dreyfuss until Joe stops them), and Cleve Brown (Cleveland) — set out to find a dead body in the woods, following a set of railroad tracks to find it. At the start of their trip, they try going through Old Man Pressman's (Stewie) junkyard, only to be chased out by Pressman and his dog Chopper (Brian). As they travel further down the tracks, they are chased across a bridge by a train, which ends up running over Joey's legs, as does another train that follows closely behind, which effectively cripples him. The others end up going all the way back to Pressman's junkyard to get him a wheelchair.

Upon finding the body (which turns out to be Meg Griffin), they are confronted by the town bully Ace (Mayor West) and his gang, consisting of Beast-Man, Mer-Man, and Norm from Cheers, who come to take credit for finding the body. Ace threatens the boys with a knife, but Petey pulls out a gun to intimidate Ace, who swears he will come back for revenge and could get a gun tomorrow. However, since their next meeting will be inevitable, as they live in the same neighborhood, Petey lets Ace have the body to avoid further consequences. Upon returning home, the boys go their separate ways; Joey comes to terms with being crippled and creates a new wheelchair rugby game called "Don't-Feel-Sorry-For-Us-Ball", Cleve grows up to marry Rebecca Romijn (who is the real-life wife of Jerry O'Connell, who played the character of "the fat kid" in the actual film), and Quag grows up to become a famous Hollywood actor who eventually dies of a drug overdose (a reference to the fact River Phoenix, who played Chris Chambers in the actual film, went the same way and the unseen adult version of Chris dies, but in a different manner), while Petey's fate becomes a mystery.

Misery
Famed writer Paul Sheldon (Brian) has just finished his latest and final installment in his series entitled Snuggly Jeff, a series of children's books, in which he kills off the titular character so he can focus on more serious work, despite objections from his agent, Marcia (Lois). While driving through a snowstorm, Paul accidentally hits Stephen King with his car, causing Paul to swerve off the road and crash into a snowbank. Paul is knocked unconscious in his car, while King, thrown aside by the impact, manages to conceive and write an entire novel in midair before hitting the ground completely unscathed.

Paul is rescued by Stewie Wilkes (Stewie), a cross-dressed toddler and Paul's self-proclaimed number-one fan, who takes the injured Paul to his remote cabin. Upon finding and reading the manuscript of Paul's latest Snuggly Jeff book, Stewie is infuriated about the main character's death and forces Paul to rewrite it and bring Snuggly Jeff back to life, holding him hostage until he manages to do so. Stewie rejects the idea of bringing Snuggly Jeff back to life with a child's wish, calling it bad storytelling and comparing it to a plot hole in the film Contact.

After sending Stewie out for more paper, Paul finds several news articles in an album that imply Stewie is actually a serial killer. Just then, the local sheriff (Joe) appears, and is surprised to find Paul there. Before he can help him, however, Stewie blows his legs off with a shotgun. The sheriff then complains that he will now have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, only to be shot again and killed by Stewie. Paul finally finishes the book and demands Stewie let him go, but Stewie refuses, knowing he could try to turn him in to the police and tell them he kidnapped him, held him hostage, and fondled him in his sleep, which Paul did not know originally. Paul's ultimate fate is left ambiguous as the story ends with a Magnum, P.I.-style credits roll.

Back in Peter's study, Peter begins to describe the iconic sequence in The Shining in which Danny Torrance steers his tricycle through the halls, asking "Can't you see Stewie doing that?" but tricks the audience by finishing with "Well, here's the Shawshank Redemption".

The Shawshank Redemption
Andy Dufresne (Peter) is sent to Shawshank Prison, though none of the inmates think much of him, particularly Red (Cleveland, who narrates the story). A month passes before Andy literally says two words to Red ("Vagina boob"), and later asks him for a rock hammer, claiming he carves Star Wars figurines out of stone. He also suggests in a poorly veiled manner that he will use the hammer to tunnel out of the prison. Andy and Red end up becoming fast friends, and Red provides him with the rock hammer. One day, the prison's stern warden Samuel Norton (Carter) takes a liking to Andy's figurines and offers to sell them so he can take all the money for himself, crippling Bogs (Joe), one of the inmates who had raped Andy in the shower, as a sign of good will (despite Andy saying that he liked him). Andy is then given permission to clean Norton's office, and, while doing so, plays a record of "Hollaback Girl" across the whole prison, which utterly confuses all the inmates and infuriates Norton, who calls Andy into his office and places him in solitary confinement for two months after Andy indirectly insults him.

Afterward, Andy grows determined to escape from Shawshank, and informs Red that he is going to Zihuatanejo in Mexico, telling him that if he should ever get out of prison, he should go to a hayfield in Buxton, Maine, and there will be a volcanic rock that would have "no earthly business being there", and a gift for him under it (although he admitted that his memory had been from 25 years prior and could be outdated, and a Walmart could have been built on the site, asking Red to buy some "nice cheap pants" instead if that is the case). During an inspection the next day, Andy has disappeared without a trace. In a fury, Norton throws one of Andy's rocks at a suggestive poster of David Cassidy on the wall of Andy's cell, tearing a hole through Cassidy's rectum. Norton then pulls the poster off, discovering a tunnel that Andy had made his escape through the night before. Andy is then shown breaking into a sewage pipe while Norton is distracted by watching an episode of Friends, allowing him to crawl out to freedom. Sometime later, Red is brought before a parole board and complains that the concept of rehabilitation is just a way for the board members to make themselves feel important, and declares he will start killing people as soon as he is released; for no apparent reason, Red is put on parole anyway and released from Shawshank. Red goes to the field in Buxton with the volcanic rock to fulfill his promise to Andy, finding a box beneath the rock containing money and a postcard asking if he remembers the name of the Mexican village Andy told him about; unfortunately, to Red's annoyance, he does not. Andy is then shown preparing a boat on a beach in Zihuatanejo, eagerly waiting for Red to arrive, though Red never does.

At the end of the show, Peter thanks Stephen King and says they will see him in court, then tells the viewers to "stay tuned for whatever Fox is limping to the barn with."

Production

In his second episode for the season, the first being "Stew-Roids", the episode was written by series regular Alec Sulkin, and directed by Dominic Bianchi before the conclusion of the seventh production season. It was the last episode to be handdrawn in animatics.

The three stories were chosen, according to series creator Seth MacFarlane, mostly due to their "iconic" movie stature. Before producing the episode, writer Stephen King was approached by the Family Guy production team to create the episode, and obtain his written permission to create it; with King agreeing to allow the show to create the parody. King later stated that he enjoyed the episode and found it funny.

In addition to the regular cast, actor Richard Dreyfuss, actor Roy Scheider (who recorded his part in the episode shortly before his death in February 2008), and actor George Wendt guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors Chris Cox, actor Ralph Garman, writer Danny Smith, writer Alec Sulkin, and writer John Viener also made minor appearances. Actor Adam West guest starred in the episode as well.

Reception
In its original airing in the United States, "Three Kings" was watched by 6.47 million homes and acquired a 3.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic, beating The Simpsons, American Dad! and King of the Hill. The Parents Television Council named Family Guy the Worst TV Show of the Week because of the episode's "violence, sexual references and contribution to the coarsening of contemporary culture."

The episode received generally positive reviews from television sources and critics. Ahsan Haque of IGN rated the episode an 8.4/10, calling the change of pace from the show's usual random storytelling "pleasant". The Misery segment was criticized as being flat, but was made up for by the other two, particularly The Shawshank Redemption. Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club gave it a B- and called the Stand by Me story "too earnest to turn into much of a comic romp" and that the gags in The Shawshank Redemption were "too expected". He called Misery a "hoot", stating: "Anything where Brian is held in the palm of diabolical Stewie works wonders for me".

References

External links

2009 American television episodes
Family Guy (season 7) episodes
Stephen King
Fiction set in 1955
Television shows based on works by Stephen King


Glaichbea is a small hamlet in the Highland council area, located directly south of Camault Muir in the Highlands of Scotland. It is located  south-southwest of Beauly and  southwest of Inverness. It is part of the civil parish of Kiltarlity and Convinth, and the lieutenancy area and historic county of Inverness-shire.

Populated places in Inverness committee area


Michal Ďuriš (; born 1 June 1988) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays for Spartak Trnava, on loan from Cypriot club Othellos Athienou, as a forward.

Club career
Ďuriš joined Banská Bystrica from ŠK Petrochema Dubová when he was 14. After three years playing for youth squads he made his debut in the Slovak top-level football league featuring in his club's 2–0 defeat against Ružomberok on 9 November 2005. During five seasons for Dukla he scored 18 goals in 114 matches overall.

In August 2010, he signed on a one-year loan for Viktoria Plzeň of the Czech Czech First League with an option of a permanent stay. He debuted for Plzeň in a 3–0 away win against České Budějovice on 28 August 2010. In his first season for Plzeň he won the Czech title, the first title in Plzeň's history. He scored two goals for Plzeň in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League campaign, one in a 2–1 play-off win against Copenhagen and the next in a 2–2 group stage draw against Milan.

On 26 January 2017, he signed a deal with the Russian Premier League side FC Orenburg.

On 17 January 2018, he joined Anorthosis Famagusta on a half-season loan. On 6 July 2018, the transfer became permanent for an estimated fee of €600,000.

International career
Ďuriš made his debut for the national team in the 3–1 away win over Denmark in a friendly match that was held on 15 August 2012.

He scored his first two goals after 20 matches against Switzerland, on 13 November 2015 during a 3–2 victory, with third goal scored by Róbert Mak. Four days later, on 17 November, he netted third goal of a game, during a 3–1 victory over Iceland, with first two goals provided by Mak, again.

Ďuriš scored his fourth goal against Germany in a friendly match in Augsburg, giving Slovakia the 2–1 lead in the pre-EURO 2016 friendly match, which was his 25th cap. Slovakia eventually defeated Germany 3–1. Duris also scored the winning goal for Slovakia in extra-time against Northern Ireland, sending Slovakia to UEFA Euro 2020, where they will be placed in Group E.

On 18 May 2021, Ďuriš was included in the final 26-man squad to represent Slovakia at the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.

On 24 August 2021, national team manager Štefan Tarkovič announced Ďuriš's retirement from international duties. Ďuriš retired with 59 appearances and 7 goals, including appearances at two European Championships.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ďuriš goal.

Honours
Viktoria Plzeň
Czech First League: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16
Czech Supercup: 2011, 2015

AC Omonia
Cypriot First Division: 2020–21
Cypriot Super Cup: 2021

Slovakia
King's Cup: 2018

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Wilfred Shardlow (30 September 1902 – 21 June 1956) was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1928.

Career
Shardlow was born at Clowne, Derbyshire. He made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season in July against Yorkshire where he made 11 in his first innings. He played two more matches that year and played fully in the 1926 and 1927 season. In 1927 he achieved 5-41 bowling against Glamorgan and made his top score of 39 not out against Kent. He only played four matches in the 1928 season which was his last first-class season.  He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who took 56 first-class wickets with an average of  34.62 and a best performance of  5-41. As a  left-hand batsman he played 42 innings in 38 matches with a top score of  39 and an average of 7.17.

Shardlow was still playing cricket in 1955 when he appeared in match for Bass Worthington. He died the following year at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire at the age of 54.

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George William Crawford (10 December 1905 – 1975) was an English professional association footballer of the 1920s. Born in Sunderland, he joined Gillingham from his hometown club in 1927 and went on to make 40 appearances for the club in The Football League. He left to join Bournemouth in 1929.

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John P. Healey (March 7, 1922 – March 15, 2019) was an American aerospace executive manager. He was best known for his role in the redesign and manufacture of the command modules for the Apollo program after the catastrophic launch pad fire that took the lives of Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee on January 27, 1967 (Apollo 1). He died in March 2019 at the age of 97.

Early life and education
Healey grew up on Normal Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Irish immigrants. His father was a stone cutter and his mother worked as a maid. As a boy, he attended St. Paul's elementary school where he played baseball while working for the local grocer after school. He attended Baltimore City College and played soccer in the state tournament against Annapolis.

From aircraft to missiles
After serving in the Navy during World War II, Healey went to work for the Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore, Maryland. From his start as an aircraft quality inspector to his role leading manufacturing and quality control for the Titan missile program, he gained a reputation for being tough but fair, and for his ability to motivate the organization to get the job done right.

The lifting power and reliability of Titan missiles led to its selection and use in the NASA Gemini program of crewed space capsules in the mid-1960s. Twelve Titan IIs were used to launch two U.S. uncrewed Gemini test launches and ten two-seat crewed capsules. All of the launches were successes.

Apollo program
 After the catastrophic launch pad fire that took the lives of Command Pilot Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Ed White and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee in January 1967, Healey was recruited by Bill Bergen, President of North American Aviation Space Division, as the spacecraft manager for the redesign of the Apollo Command Module (November 1967).
Healey was expected to set precedents in guiding a nearly perfect spacecraft through the factory. Many doubted, Bergen later said, that the recovery could be made in a reasonable time because "everything had come to a screeching halt." Bergen credited the assignment of Borman and his group, and Healey's performance as manager of spacecraft as the keys to getting command module production back into line. When the command module (Block II Apollo CSM-101) arrived at the Cape in May 1968, the receiving inspectors found fewer discrepancies than on any spacecraft previously delivered to Kennedy space center. By the end of the program, Healey was Rockwell's VP for Apollo and Stage II of the Saturn V rocket.

Lancer to system development
After Apollo, Healey was assigned to the Rockwell B-1 Lancer program; a supersonic strategic bomber designed to replace the aging B-52.

The B-1A mockup review had occurred in late October 1971 and there had been 297 requests for alterations.  Under Healey's management, the first of four prototype B-1A models (s/n 74-0158) flew on December 23, 1974. Due to the politics of the era and programs competing for funding, it would be more than a decade before the first production B-1B aircraft would fly.

During this period Healey was responsible for upgrading Rockwell's civilian aircraft, the Commander 112/114, and bringing them to an efficient production level. Engines were replaced with more powerful versions, the wing was redesigned internally to increase fuel capacity, and a turbo-charged model was introduced. As the market potential for this class of civilian aircraft later declined, Rockwell sold this line to Gulfstream American who discontinued production.

Healey left Rockwell to manage a military aircraft program taking the Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, a close air support (CAS) aircraft, from prototype to production.  Selected by the Air Force over its rival from Northrop, the YA-9, in January 1973, the first production A-10 flew in October 1975 and deliveries to operational units commenced within 6 months.

Healey then joined System Development Corporation (SDC) as an executive manager for ongoing government contracts with the Department of Defense (DoD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Department of Energy (DoE), and other government agencies. In 1980, SDC was acquired by the Burroughs Corporation and later merged with the Sperry Corporation to form Unisys. Healey promoted the development of program control systems and the automation of project management throughout his career and was retired from Unisys.

Constellation program

Healey, coming out of retirement, joined the Lockheed Martin Orion team in 2008.
The Orion spacecraft designs are based substantially on the Apollo command and service module (Apollo CSM) flown between 1967 and 1975, but include advances derived from other technology programs, including; control systems from the Boeing 787, "autodock" features from Russian/European spacecraft, waste-management systems based on Skylab, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station, and the most advanced computers ever put into a spacecraft. "Going with known technology and known solutions lowers the risk," according to Neil Woodward, director of the integration office in the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate.

The goals of Orion include:

It was an element of NASA's Project Constellation, which was planned to send human explorers back to the Moon by 2020, and then onward to Mars and other destinations in the Solar System.

In popular culture
In the 1998 HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, episode entitled "We Have Cleared the Tower", the role of John Healey was played by Brandon Smith.

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Sir Kildare Borrowes, 3rd Baronet (c. 1660 – May 1709) was an Irish politician.

He was the son of Sir Walter Borrowes, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Lady Eleanor FitzGerald, daughter of George FitzGerald, 16th Earl of Kildare and Lady Joan Boyle. His mother's family were the richest in County Kildare and this cemented the position of the Borrowes family in the local landed gentry. In 1685, Borrowes succeeded his father as baronet. He was High Sheriff of Kildare in 1697 and again in 1707. Borrowes sat in the Irish House of Commons for County Kildare from 1703 until his death in 1709. His owned Barretstown Castle, which  he inherited  from  his mother, but his main residence was
at  Gilltown.

He married Elizabeth Dixon, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Dixon and Mary Eustace of Calverstown, County Kildare. She died in 1745 They had two sons and three daughters. Borrowes was buried at Gilltown and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son Walter. Walter also inherited the Dixon estate at Calverstown from his cousin Robert Dixon.

"Borrowes" was pronounced "burrows".

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The Murg Valley Railway () is a 58 kilometre long railway line in the Northern Black Forest in Germany, that links Rastatt and Freudenstadt. It was opened in stages from 1868 to 1928 being built outwards from both Rastatt and Freudenstadt. The route through the narrow Murg Valley required the construction of numerous tunnels and bridges. The section between the stations of Baiersbronn and Freudenstadt Stadt is a steep ramp  which is why it had to be operated until 1926 as a rack railway. Even today it can only be worked by vehicles that have the required approval.

After the occasional long-distance passenger services had been withdrawn in the 1990s, the Murg Valley Railway was integrated into the network of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn between 2002 and 2004. Since then it has been operated by Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG), using their fleet of tram-trains. At Freudenstadt, these meet the services of the Ortenau S-Bahn (OSB), operating over the Kinzig Valley Railway to Offenburg.

History
60 years passed between the turning of the first sod and the completion of the line. This was partly due to the difficult topography of the Murg valley, the numerous engineering works required and the fact that the lower Murg valley belonged to the Grand Duchy of Baden, while the upper Murg valley belonged to the Kingdom of Württemberg. This resulted in different transport policy interests, which prevented a single approach to long-term planning. So initially local interests in the lower Murg valley took the first steps in building the Murg Valley Railway. Over several decades the line emerged between Rastatt and Freudenstadt, starting as two branch lines at each end until the last remaining gap could be closed on the former border, which lies between Kirschbaumwasen and Schönmünzach.

Murg Valley Railway Company (1868-1894)
For centuries the Murg valley timber trade had been dependent on rafting  until the middle of the 19th century, when the processing of timber increasingly shifted to higher value products, which could not be transported as a raft, including railway sleepers. The construction of roads in the narrow Murg Valley was particularly expensive. As neighboring Württemberg in the 1860s was already planning for the Enz Valley Railway and the Nagold Valley Railway, the local timber industry feared the loss of its ability to compete.

This showed that the valley needed an efficient transport link over its own railway. The Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways (Großherzogliche Badische Staatsbahn) had no interest, however, in the construction of such a line at that time because its financial resources were exhausted by the construction of major trunk lines. The private Murg Valley Railway Company (Murgthal-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) was founded in 1867, mainly at the instigation of Gernsbach timber manufacturer Casimir Rudolf Katz, with the aim of building a branch line from Rastatt to Gernsbach.

After receiving the concession for the line, construction started on 19 August 1868. Nine months later, on 31 May 1869, the 15 kilometer-long line was inaugurated. The line was operated by the Baden State Railways on behalf of the Murg Valley Railway Company.

The construction of the railway line in the lower Murg valley accelerated the Industrial Revolution around the towns of Gaggenau and Gernsbach. The Gaggenau ironworks, opened in 1873, was the first major industrial operation in the district. Further upstream a centre of paper production developed from the 1880s with the establishment of several factories, aided by the substantial resources of forests and water. Soon, industrial companies requested an extension of the line to the south from Gernsbach. Initially the extension of the line as a horse-drawn railway was considered, but failed to proceed due to lack of funding. Only in 1888 was a new initiative successful. After the grant of a license and the building of the rail facilities, an extension was put into operation from Gernsbach to Weisenbach on 1 May 1894. Again the line was owned by the Murg Valley Railway Company and operated by the Baden State Railways.

Construction by the state railways of Wurttemberg and Baden (1894–1919)
Freudenstadt, which is situated high above the upper Murg valley, had in 1879 received a connection towards Stuttgart with the completion of the Gäu Railway, part of the Württemberg rail network. Because of the difficult topographical conditions, the station, now Freudenstadt Central Station (Freudenstadt Hauptbahnhof), is located well to the south of the centre of the town. In order to improve the integration of Freudenstadt and serve the upper Murg valley better, the parliament of Württemberg decided in 1898 to build a branch line from the Freudenstadt central station via Baiersbronn to Reichenbach Priory (Klosterreichenbach).

Because of the large differences in height between Freudenstadt and Baiersbronn, the routing of the line was difficult. Finally, the Freudenstadt Central Station–Freudenstadt Stadt–Baiersbronn section was adopted, with maximum gradients of up to 5.0 percent, as a rack railway using the Riggenbach-Klose system. The station buildings were built according to various types of standardised designs to limit costs. The Royal Württemberg State Railways started operations to Klosterreichenbach on 20 November 1901.

On 1 July 1904 the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways took over the lower Murg Valley Railway from the Murg Valley Railway Company, so that ownership and operations were now integrated. With the decision of the Baden parliament to complete the railway network in 1900, the foundations for further construction of the Murg Valley Railway were created. This provided for the extension of the lower Murg Valley Railway from Weisenbach to the border. However, the alignment of the route proved to be difficult because of the topography: the six-kilometre section from Weisenbach to Forbach required the construction of seven tunnels, three major bridges and major earthworks. On 14 June 1910, the Weisenbach–Forbach section was put into operation after three years of construction and this was followed by the section to Raumünzach opened on 4 May 1915. Completion of the line to the border was prevented by the First World War.

Closing of the gap by Deutsche Reichsbahn
While the desire was expressed for a continuous Murg Valley Railway from Rastatt to Freudenstadt in Baden quite early, the state of Württemberg behaved rather negatively, as there was a fear that traffic from the northern Black Forest would migrate towards Karlsruhe, while at that time freight and passengers mainly travelled over the line to Stuttgart. With the completion of negotiations of a treaty in 1908 covering the design and construction of the line and regulating cross-border railway operations, Wurtemberg finally agreed to a continuous Murg Valley Railway. Nevertheless, the ratification of this treaty was delayed to 1912. It was planned to close the gap in 1916. Despite the signing of contracts, however, no construction work started on the Württemberg section.

The founding of Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1920 overcame the conflicts of interest between Baden and Württemberg, leading to the missing intermediate section between Raumünzach and Klosterreichenbach finally being commissioned on 13 July 1928. This made possible the operations of trains from Rastatt to Freudenstadt, but locomotive still had to be changed for the trip up the steep line in Freudenstadt.

The construction of the Schwarzenbach dam from 1922 to 1926 led to substantial traffic at Raumünzach station, since materials were conveyed with the help of a light railway (Feldbahn) from Raumünzach station.

Second World War
During the Second World War was the Murg Valley Railway was at first spared from damage. It was not until the advance of the front in September 1944 that several attacks by fighter-bombers and artillery caused damage and line closures, mainly affecting Rastatt station. The attack on Freudenstadt at the end of 1944, severely damaged the railway facilities at the southern terminus of the line and completely destroyed Freudenstadt Stadt station. The most serious damage to the Murg Valley Railway, however, was not carried out by the Allies, but inflicted by retreating German troops in April 1945, when they destroyed the Murg bridges in Weisenbach, Langenbrand and Forbach and the Christophstal viaduct.

After the war, the destroyed bridges and line were reconstruction over five years. First, trains could only run between Rastatt and Weisenbach. At the end of 1945 an additional shuttle service was established between Raumünzach and Baiersbronn. After the restoration of Murg bridges in Weisenbach and Langenbrand, services on the line between Weisenbach and Forbach were resumed in July 1947. The gap between Forbach and Raumünzach was closed in November 1947. Freudenstadt Stadt station was reached from the south in October 1948. After the restoration of the Christophstal viaduct, trains could run over the whole Murg Valley Railway on 14 May 1950.

Deutsche Bundesbahn operations after the Second World War

In 1966 steam locomotives on the Murg Valley Railway were replaced by diesel locomotives, which allowed the dropping of the locomotive change for the steep section and led to an acceleration of services. This allowed travel times to be reduced from the approximately two and a half hours for the Rastatt–Freudenstadt route during the steam locomotive era to around one hour and 20 minutes.

The increasing economic pressure on Deutsche Bundesbahn in the 1980s led to rationalisation measures. Therefore, the lightly used stops at Friedrichstal, Kirschbaumwasen, Raumünzach and Au were abandoned and the crossing loops in Hilpertsau, Raumünzach and Klosterreichenbach were dismantled. Above all, the parallel federal highway 462 was increasingly competitive with the Murg Valley Railway.

In the late 1980s, class 628 diesel multiple units (DMUs) were used alongside the locomotive-hauled trains on the Murg Valley Railway, but they were not approved to operate over the steep section and therefore could only operate between Rastatt and Baiersbronn. In the interim, class 627.0 DMUs took over operations between Baiersbronn and Freudenstadt.

In 1995, the timetable was improved by the introduction of an approximately hourly service. Similarly, DMUs were largely replaced with locomotive-hauled trains. In addition until the mid-1990s, some D-trains or InterRegio trains also ran on the line; these were important for the tourism from the Ruhr area to the northern Black Forest.

Modernisation and conversion to light rail operation
Preliminary proposals for the integration of Murg Valley Railway with the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn were developed in the early 1990s. Since the Murg Valley Railway axis extends centrally through the settlements of the Murg, there were a large number of potential passengers who were not using the existing undeveloped rail services.

With the political support of the rural districts (Landkreis) of Rastatt and Freudenstadt, the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (Alb Valley Transport Company, AVG), leased the Murg Valley Railway from Deutsche Bahn until 2000 by lease and upgraded it in subsequent years for light rail operations. The renovations included the electrification of the line on the 15 kV AC 16.7 Hz system, duplication between Kuppenheim and Bad Rotenfels, the construction or reconstruction of crossing loops in Hörden, Hilpertsau, Langenbrand, Raumünzach and Heselbach, the construction of 14 new stations and the upgrading the existing stations, replacement of the signal and safety systems and the rehabilitation of bridges and tunnels. During the electrification of the tunnel sections, for the first time in Germany, overhead conductor rail was installed on open line. This rail could be supported by masts outside the tunnel so that the number of masts required could be significantly reduced. A total of € 53 million was invested in infrastructure.

On 15 June 2002, Stadtbahn operations commenced in the lower Murg valley between Rastatt and Raumünzach, temporarily requiring a change of trains in Raumünzach. The conversion of the section to Freudenstadt Stadt followed on 14 December 2003 and the remaining section to the Freudenstadt Hbf opened on 20 May 2004. The Stadtbahn operation enabled the running of additional services and a reduction in travel times. Stadtbahn express services between Rastatt and Freudenstadt took only 67 minutes. As a result, passenger numbers increased considerably: before the conversion about 2,700 passengers travelled on the Murg Valley Railway on weekdays, while in 2009 there were almost 13,000 passengers on weekdays.

During the switch to Stadtbahn operation, the Murg Valley Railway was also integrated into the local transport association networks. Between Rastatt and Kirschbaumwasen its fares are set by the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (Karlsruhe transport association, KVV); between Schönmünzach and Freudenstadt fares are set by the Verkehrs-Gemeinschaft Landkreis Freudenstadt (transport community of the district of Freudenstadt, VGF). In addition, there is a transitional rate, so that VGF tickets are accepted to and from Forbach.

Today, all passenger services on the Murg Valley Railway are operated by AVG. It operates the Stadtbahn line S 31 (Odenheim–) Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof–Rastatt–Freudenstadt and line S 41 Karlsruhe Innenstadt–Rastatt–Freudenstadt–Eutingen, with some services of the S 31 operating as express services and thus running about 25 minutes faster. Services use rolling stock that is designed to use the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn's two electrical systems (15 kV AC 16.7 Hz and 750 v DC). The trains run at least hourly and express trains run every two hours. On Sundays and public holidays, an express service runs from Mannheim to Freudenstadt via Karlsruhe with a DB Class 111 locomotive hauling two modernised n-cars with automatic doors and two conventional n-cars.

Freight traffic is operated by the AVG using diesel locomotives. On weekdays, a freight train runs from Karlsruhe via Rastatt to the Murg valley. In the two-track Kuppenheim–Bad Rotenfels section there are two major railway sidings: near Bischweier serving the Kronospan company and in Bad Rotenfels serving Lang Recycling. These two companies are currently the main customers for freight on the line.

Route
The Murg Valley Railway passes through a Black Forest valley, which in places forms a gorge. Until the 18th century the middle section was hardly accessible. On sections there is still very little room for the line between the Murg and the rock walls. With its ten tunnels, eight bridges and steep sections, the line includes a series of solutions to technical challenges.

The line starts in Rastatt station and runs from the southern end of the station area to the east on the northern bank of the Murg river through an industrial area. After about a kilometre, it reaches a halt created in 2002, Rastatt Beinle. Subsequently, the line crosses the open fields of the Upper Rhine Plain to Kuppenheim station. From here it leaves the plane and now runs along the Murg Valley through the halts of Bischweier and Bad Rotenfels Schloss.

The section of the line from Kuppenheim to Bad Rotenfels station was duplicated in preparation for opening of the Stadtbahn, all other sections of Murg Valley Railway are single track. From Bad Rotenfels the Murg Valley Railway crosses into the town of Gaggenau, passing through the halt of Bad Rotenfels Weinbrennerstraße to the three-track station of Gaggenau. South of Gaggenau station the line runs through the Mercedes-Benz factory, where in addition to a siding there is a halt for the company's employees.

Next, the line follows the Murg Valley to the south, past the halts of Ottenau and Hörden and finally reaches Gernsbach station, which has several tracks for freight and passenger transport. Between the halts of Ottenau and Hörden is a two-track operations station with sidings, where delayed trains may pass.

South of Gernsbach are the halts of Gernsbach Mitte and Obertsrot and the stations of Hilpertsau and Weisenbach, which both have crossing loops. The most scenic and technically difficult part of the Murg Valley Railway begins in Weisenbach. Near Schönmünzach the Murg valley narrows to become a gorge, so that the railway has to run on the steep slopes of the valley. It was necessary to build nine tunnels and five viaducts on this section.

South of Weisenbach station, the line crosses the Murg on a 76-metre-long steel truss bridge and climbs the western slope of the Murg. After passing through the halt of Au and the Füllen and Hart tunnels, the line crosses the Murg again on a 127-metre-long bridge. This was originally built as an entirely brick arch bridge, which was destroyed during the Second World War and afterwards it received a steel central section, while the outer parts of the brick bridge were retained. The line then reaches the double-track station of Langenbrand.

Next, the line runs on the eastern slope of the Murg, crossing a mountain spur through the Brach tunnel and reaches the imposing, 183 metre-long and 27 metre-high stone bridge over the Tennetschlucht. This is directly connected to Stiehl tunnel and the line runs through the Rappen tunnel and the Hacken tunnel before reaching the halt of Gausbach, opened in 2002. After passing through the Gausbach tunnel, the Murg Valley Railway reaches Forbach station, which in addition to two running lines built in 2002, has an additional bay track for trains terminating here and a two-track carriage depot. Forbach also has the AVG's line controllers' office for the line. From Weisenbach to Forbach the line has to overcome a climb of 123.5 metres, which corresponds with an average gradient of 2.0 percent.

South of Forbach, the line climbs to Schönmünzach station over a ten kilometre-long section that runs through an almost uninhabited, wooded area. Raumünzach station and Kirschbaumwasen halt are almost exclusively used as starting points for boat trips. Raumünzach station is also passing place for trains. South of Forbach and near Raumünzach the Murg Valley Railway crosses the Murg on bridges. While the stone bridge at Forbach was destroyed during the Second World War and rebuilt as a steel-truss structure, the bridge in Raumünzach is still a brick vault bridge. Each of the two bridges has a tunnel nearby to the  south: the Haul tunnel, 364 metres long and the longest tunnel on the Murg Valley Railway, and the Spielrain tunnel. Between Kirschbaumwasen and Schönmünzach the line crosses the former border between Baden and Württemberg.

South of Schönmünzach, the line runs through the halts of Schwarzenberg, Huzenbach and Röt, the newly established passing station of Heselbach, the halts of Klosterreichenbach and Baiersbronn Schule and Baiersbronn station. It passes under a rocky outcrop through the Mähderbuckel tunnel south of Schwarzenberg. The line crosses the Murg south of Huzenbach and north of Heselbach.

The final section of the Murg Valley Railway runs from Baiersbronn out of the Murg valley to its highest point at Freudenstadt Stadt (town) station and it then drop to Freudenstadt Central Station (Hauptbahnhof). To cope with these differences in height, this section climbs at a maximum gradient of 5.0 percent. First built as a rack railway, it was converted to friction operation between 1924 and 1926. Even today this section has special operating requirements and only vehicles with special authorisation may be on the section. On the steep section is the 84 metre-long stone Christoph viaduct and the halts of  Friedrichstal, Freudenstadt Schulzentrum and Freudenstadt Industriegebiet.

The infrastructure

The track infrastructure has been maintained since 2000 by the AVG; DB Netz is responsible for the terminuses in Rastatt and Freudenstadt. A Bahnmeisterei (the office of the director of track maintenance) is located in Forbach. The route is electrified and equipped with colour light signals, which are controlled centrally from the signal box in Gernsbach. With the exception of the double-track section between Kuppenheim and Bad Rotenfels the line is single track. Stations with crossing loops are in Gaggenau, Hörden (operations station only), Gernsbach, Hilpertsau, Weisenbach, Langenbrand, Forbach, Raumünzach, Schönmünzach, Heselbach, Baiersbronn and Freudenstadt Stadt. The line is operated as a branch line; the line speed varies between sections between 60 and 100 km/h. For the steep route between Freudenstadt and Baiersbronn there are special operating rules. The stations are 120 metres long and the platforms are 55 centimetres high, making possible level entry to the carriages.

There are sidings for freight transport for the Kronospan company (Bischweier), Lang Recycling (Bad Rotenfels), Hörden timber (at Hörden operating station), Mercedes-Benz (Gaggenau), Mayr-Melnhof (Obertsrot), Smurfit Kappa (Weisenbach) and Stora Enso (Langenbrand). While Kronospan and Lang Recycling are still served regularly, the other sidings are closed. In addition, until the early 1990s, there was a railway siding south of Weisenbach station that was several kilometres long and ran to the east of the Murg below Füllen tunnel. The line has its own sidings at the stations in Kuppenheim, Gernsbach Schönmünzach and Baiersbronn.

Rolling stock

The Rolling stock on the lower section of the Murg Valley Railway used to be based in Karlsruhe depot. The first steam locomotives were of Baden class V c and V b, which were  replaced from 1914 by class VI b and VI c. Use of these locomotives in the Murg Valley ended in 1953 (VI b) or 1961 (VI c) and they were replaced by locomotives of class T18 for the haulage of passenger trains (1959–1966). In freight traffic, class 50 locomotives were used until 1970.

The locomotives for operations on the steep sections in Freudenstadt were located in Freudenstadt depot. Until 1924, only cog locomotives of the Württemberg class Fz were used. After successful tests with locomotives of the Prussian class T 16.1, operations on the steep sections were converted to this class. The rack operation was therefore gradually abandoned until 1926. Six machines of this class were located in Freudenstadt. From 1955, two additional newly built class 82 locomotives were used. Since the towing capacity of the steam locomotives on the steep sections was only 160 tonnes (class T 16.1) or 180 tonnes (class 82), many trains needed an additional engine, that is, trains were pulled by a locomotive at the front and pushed at the rear.

With the delivery of four railbuses of class VT 98.9 (798), capable of climbing steep grades to the Karlsruhe depot in 1956, the era of diesel operations began on the Murg Valley Railway. However, these four sets were not sufficient to operate all services, so some services were still steam-hauled. In 1966 the picture changed on the Murg Valley Railway again, when ten new class V100 (V 100 2332 to 2341, later class 213 332–341) locomotives were delivered to Karlsruhe depot for hauling trains in the Murg valley; these replaced the steam locomotives and railbuses.

The change of locomotives was no longer necessary. However, a single V 100 could carry only haul 150 tonnes on the steep section, so services continuing from Baiersbronn needed two or three locomotives. This only changed with the commissioning of nine of the class 218 (218 160–168) locomotives that had been adapted for steep hauls; these replaced the class V 100 locomotives in 1972. Thanks to a maximum towing capacity of 225 tons, it was possible to almost entirely dispense with additional locomotives on the steep sections.

From the late 1980s some class 628/928 diesel multiple units were used on the lower section as far as Baiersbronn. Since these were not allowed on the steep section, a change was required at Baiersbronn to class 627.0 diesel multiple units, which also operated in the Murg Valley from the 1980s.

With the start of Stadtbahn operations, passenger services were based entirely on Karlsruhe Stadtbahn electric multiple units of class GT8-100D/2S-M operated by Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, which were approved for the steep route in Freudenstadt. The EMUs sometimes operate as single sets, sometimes as double sets. Older EMUs of class GT8-100C/2S are also used between Rastatt and Forbach, but they are not approved for the steeper section.

Notes

References

External links

 Timetable from 1944

Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg
Buildings and structures in Freudenstadt (district)
Buildings and structures in Rastatt (district)
Rack railways in Germany
Railway lines in the Black Forest
Railway lines opened in 1869
1869 establishments in Germany
Karlsruhe Stadtbahn


Pálffy or Palffy is a Hungarian surname which means "son of Pál (Paul)". The family name is common in Hungary and Slovakia.

Pálffy ab Erdöd noble family
The most famous bearers of the name Pálffy are the members of the Austro-Hungarian noble family Pálffy ab Erdöd. Family members include:

Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd (1580/1589–1653), Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece
Johann Bernhard Stephan, Graf Pálffy ab Erdöd (1664–1751), Imperial field marshal, Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece
Nikolaus VI Graf Pálffy ab Erdöd (1657/67–1732), Imperial field marshal and Palatine of Hungary, Knight of the Golden Fleece
Lipót Pálffy de Erdőd (1764–1825), Major General
Ferdinand Palffy von Erdöd (1774–1840), mining engineer in the Austrian Empire and Vienna Theatre manager
Fidél Pálffy (1895–1946), Hungarian nobleman who was a leading supporter of Nazism in Hungary

Other people named Pálffy
Other notable people with the surname include:

Žigmund Pálffy (born 1972), Slovak ice hockey player
David Palffy (born 1969), Canadian actor of Hungarian extraction
Zsuzsanna Pálffy (born 1970), Hungarian handball player
Géza Pálffy (born 1971), Hungarian historian

See also
Pálffy Palace (disambiguation)

Hungarian-language surnames


Stephen Gottheil Rich (1890–1958) of New Jersey, was the son of Joseph S. Rich who helped found the Collectors Club of New York. Stephen Rich was an ardent stamp collector, and created some important specialized collections of stamps.

Collecting interests
Rich had a wide interest in philately; but, he created award-winning specialized collections. His most widely regarded collection was his Orange Free State, the Boer War and the Cape of Good Hope Triangulars. He later wrote Philately of the Anglo-Boer War of 1895-1902 in 1943. Stephen Rich also collected postage stamps and postal history of France and Poland, postal history of the state of New Jersey, and U.S. Telegraph Stamps.

Rich also had a collection of  pre-cancelled stamps and edited The Precancel Bee.

Philatelic activity
Rich served as an officer in the Society of Philatelic Americans for a number of years.

Honors and awards
Stephen Gottheil Rich was admitted to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1959, the year after he died.

See also
 Philately
 Philatelic literature

References
 Stephen Gottheil Rich

1890 births
1958 deaths
Philatelic literature
American philatelists
People from New Jersey
American Philatelic Society


Owen Thomas Marshall (17 September 1892 – 18 May 1963) was an English professional footballer of the 1920s. Born in Nottingham, he joined Gillingham from Chelsea in 1921 and went on to make 39 appearances for the club in The Football League. He left to join Maidstone United in 1923.

References

1892 births
1963 deaths
English men's footballers
Gillingham F.C. players
Chelsea F.C. players
Maidstone United F.C. (1897) players
Footballers from Nottingham
Men's association football defenders


Kaze (pronounced kah-zee), real name Kevin Clarence Thomas, is a rapper from Durham, North Carolina.

Biography
Thomas was born on Fort Belvoir, and grew up in nearby Dale City, Virginia. After spending many summers in North Carolina, he eventually moved to Richlands, North Carolina with his family in 1991, when he was in his early teens. He studied at the University of North Carolina, initially majoring in criminal justice, but switching to English, and then radio, television and motion pictures. Kaze's first claim to fame was as founder of the Hip-Hop Nation on-campus organization, aimed at promoting local MCs, DJs, poets, and graffiti artists. He followed this with the nationally syndicated television show Hip-Hop Nation in 2001, which he co-created and produced. He then started his own Soul Dojo record label, the first release on which was his 2003 debut album, Spirit of '94. The album was picked up by BCD Global Distribution later that year. He followed this with the Enemy of the State mixtape, featuring contributions from DJ Forge, L.E.G.A.C.Y., 9th Wonder and Nature, and a single "Move Over with Nature", featuring production from fellow North Carolina resident 9th Wonder. 9th Wonder remixed the beats from Kaze's debut, and it was re-issued as Spirit of '94 Version 9.0, with re-recorded vocals, released by Brick Records in the United States and Handcuts Records in Japan. Combined sales of Spirit of '94 and Enemy of the State totalled over 10,000 copies. In 2006, he signed to Rawkus Records, with his second album proper, Block 2the Basement released in 2008. He performed as part of the SXSW festival in 2007. In February 2009, he went on to become co-winner of the LOUD.COM Ultimate Rap Star contest, earning him a record deal with hip-hop business legend Steve Rifkind's SRC Records, distributed by Universal Motown. He joined forces with G-Unit/Shady's DJ Whoo Kid to release the "First in Flight" mixtape in September 2009.

Kaze founded the Sunday Night Sessions open-mic events in Chapel Hill, which he continued to co-host.

Discography

Albums
Spirit of '94 album (2003) Soul Dojo/BCD/Universal Japan
Spirit of '94 Version 9.0 album (2005) Brick (Kaze & 9th Wonder)
Block 2the Basement album (2008) Rawkus

Mixtapes
Enemy of the State mixtape (2004) Soul Dojo
Battleground Mixtape: Soul Dojo Edition (2006) Battleground/Soul Dojo (Kaze & DJ Battle)
Word on the Street mixtape (2006) Vintage/Soul Dojo
First in Flight aka 4Letters mixtape (2009) Street Records Corporation (Kaze & DJ Whoo Kid)
Black Kennedy mixtape (2012) Sound of The Culture (Kaze, Dark Matter Productions, The Dem, D.R.U.G.S., E. Jones, Erv Ford, Family Biz Ent., Johnny Juliano, K. Slack, LaPhelle, M-Phazes, Skates, & Talent Ted)

Singles
"Move Over With Nature" single
"50/50 Amp" 12" single (2004) Brick
"Last Laugh" 12" single (2004) Brick (Kaze & 9th Wonder)

References

External links
Official website
Kaze at discogs.com

Southern hip hop musicians
Rappers from North Carolina
Living people
21st-century American rappers
Year of birth missing (living people)


George Stewart (born 29 August 1947 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played for Dundee and Hibernian. Born in Edinburgh, Stewart started his career with Tynecastle Boys Club, before signing for Dundee in 1964. Stewart was part of the Dundee side that won the 1973 Scottish League Cup Final.

He transferred to Hibernian in 1976, after Dundee were relegated from the Scottish Premier Division. Stewart played in over 100 league matches for Hibs, and played in the twice-replayed 1979 Scottish Cup Final. Stewart had helped Hibs reach that final by scoring one of the goals against Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts in the quarter-final. Stewart left Hibs in 1981 to sign for Cowdenbeath, but at the end of the season he joined Dunfermline as a coach. He then returned to Hibs as an assistant to Pat Stanton.

References

External links

1947 births
Cowdenbeath F.C. players
Dundee F.C. players
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff
Hibernian F.C. players
Living people
Footballers from Edinburgh
Scottish men's footballers
Scottish Football League players
Men's association football central defenders


John Martin Scurti is an American actor.

Scurti attended Fordham University, where he received a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. One of his early major film roles was The Ref in 1994, in which he appeared with Denis Leary. He maintained a friendship with Leary, and in 2004 Leary asked him to play Lt. Ken Shea in the series Rescue Me. Scurti played Shea for all seven seasons of the show, and also contributed as a writer.

Through the 1990s and early 2000s, Scurti worked mainly in television, landing small roles on episodes of shows such as Murphy Brown, Baywatch Nights, Spin City, Sex and the City, The $treet, Law & Order, Ed, and Monk.  He appeared in two episodes of Marvel's Luke Cage, and in 2018 played a recurring character in the Netflix series The Good Cop.

Filmography

Writer

References

External links

 Interview with Gothamist

American male film actors
American male television actors
Fordham University alumni
Living people
Male actors from New York (state)
People from Northport, New York
Year of birth missing (living people)


"Hey Baby" is a 1975 rock single from the album Ted Nugent, the first solo release by American guitarist Ted Nugent. The song features lead vocals by rhythm guitarist Derek St. Holmes, and was the only song on the album that St. Holmes wrote and arranged himself.

Charts

See also

1975 in music
Ted Nugent discography

References

1975 songs
1975 singles
Blues rock songs
Epic Records singles
Song recordings produced by Tom Werman
Ted Nugent songs


Aurora is a studio album by French jazz fusion artist Jean-Luc Ponty, released in 1976. It features guitarist Daryl Stuermer (later to join  Genesis), keyboardist Patrice Rushen, bassist  Tom Fowler (with whom Ponty had played with Frank Zappa), and drummer Norman Fearrington. It was reissued on audio cassette in 1990 and on CD in 1992.

Track listing
All tracks written by Jean-Luc Ponty.

 "Is Once Enough?" – 4:58
 "Renaissance" – 5:48
 "Aurora, Pt. 1" – 2:46
 "Aurora, Pt. 2" – 6:15
 "Passenger of the Dark" – 4:17
 "Lost Forest" – 5:27
 "Between You and Me" – 5:58
 "Waking Dream" – 2:25

Personnel
 Jean-Luc Ponty – acoustic & electric violin, violectra, autoharp, keyboards
 Daryl Stuermer – acoustic & electric guitars
 Patrice Rushen – acoustic & electric piano, synthesizer
 Tom Fowler – electric bass
 Norman Fearrington – drums, percussion

Production
 Jean-Luc Ponty – producer
 Larry Hirsch – engineer, mixing
 George Putko – engineer, studio assistant
 Zal Schreiber – mastering
 Jim Marshall – photography
 Jean-Paul Oren – photography
 Phil A. Ceccola – cover photo

Charts

References

External links
 Official artist website www.Ponty.com
 Official record label website AtlanticRecords.com
 Jean-Luc Ponty - Aurora (1976) album review by Scott Yanow, credits & releases at AllMusic
 Jean-Luc Ponty - Aurora (1976) album releases & credits at Discogs
 Jean-Luc Ponty - Aurora (1976) album to be listened as stream on Spotify

Jean-Luc Ponty albums
1975 albums
Atlantic Records albums


The Hallicrafters SX-28 "Super Skyrider" is an American shortwave communications receiver that was produced between 1940 and 1946 that saw wide use by amateur radio, government and military services.

History

In July 1940, the Hallicrafters Company announced the SX-28 "Super Skyrider", the result of a development effort by 12 staff engineers and analysis of more than 600 reports that included input from U.S. government engineers, commercial users, and amateur radio operators. The SX-28's distinctive art deco styling was considered sleek and strikingly modern in 1940. The radio frequency coverage was 550 kHz (0.55 MHz) to 43 MHz in six bands. The SX-28 included an Amplified AVC, a Lamb Noise Silencer, Calibrated bandspread, and Push-Pull audio output. The SX-28 was known for its high fidelity audio together with high sensitivity, stability and selectivity, and good purchase value.

The SX-28 saw use by various branches of U.S. and allied military and intelligence agencies during World War II. SX-28 and Hallicrafters S-27 and S-36 receivers were often rack mounted in British government listening posts and secret listening stations for monitoring German radar and communications during the war such as Beaumanor Hall in the English Midlands where German and Italian encrypted radio messages were sent to Bletchley Park for decoding. A number of the receivers were sent to the Soviet Union as a part of the Lend Lease Act, subsequently modified to accommodate Russian tubes.

Hallicrafters published that 50,000 SX-28 and SX-28A's had been built by the end of its production run in 1946, however the serial numbers appear to indicate a production figure of half, approximately 27,500 receivers. Many of the SX-28/28A's that exist today are in the hands of vintage amateur radio collectors and amateur radio operators.

The "Skyrider" name

The name "Skyrider" was intended to bestow an aura of exotic adventure to Hallicrafters products and had a long history with the company. The first Hallicrafters set to be dubbed with the name was the 1932 S-1.

Variations

Variations and special versions of the SX-28 were produced over the years. During World War II, Hallicrafters continued to redesign portions of the SX-28.

Specialty versions
AN/GRR-2 - introduced in February 1944 became the U.S. Navy SX-28A, a ruggedized unit built for U.S. Army Signal Corps and U.S. Navy use.

See also
BC-348
Hammarlund Super Pro
National HRO
R-390A

References

General references
de Hensler, Max. The Hallicrafters Story. Charleston, West Virginia: ARCA Press, 1988
Moore, Raymond. Communications Receivers, Fourth Edition. La Belle, Florida: RSM Communications, 1997
Osterman, Fred. Shortwave Receivers Past and Present. Reynoldsburg, Ohio: Universal Radio Research, 1998
Dachis, Chuck. Radios by Hallicrafters. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Books for Collectors, 1999
SX-28 and SX-28A Manuals, VOLs. XII and XVI, Riders Perpetual Troubleshooting Manual
AN/GRR-2  Manual, Army # TM-11-874, military SX-28A
QST, July,1940 to 1946
ARRL Handbook 1946

External links
Western Historic Radio Museum, The Hallicrafters SX-28, A pre-war masterpiece

Amateur radio receivers
Military radio systems of the United States
World War II American electronics
Military equipment introduced from 1940 to 1944


Frontline Test Equipment, Inc is a communication trouble-shooting software company based in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. Founded in 1985, Frontline became an employee-owned company in 2009. On April 7, 2016, Teledyne LeCroy announced it had acquired Frontline Test Equipment.

Frontline is also notable for RS-232/422/485 protocol analyzers.

Products

When a new communication technology or product is being developed, hardware and software engineers rely heavily on protocol analyzers, also known as sniffers or bus analyzers to identify problems and speed the development process. Frontline provides PC-based protocol analyzers for developers and industrial applications.

In the past 25 years, Frontline has released several protocol analyzers. Their currently listed products are:
 ComProbe BPA 600 Dual Mode Bluetooth Protocol Analyzer for Classic Bluetooth and Bluetooth low energy technology * ComProbe BPA low energy Analyzer - an affordable, low energy only Bluetooth analyzer.
 ComProbe 802.11 Analyzer,
 Frontline Bluetooth Low Energy Protocol Analyzer,
 CRT4BT, Codenomicon Robustness Tester for Bluetooth
 FTS4USB USB Protocol Analyzer,
 Serialtest,
 NetDecoder for ControlNet and numerous additional industrial protocols and buses, and
 Ethertest.

References

External links
 Frontline Test Equipment Official Website

Bluetooth
Serial buses
Employee-owned companies of the United States
Companies established in 1985
Test equipment vendors
1985 establishments in Virginia


Robert Frederick Quick QPM (born 25 April 1959) is a British former senior police officer. From 2008 to 2009, he was the Assistant Commissioner (Specialist Operations) of London's Metropolitan Police Service at New Scotland Yard. The role is a key national security post with responsibility for counter-terrorism within the United Kingdom, protection of the Queen and senior members of the British Royal Family, protection of the UK Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers. He also oversaw the protection of visiting heads of state to the UK and the diplomatic community in London.

Early life and education
Quick was born on 25 April 1959 in London, England. He studied at the University of Exeter, graduating with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, and completed a diploma in applied criminology at the University of Cambridge.

Police career
Quick joined the police service in 1978 at the age of 18, first serving in Lambeth. From 1978 to 1991, he served in a range of positions in both uniform and CID in South London, dealing with armed robbery, drug trafficking, murder and other serious offences.

In 2000 he was appointed head of the Metropolitan Police CIB and Anti-Corruption Command overseeing corruption investigations and public complaints. In November 2001 he led "Operation Safer Streets" in London against robbery and armed crime which resulted in large falls in these crime categories. In December 2002, he took charge of the Hackney siege, a police operation in east London to deal with a gunman who had taken a hostage at a flat in Hackney after shooting at police officers. For this operation he was widely praised for the restraint shown, in what was at the time London's longest armed siege. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 2002 New Year's Honours for distinguished service.

He later became Chief Constable of Surrey and during his tenure (2004–2008) Surrey Police was rated as one of the best performing forces in England and Wales. In 2008 he was succeeded by Mark Rowley as Chief Constable. Quick then returned to London to become an assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service.

He is currently the CEO of BGS Ltd.

Damian Green investigation; resignations
In October 2008, Quick received a complaint from senior officials at the Government Cabinet Office regarding a series of leaks of official documents from the Home Office, which found their way into some national newspapers. Some of the documents were classified as "secret". An ensuing investigation by Quick found that documents had been stolen from the home secretary's safe, including correspondence with the prime minister; this led to the arrest of senior civil servant Christopher Galley who implicated two prominent opposition MPs. Galley was sacked for gross professional misconduct.

After consultations with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) one of these MPs, Damian Green, was arrested for aiding or abetting misconduct in public office and the police searched the MP's home and his parliamentary office, which caused a political furore.

Opposition Conservative MPs claimed the police were acting under the orders of, or with knowledge of, the then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. Evidence was later taken by Parliament, which proved these claims to be unfounded (Hansard).

No search warrant was obtained for the raid on Green's office in the House of Commons and permission for the search was given by the Serjeant at Arms, who is in charge of Commons security, not by the Speaker.

A subsequent Parliamentary inquiry concluded the police had "followed the correct procedures", there being a requirement on the police to seek consent of the Parliamentary Authorities for the search (which was given) before resorting to applying for a search warrant. The controversy continued whilst an investigation into the leaks continued. The MPs claimed parliamentary privilege over the material seized by police, which prevented the material being examined for several weeks. During the investigation a series of press articles were published criticising the arrest of Green. An articles also appeared with details of Quick's wife's business. In response, Quick made public comments suggesting Conservative politicians and the press were seeking to undermine him. He later withdrew the allegations.

An Inspectorate of Constabulary review of the case described the use of police resources as "questionable"; an internal police review concluded that arresting Green was "not proportionate". The Crown Prosecution Service decided there was insufficient evidence to prosecute either Galley or Green because the information leaked to Green on the government's immigration policy was not secret and did not affect national security or put lives at risk. The two had been warned they could face life imprisonment if convicted.

On 8 April 2009, when Quick arrived at a briefing at 10 Downing Street he inadvertently exposed a document marked Secret dealing with "Operation Pathway" to photographers which compromised the counter-terrorist operation which the document concerned, forcing police in the North West of England to strike sooner than planned, making twelve arrests within hours. He resigned the following day and was replaced by John Yates. Quick later suggested that he would not have needed to resign if political forces had not been angered by his arrest of Green.

Reacting to his resignation, the president of the Association of Chief Police Officers said Quick had "led a number of critical counter-terror operations over the past year or so and we are all the safer for that"; the home secretary and prime minister thanked Quick for his contributions. London Mayor Boris Johnson said he accepted Quick's resignation with "great reluctance and sadness".

Within days of Quick's resignation, a decision was taken by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC not to prosecute Green or the senior civil servant involved, Christopher Galley. The commentary on the decision highlighted that:

Later in 2012, Quick testified under oath at the Leveson Public Inquiry into "the culture, practices and ethics of the press, including contacts between the press and police" that a series of misleading articles about the case appeared in the press during the investigation quoting "senior police sources" and that he had come under pressure at the outset to drop the investigation before the evidence has been examined. He stated that he had resisted this on the basis he had duty in law to fully investigate the Cabinet Office allegations that the leaks constituted criminal offences on the basis of CPS advice.

In 2017, the Green controversy was revived when Quick told journalists that the police had found pornography on a computer seized from the politician's office during the 2008 raids. Green said: "The allegations about the material and computer, now nine years old, are false, disreputable political smears from a discredited police officer acting in flagrant breach of his duty to keep the details of police investigations confidential, and amount to little more than an unscrupulous character assassination." Quick commented that, "I bear no malice to Damian Green".

Subsequently, Green was found to have lied and was asked to resign from the Cabinet by Prime Minister Theresa May.

References

External links
Bob Quick profile in The Guardian

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Living people
British Chief Constables
Assistant Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis
Place of birth missing (living people)
Metropolitan Police recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
1959 births
Alumni of the University of Exeter
Alumni of the University of Cambridge


Curtis Jackson (born September 22, 1973 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a former gridiron football player. In 1999, he played in nine regular-season games for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League before being cut from the team. Jackson played with the New England Patriots in 2002, and was a part of their Super Bowl XXXVI championship season. He then joined the Kansas City Chiefs (2002–2003) but did not see any action. Currently, he is a coach for the Episcopal School of Dallas. He is the coach of star player and multi billionaire Finley Lear. Lear is a 4 star football player with multiple Division 1 offers. Lear was named as the number 28 best ranked player in his class. In 2004, he returned to the CFL and played in 11 games for the Ottawa Renegades.

References

External links
Pro-Football reference

1973 births
Living people
Players of American football from Fort Worth, Texas
Texas Longhorns football players
New England Patriots players
Kansas City Chiefs players


Galtrigill () is a largely abandoned crofting township on the far north end of the east side of the Duirinish peninsula on the Isle of Skye, and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

The villages of Borreraig, Uig and Totaig are located directly south. The Stone of Manners () lies north of Galtrigill, and is the only one known to exist on the Isle of Skye.

References

Populated places in the Isle of Skye


Sydney Percy Gore (born 23 September 1900, date of death unknown) was an English professional football player of the interwar years. Born in Faversham, he joined Gillingham from Faversham Rangers in 1918 and made eight appearances for the club in the Football League before leaving to join Sittingbourne. He joined Millwall in 1923 and made over 100 appearances over three seasons. After a spell with Chatham Town he rejoined Gillingham in 1929 and made a further 32 appearances. His last known club was Ashford Town.

References

1900 births
English men's footballers
Gillingham F.C. players
Millwall F.C. players
People from Faversham
Year of death missing
Sittingbourne F.C. players
Ashford United F.C. players
Men's association football forwards


Huddersfield bus station serves the town of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

The bus station was opened on Sunday 1 December 1974 and is owned and managed by Metro. It is the busiest bus station in West Yorkshire and is used by more than 33,000 passengers every day. The bus station is situated in Huddersfield town centre, underneath the Multi-storey car park. It is bordered by the Ring Road (Castlegate A62) and can be accessed from High Street, Upperhead Row and Henry Street.

There are 25 pick-up and three alighting only stands at the bus station.

Services

The main operators at the bus station include First West Yorkshire, Arriva Yorkshire and Yorkshire Tiger with other services run by First Greater Manchester, TLC, Tiger Blue and Stotts Coaches. National Express coaches run nationwide from here. In March 2009, Megabus started to run a coach service, called Megabusplus to London, which involves changing from the coach on to an East Midlands Railway service at East Midlands Parkway.

There are plenty of local services which link Huddersfield with the surrounding areas of the town such as Denby Dale, Golcar, Holmfirth, Lindley, Marsden, Meltham, Milnsbridge, Slaithwaite. In addition to this, there are several services which run to other towns in West Yorkshire such as Batley, Bradford, Brighouse, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Heckmondwike, Leeds, Mirfield, Morley and Wakefield, the White Rose Shopping Centre plus the 184 service which links Huddersfield with Oldham.

References

External links

 Metro's Huddersfield bus station page
 Huddersfield Bus Station and Multi Storey Car Park - Geograph

Bus stations in West Yorkshire
Buildings and structures in Huddersfield
Transport in Huddersfield


Paul H. Rabinowitz (born 1939) is the Edward Burr Van Vleck Professor of Mathematics and a Vilas Research Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He received a Ph.D. from New York University in 1966 under the direction of Jürgen Moser. From 1966 to 1969 he held a position as assistant professor at Stanford University. He has visited many mathematical institutions all over the world (among them universities at Aarhus, Pisa, Paris and ETH in Zurich). In 1978 Paul Rabinowitz became a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

He works in the fields of partial differential equations and nonlinear analysis. He is best known for his global bifurcation theorem and the mountain pass theorem, the latter done jointly with Antonio Ambrosetti. However also the linking and saddle point theorems, results concerning the existence of periodic solutions to hamiltonian systems, variational methods in the theory of critical points of strongly indefinite functional under the absence of compactness conditions of the Palais–Smale type and other achievements of Paul Rabinowitz have found their place in the history of mathematics.

He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the George David Birkhoff Prize in 1998. He was elected as a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1998. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. In 2014 Paul Rabinowitz was awarded with the Juliusz Schauder Medal, the prize established by the Juliusz Schauder Center for Nonlinear Studies at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, in recognition of his important contribution in the field of topological methods in nonlinear analysis.

References and notes

External links
Paul Rabinowitz at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
Announcement of Election to National Academy
Juliusz P. Schauder Center for Nonlinear Studies

20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty
1939 births
Living people
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences