The slit sensilla, also known as the slit sense organ, is a small mechanoreceptory organ or group of organs in the exoskeleton of arachnids which detects physical deformation or strain due to forces experienced by the animal. The organ appears in the vast majority of discovered arachnids, and is "remarkably consistent" in location and direction within each order. The arachnid slit sensilla corresponds to the campaniform sensilla found in insects.

Slit sensilla tend to be widely distributed over the arachnid's exoskeleton, but have also been found to be grouped at specific locations and in a bundle of parallel lines; the latter distribution is referred to as a "lyriform organ". The term "lyriform organ" comes from the shape of such grouped slit sensilla, which resembles a lyre. Arachnids with lyriform slit sensilla are commonly used as experimental subjects for investigations into mechanosensation because the almost 2D structure of their slit sensilla allows for relatively simple understanding of the system; thus, the results of electrostimulation on such arachnids can be easily recorded. Etymologically, "slit sensilla" are so named because they resemble a channel penetrating through the exoskeleton into the animal; despite this appearance, however, investigation has shown that slit sensilla do not actually penetrate the chitin of the exoskeleton, but merely represent a thinning of the material.

References

Bibliography

Spider anatomy
Sensory receptors


Ryle Nugent was born in Dublin and is an Irish sports broadcaster, reporter and former Head of RTÉ Sport. Prior to his appointment, he was RTÉ's commissioning editor for sport primarily specialising in rugby union. He is the resident rugby union commentator for RTÉ's television coverage of international and club competitions, such as the Six Nations Championship, Heineken Cup and Rugby World Cup. Nugent sometimes serves as the presenter of highlights of previously broadcast rugby union events.

He has provided RTÉ commentary from the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics and presented sports programmes such as The Grip and Against the Head. Other television appearances have included The Cafe and Dustin's Daily News.

Education
Nugent was educated at Blackrock College in Dublin. He studied broadcasting and journalism at Ballyfermot Senior College, qualifying in 1990.

Career
Before joining Channel 4, Nugent was an employee of Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) for many years, providing rugby union commentary from 1999 and later became the broadcaster's head of television sport. He transferred to RTÉ from his news desk position at Dublin radio station 98FM in 1995 to work as a sports presenter on the young people's television programme The Grip. Nugent went on to become the presenter of rugby union highlights for RTÉ Sport during the 1999 Rugby World Cup, when he heard that RTÉ were searching for younger talent to replace established names such as Jim Sherwin and George Hamilton. His live television commentary debut was the Georgia versus Romania match at the World Cup. He later reflected upon having drunk so much coffee before the game that he vomited. In 2000, he was reported as having described Ireland's rugby union player and future captain, Brian O'Driscoll, in the early part of his career at the time, as being "a hard tackler" with "great hands".

Nugent also covers other sports such as football and golf. He was dispatched by RTÉ as one of thirty-eight members of its staff to cover the Summer Olympic Games that year, and was described in his country's national media as "running all over Sydney". In October 2002, Nugent was announced as the presenter of a new production by RTÉ Sport, titled Against the Head, to begin airing in January 2003. The rugby union magazine style programme returned to Irish television screens in January 2004. That year also saw Nugent return to RTÉ's Olympic coverage, this time in Athens, Greece.

Other high-profile moments of rugby union commentary came during the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia and the 2006 Heineken Cup Final in which Munster beat Biarritz Olympique. He appeared on the children's entertainment show Dustin's Daily News on 12 February 2007. Nugent performed another return to Olympic broadcasting in 2008 when he provided commentary for RTÉ from Beijing, China. He provided commentary for all games in the 2009 Six Nations Championship, in which Ireland won the Grand Slam and Triple Crown for the first time since 1948, and appeared on The Cafe on 20 March just prior to this achievement. Before this, he described his commentary on the 2007 Ireland versus England Six Nations match at Croke Park in Dublin as the highlight of his career.

He was a guest on The Cafe on 12 March 2010. On 8 October 2011, Nugent did the commentary for Ireland's Rugby World Cup Quarter Final match against Wales, replacing Hugh Cahill as lead commentator.

When the live televised France versus Ireland match in the 2012 Six Nations Championship was cancelled minutes prior to kick-off, prompting boos to ring out among disgruntled spectators inside a packed Stade de France, Nugent informed viewers from his Irish commentary box that "It is a dark day in the history of the Six Nations".

Nugent left RTÉ in 2018.

Nugent has worked for Virgin Media Television, covering rugby matches prior to and during the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Style
Nugent dresses in numerous layers to deliver his commentary, with The Irish Times once encountering him "wrapped in the sort of attire more accustomed to Johnny Fortycoats or an Arctic explorer, and with his sheepskin gloves holding onto his microphone for dear life". His delivery is one of "screeching anticipation" and, even when events are relatively calm, he has been known to "send dogs scurrying for cover". Nugent prepares for this delivery by arriving at the match ground two hours before kick-off to perform a sound check. He typically engages in conversation with the team doctor or other members of the backroom staff to ensure there is nothing new he has not been familiarised with regarding the players.

References

External links
Ryle Nugent's Six Nations Column at RTÉ
Appearance on The Cafe—20 March 2009

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Dublin's 98FM presenters
Irish radio journalists
RTÉ television presenters
Irish rugby union commentators
Rugby union people in Ireland
People educated at Blackrock College
Broadcasters from County Dublin


A substance of very high concern (SVHC) is a chemical substance (or part of a group of chemical substances) concerning which it has been proposed that use within the European Union be subject to authorisation under the REACH Regulation. Indeed, listing of a substance as an SVHC by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is the first step in the procedure for authorisation or restriction of use of a chemical. The first list of SVHCs was published on 28 October 2008 and the list has been updated many times to include new candidates. The most recent update occurred in January 2022 to include a total of 223 SVHC.

Criteria
The criteria are given in article 57 of the REACH Regulation. A substance may be proposed as an SVHC if it meets one or more of the following criteria:
it is carcinogenic;
it is mutagenic;
it is toxic for reproduction;
it is persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT substances);
it is very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB substances);
there is "scientific evidence of probable serious effects to human health or the environment which give rise to an equivalent level of concern"; such substances are identified on a case-by-case basis.

The "equivalent concern" criterion is significant because it is this classification which allows substances which are, for example, neurotoxic, endocrine-disrupting or otherwise present an unanticipated environmental health risk to be regulated under REACH.

Simply because a substance meets one or more of the criteria does not necessarily mean that it will be proposed as an SVHC. Many such substances are already subject to restrictions on their use within the European Union, such as those in Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation. SVHCs are substances for which the current restrictions on use (where these exist) might be insufficient. There are three priority groups for assessment:
PBT substances and vPvB substances;
substances which are widely dispersed during use;
substances which are used in large quantities.

Procedure for listing
Proposals for inclusion of a substance on the list of SVHCs can come either from the European Commission or one of the Member States of the European Union. The proposals are made public by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and are open for public comment for 60–90 days. If the substance is deemed to meet one or more of the criteria, it is then listed as an SVHC.

Once a substance has been listed as an SVHC, the Agency commissions a technical report from one or more national or private laboratories, which analyses the available information on manufacture, imports, uses and releases of the substance, as well as possible alternatives. On the basis of this technical report, the Agency decides whether to prioritise the substance, in effect, whether to make a recommendation to the European Commission to add the substance to Annex XIV of the REACH Regulation, making its use subject to authorisation. The draft recommendations must be made public and opened for comment for three months before the final recommendations are sent to the Commission. The first draft recommendations were published on 14 January 2009, and new draft recommendations must be issued at least once every two years.

Consequences of listing
The list of SVHCs is primarily a public list of substances for which the European Chemicals Agency is considering imposing a requirement for authorisation for some or all uses. However, there are some direct consequences of including a substance on the list of SVHCs. Suppliers of pure SVHCs must provide their customers with a safety data sheet (SDS). Suppliers of mixtures of substances which contain more than 0.1% by weight of any SVHC must provide their customers with a safety data sheet on request. Manufacturers or importers of articles containing more than 0.1% by weight of any SVHC must provide their customers, and consumers on request, with adequate information on the safe use and disposal of the article, including the name of the SVHC(s) concerned. From 1 June 2011, manufacturers and importers of articles also have to notify the European Chemicals Agency of the quantities of SVHCs used in their articles.

In addition to the obviously involved chemical industry, there are many more industries affected by this regulation: drapery and leather industry, plastic processing, cosmetic industry, food industry, petroleum processing, printing industry, sports equipment industry, toys industry, recycling industry, electrical engineering industry, fine mechanics industry, optics industry, engine and plant production industry.

Candidate list of substances of very high concern
The following substances are included on the candidate list of substance of very high concern. This list is updated at regular intervals by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), with the first substances listed on 28 October 2008. In June 2012, ECHA updated the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) for Authorization by including 13 new substances. Among the 13 newly added SVHCs on June 18, 2012, four of them (C.I. Basic Violet 3, C.I. Basic Blue 26, C.I. Solvent Blue 4 and 4,4'-bis(dimethylamino)-4'-(methylamino)trityl alcohol) are identified as SVHC only if the presence of the carcinogenic constituents Michler's ketone or Michler's base is ≥ 0.1% w/w. Therefore, all the proposed substances are carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction (CMR substances; H-phrases H340, H341, H350, H351, H360, H361), which may pose serious effects on human beings.
To sell or use these substances, manufacturers, importers and users in the European Union (EU) need to apply for authorization from the ECHA.

This list is referred to as the "candidate" list because all substances placed on it are candidates for inclusion in Annex XIV of REACH. If a substance is added to Annex XIV, it is given a "latest application date" and a "sunset date". The sunset date is the date after which the substance cannot be used or imported into the EU without authorisation from the ECHA, and the latest application date is the date by which any applications for use must be submitted to the ECHA.

The most recent update is from July 2021; find the complete list in references.

Notes
The CAS numbers for groups of compounds such as "SCCP" are indicative. Such groups can include several compounds, each of which has a different CAS number.
PBT = persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
vPvB = very persistent and very bioaccumulative

References

External links
Candidate list of substances from ECHA
Authorisation List (Substances included in Annex XIV of REACH) from ECHA
Obligations Linked to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern from ECHA
Definition of SVHC as in Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 ("the REACH Regulation")

Hazardous materials
Regulation of chemicals in the European Union
Toxicology


Vernon Reginald Pinkney (born May 27, 1955) is a former American football defensive back. He played five seasons in the National Football League, two with the Detroit Lions and three with the Baltimore Colts. Pickney was drafted 166th overall in the 1977 NFL Draft after an All-Conference career at East Carolina University.

Pinkney was born St. Louis, Missouri, but grew up in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He is the father of Patrick Pinkney, former quarterback at East Carolina, and Aaron Curry, former linebacker of the Oakland Raiders.

References

1955 births
Living people
American football defensive backs
East Carolina Pirates football players
Detroit Lions players
Baltimore Colts players
Players of American football from St. Louis
People from Fort Liberty, North Carolina


DCH may refer to:

 Development Construction Holding, an investment company from Kharkiv, Ukraine
 Dah Chong Hong, a Chinese machine-building corporation
 Doctor of Clinical Hypnotherapy, a doctorate diploma
 Dil Chahta Hai, Hindi movie released in 2001
 Declarative Componentized Hardware, a type of device driver for Universal Windows Platform-based versions of Windows 10

See also


VVS Moscow ( / in English: Moscow Military Air Force) was a Soviet sports club representing the Soviet Air Force. Among the sports the club participated in were football, ice hockey, basketball, and volleyball. They won the Soviet national basketball league championship in 1952, as well as the Soviet national volleyball league championship in 1952, and the Soviet national ice hockey league championship three times, in the years 1951, 1952, and 1953 following the 1950 Sverdlovsk Air Disaster.

Lieutenant General Vasily Stalin, the son of Joseph Stalin, was the president of the club. Vsevolod Bobrov played on the football team 1950–52 and the ice hockey team 1949–53. Viktor Tikhonov, the future Soviet national team's coach, played on the ice hockey team, as did Boris Kulagin, future coach of other Moscow-based ice hockey teams. Yevgeny Babich, otherwise a CDKA/CSKA player, played with the VVS hockey team for its three championship seasons.

Hockey team

In 1946–47, the VVS hockey team played in the new Soviet Championship with Anatoly Tarasov as player-coach. VVS finished second in group A in the opening phase and fifth overall. Tarasov scored 14 goals, the highest total of the season. Angry with Vasily Stalin in the next season, he quit and joined CDKA, later known as CSKA. At the end of the 1947–48 season, after the team finished seventh out of ten, Vasily Stalin brought the first line of forwards from Spartak Moscow to the team: Zdenek Zigmund, Ivan Novikov, and Yuri Tarasov. They finished second in 1948–49.

On January 7, 1950, as the team was on the way to Chelyabinsk, their airplane crashed in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk), and the only surviving players were Viktor Shuvalov and Vsevolod Bobrov, who were not on board. Bobrov overslept and took the train instead, and Shuvalov was injured. VVS finished fourth in that season.

The 1950–51 season saw the best players from other teams starting to play on VVS, and the team won the league championship. That year was also the first year of the USSR Cup, where VVS lost the final 4–3 to Krylya Sovetov, also of Moscow.

In 1951–52, VVS won another championship and the USSR Cup, beating CDSA (CDKA before, CSKA later) 3–2 in the tiebreaking game for the former and Krylya Sovetov 6–5 in the final for the latter. They won the championship again in 1952–53 despite Bobrov's injury. After Joseph Stalin died, destalinization resulted in the unceremonious dissolution of VVS.

Football team history
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|- style="background:#efefef;"
! Season
! Div.
! Pos.
! Pl.
! W
! D
! L
! GS
! GA
! P
!Domestic Cup
! Top scorer
|-
|align=center|1945
|align=center|Group 2 (2nd)
|align=center|2
|align=center|17
|align=center|9
|align=center|6
|align=center|2
|align=center|32
|align=center|12
|align=center|24
|align=center|Round of 32
|
|-
|align=center|1946
|align=center|Group 2, South (2nd)
|align=center|1
|align=center|24
|align=center|16
|align=center|5
|align=center|3
|align=center|56
|align=center|22
|align=center|37
|align=center|Round of 16
|
|-
|align=center|1947
|align=center|Group 1 (1st)
|align=center|13
|align=center|24
|align=center|3
|align=center|5
|align=center|16
|align=center|21
|align=center|54
|align=center|11
|align=center|Round of 16
|align=center|Viktor Ponomaryov (8)
|-
|align=center|1948
|align=center|Group 1 (1st)
|align=center|9
|align=center|26
|align=center|9
|align=center|3
|align=center|14
|align=center|33
|align=center|52
|align=center|21
|align=center|Quarterfinal
|align=center|Viktor Piskovatsky (8)
|-
|align=center|1949
|align=center|Group 1 (1st)
|align=center|8
|align=center|34
|align=center|13
|align=center|9
|align=center|12
|align=center|48
|align=center|42
|align=center|35
|align=center|Round of 64
|align=center|Sergei Korshunov (12)
|-
|align=center|1950
|align=center|Class A (1st)
|align=center|4
|align=center|36
|align=center|20
|align=center|5
|align=center|11
|align=center|78
|align=center|52
|align=center|45
|align=center|Quarterfinal
|align=center|Viktor Shuvalov (16)
|-
|align=center|1951
|align=center|Class A (1st)
|align=center|10
|align=center|28
|align=center|11
|align=center|4
|align=center|13
|align=center|44
|align=center|56
|align=center|26
|  style="text-align:center; background:bronze;"|Semifinal
|align=center|Sergei Korshunov (13)
|-
|align=center|1952
|align=center|Class A (1st)
|align=center|11
|align=center|13
|align=center|2
|align=center|6
|align=center|5
|align=center|11
|align=center|14
|align=center|10
|align=center|Quarterfinal
|align=center|Sergei Korshunov (4)
|}

Notable players
 Vsevolod Bobrov
 Anatoli Isayev
 Konstantin Krizhevsky
 Aleksei Paramonov
 Anatoli Porkhunov

References

Association football clubs established in 1945
Association football clubs disestablished in 1952
Defunct football clubs in Moscow
Sports clubs and teams in Moscow
Armed Forces sports society
Soviet Air Force
Military sports clubs and teams
1945 establishments in Russia
1952 disestablishments in Russia
Soviet Top League clubs
Military association football clubs in Russia


The South Wales and Monmouthshire Football Association was the governing body of association football in South Wales and Monmouthshire and was responsible for the development of the game in the region.

Formation
The association was established in 1893 and organised various leagues and cups in the area, including the South Wales Senior Cup. Also, the Association ran two senior leagues in their early days, the South Wales League (which had already been in existence since 1890) and the Rhymney Valley League (formed in 1903).

Restructuring
After the 1967–1968 season the Football Association of Wales decided to restructure the existing football associations and proposed to set up new Area Football Associations. As a result of this restructuring, the Association was split into three separate associations by the beginning of the 1968—1969 season: The South Wales Football Association, the Monmouthshire County Football Association and the West Wales Football Association.

History of Monmouthshire
Sports organizations established in 1893
Football governing bodies in Wales
Organizations disestablished in 1968
1893 establishments in Wales


Master's mate is an obsolete rating which was used by the Royal Navy, United States Navy and merchant services in both countries for a senior petty officer who assisted the master. Master's mates evolved into the modern rank of sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy, while in the merchant service they evolved into the numbered mates or officers.

Royal Navy
Originally, a master's mate was an experienced petty officer who assisted the master but was not in line for promotion to lieutenant. By the mid-eighteenth century, he was far more likely to be a superior midshipman, still waiting to pass his examination for lieutenant or to receive his commission, but taking rather more responsibility aboard ship. Six master's mates were allowed on a first rate, three on a third rate, and two on most frigates.

Duties

Master's mates were experienced seamen, and were usually selected from the ranks of the quartermasters, who they supervised, or from the ranks of midshipmen who wanted more responsibility aboard ship; they were less commonly selected from other mates of warrant officers and able seamen.  Master's mates were allowed to command vessels, walk the quarterdeck, and mess in the gunroom with the other warrant officers.

Master's mates were responsible for fitting out the ship, and making sure they had all the sailing supplies necessary for the voyage. They hoisted and lowered the anchor, and docked and undocked the ship. They would examine the ship daily, notifying the master if there were problems with the sails, masts, ropes, or pulleys. They executed the orders of the master, and would command in his place if he was sick or absent.

Normally master's mates worked on a three-watch system, with the lieutenants, so that one served as the deputy to the lieutenant on each watch. Master's mates generally assisted the master in navigating the ship and directly supervised the quartermasters in steering the ship. The master's mate with the highest seniority was appointed the head of the midshipman's berth and was responsible for teaching mathematics, navigation, and sailing lore.  Master's mates had to keep detailed logs similar to midshipmen. They were also responsible for the division of the crew that included the petty officers.

Second master

Second master was a rating introduced in 1753 that indicated a deputy master on 3rd rate ships of the line or larger. Master's mates also acted as Second Master of vessels too small to be allocated a warranted Master. They were paid significantly more than master's mates, £5 5s per month. A second master was generally a master's mate who had passed his examination for master and was deemed worthy of being master of a vessel. Second masters were given the first opportunity for master vacancies as they occurred.

Mate

Passed midshipmen awaiting promotion often elected to become master's mates. Though formally the rating did not lead to promotion to lieutenant, master's mates were paid more than any other rating and were the only ratings allowed to command any sort of vessel. A midshipman who became master's mate earned an increase in pay from £1 13s 6p to £3 16s per month, but initially reduced his chances at a commission.  Over time, however, an appointment of master's mate became considered a normal part of the path to a commission; the situation caused some confusion during the last part of the 18th century, when two parallel roles - master's mates trying to become masters, and former midshipmen working toward a commission - held the same title and responsibilities aboard ship.

By the first years of the nineteenth century, the prefix "master's" was dropped for passed midshipman, to distinguish them from master's mates in the navigator's branch. In 1824 two further grades were also introduced, consisting of master's assistants and second-class volunteers. These corresponded to midshipmen and first-class volunteers respectively in the executive line. From this point, passed midshipmen had the rating master's mate, abbreviated as mate, and prospective masters had the rating master's assistant. These changes helped eliminate the confusion caused by the mingling of midshipmen in the navigator's branch.  In 1838 a Royal Commission, presided over by the Duke of Wellington, recommended the institution of the rank of mate as an official step between midshipman and lieutenant.

By 1840 there were two completely separate "ladders" for promotion:

Renaming and later use

In 1861 mate was abolished in favor of sub-lieutenant. This made no practical difference to the officers in question since they continued to receive the same pay as before. But the new title was more distinctive; it brought them into line with their opposite numbers in the Army and established them as commissioned officers. In 1867, master was renamed navigating lieutenant, so at the same time second master was renamed navigating sub-lieutenant and the master's assistant was renamed navigating midshipman.

Mate was revived in 1913 for the accelerated promotion of promising ratings, and mates ranked with sub-lieutenants but messed separately. In 1931 the title was abandoned again, and mates were re-mustered as sub-lieutenants.

US Navy

As a warrant officer

In the U.S. Navy, the rank of master's mate was established 1797 as a warrant officer rank, but it was disestablished in 1813. After 1843 no more warrants were issued but those who had been appointed continued to hold their office and received their pay. In 1865, it was replaced by the rating mate.

By an act of the United States Congress in 1906, the mates on the U.S. Navy retired list were promoted to the next higher grade if they had creditable American Civil War service, which most of them had. They were given warrant rank and rated with the lowest grade of warrant officer.

As a seaman

Master's mate was re-established in 1838 as a rating for experienced seamen, and was not considered a warrant rank. At the same time sailing master was renamed master, master commandant was renamed commander, and some masters were commissioned as officers, formally "Master in line for Promotion" to distinguish them from the warrant masters who would not be promoted.

In 1865, "master's mate" was changed to "mate", and the United States Secretary of the Navy was authorized to increase their pay and to rate them from Seaman to Ordinary Seaman who had enlisted in the naval service for not less than two years. The act of 15 July 1870 gave formal recognition to mates as part of the naval forces and their pay was fixed at $900 when at sea, $700 on shore duty, and $500 on leave or awaiting orders.

The quota of mates in the Navy was not fixed, but there was maximum of about 842 on 1 January 1865, during the Civil War.  The Navy stopped making appointments to the rank of mate in 1870 but allowed those in serving in the position to remain in service.  The U.S. Navy Register of Commissioned Officers of 1871 shows there were 130 mates on active duty as of January 1.  The number gradually diminished until 1 July 1894 when there were only 27 remaining.

The Navy resumed appointing mates in 1897 in limited quantities.  The 1899 Register shows a total of 34 mates on active duty with 12 being appointed in 1870 or earlier, 6 in 1897 and 16 in 1898.  The revival of the rank of mate was only temporary as most of the remaining mates were promoted to the warrant officer rank of Boatswain in 1899.  In the Navy Register of 1903 only 7 mates were listed as being on active duty.  The Navy started appointing mates that year and by January 1, 1907, there were 39 on active duty.  The revival was short lived as by January 1, 1908, there were no mates on active duty.

Retirement and pensions

Before 1 August 1894 there had been no authority for retirement of these men, but on that date a law was passed increasing the pay of those in the Navy and providing that they should have the same benefits of retirement as warrant officers. One purpose of the act was to make the retired pay of mates large enough to induce them to retire. By an act of Congress in 1906, the mates on the U.S. Navy retired list were promoted to the next higher grade if they had creditable Civil War service, which most of them had. They were given warrant rank and rated with the lowest grade of warrant officer. They were still called mates, but whether they were officers or enlisted men apparently was not clear. A year after the passage of this act the Attorney General of the United States published the legal opinion that mates "occupy the status of both officers in the Navy and enlisted men".

Merchant service

In the merchant service, master's mates were the officers immediately subordinate to the master and frequently divided by seniority into first, second, third (etc.) mate which evolved into the modern terms First Mate, Second Mate and Third Mate. Since the 1930s, there has been a tendency in the merchant service to replace mate with officer (e.g. First Officer).

See also
Master (naval)
Midshipman
Sub-lieutenant
Warrant Officer

References

Naval ranks
Military ranks of the Royal Navy
Military ranks of the United States Navy


Joe Navarro (born May 26, 1953) is a Cuban-born American author, public speaker, and former FBI agent and supervisor. Navarro specializes in the area of nonverbal communication and body language, and has authored numerous books, including What Every Body Is Saying, Dangerous Personalities, Louder Than Words, Three Minutes to Doomsday, and The Dictionary of Body Language.

Background
Navarro moved to the US at age eight with his family shortly after the Bay of Pigs Invasion in Cuba. After earning a bachelor's degree in Justice Administration from Brigham Young University and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Slippery Rock University, he worked as an FBI special agent and supervisor in the area of counterintelligence and behavioral assessment for 25 years. He is one of the founding members of the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Program and he also served as a SWAT Team Commander and Bureau Pilot. Since retiring from the FBI, Navarro writes books and lectures to share his knowledge of human behavior.  He is on the adjunct faculty at Saint Leo University and has lectured multiple times at the Harvard Business School.  Since 2003, Navarro has been a consultant to the State Departments and is a fellow with the Institute for Intergovernmental Research.

In 2005, Navarro got involved in the World Series of Poker Academy, training players on poker tells after a chance meeting with Annie Duke on a Discovery Channel program about detecting lies.

Since 2009, Navarro has been a regular contributor to Psychology Today Magazine (Spycatcher blog) and in 2008 he wrote "Every Body's Talking" as a special for the Washington Post.

Navarro's book Three Minutes to Doomsday was published by Scribner, a division of Simon & Schuster. Smoke House Pictures, George Clooney and Grant Heslov's production company, has picked up the book, which is based on the work Navarro did as the FBI's top body language expert during the Cold War.

Books
Navarro is the author of thirteen books. What Every Body is Saying is his best-known body language book, an international bestseller available in 27 languages. His most recent book is The Dictionary of Body Language, which was published in September 2018. Navarro's book Louder Than Words was elected as one of Six Best Business Books to Read for Your Career in 2010 by Wall Street Journal's Digital Network, FINS.  Navarro is also the author of Three Minutes to Doomsday, Hunting Terrorists, Advanced Interviewing Techniques, and Read 'Em and Reap, as well as a series of short booklets available as e-books, written exclusively for Amazon Kindle.

Education initiatives
In 2009, Navarro partnered with Nightingale-Conant, the world's largest producer of self-improvement audio programs, and produced The Power of Body Language. He also launched an online course in 2009 to share his knowledge with others on how to observe, decode, and utilize nonverbals in their personal and professional life. This was undertaken for the benefit of those who could not travel to attend his seminars.

Partial bibliography
 Schafer, John and Joe Navarro (2004) Advanced Interviewing Techniques; Proven Strategies for Law Enforcement, Military, and Security Personnel. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois.  .
 Navarro, Joe (2005) Hunting Terrorists: A Look at The Psychopathology of Terror. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. .
 Navarro, Joe (2006) Read 'Em and Reap. HarperCollins, Pub. .
 Navarro, Joe (2008) What Every Body is Saying. HarperCollins, Pub. .
 Navarro, Joe "Every Body's Talking," Special to Washington Post, June 24, 2008, F1.
 Navarro, Joe (2010) Louder Than Words: Take Your Career from Average to Exceptional with the Hidden Power of Nonverbal Intelligence. HarperCollins, Pub. .
 Navarro, Joe (2014) Dangerous Personalities. Rodale Books, Pub.
 Navarro, Joe (2017) Three Minutes to Doomsday: An Agent, a Traitor, and the Worst Espionage Breach in U.S. History. Scribner.
 Navarro, Joe (2018) The Dictionary of Body Language: A Field Guide to Human Behavior. William Morrow.

References

External links

 Joe Navarro's Body Language Academy
 Blog on Psychology Today
 Joe Navarro interview on CNN

Living people
Cuban emigrants to the United States
Brigham Young University alumni
Saint Leo University
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents
Nonverbal communication
1953 births


Sir Robert Naylor was the Chief Executive of University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust until September 2016.

Naylor has been a Chief Executive in the NHS for 24 years and has been Chief Executive of UCLH since November 2000.  UCLH is one of the largest NHS Trusts, comprising six hospitals in central London. It is a founder member of the recently accredited UCL Partners, an Academic Health Science Centre designated by the Department of Health.

Naylor has been an advisor to various strategy groups associated with healthcare reform. He is particularly interested in organisational development as a means of empowering clinical teams and promoting leadership skills.  He has been a chairman of a number of National and Regional committees and is a Senior Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick, Institute of Governance and Public Management.

Naylor was knighted in the New Year Honours 2008. In 2011, his salary was said to be the fifth-highest in the English NHS. In 2015 the Health Service Journal judged him as the fourth top Chief Executive in the National Health Service.

In March 2017, Naylor published his review of NHS property and estates and how to make best use of the buildings and land. This included controversial recommendations to sell off NHS assets.

References

Living people
Administrators in the National Health Service
English healthcare chief executives
Year of birth missing (living people)
Knights Bachelor


Slightly Static is a 1935 American short comedy film directed by William H. Terhune. It was the debut film of Roy Rogers who performed with the Sons of the Pioneers although his name was uncredited. It is the 17th entry in the series.

Cast
Thelma Todd...  Thelma
Patsy Kelly ...  Patsy
Harold Waldridge ...  Mr. Campbell's Son, Elmer
Dell Henderson ...  Mr. Campbell (as Del Henderson)
The Randall Sisters ...  Vocal Trio (as Randall Sisters)
Sons of the Pioneers ...  Male Singers

References

External links

1935 films
1935 comedy films
Hal Roach Studios short films
American black-and-white films
American comedy short films
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
English-language comedy films


Separatism in the United Kingdom may refer to the secession of any of the countries of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales) from the union. Less significant movements for separatism within England also exist.

Major movements

England

On the political level, some English nationalists have advocated self-government for England. This could take the form either of a devolved English Parliament within the United Kingdom or the re-establishment of an independent sovereign state of England outside the UK.

The English Democrats are an English nationalist political party that call for the creation of a devolved English Parliament within a federal UK.

Scotland

Scottish independence is supported most prominently by the Scottish National Party, but other parties also support independence. Other pro-independence parties which have held representation in the Scottish Parliament include the Scottish Green Party, the Scottish Socialist Party and Solidarity. At the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, 69 of the 129 seats available were won by pro-independence parties (63 SNP and 6 Greens). The independence movement consists of many factions with varying political views. The SNP wants Scotland to keep the monarchy (see personal union) and become an independent Commonwealth realm, similar to Canada or Australia. Others—such as the SSP and Solidarity—want Scotland to become an independent republic. The SSP has led republican protests and authored the Declaration of Calton Hill, calling for an independent republic.

Irish reunification

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom but has a substantial nationalist population who would prefer to be part of a united Ireland. In Northern Ireland, the term "nationalist" is used to refer to those who seek Irish reunion by constitutional means. A more militant strand of nationalism, traditionally associated with the Sinn Féin party, is generally described as "republican" and was regarded as somewhat distinct, although the modern-day party declares itself to be a constitutional party committed to exclusively peaceful and democratic means.  The counterpart of nationalism is Unionism, which seeks to maintain the union with the United Kingdom, again by constitutional means. The more militant strand of Unionism is called Loyalism.

Northern Ireland, like Scotland, voted to Remain in the EU Referendum. A factor in this vote was the fear of a disruptive hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, as well as fears that such a border might lead to the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement (Belfast Agreement). Unionist (and particularly Loyalist) discontent with the Northern Ireland Protocol (a protocol to the Brexit withdrawal agreement) and the consequent Irish Sea border it has entailed, has also threatened the stability of the Agreement.

Wales

Welsh independence (Welsh: Annibyniaeth i Gymru) is a political ideal advocated by some political parties, advocacy groups, and people in Wales that would see Wales secede from the United Kingdom and become an independent sovereign state. This ideology is promoted mainly by the Welsh nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, and the non-party YesCymru campaign.

Minor movements

Cornwall

The Celtic League and Celtic Congress have a Cornish branch and recognise Cornwall as a Celtic Nation alongside the Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Brittany. The league is a political pressure group that campaigns for independence and Celtic cooperation. Mebyon Kernow is a regional party in Cornwall that promotes Cornish nationalism.

Independent Northern Ireland

Independence has been supported by groups such as Ulster Third Way and some factions of the Ulster Defence Association. However, it is a fringe view in Northern Ireland. It is neither supported by any of the political parties represented in the Northern Ireland Assembly nor by the government of the United Kingdom or the government of the Republic of Ireland.

London

London independence, sometimes shortened to Londependence, refers to a belief favouring full-fledged independence for London as a city-state, separate from the United Kingdom.

North of England

Northern Independence refers to a belief favouring independence for the North of England. The North-South divide is of significant political and cultural importance in England.

Other areas

Orkney

In July 2023, Orkney Council announced they were to look in alternative constitutional arrangements including changing its status within the UK or leaving the UK to become associated with Norway.

Other parts of England

Yorkshire, Mercia (the Midlands), Wessex (southernmost England) and Northumbria (centred on North East England) are other areas considered in media as potential areas for separation prior to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

References

Partition (politics)


The Zodiac-films is a series of six feature films from 1973–78, and form part of the wave of erotic films from Denmark.

The Six films are connected by a zodiac-starsign in the title of each film. They were produced by the film company Happy Film. The first film was directed by Finn Karlsson, the five others by Werner Hedman. All six starred Danish actor Ole Søltoft.

All the Zodiac-films had many hardcore pornographic sex scenes, but were nevertheless considered mainstream films. They all had mainstream casts and crews, and were shown in mainstream cinemas and reviewed in national newspapers etc.

Another Danish film company, Palladium, made a similar series called the Bedside-films, also starring Ole Søltoft. The Zodiac-films were to some extent a sexually more explicit copy of the Bedside-films. The first Danish sex comedies were made in the 1960s, but Ole Ege's Bordellet (1972) was the first to have hardcore sex-scenes.

The Zodiac-films
 1. I Jomfruens tegn (Finn Karlsson, 1973) (Virgo)
 2. I Tyrens tegn (Werner Hedman, 1974) (Taurus)
 3. I Tvillingernes tegn (Werner Hedman, 1975) (Gemini)
 4. I Løvens tegn (Werner Hedman, 1976) (Leo)
 5. Agent 69 Jensen i Skorpionens tegn (Werner Hedman, 1977) (Scorpio)
 6. Agent 69 Jensen i Skyttens tegn (Werner Hedman, 1978) (Sagittarius)

See also
 Bedside-films
 List of mainstream films with unsimulated sex

References

Further reading
Ebbe Villadsen: Danish Erotic Film Classics (2005)
Nicolas Barbano: Filmrage Vol 2 No 11 2013, pp 54–63

External links

 Discussion of the Bedside- and Zodiac-films at Gente Di Rispette Movie Forum
 DVD Reviews: The Classic Danish Erotica Series

Erotic film series
1973 films
1970s Danish-language films
Danish erotic films


Arantza Quiroga Cía (Irún, 26 July 1973) is a Spanish politician. She was President of the Basque Parliament between 2009 and 2012, an office commonly known in the Anglophone world by the name of "Speaker of the Parliament". Mrs. Quiroga, who has a degree in Law, is a member of the conservative People's Party (PP) and was the leader of the Basque branch of the party until she resigned in 2015.

Born to a father from Valladolid and a Basque mother, she grew up in Irún. She became a member of the Spain-wide People's Party youth movement Nuevas Generaciones at 21 and was elected a local councillor for Irún on the party list. Her political career began to take off three years later, when she gave a speech at a party meeting in Madrid regarding the 20th anniversary of the first democratic elections.

Quiroga was first elected to the Basque Parliament in the 1998 election for the constituency of Gipuzkoa, and has since had a continuous presence in the chamber (she lost her seat in the 2001 election, but entered parliament because fellow PP MP María San Gil resigned her Gipuzkoa seat shortly after the election). On virtue of a deal between her party and the PSE-EE after the 2009 election, the conservatives announced that she would be their candidate for President of the Basque Parliament. She was elected as Speaker on 3 April 2009, and formally opened the new Parliament with a speech mixing Basque and Spanish.

References

External links
 Basque Parliament: Arantza Quiroga - Bio

1973 births
20th-century Spanish politicians
20th-century Spanish women politicians
21st-century Spanish politicians
21st-century Spanish women politicians
Living people
Members of the 6th Basque Parliament
Members of the 7th Basque Parliament
Members of the 8th Basque Parliament
Members of the 9th Basque Parliament
Members of the 10th Basque Parliament
People's Party (Spain) politicians
Presidents of the Basque Parliament
Women legislative speakers
People from Irun
Basque women in politics
Municipal councillors in the Basque Country (autonomous community)
Women members of the Basque Parliament


Domestic U.S. Air Mail was established as a new class of mail service by the United States Post Office Department (POD) on May 15, 1918, with the inauguration of the Washington–Philadelphia–New York route. Special postage stamps were issued for use with this service. Domestic air mail became obsolete in 1975, and international air mail in 1995, when the USPS began transporting First Class mail by air on a routine basis. All post-1977 United States stamp images are copyright of USPS.

Scott cataloged stamps received a "C" designation for airmail issues beginning in 1940.  Designated for international mail, and showing a small airplane, the January, 2012 $1.05 Scenic America series issue was designated C150.  However, with the January, 2013 issue of the $1.10 Global Forever Stamp no specific airmail purpose was shown in the design.  Rather, the Postal Service stated that this "stamp offers a single price for any First-Class Mail International 1-ounce letter to any country in the world." Thus a regular series Scott number, 4740, was designated.

1918–1919

| May 13, 1918 || 24¢ Rose & Blue || Inverted Curtis Jenny BiplaneDesign: Claire Aubrey HustonEngravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall || 8493 T, 8493 B || see  || ~100 (1 plate) Error
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| May 13, 1918 || 24¢ Rose & Blue || Curtis Jenny BiplaneDesign: Claire Aubrey HustonEngravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall || 8492 T, 8493 T ||  || 3,095,955
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| July 11, 1918 || 16¢ Green || Curtis Jenny BiplaneDesign: Claire Aubrey HustonEngravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall || F8900 T ||  || 3,793,987
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| December 10, 1918 || 6¢ Orange || Curtis Jenny BiplaneDesign: Claire Aubrey HustonEngravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall || 1955 T, Unused plate: 9164 ||  || 2,134,988
|}
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1920–1929

| August 15, 1923 || 8¢ Dark Green || De Havilland Airplane Propeller and RadiatorDesign: C. A. HustonEngraved: H. Dawson and E. M. Weeks || 14824–14827 L (four plates) ||  || 6,414,576
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| August 17, 1923 || 16¢ Dark Blue || U.S. Air Mail Service InsigniaDesign: C. A. HustonEngraved: H. Dawson and E. M. Hall || 14828-14831 L (four plates) ||  || 5,309,275
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| August 21, 1923 || 24¢ Carmine Rose  || De Havilland DH-4 BiplaneDesign: C. A. HustonEngraved: J. Eissler and E. M. Hall || 14840–14843 L (four plates) ||  || 5,285,775
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| February 13, 1926 || 10¢ Dark Blue || Map of the U.S. & two planesDesign: C. A. Huston || 18246 R, 18247 B ||  || more than 42,092,800
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| September 18, 1926 || 15¢ Olive Brown || Map of the U.S. & two planesDesign: C. A. Huston || 18746 L ||  || 15,597,307
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| January 25, 1927 || 20¢ Yellow Green || Map of the U.S. & two planesDesign: C. A. Huston || 18898 R, F18892 B ||  || 17,616,350
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| June 18, 1927 || 10¢ Dark Blue || Spirit of St. Louis || 18999 R, 19427 ||  || 20,379,179
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| July 25, 1928 || 5¢ Carmine & Blue || Beacon on Sherman HillDesign: A.R. Meissner || 19570 T, 19701 T (red)19546 T (blue) ||  || 106,887,675
|}
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1930–1939

| February 10, 1930 || 5¢ Violet || Winged GlobeDesign: Alvin R. Meissner || 19944 L ||  || 97,641,200
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| April 19, 1930 || 65¢ Green || Graf Zeppelin over the Atlantic || 20077 L ||  || 93,536 sold
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| April 19, 1930 || $1.30 Brown || Graf Zeppelin over the Atlantic || 20085 B ||  || 72,428 sold
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| April 19, 1930 || $2.60 Blue || Graf ZeppelinSee also: 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps || 20092 R ||  || 61,296 sold
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| August 19, 1931 || 5¢ Violet || Winged GlobeDesign: Alvin R. Meissner || 20606 LL ||  || 57,340,050
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| September 26, 1932 || 8¢ Olive Bistre || Winged GlobeDesign: Alvin R. Meissner || 21030 UR ||  || 76,648,803
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| October 2, 1933 || 50¢ Green || Graf Zeppelin || 21172 B ||  || 324,070
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| June 30, 1934 || 6¢ Dull Orange || Winged GlobeDesign: Alvin R. Meissner || 22135 UL ||  || 302,205,100
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| August 30, 1934 || 16¢ Dark Blue || Great Seal of the U.S.(Air Mail Special Delivery) || 21313, 21313 F  – Reprinted imperforate, 1935||  || 9,215,750
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| November 22, 1935 || 25¢ Blue || China ClipperDesign: Alvin R. Meissner || 21473 ||  || 10,205,400
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| February 10, 1936 || 16¢ Carmine & Blue || Great Seal of the U.S.(Air Mail Special Delivery)  || 21497 F, 21495 F, 21493 ||  || 72,517,850
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| February 15, 1937 || 20¢ Green || China ClipperDesign: Alvin R. Meissner || 21622||  || 12,794,600
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| February 15, 1937 || 50¢ Carmine || China ClipperDesign: Alvin R. Meissner || 21624 ||   || 9,285,300
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| May 14, 1938 || 6¢ Carmine & Blue || Eagle and Shield || ||  || 349,946,500
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| May 16, 1939 || 30¢ Blue || Winged GlobeDesign: Alvin R. Meissner || F22384 T, 22381 ||  || 19,768,150
|}
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1940–1949

| June 25, 1941 || 6¢ Carmine(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || The Twin-Motored Transport Plane || Following are shared among the 1941 issues:40 plates between 22752-23349& 22756-9 (4 plates) ||  || 4,746,527,700
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| March 21, 1944 || 8¢ Olive Green(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || The Twin-Motored Transport Plane || 23126 ||  || 1,744,878,650
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| August 15, 1941 || 10¢ Violet(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || The Twin-Motored Transport Plane || ||  || 67,117,400
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| August 10, 1941 || 15¢ Brown(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || The Twin-Motored Transport Plane || ||  || 78,434,800
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| August 27, 1941 || 20¢ Green(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || The Twin-Motored Transport Plane || ||  || 42,359,850
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| September 25, 1941 || 30¢ Blue(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || The Twin-Motored Transport Plane || ||  || 59,880,850
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| October 29, 1941 || 50¢ Orange(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || The Twin-Motored Transport Plane || 22779 ||  || 11,160,600
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| September 26, 1946 || 5¢ Carmine || DC-4 Skymaster || 22778, 22779 ||  || 72,517,850
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| March 26, 1947 || 5¢ Carmine(400 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || DC-4 Skymaster || 23486, 23588, 23973, 25422 ||  || 971,903,700
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| August 30, 1947 || 10¢ Black(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || Martin 2-0-2 over Pan American Union Building, Wash. D.C. ||  23694 ||  || 207,976,550
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| August 20, 1947 || 15¢ Green(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || Lockheed Constellation over New York Skyline ||  23683 ||  || 756,186,350
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| July 30, 1947 || 25¢ Blue(200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) || Stratocruiser over the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge ||  25615 ||  || 132,956,100
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| January 15, 1948 || 5¢ Carmine || DC-4 Skymaster || ||  || 33,244,500
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| July 31, 1948 || 5¢ Red || New York City || 23846, 23851 ||  || 38,449,100
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| January 18, 1949 || 6¢ Carmine || DC-4 Skymaster || ||  || 5,070,095,200
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| May 11, 1948 || 6¢ Carmine || Alexandria Bicentennial || 24085 ||  || 75,085,000
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| August 25, 1949 || 6¢ Carmine || DC-4 Skymaster || ||  || 260,307,500
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| November 18, 1949 || 10¢ Violet || U.P.U. P.O. Building || ||  || 21,061,300
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| October 7, 1949 || 15¢ Ultramarine || U.P.U. Globe and Doves || ||  || 36,613,100
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| November 30, 1949 || 25¢ Rose || U.P.U. Boeing Stratocruiser || ||  || 16,217,100
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| December 17, 1949 || 6¢ Magenta || Wright Brothers || 24158 ||  || 80,405,000
|}
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1950–1959

| March 28, 1952 || 80¢ Red Violet || Diamond Head, Hawaii || 24592-4 (3 plate) ||  || 18,876,800
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| May 29, 1953 || 6¢ Carmine || 50 Years of Powered Flight || ||
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| September 9, 1954 || 4¢ Blue || Eagle || 25034-35, 40–41 (4 plate) ||
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| August 1, 1957 || 6¢ Blue || U.S. Air Force, 50th Anniversary || 25763 ||
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| July 31, 1958 || 5¢ Red || Eagle || 26052 ||
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| July 31, 1958 || 7¢ Blue || Jet Silhouette || 26046 ||
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| July 31, 1958 || 7¢ Blue || Jet Silhouette ||  – small holes ||
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| January 3, 1959 || 7¢ Blue || Alaska Statehood || 26225 ||
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| August 17, 1959 || 7¢ Red & Blue || Jupiter Balloon || 26392 ||
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| August 21, 1959 || 7¢ Rose || Hawaii Statehood || 26432 ||
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| August 27, 1959 || 10¢ Blue & Red || Pan Am Games || 26413 ||
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| November 20, 1959 || 15¢ Orange & Black || Statue of Liberty || 26482 ||
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1960–1969

| June 10, 1960 || 10¢ Green & Black || Liberty BellNumber issued: 39,960,000 || 26630 ||
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| April 22, 1960 || 25¢ Maroon & Black || Abraham Lincoln || 26563 ||
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| August 12, 1960 || 7¢ Red || Jet Silhouette || 26714 ||
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| October 22, 1960 || 7¢ Red || Jet Silhouette || ||
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| June 28, 1961 || 13¢ Red & Black || Liberty Bell || 26970 ||
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| January 13, 1961 || 15¢ Orange & Black || Statue of Liberty || 26878 ||
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| December 5, 1962 || 8¢ Red400 Subjects || Jetliner Over Capitol Building || – Booklet Pane of 5 + Label28024 ||
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| December 5, 1962 || 8¢ Red(Perforated 10 Horizontally) || Jetliner Over Capitol Building || ||
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| May 3, 1963 || 15¢ Red, Brown & Blue || Montgomery BlairNumber issued: 42,245,000Design: Robert J. Jones || 27466 ||
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| July 12, 1963 || 6¢ Red || EagleDesign: V. S. McCloskey || 27390 ||
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| July 24, 1963 || 8¢ Carmine & Maroon || Amelia EarhartNumber issued: 63,890,000Design: Robert J. Jones || 27548 ||
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| October 5, 1964 || 8¢ Blue & Red || Robert GoddardNumber issued: 62,255,000 || 27861 ||
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| March 30, 1967 || 8¢ Brown || Alaska PurchaseNumber issued: 55,710,000  || 29013 ||
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| April 26, 1967 || 20¢ Multicolored || Audubon "Columbia Jays"Number issued: more than 50 million || 29087 ||
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| January 5, 1968 || 10¢ Red || Runway || 29518 ||
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| January 5, 1968 || 10¢ Red || Runway || ||
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| April 4, 1968 || $1 Multicolored || Airlift || ||
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| May 15, 1968 || 10¢ Red, Blue & Black || 50th Anniversary of Air Mail || 29673 ||
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| November 22, 1968 || 20¢ Red, Black & Blue || Jet & "USA" || 30510 ||
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| September 9, 1969 || 10¢ Multicolored || Moon LandingNumber issued: 152,364,800Design: Paul Calle ||  – red omitted – tagging omitted31378 ||
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1970–1979

| May 15, 1971 || 9¢ Red || Jet Silhouette || 32946 ||
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| May 7, 1971 || 11¢ Red || Jet Silhouette || 33020 ||
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| November 10, 1973 || 13¢ Red || Winged Letter || 34584 ||
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| July 13, 1971 || 17¢ Red, Green & Black || Statue of Liberty || 33096 ||
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| May 21, 1971 || 21¢ Red & Blue || USA || 33279 ||
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| May 7, 1971 || 11¢ Red || Jet Silhouette || ||
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| December 27, 1973 || 13¢ Red || Winged Letter || ||
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| May 3, 1972 || 11¢ Multicolored || City of Refuge || 33463 ||
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| August 17, 1972 || 11¢ Blue, Black, Green, Red & Yellow || Winter Olympics, Sapporo, Skiing || 33322-6 ||
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| July 10, 1973 || 11¢ Multicolored || Progress in Electronics || 34192 ||
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| January 11, 1974 || 18¢ Black, Red & Blue || Statue of Liberty || 34931, 34959 ||
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| January 2, 1974 || 26¢ Black, Red & Blue || Mount Rushmore || 34875 ||
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| January 2, 1976 || 25¢ Red, Black & Blue || Plane & Globes || 36957 ||
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| January 2, 1976 || 31¢ Red, Black & Blue || Plane & Globes || 36981 ||
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| September 23, 1978 || 31¢ Multicolored || Wright Brothers ||   ||
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| September 23, 1978 || 31¢ Multicolored || Wright Brothers ||  ||
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| March 29, 1979 || 21¢ Multicolored || Octave Chanute || 38856 ||
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| March 29, 1979 || 21¢ Multicolored || Octave Chanute ||  ||
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| November 20, 1979 || 25¢ Multicolored || Wiley Post || 39197 ||
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| November 20, 1979 || 25¢ Multicolored || Wiley Post ||  ||
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| November 1, 1979 || 31¢ Multicolored || Olympics || ||
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1980–1989

| October 13, 1980 || 40¢ Multicolored || Philip Mazzei ||  (1980) – perf 10 1/2x11 1/2 ||
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| December 30, 1980 || 28¢ Multicolored || Blanche Stuart Scott || ||
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| December 30, 1980 || 35¢ Multicolored || Glenn Curtiss || ||
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| June 17, 1983 || 28¢ Multicolored || Olympics || ||
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| June 17, 1983 || 28¢ Multicolored || Olympics || ||
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| June 17, 1983 || 28¢ Multicolored || Olympics || ||
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| June 17, 1983 || 28¢ Multicolored || Olympics || ||
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| April 8, 1983 || 40¢ Multicolored || Olympics ||  – block ||
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| April 8, 1983 || 40¢ Multicolored || Olympics ||  – block ||
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| April 8, 1983 || 40¢ Multicolored || Olympics ||  – block ||
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| April 8, 1983 || 40¢ Multicolored || Olympics ||  – block ||
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| November 4, 1983 || 35¢ Multicolored || Olympics || ||
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| November 4, 1983 || 35¢ Multicolored || Olympics || ||
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| November 4, 1983 || 35¢ Multicolored || Olympics ||  ||
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| November 4, 1983 || 35¢ Multicolored || Olympics || ||
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| February 13, 1985 || 33¢ Multicolored || Alfred V. Verville || ||
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| February 13, 1985 || 39¢ Multicolored || Lawrence and Elmer Sperry || ||
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| June 10, 1985 || 44¢ Multicolored || Transpacific 50th Anniversary || ||
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| August 22, 1985 || 44¢ Multicolored || Junipero Serra || ||
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| March 29, 1988 || 44¢ Multicolored || New Sweden Settling || ||
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| July 14, 1988 || 45¢ Multicolored || Samuel P. Langley ||  – overall tagging ||
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| June 23, 1988 || 36¢ Multicolored || Igor Sikorsky || ||
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| July 14, 1989 || 45¢ Multicolored || French Revolution || ||
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| October 12, 1989 || 45¢ Multicolored || Pre-Columbian America || ||
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| November 27, 1989 || 45¢ Multicolored || Future Mail Delivery || ||
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| November 27, 1989 || 45¢ Multicolored || Future Mail Delivery || ||
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| November 27, 1989 || 45¢ Multicolored || Future Mail Delivery || ||
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| November 27, 1989 || 45¢ Multicolored || Future Mail Delivery || ||
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| November 24, 1989 || $1.80 Multicolored || Future Mail Delivery Miniature sheet|| ||
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1990–2012

| October 12, 1990 || 45¢ Multicolored || Tropical Coast || A1111 UL ||
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| April 27, 1991 || 50¢ Multicolored || Harriet Quimby || S1111 LL – Perf 11.2S2222 LR ||
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| May 17, 1991 || 40¢ Multicolored || William T. Piper || A1111 UL ||
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| June 21, 1991 || 50¢ Multicolored || Antarctic Treaty || S1111 UR ||
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| October 12, 1991 || 50¢ Multicolored || Bering Land Bridge || 111111 LR ||
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| 1993 || 40¢ Multicolored || William T. Piper || S1111 LR ||
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| May 12, 1999 || 48¢ Multicolored || Niagara Falls || V11111 UL (First of the Scenic American Landscapes Series)||
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| July 30, 1999 || 40¢ Multicolored || Rio Grande || V11111 LR ||
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| January 20, 2000 || 60¢ Multicolored || Grand Canyon || B1111 UR – die cutting omitted errorB1111 UR ||
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| March 6, 2001 || 70¢ Multicolored || Nine-Mile Prairie || P11111 LL ||
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| April 17, 2001 || 80¢ Multicolored || Mount McKinley || V11111 UL ||
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| May 20, 2001 || 60¢ Multicolored || Acadia National Park ||  – 2001 year date, prephosphored, die cut 11.25 x 11.5 (B1111 UR) – 2001 year date, overall tagging, die cut 11.5 x 11.9 (B2222 UR) – 2005 year date (S1111 UR) – Acadia error,  printed on the backing paper (S1111 LR) ||
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| February 22, 2006 || 63¢ Multicolored || Bryce Canyon, Utah || S22222 LL ||
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| February 22, 2006 || 75¢ Multicolored || Great Smoky Mountains || P11111 LR ||
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| February 22, 2006 || 84¢ Multicolored || Yosemite National Park || V11111 UR ||
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| June 1, 2007 || 69¢ Multicolored || Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge || P11111 LL ||
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| June 1, 2007 || 90¢ Multicolored || Hagatña Bay, Guam || V11111 UR ||
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| May 16, 2008 || 72¢ Multicolored || 13-Mile Woods, New Hampshire || S11111 UL ||
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| May 16, 2008 || 94¢ Multicolored || St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands || V11111 LL ||
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| June 28, 2009 || 79¢ Multicolored || Zion National Park || ||
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| June 28, 2009 || 98¢ Multicolored || Grand Teton National Park || ||
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| April 11, 2011 || 80¢ Multicolored || Voyageurs National Park || ||
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| January 19, 2012 || 85¢ Multicolored || Glacier National Park || ||
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| January 20, 2012 || $1.05 Multicolored || Lancaster County, Pennsylvania || ||
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Notes on types

See also

Airmails of the United States
 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps

References

Airmail

Airmail stamps
United States airmail stamps


Sikandara is a town in Kanpur Dehat district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is headquarters of tehsil Sikandara.

Location
It is located on NH-2 about 80 km away from kanpur toward west and towards south from Jhinjhak at a distance 20 kilometer. Auraiya city is towards west from Sikandara and Pukhrayan town is toward east. It is also a Sikandra (Assembly constituency).

History
It is said that this township was settled by Sikandar Lodi.

Schools
St. V.N. Public school
Saraswati Inter College
DR. Ambedkar Iner College
Hemant English school,  Hariharpur road, Vikas Nagar, Sikandra
Krishna Public School
Raj Inter College Sikandra
नन्दलाल उच्चतर माध्यमिक विद्यालय सिकन्दरा

Geography
Sikandara is located at. It has an average elevation of 85 metres (278 feet).

Demographics
1 India census, Sikandara town had a population of 13,580.  Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sikandara has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 51%. In Sikandara, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. Data should be latest that is from the census of 2011

.

References

Cities and towns in Kanpur Dehat district

bpy:সিকান্দার


Bundesdruckerei (, short form: BDr) produces documents and devices for secure identification and offers corresponding services. It is based in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg. In addition to complete passport and ID card systems, the security printing house also offers ID documents, high-security cards, document checking devices, security software and trust center services. Bundesdruckerei also produces banknotes, stamps, visas, vehicle documents, tobacco revenue stamps and electronic publications. It was founded as Reichsdruckerei ("Reich press") in 1879 and existed under this name until 1945. The Ottoman Halid Hamid reported in 1918 that the print was of remarkable quality and they were even able to print Egyptian hieroglyphs in prints for Museums in Egypt. Further they printed in a variety of scripts such as Cyrillic, Georgian, Armenian, Arabic, Kurdish or Syriac among others.

In 1951, it became Bundesdruckerei. It expanded into multiple security-related fields after being privatised in 1994. In 2009 it became a state-owned enterprise again.

In September 2014, Bundesdruckerei succeeded, in a case referred to the European Court of Justice, in obtaining a preliminary ruling that the City of Dortmund could not require tenderers for a document digitalisation contract to commit to paying German minimum wage levels to the workforce when they were intending to sub-contract the performance of the contract to a firm based in Poland outside the scope of the German minimum wage law.

In 2015, Bundesdruckerei won the tender to provide the International Civil Aviation Organization Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD).

See also
 Österreichische Staatsdruckerei (de) - the corresponding agency in Austria

References

External links
Official website

Printing companies of Germany
Publishing companies established in 1879
Banknote printing companies
Manufacturing companies based in Berlin
Government-owned companies of Germany


Gordon was an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia from 1993 to 2002. The district was based on and around the city of Mount Gambier.

First created for the 1993 state election, it was essentially a new name for the seat of Mount Gambier. At the 2002 state election, the name Gordon was dropped and the old name of Mount Gambier was restored.

Members for Gordon

Election results

Former electoral districts of South Australia
1993 establishments in Australia
2008 disestablishments in Australia


Electoral district of Gordon may refer to:

 Electoral district of Gordon (New South Wales), a former electorate of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
 Electoral district of Gordon (South Australia), a former electorate of the South Australian House of Assembly


There are many insects in the family Tettigoniidae (bush crickets or katydids) which are mimics of leaves.

This type of camouflage occurs in several subfamilies, among others including:
 Pterochrozinae
 Phaneropterinae
 Pseudophyllinae

Other unrelated insects adopting a similar camouflage strategy include the leaf insects.

Gallery

References

Tettigoniidae
Insect common names


117th Jäger Division  was a German infantry division of World War II. The division was formed in April 1943 by the reorganization and redesignation of the 717th Infantry Division. The 717th Division had been formed in April 1941. It was transferred to Yugoslavia in May 1941, to conduct anti partisan and Internal security operations.

It was then posted to Greece to guard the Peloponnesus until summer 1944, when it took part in the general withdrawal through the Balkans and suffered heavy losses during fighting with the partisans in September. The division ended the war fighting on the Eastern front and surrendered to the US Army in Austria in May 1945.

Background
The main purpose of the German jäger divisions was to fight in adverse terrain where smaller, coordinated formations were more facilely combat capable than the brute force offered by the standard infantry divisions. The jäger divisions were more heavily equipped than mountain division, but not as well armed as a larger infantry formation. In the early stages of the war, they were the interface divisions fighting in rough terrain and foothills as well as urban areas, between the mountains and the plains. The jägers (it means hunters in German), relied on a high degree of training and slightly superior communications, as well as their not inconsiderable artillery support. In the middle stages of the war, as the standard infantry divisions were downsized, the Jäger structure of divisions with two infantry regiments, became the standard table of organization.

Known war crimes
Men from the division took part in a war crime known as Massacre of Kalavryta in a revenge operation in the Kalavryta area in Greece following the capture and murder of 81 soldiers from the division by Greek ELAS partisans in October 1943. During following operations several villages were burned down and 677 civilians killed according to the most recent estimates.

The division was responsible for the Kraljevo massacre, the mass murder of approximately 2,000 residents of the central Serbian city of Kraljevo by the Wehrmacht between 15 and 20 October 1941, during World War II. The massacre came in reprisal for a joint Partisan–Chetnik attack on a German garrison during the Siege of Kraljevo in which 10 German soldiers were killed and 14 wounded. The number of hostages to be shot was calculated based on a ratio of 100 hostages executed for every German soldier killed and 50 hostages executed for every German soldier wounded, a formula devised by Adolf Hitler with the intent of suppressing anti-Nazi resistance in Eastern Europe.

The Wehrmacht initially responded by rounding up and executing 300 Serbian civilians, described in contemporary documents as "communists, nationalists, democrats and Jews." Over the following several days, all men between the ages of 14 and 60 were arrested and herded into a makeshift detention centre at the local rolling-stock factory. Once there, their papers were checked and their names entered into a ledger. When the camp was full, the Wehrmacht ordered groups of 100 prisoners to march to pre-dug mass graves, where they were executed with heavy machine guns. The bodies were then examined for any signs of life; victims that had survived the initial volley were dealt a single bullet to the head. Once the first group had been liquidated, the soldiers returned to the factory and collected the next 100 victims. This process continued until all the men that were rounded up had been killed. The reprisals lasted several days. Following the shooting of hostages from the rolling-stock factory, the Wehrmacht deployed through the surrounding villages, burning homes and killing indiscriminately. According to the 717th Infantry Division's own records, 1,736 men and 19 "communist" women from the city and its outskirts were executed, despite attempts by local collaborationists to mitigate the punishment. Twenty members of the 717th Infantry Division were later conferred Iron Crosses for their role in the killings.

Area of operations
Germany (May 1941)
Serbia and Croatia (May 1941 – April 1943)
Greece (May 1943 – September 1944)
Balkans and Austria (September 1944 – May 1945)

Commanders
Generalmajor Paul Hoffmann (17 May 1941 – 1 November 1941)
Generalleutnant Dr. Walter Hinghofer (1 November 1941 – 1 October 1942)
Generalleutnant Benignus Dippold (1 October 1942 – 1 April 1943)
General der Gebirgstruppe Karl von Le Suire (1 May 1943 – 10 July 1944)
Generalleutnant August Wittmann (10 July 1944 – 10 March 1945)
Generalmajor Hans Kreppel (10 March 1945 – 8 May 1945)

Organisational history
The division was formed as the 717th Infantry Division on 11 April 1941 as an occupation division. The principal units of the division were as follows:
737th Infantry Regiment (I, II, III battalions)
749th Infantry Regiment (I, II, III battalions)
670th Artillery Battalion (1, 2, 3 batteries)
717th Pioneer Company
717th Signals Company
717th Divisional Service Units

On 1 April 1943, the 117th Jäger Division was formed by re-organising the 717th Infantry Division. The older men were replaced by younger men, and the principal units of the division were formed from those of its predecessor division, as follows:
737th Jäger Regiment (I, II, III battalions) - from the 737th Grenadier Regiment
749th Jäger Regiment (I, II, III battalions) - from the 749th Grenadier Regiment
670th Artillery Regiment (I, II, III battalions) - from the 670th Artillery Battalion
117th Pioneer Battalion
117th Signals Battalion
117th Divisional Service Units

In March 1945, II/737 was rebuilt using the 1010th Fortress Battalion, and the artillery regimental staff was restored using the 944th Army Coast Defence Artillery Regiment.

Notes

References

Books

Web

Further reading

 Franzeska Nika – Kalavrita 1943: Augenzeugenbericht [Eye-witness report]

Jäger Divisions
Military units and formations established in 1941
German occupation of Greece during World War II
Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
Military units and formations of Germany in Yugoslavia in World War II
War crimes of the Wehrmacht


The Old Homestead is a 1935 American romantic western musical film directed by William Nigh.

Cast
Mary Carlisle ...  Nancy Abbott
Lawrence Gray ...  Bob Shackleforth
Willard Robertson ...  Uncle Jed
Dorothy Lee ...  Elsie Wilson
Edward J. Nugent ...  Rudy Nash (as Eddie Nugent)
Lillian Miles ...  Peggy
Fuzzy Knight ...  Lem
Eddie Kane ...  Mr. Wertheimer
Harry Conley ...  J. Wilberforce Platt, Press Agent
Tim Spencer ...  Vern, Member of Sons of the Pioneers (as Vern Spencer)
Bob Nolan ...  Bob, Member of Sons of the Pioneers
Roy Rogers ...  Len, Member of Sons of the Pioneers
Hugh Farr ...  Hugh, Member of Sons of the Pioneers
Sally Sweet ...  Singer

External links

1935 films
1930s romantic musical films
American Western (genre) musical films
American black-and-white films
American romantic musical films
Films directed by William Nigh
1930s English-language films
1930s American films


Kanyā Pūjā (or Kumārī Pūjā) is a Hindu holy ritual, carried out especially on the Ashtami (eighth day) and Navami (ninth day) of the Navaratri festival. The ceremony primarily involves the worship of nine girls, representing the nine forms of Goddess Durga (Navadurga). As per Hindu philosophy, these girls are considered as the manifestation of the natural force of creation. Legend says that it was on the ninth day of Navaratri that Shakti had taken the form of Goddess Durga, on the request of the devas to kill the demon Mahisasura.

Customs

It is a custom to wash and clean the feet of these nine young girls as a mark of respect for the Goddess and offer new clothes as gifts by the devotee. Kanya Puja as a part of Devi worship is to recognise the feminine power vested in the girl child.

The girl should be of young age. There is also a ritual purification and chanting of mantras. She is made to sit on a special pedestal. She is worshipped by offering 'akshat' (rice grains) and by burning incense sticks. She is worshipped because, according to the philosophy of 'Striyah Samastastava Devi Bhedah', women symbolize Mahamaya (the goddess Durga). Even among these a girl child is considered to be the purest, because of her innocence.

Philosophy
Hinduism believes in the universal creative forces to be feminine gender. The very original force is Mahamaya whose inspiration created the gods and the rest of the cosmos. The inspiration is the life force of the entire creation. All the major and minor energies and forces are represented by various goddesses. Navaratra deity Durga and all her dimensions are believed to be the manifestations of the same basic inspiration Mahamaya.

Religiously speaking, Devi is essentially a worship of the great feminine. In a kanya the great feminine potential is at its peak. having developed into a girl of a certain age and before attaining puberty, a female child is considered the most auspicious, most jagrat, and the most clear minded and clear souled individual. While invoking the parashakti in such a form the purity of mind body and spirits is required and is fulfilled by a girl child of the said age of 8+ before reaching puberty. Such a female child is indeed Devi, who in her later life takes the roles of Parvati as a wife and mother, Lakshmi as a housewife, Saraswati as the first guru of her children, Durga as the destroyer of all obstacles for her family, Annapurna as the food provider through her cooking, Kali as the punisher to bring the members of the family on the right track, etc.

References

Hindu festivals
Religious festivals in India
September observances
October observances
Hindu festivals in India
Women's festivals
Hindu festivals in Nepal


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}}Eaters Limburg (formerly known as the Geleen Smoke Eaters) are a professional ice hockey team based in Geleen, The Netherlands. They play in the BeNe League, the highest-level hockey league in the Netherlands and Belgium.  Home games are played at the Glanerbrook.

History

The Geleen Smoke Eaters, named after the Trail Smoke Eaters, played their first game against Amsterdam on November 2, 1968.  They first competed in the Eredivisie in 1971 and have participated in most of its seasons. Since 2015 the team have played in the BeNe League, and have been sponsored by food supplement company Microz

Season resultsNote:''' GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Roster
Updated February 28, 2019.

Championships

 Eredivisie National Championship

One (2011–2012)

 Netherlands Cup Winners

Twice. (1992–1993);(2009–2010)

Former players
 Nathan Daly
 Benjamin Finkenrath
 David Coderre

References

External links
 Geleen Eaters official website (Dutch)
 Netherlands Ice Hockey Union (Dutch)
 Ijshockey.com information on the Eredivisie teams (Dutch)

BeNe League (ice hockey) teams
Ice hockey teams in the Netherlands
Ice hockey clubs established in 1968
Sports clubs and teams in Sittard-Geleen


Isaac Newton Comstock (January 25, 1808 in Saratoga County, New York – March 24, 1883) was an American politician from New York.

Life
He lived at Albany, New York, and was married to Elizabeth (or Betsey) Hussey (d. 1842).

He was one of the first three Inspectors of State Prisons elected on the Whig ticket in 1847 under the New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the two-year term, being in office from 1848 to 1849. Afterwards he became Agent (financial officer), and also Warden of Clinton State Prison.

In March 1864, he entered the Commissary department of the Union Army with the rank of captain. On July 10, 1865, he was brevetted major of volunteers, and honorably mustered out on the next day.

Stage actress Nanette Comstock (1866–1942) was his niece.

References
The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 45; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
The United States Service Magazine (published by Charles B. Richardson, 1864; pages 431f)
U.S. Army Register (published by the U.S. Adjutant General's office, 1865; page 70)
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York (1852; page 97)
The Annals of Albany by Joel Munsell (1859; page 331)
A History and Genealogy of the Comstock Family in America by John Adams Comstock (Commonwealth Press, 1949) [gives 1883 as death year]
Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, from its organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903 by Francis Bernard Heitman (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994) [gives 1886 as death year]

1808 births
1883 deaths
Politicians from Albany, New York
People from Saratoga County, New York
People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
New York State Prison Inspectors
Union Army officers
New York (state) Whigs
19th-century American politicians
Military personnel from Albany, New York


Socoro ( Socoro Hala; ) is a Manchu clan and surname in China. Socoro clan is a branch of Hešeri clan. The surname Suo (索), Cao (曹) and Shi (石) have been used for short for generations.

Notable figures

Males

Females
Imperial Consort
 Noble Consort
 Zhaoge (招格), Noble Consort Wan (1835–1894), the Xianfeng Emperor's imperial concubine

 Noble Lady
 Noble Lady Rui (d. 1765), the Qianlong Emperor's noble lady

Princess Consort
 Secondary Consort
 Yongqi's secondary consort, the mother of first son (1759), third son (1762–1763), fourth son (1764) and Mianyi (1764–1815)

See also
 List of Manchu clans

Manchu clans


Herbert Spencer White (born July 5, 1927) is Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the School of Library &
Information Science at Indiana University, and Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson. A recipient of the ALA Melvil Dewey Award, White is the primary author of at least nine books, and the author of an estimated 200 articles in the professional literature of Library Science.  He is a major contributor to current theory and understanding of the role of the Special library in contemporary American organizations.

Current position

Distinguished Professor Emeritus,  Bloomington campus, Indiana University.

Education
M.S.L.S., Syracuse University, 1950
B.S., Chemistry CCNY
Library of Congress Internship in Science and Technology, 1950–53

Notable achievements

Herb White is the author of more than 9 books and 200 articles on topics of library administration, supervision
and library automation; he has for many years been a frequent speaker and presenter at seminars and workshops. Now retired, he continues adjunct teaching at the University of Arizona, writing and lecturing. White is also widely known
among professional librarians in the United States as author of the popular "White Papers" column published in
Library Journal for more than a decade. Many of these popular columns were collected and republished in "Librarianship Quo Vadis?" (Libraries Unlimited: 2000).

Earlier career
Executive Director of NASA's Scientific and Technical Information Facility at College Park, Maryland 1964-68
Program Manager for IBM's Corporate Technical Information Center (1960's)
President of Special Libraries Association, 1970
Professor at Indiana University, 1975
Dean of Indiana University School of Library and Information Science, 1980
Awarded the title of Distinguished Professor at Indiana University, 1991
American Society for Information Science Award of Merit

References
"Introducing Herbert S. White" Current Contents (ISI) #3, January 26, 1972:

External links

Official Biography at Indiana University
LibraryThing book list (partial)
 (very partial)

City College of New York alumni
Syracuse University alumni
Indiana University faculty
University of Arizona faculty
American librarians
1927 births
Possibly living people


The March 2009 tornado outbreak sequence was a series of tornado outbreaks which affected large portions of the Central, Southern, and Eastern United States from March 23 to March 29. A total of 56 tornadoes touched down during the event, two of which were rated as EF3.

Meteorological synopsis

An upper trough moved from the Four Corners region into the southern Great Plains and lower Missouri Valley during the day on March 23. During this, a surface low in western portions of Nebraska pushed into eastern South Dakota. A cold front combined with the low moved across the central and southern Great Plains and was the main area where thunderstorm development would occur. Although moisture was limited, strong wind shear created favorable conditions for supercells to develop and rotate. As a result, the supercells had the potential to produce tornadoes. A moderate risk of severe weather was issued for portions of central and eastern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. During the day, a fast-moving supercell produced several tornadoes in eastern Nebraska and across the state line into the west central portion of Iowa. Five tornadoes occurred in eastern Nebraska, with eight people injured in Eagle. In Iowa, an EF2 tornado destroyed one home, damaged another home, a barn and seven outbuildings and derailed 54 empty grain rail cars in Harrison County. The supercell then moved into Montgomery County, where it produced two EF0 tornadoes.

Several days of severe weather began with an EF1 tornado near Meridian, Mississippi on March 25. During the early morning hours of March 26, severe thunderstorms produced six tornadoes in central sections of Mississippi. The most powerful tornado spawned was an EF3 that struck Magee. Sixty homes were either damaged or destroyed with 25 people injured from the tornado. A church was destroyed and a warehouse was severely damaged. An EF2 tornado, three EF1, and an EF0 also occurred as the severe weather moved through the area. A state of emergency was declared for 12 counties by the Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour. The thunderstorms also produced three tornadoes, one rated EF1 and the other two rated EF0, in southeastern Louisiana and coastal regions of Mississippi. The EF1 tornado damaged seven homes, extensively damaged one trailer and injured one person in Tangipahoa Parish.

Another round of severe weather developed late that evening, producing another intense squall line with embedded tornadoes across the northern Gulf Coast region early on March 27, where several tornadoes were reported. Later during the afternoon, various tornadoes developed in North Carolina, causing structural damage in eastern North Carolina. The tornadoes formed after a disturbance moved into the area from Alabama. One of the tornadoes near Parkton was rated as an EF2 and injured one person.

On March 28, a strong 997 millibar upper-level low pressure area located over Oklahoma was forecast to produce widespread thunderstorms, with a moderate risk of severe weather in most of northern Louisiana, much of Mississippi, and southern Arkansas. A warm front was likely to develop along the leading edge of the system, allowing for atmospheric instability, a necessary component of severe thunderstorms. In areas farther north, relatively cool temperatures were anticipated to limit convective activity but very strong dynamics in the area would allow storms to develop. This would allow a thunderstorm which became separated from the main squall line to become severe and possibly tornadic. Later in the day, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) issued a slight risk for a large area which encompassed much of the Southeast United States. Tornadic activity was less imminent due to lower due points but strong wind shear was able to provide fuel for severe storms.

More tornadoes occurred on March 28, as they affected Tennessee and Kentucky during the afternoon. A supercell that tracked through three different counties in western areas of Kentucky produced two tornadoes. One of them was an EF3 tornado that destroyed six homes, caused major damage to 10 homes and minor damage to 60 homes and businesses in Corydon. In Tennessee, an EF1 tornado caused damage to several businesses in Murfreesboro, including the local Boys and Girls Club and a shopping plaza, which was heavily damaged. Another EF1 tornado destroyed a modular home and damaged three other homes in Ashland City.

Severe thunderstorms caused widespread damage throughout Pennsylvania on March 29. An EF1 tornado was produced in Lancaster County, damaging 238 structures across a path of  from Lititz to Denver, most of which were 200 homes that were damaged by hail. Thirty barns suffered moderate damage, one barn sustained major damage, six trailer homes were destroyed with two others suffering major damage. Three people were injured by the tornado, which altogether cost an estimated $3 million in damage.

Confirmed tornadoes

March 23 event

March 24 event

March 25–26 event
This event covers through the morning of March 26, which was due to a continuous bow echo/line.

March 26–27 event
This event covers through the morning of March 27, which was due to a continuous bow echo/line.

March 27 event
This event covers activity in the afternoon and evening of March 27.

March 28 event

March 29 event

Corydon, Kentucky

Surface heating throughout the day destabilized the atmosphere ahead of a cold front in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys. At 2:20 pm CST, the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma issued a tornado watch for western Kentucky, central Tennessee, and northern Alabama. Not long after, supercell thunderstorms began to develop over southern Illinois, producing hail up to 1 inch in diameter. By 4:00 pm CST, a supercell thunderstorm developed in western Kentucky, near the border with Illinois, and a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for the storm. Shortly after, a tornado warning was issued around 4:30 pm CST for Union County, Kentucky as doppler radar images depicted rotation in the thunderstorm. Around 4:43 pm CST, a tornado touched down about 5 miles south-southwest of Waverly, Kentucky and tracked towards the northeast along Kentucky Route 141. Not long after the tornado touched down, it crossed into Henderson County. At 4:48 pm CST, the tornado intensified into an EF3 and passed directly over the town of Corydon. After causing severe damage in Corydon, the tornado continued towards the northeast before dissipating south of the Henderson County Airport around 5:00 pm. The tornado was on the ground for roughly 12 miles over a 17-minute span.

Although four tornado sirens failed to sound when the tornado warning was issued for Corydon, no fatalities were reported as a result of the tornado. About 70 structures were damaged and six were destroyed by the tornado and two people were injured. One of the injuries was caused after a man was struck by a television which was thrown by the tornado. Numerous residents were caught off guard by the tornado, with some people remaining outside after the warning was issued. Concrete and brick structures collapsed, mobile homes were destroyed with debris wrapped around trees, and power lines were downed throughout the area. One truck was picked up by the tornado and thrown about 0.25 miles. An oil well also leaked into a creek as a result of the tornado. Most homes in the town of 780 people were left without power. Damages from the tornado amounted to $540,000.

Aftermath
A state of emergency was declared for Henderson County on March 30, two days after the tornado hit Corydon. The following day, Red Cross workers arrived in the town and set up their operations center in the Old Corydon School; however, not many people went to the center to receive aid.

Siren malfunction
Following the impact of the EF3 tornado, emergency management officials discovered that four of the ten sirens which were supposed to go off when the tornado warning was issued for Henderson County did not function. Emergency management personnel worked to replace the batteries in all ten sirens in the days after the tornado but lacked the supplies to complete this. Since the battery replacement was not completed, two more sirens failed on April 2 when a possible tornado touched down in the same area. After the April 2 event, the repair of the tornado sirens was completed and they were all working.

Non-tornadic events

March 23 Iowa squall line
Ahead of the developing low pressure area, a squall line of thunderstorms developed along a low-level jet stream. The line was first noted around 3:35 am CDT in Cass County, Iowa where  winds were recorded at the Atlantic Municipal Airport. Later that day, a much stronger line of severe thunderstorms developed in Plymouth County. Wind gusts up to  were recorded in the county, two barns and a horse shed were shifted off their foundation and several trees were uprooted. In Cherokee County, a semi-truck was blown over by high winds.

See also
 List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

References

External links
Summary of the tornado from the NWS in Paducah, Kentucky

03-23
F3 tornadoes
Tornadoes in Oklahoma
Tornadoes in Arkansas
Tornadoes in Tennessee
Tornadoes in Louisiana
Tornadoes in Georgia (U.S. state)
Tornadoes in South Carolina
Tornadoes in North Carolina
Tornadoes in Alabama
Tornadoes in Pennsylvania
Tornadoes in Mississippi
Tornadoes in Kentucky
Tornadoes in Kansas
Tornadoes in Iowa
Tornadoes in Nebraska
Tornadoes in South Dakota
Tornado Outbreak


Way Up Thar is a 1935 American short western comedy musical film directed by Mack Sennett.

Cast
Joan Davis ...  Jennie Kirk
Myra Keaton ...  Maw Kirk
John W. Jackson ...  Jim Higgins
June Gittelson ...  Sophie Cramer
Al Lydell ...  Sam Higgins
Richard Cramer ...  Cramer
Louise Keaton ...  Liddie
Sons of the Pioneers ...  Hillbilly Band
Bob Nolan ...  Band Member
Roy Rogers ...  Band Member (as Leonard Slye)
Tim Spencer ...  Band Member
Hugh Farr ...  Band Member

External links

1935 films
1935 musical comedy films
1930s Western (genre) comedy films
American black-and-white films
Mack Sennett Comedies short films
American Western (genre) comedy films
American musical comedy films
Educational Pictures short films
1930s Western (genre) musical films
American Western (genre) musical films
Films directed by Mack Sennett
1930s English-language films
1930s American films


Duane H. Cooper (August 21, 1923 in Gibson City, Illinois – April 4, 1995) was a physicist, who made early investigations regarding
the intricate geometry of the phonograph stylus-groove interface.

He earned a Bachelor of Science and Ph.D. degree with honors in physics in 1950 and 1955 from the California Institute of Technology.

In 1954, Dr Cooper joined the Coordinated Sciences Laboratory at the University of Illinois, where
he became a research professor. He developed a unified treatment of phonograph tracking and tracing distortion by utilizing a skew transformation. In the late 1960s and early 70s, Dr Cooper contributed significantly to the theory of surround sound
multi-channel stereo.

Dr Cooper served as president of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) from 1975-1976. He was named an AES Fellow in 1966, and received the AES Silver and Gold Medals.

References

Obituary AES Journal July 1995 Archived

1923 births
1995 deaths
20th-century American physicists
California Institute of Technology alumni
University of Illinois faculty
People from Gibson City, Illinois


The Canton of Remiremont is a French administrative and electoral grouping of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Grand Est. Its administrative centre is at Remiremont.

Composition
At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was reduced from 16 to 9 communes:
Cleurie
Éloyes
Jarménil
Pouxeux
Raon-aux-Bois
Remiremont
Saint-Amé
Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont
Saint-Nabord

References

Remiremont