Alessandra Buonanno  is an Italian naturalized-American theoretical physicist and director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam. She is the head of the "Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity" department. She holds a research professorship at the University of Maryland, College Park, and honorary professorships at the Humboldt University in Berlin, and the University of Potsdam. She is a leading member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, which observed gravitational waves from a binary black-hole merger in 2015.

Early life and education
Buonanno earned her MSc in 1993, and she completed her PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Pisa in 1996. After a brief period spent at the theory division of CERN, she held a postdoctoral position at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES) in France and the R.C. Tolman Prize Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology.

Career and research
Buonanno became a permanent researcher (Chargée de 1ere classe, CR1) in 2001 at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP) and then at the Astroparticle and Cosmology Laboratory (APC) in Paris with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) before joining the University of Maryland as a physics professor in 2005. She moved to the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in 2014.

Buonanno was a Kavli Fellow at the Kavli Frontiers of Science Japanese-American Symposium of the National Academy of Sciences in 2007. She was the William and Flora Hewlett Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, from 2011 to 2012. She was a Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at the Perimeter Institute from 2014 to 2020.

Buonanno's work with Thibault Damour of reducing the two-body problem in general relativity to an effective one-body formalism,  and her research at the intersection of analytical-relativity modeling and numerical relativity simulations were employed to observe gravitational waves from merging binary black holes for the first time, and infer their astrophysical and cosmological properties. Beyond her core expertise in modeling gravitational waves from compact-object binary systems, Buonanno, in collaboration with Yanbei Chen, computed the quantum-optical noise in the advanced-LIGO gravitational-wave detectors, and showed that quantum correlations between photon shot noise and radiation-pressure noise (i.e., the optical-spring effect) can circumvent constraints imposed by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle in those detectors.

Awards and honors
 2023: Elected Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italian National Academy of Sciences)
 2022: Tomalla Prize for her “outstanding work on gravitational-wave physics”
 2021: Balzan Prize in the subject area "Gravitation: physical and astrophysical aspects" (shared with Thibault Damour)
2021: Dirac Medal and Prize of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) (shared with T. Damour, F. Pretorious and S. Teukolsky)
 2021: Elected Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
2021: Elected Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2021: Elected Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
2021:  Galileo Galilei Medal of the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) (shared with T. Damour and F. Pretorious)
2019: 8th Benjamin Lee Professorship, Asian Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, South Korea
 2018: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
 2016: Lower Saxony State Prize (shared with Bruce Allen and )
 2011: Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS)
 2010: Elected Fellow of the International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (ISGRG)
 2007: Richard A. Ferrell Distinguished Faculty Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park
 2006–2008: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
 2000: Italian Society of General Relativity and Gravitational Physics (SIGRAV) Prize

Awards as member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

 2017: Group Achievement Award of the Royal Astronomical Society (shared with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration)
 2017: Einstein Medal of the Einstein Society in Bern, Switzerland (shared with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration)
 2017: Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research to R. Drever, K. Thorne and R. Weiss, and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
 2017: HEAD Bruno Rossi Prize of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) to G. Gonzalez and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
 2016: Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics to R. Drever, K. Thorne and R. Weiss, and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration
 2016: Gruber Cosmology Prize to R. Drever, K. Thorne and R. Weiss, and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration

See also

 Gravitational Wave
 Post-Newtonian expansion

References

External links
 Scientific publications (without the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) of Alessandra Buonanno from INSPIRE
 Scientific publications (with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration) of Alessandra Buonanno from INSPIRE

1968 births
20th-century American physicists
20th-century American women scientists
20th-century Italian physicists
20th-century Italian women scientists
21st-century American physicists
21st-century American women scientists
21st-century Italian physicists
21st-century Italian women scientists
American women physicists
Italian emigrants to the United States
Italian women physicists
Living people
People associated with CERN
University of Maryland, College Park faculty
University of Pisa alumni
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Max Planck Institute directors


Tremont is a neighborhood on the West Side of Cleveland, Ohio. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the district sits just south of the Ohio City neighborhood.  It is bounded by the Cuyahoga Valley to the north and east, MetroHealth medical center to the south, and West 25th Street and Columbus Road to the west.

Tremont is one of Cleveland's oldest neighborhoods, and has been historically home to many different ethnic immigrant groups, including Germans, Greeks, and East Slavs. It has numerous historic churches with world renowned architecture and artwork including St. Michael the Archangel (1892), Pilgrim Congregational UCC (founded in 1859), St. Augustine (1893), St. John Cantius (1898), and St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral (1912). The neighborhood has seen significant growth in recent decades and is today home to many restaurants and art galleries, and has emerged as a local cultural center, attracting technology companies with plans to further develop and preserve its historic landscape.

History

Tremont, was originally part of Brooklyn Township and from 1836 until 1854 was a section of what is now its sister neighborhood, Ohio City, when the latter was an independent town. Both were later annexed by the city of Cleveland, but Tremont remained independent until 1867. During the early 1850s, the now-defunct Cleveland University briefly occupied a section of Tremont, and in fact, before being named Tremont, the neighborhood was briefly known as University Heights (not to be confused with the eastern Cleveland suburb of the same name). Vestiges of the neighborhood's days as a college town remain, however, in streets with scholarly names, such as Professor, Literary, College and University. The early 20th century saw an influx of East Slavic immigrants (Ukrainians, Rusyns, Russians, and Belarusians) who sought work in the steel mills in the area. By 1920, Tremont was home to over 36,000 residents. However, the population had begun to steadily decline in the 1960s. With the loss of manufacturing jobs particularly in Cleveland's steel industry, culminating in the recession of the early 1980s, Tremont's population dwindled. By the 2000 census there were fewer than 9,000 residents.

Since the early 2000s and especially since the 2010s, Tremont has reinvented itself and is experiencing a revival. With its close proximity to downtown and affordable dwellings, the neighborhood began a revival in the 1990s due in large part to an influx of new residents, including young professionals, empty nesters, hipsters and immigrants attracted to the neighborhood's amenities, historic housing stock and new infill housing. Tremont has become a destination spot with numerous shops and art galleries, as well as restaurants, bars, and bistros, such as Iron Chef Michael Symon's Lolita, which closed in 2016 due to fire damage. Walkabout Tremont occurs on the 2nd Friday of each month.

Points of interest

Neighborhood landmarks
Lemko Hall (2337 W. 11th St.) - The historic hall served as a social gathering place for the one-time sizable concentration of East Slavic Lemko immigrants from the region of Lemkovina who lived in Tremont. Today it is a mixed use (retail and condominiums) structure and a city landmark. It is most famous for being the site of the wedding reception in the 1978 film, The Deer Hunter.
St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral (733 Starkweather Ave.) - Also featured in The Deer Hunter, the cathedral was built in 1912, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Pilgrim Congregational Church (2592 West 14th Street) - built in 1894, on the National Register of Historic Places.
A Christmas Story House (3159 West 11th Street) - Site of several exterior scenes in the 1983 holiday film, A Christmas Story, the house was home to protagonist Ralphie Parker and his family. It was purchased on eBay in 2004 by San Diego entrepreneur Brian Jones and subsequently renovated to replicate the interior and exterior as seen in the film, and is now a museum.
The Chelsea Building is one of the oldest high rise buildings constructed in Cleveland, being erected in 1898. The building also has the first residential elevator installed in the city.

Duck Island
Bisected by Abbey Avenue, Duck Island is a popular sub-neighborhood within Tremont. It is bounded by Carnegie Avenue to the north, the RTA Red Line to the west, Scranton Road to the east, and Train Avenue to the south. It is not a physical island and it has "nothing whatsoever to do with ducks." The name is said to have entered common usage in Cleveland during Prohibition when Duck Island became "a place where bootleggers would 'duck' the law."

Education
Northeast Ohio College Preparatory School

References

Further reading

External links

National Register of Historic Places in Cleveland, Ohio
Neighborhoods in Cleveland
Historic districts in Cleveland
German-American culture in Cleveland
Russian-American culture in Ohio
Rusyn-American culture in Ohio
Ukrainian-American culture in Ohio
Populated places established in 1836
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
1836 establishments in Ohio


Amylobasidium is a fungal genus in the family Corticiaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Amylobasidium tsugae. First reported by J. Ginns in 1988, it was found growing on wood and in the bark crevices of logs of Tsuga mertensiana from the volcanic peaks in the cordillera of western North America.

References

Corticiales
Fungi of North America
Monotypic Basidiomycota genera


Suffix beginning with O

Empire Oak
Empire Oak was a  tug that was built by Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd., Goole. Launched on 15 March 1941 and completed in July 1941. Torpedoed on 22 August 1941 and sunk by U-564 at  while a member of Convoy OG 71.

Empire Oberon
Empire Oberon was a 244 GRT tug that was built by Henry Scarr Ltd., Hessle. Launched on 24 November 1942 and completed in January 1943. Sank on 7 September 1959 near Akra, Calcutta when barge alongside sank. Total loss, wreck blown up to clear shipping lane in October 1959.

Empire Ocean
 Empire Ocean was a 6,765 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1941 by William Gray & Co Ltd, West Hartlepool. She ran aground near Shingle Head, Newfoundland on 4 August 1942. Refloated the next day and taken in tow but sank at ).

Empire Ocelot
Empire Ocelot was a 5,866 GRT cargo ship that was built by the Ames Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Seattle, Washington. She was launched in 1919 as West Jena for the USSB. She was sold in 1925 to Forest Transportation Corporation, Seattle and was renamed Myrtle. Sold in 1930 to the Pacific-Atlantic Steamship Corporation, Portland, Oregon and renamed San Marcos. To MoWT in 1940 and renamed Empire Ocelot. Torpedoed and sunk on 28 September 1940 by  in the Atlantic Ocean.

Empire Ock

Empire Ock was a 6,133 GRT passenger ship that was built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Completed in 1939 as Dogu. To Deutsche Afrika Line in 1940 and renamed Luderitzbucht. Used as an accommodation ship during the Second World War. Renamed Duala in 1945, seized as a war prize in May 1945 at Flensburg. To MoWT and renamed Empire Ock. Allocated to USSR in 1946 and renamed Peotr Weliky. Sold in 1948 to Gdynia America Line, Poland and renamed Jagiello. To USSR in 1949 and renamed Petr Velikiy. Scrapped in 1974 at Castellón de la Plana, Spain.

Empire Oil (I)
 was an 8,145 GRT tanker that was built by Blythwood Shipbuilding, Scotstoun. Launched on 23 July 1940, transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in November 1940 and renamed RFA Darkdale. Torpedoed and sunk off Saint Helena by  on 22 October 1941.

Empire Oil (II)
 was an 8,031 GRT tanker that was built by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees. Launched on 11 February 1941 and completed in May 1941. Torpedoed on 10 September 1942 and crippled by U-659 and finished off by U-584 at  while a member of Convoy ON 127.

Empire Onyx
Empire Onyx was an 8,221 GRT tanker that was built by Harland and Wolff Ltd, Govan. Launched on 21 August 1941 and completed in December 1941. Allocated in 1942 to the Norwegian Government and renamed Nortind. Torpedoed on 20 June 1942 and damaged by U-67 at , put into New Orleans thence to Mobile, Alabama for repairs. Torpedoed on 16 January 1943 and sunk by U-358 at  while a member of Convoy HX 223.

Empire Opal
Empire Opal was a 9,811 GRT tanker that was built by Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. Launched on 28 April 1941 and completed in July 1941. Sold in 1945 to The South Georgia Co. Ltd., converted to a whaling tanker, now 12,874 GRT (14,560 DWT) and renamed Southern Opal. Operated under the management of Christian Salvesen Ltd, Leith. Laid up on 15 May 1961 at Tønsberg, Norway and scrapped in August 1964 in Hamburg.

Empire Opossum
Empire Opossum was a 5,760 GRT cargo ship that was built by Northwest Steel Company, Portland, Oregon. Laid down as Joffre for Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, France but completed in June 1918 as Western Ocean for the United States Shipping Board (USSB). To MoWT in 1941 and renamed Empire Opossom. Sold in 1949 to Clunies Shipping Co, Glasgow and renamed Marianne Clunies. Sold in 1950 to D Oltmann & Co, Bremen, fitted with a diesel engine and renamed Ansgaritor. Scrapped in March 1959 at Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands.

Empire Oriole
Empire Oriole was a 6,551 GRT Type C2-S-A1 ship that was built by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. Completed in October 1941 as Extavia for American Export Lines Inc as one of four variants of the C2-S-A1 type intended for the Spanish, North African and Black Sea trade built slightly shorter than the basic design, , in order to navigate rivers to inland ports. To MoWT in 1941 and renamed Empire Oriole. To United States Maritime Commission (USMC) in 1942 and renamed Extavia. Converted to a transport ship by Todd Shipyards, Brooklyn, New York, completed in November 1943. To American Export Lines in February 1946. Scrapped in July 1968 in Alicante, Spain.

Empire Orkney

Empire Orkney was an 813 GRT coastal tanker that was built by A & J Inglis Ltd, Glasgow. Launched on 30 November 1944 and completed in 1945. Sold in 1950 to F T Everard & Sons Ltd. and renamed Alchymist. Arrived on 3 May 1969 at Bruges, Belgium for scrapping.

Empire Ortolan
Empire Ortolan was a 4,989 GRT cargo ship that was built by American International Shipbuilding, Hog Island, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1919 as Labette for USSB. To Lykes Brothers-Ripley Steamship Co Inc in 1933. To MoWT in 1941 and renamed Empire Ortolan. Sold in 1946 to Stanhope Steamship Co. Ltd. and renamed Stanland. Sold in 1949 to Alma Shipping Co SA, Panama and renamed Alma. Operated under the management of Faros Shipping Co. Scrapped in May 1953 at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

Empire Orwell (I)
 was a 3,132 GRT cargo ship that was built by Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne. Completed in 1921 as Vindeggen. Sold in 1939 to W Traber & Co, Hamburg and renamed Olga Traber. Seized in May 1945 at Kiel, to MoWT and renamed Empire Orwell. Allocated to USSR in 1946 and renamed Poltava.

Empire Orwell (II)
Empire Orwell was a 17,362 GRT liner built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg. Launched on 16 July 1936 as TS Pretoria for the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie. Maiden voyage to Cape Town started on 19 December 1936, but ran aground at East Lepe, in the Solent. Undamaged and later refloated. Requisitioned in 1939 by the Kriegsmarine and used as a submarine depot ship. Converted to a hospital ship in 1940. Seized in May 1945 at Copenhagen, To MoWT and renamed Empire Doon. Converted to a troopship at Newcastle upon Tyne. Operated under the management of the Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd. Problems with her boilers meant that she had to be withdrawn from service. She was towed back to the UK from Port Said, Egypt and laid up off Southend on Sea. She was re-boilered by J I Thorneycroft & Co, Southampton. Renamed Empire Orwell on completion of refit in January 1950. Served as a troopship in 1956 during the Suez crisis, landing troops in Cyprus and evacuating troops from the Canal Zone.
Withdrawn in December 1957 and laid up at Isle of Portland. Chartered in 1958 to Pan-Islamic Steamship Co, Karachi, then sold later that year to Ocean Steamship Co, Liverpool. Operated under the management of A Holt & Co. Refitted in 1958 by Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow. Intended to be renamed Dardanus but was renamed Gunung Djati. Sold in 1962 to the Indonesian Government. Sold in 1964 to Perushaan Pelajaran Arafat, Djakarta. New diesel engines fitted in 1972 in Hong Kong. To the Indonesian Navy in 1979 and renamed KRI Tanjung Pandan, with pennant number 971. Laid up in 1981 in Tanjung Priok as an accommodation vessel. Sold in 1987 to shipbreakers in Taiwan.

Empire Oryx
Empire Oryx was a 5,756 GRT (8,800 DWT) cargo ship that was built by Columbia River Shipbuilding Corp, Portland. Completed as West Harshaw for USSB. To Lykes Bros-Ripley Steamship Co Inc. in 1933. To MoWT in 1940 and renamed Empire Oryx. Renamed Empire Robin in 1941. Allocated in 1942 to the Dutch Government and renamed Ferdinand Bol. Collided on 30 July 1942 with SS Norse King and sank at .

Empire Osbourne
Empire Osbourne was a 2,906 GRT cargo ship that was built by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool. Launched on 28 January 1944 and completed in March 1944. Damaged on 20 December 1944 by a mine in the River Seine. Sold in 1946 to Uskport Steamship Co. Ltd. and renamed Uskport. Operated under the management of R. W. Jones & co, Newport, Wales. Sold in 1957 to the Cuban Government and renamed Rio Damuji. Operated by Empresa Navigazione Mambisa. Ran aground on 3 February 1970 at Punta Maya, Varadero Peninsular, Cuba (). Equipment salvaged then ship abandoned after further gale damage.

Empire Otter
Empire Otter was a 4,627 GRT cargo ship that was built by International Shipbuilding Co, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Launched in 1920 as Torino by Società de Navigazione Italo-Americana, Italy. Never complete or delivered to the intended customer. To Morecraft Transportation Corp, New York in 1925. To Durham Navigation Corporation in 1932, still uncompleted. To American Mineral Spirits Co, New York in 1938. Converted to a tanker. To MoWT in 1940 and renamed Empire Otter. Struck a mine on 16 February 1941 and sank  southwest of Hartland Point, Devon.

Empire Ouse
Empire Ouse was a 4,833 GRT cargo ship that was built by Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Burntisland, Fife. Launched in 1937 as Ginnheim for Unterweser Reederei, Bremen. Seized in May 1945 at Brunsbüttel. To MoWT and renamed Empire Ouse. Allocated to the Dutch Government in 1946 and renamed Eindhoven. Sold in 1947 to Van Uden Scheepsvaart Maatschappij, Rotterdam and renamed Parkhaven. Sold in 1953 to E Oldendorff, Lübeck and renamed Christopher Oldendorff. Scrapped in 1963 at El Ferrol, Spain.

Empire Outpost
Empire Outpost was a 6,978 GRT cargo ship that was built by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast. Launched on 31 May 1943 and completed in August 1943. Allocated in 1945 to the French Government and renamed Pilote Garnier. Sold in 1960 to Compagnia Navigazione Olissman Ltda, Greece and renamed Kyra Hariklia. Ran aground on 7 February 1966 at Malmö. Refloated on 11 February, towed to port and cargo discharged. Sailed to Hamburg where she was drydocked, extensive damage to the bottom and stern found, uneconomic to repair. Scrapped in April 1966 in Hamburg.

Empire Oykell
Empire Oykell was a 2,623 GRT cargo ship that was built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft. Launched in 1930 as Adele Traber for W Traber & Co, Hamburg. Seized in May 1945 in the Kiel Canal. To MoWT and renamed Empire Oykell. Allocated to the Norwegian Government in 1946 and renamed Bruse. Sold in 1958 to Leif Hoegh & Co, Norway and renamed Hoegh Bruse. Renamed Hoegh Collier in 1959. sold in 1961 to O/Y Propsshipping Ltd, Finland and renamed Pomo. Sold in 1967 to Rauma Chartering Ltd, Finland and renamed Tomi. Scrapped in June 1968 at Spezia, Italy.

See also
The above entries give a precis of each ship's history. For a fuller account see the linked articles.

Sources
Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all entries is:

References

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Héctor Luis Gaitán (born February 9, 1987 in Cruz Alta, Córdoba Province) is an Argentine football defender currently playing for Bolivian side Sport Boys Warnes.

Career
Gaitán made his debut in first division with Newell's on March 11, 2007, in a 1-0 victory over Argentinos Juniors. By 2008 he had established himself as a regular member of the first team, but mainly coming off the bench. He received his nickname, Patadita (little kick), for his tendency to commit penalty kicks during this season. In 2009, he joined Peruvian side Colegio Nacional Iquitos, and made his debut on February 15, against club Real Mamoré in Bolivia. On May 3, 2009, Gaitán scored his first goal as a refinero in a visit to club San José from Oruro. After his return to Newell's Old Boys in summer 2010 was released and he joined to Torneo Argentino A side Juventud Antoniana. He played only one season for Antoniana and returned in June 2011 to Bolivia and signed for Municipal Real Mamoré.

References

External links
 BDFA profile
 Argentine Primera statistics

1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Córdoba Province, Argentina
Argentine men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Oriente Petrolero players
Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
Juventud Antoniana footballers
Argentine Primera División players
Colegio Nacional Iquitos footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
Newell's Old Boys footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Peru
Municipal Real Mamoré players
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
C.A. Nacional Potosí players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
Club Sportivo Carapeguá footballers
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
Sport Boys Warnes players


The League of Left-Wing Writers (), commonly abbreviated as the Zuolian in Chinese, was an organization of writers formed in Shanghai, China, on 2 March 1930, at the instigation of the Chinese Communist Party and the influence of the celebrated author Lu Xun.

Other members included Ding Ling, Hu Feng, and Mei Zhi. The purpose of the League was to promote socialist realism in support of the Communist Revolution, and it eventually became very influential in Chinese cultural circles. Lu Xun delivered the opening address to the organizational meeting, but he became disillusioned when it quickly became clear that he would have little influence. Other members included leaders of the Sun Society and the Creation Society, and Zhou Yang, who became Mao Zedong's favorite literary figure and after 1949 zealously enforced  political orthodoxy. The League articulated theories on the political role of literature that foreshadowed Mao's influential Yan'an Talks on Literature and Art, and engaged in running debates with the "art for art's sake" Crescent Moon Society.

Due to the League's prominent political views, it was quickly banned by the Kuomintang government. On 7 February 1931, the government executed five members of the League: Li Weisen (李伟森), Hu Yepin, Rou Shi, Yin Fu (殷夫), and Feng Keng.

The League was disbanded voluntarily in 1936. This was mainly in order to encourage authors to unite across political boundaries and face the rapidly increasing threat from Japan.

Execution
Five Chinese writers associated with the League of Left-Wing Writers  Li Weisen, Hu Yepin, Rou Shi, Yin Fu, and Feng Keng  were executed on 7 February 1931 by the Kuomintang in the "White Terror" period that followed the 1927 Shanghai massacre.

Eighteen other communists were executed on the same day, including a pregnant woman.

Some have suggested that the five may have been betrayed by others in the Communist Party, perhaps as a result of a power struggle.

See also
Union of Soviet Writers
Union of Chinese Writers
League of American Writers

Notes

References

Chinese literature
Organizations based in Shanghai
1930 establishments in China
Arts organizations established in 1930
Culture in Shanghai
Modern Chinese poetry
1936 disestablishments in China
Organizations disestablished in 1936


Rashtriya Samaj Paksha ("National Society Party") is an Indian political party based in Maharashtra, founded in 2003. Mahadev Jankar was the founder and President of the party.  Prabodhankar Govindram Shurnar, hailing from Nanded, has dedicated himself to social work in his community since 1990. Mr. Govindram Shurnar and Mahadev Janakar first met during an event in Mumbai, and this encounter paved the way for Mahadev Jankar to launch their endeavors in Marathwada, with the support of Govindram Shurnar. In the 1998 Lok Sabha elections in Nanded, Mahadev Jankar ran as a BSP candidate and garnered around 20,000 votes. Mr. Govindram Shurnar and their family played a significant role in managing the responsibilities for that election.

In the 2004 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the party fielded 38 candidates and received 144,758 votes, 0.35% of all votes. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the party fielded 12 candidates in Maharashtra and one in the Karnataka state. The party received 146,571 votes, 0.04% of all the votes. In the 2009 Loksabha elections, they fielded 29 candidates in Maharashtra, two in Assam, one in Gujarat, and one in Karnataka, being 23rd in many candidates. They received 190,743 votes in Maharashtra and 201,065 in total. Mahadeo Jankar stood against Sharad Pawar and Subhash Deshmukh in Madha and received 10.76% of the votes.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2009
In the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha was part of the Republican Left Democratic Front, popularly known as Ridalos. RSP candidate, Babasaheb Patil won from Ahmedpur.

Lok Sabha Election 2014
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha joined the NDA in January 2019. During the 2014 general election, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha fought with NDA along with its allies BJP, Republican Party of India (Athvale) and Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections, 2014
In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha was part of the Mahayuti alliance. They fielded six candidates in Maharashtra Assembly Elections, out of which RSP candidate Rahul Kul from Daund won.

President
Mahadev Jankar

Notable leaders
 Ratnakar Gutte, MLA Gangakhed, Maharashtra State President

References

2003 establishments in Maharashtra
Political parties established in 2003
Political parties in Maharashtra


Iain Rattray is a British actor.

He appeared in The Bill, Howards' Way, Chancer, Casualty, Boon, Minder, Grange Hill, London's Burning, Doctor Who, Between the Lines, and the TV MiniSeries Wild Justice, Jack the Ripper.

References

External links

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British male television actors


WGMU Radio is a college radio station located on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University in Virginia, United States. It broadcasts a range of music, sports, news and talk.

Location
Offices are in the Student Union Building II, The HUB, and the studios and broadcasting facilities are located in the George W. Johnson Center.

History
WGMU was founded in 1981, at which point it had an AM signal. In 1999 WGMU applied with the FCC to get an FM licence but was unable to obtain it. At some point, the station stopped broadcasting over AM; WGMU is currently broadcast exclusively through the internet.

Output
The station broadcasts live 24/7 featuring a wide range of programming, including local music, mainstream music, news, sports and talk programming. Interviews and in-studio sessions are done regularly with local bands. Due to its close proximity to Washington DC, political figures have appeared on the station.

WGMU streams on its website, on iTunes, on-campus television channel 8.2, TuneIn and RadioFlag through their iPhone/Android applications and websites.

Sport
Amongst its roles at the university, WGMU functions as the home station for the George Mason Patriots athletics team, who achieved international fame in the 2005-2006 season. The station broadcasts every home game for both the women's and men's teams as part of the Athletic Department's Go Mason Digital Network. Broadcasts begin 30 minutes before tip-off with Pride of the Patriots for the women's games and 45 minutes beforehand for the men's games with WGMU's own pre-game show.

Music
WGMU is also home to a wide variety of musical shows. In 2006, WGMU aired live call-ins with such artists such as Thomas Dolby, Necro, New Riders of the Purple Sage's Ronnie Penque, Giddle Partridge, and Deep Red. In 2007, WGMU invited Virginia-based artists and bands such as Dermaptera, guitarist Phil Venable (The Venables, Crankcase), ukulele player/singer Mike Ratel, guitarist Wes Howard, and Sansyou up for on air concerts. In 2010-2011 they interviewed notable people such as Jimmy Fallon, Russell Brand, Keith Morrison, Presidential Candidate and former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson and original MTV VJ and current Sirius XM Radio 80s on 8 host Nina Blackwood. In 2013, WGMU interviewed Workaholics actor Erik Griffin, former pop star Aaron Carter, musician Claude Von Stroke, Former Washington Redskins defensive end Renaldo Wynn and personalities from USA Network and WWE. In 2017 the WGMU show Something Different interviewed Gwar member Sleazy P. Martini; in 2019 they interviewed Jodi Eichelberger of LazyTown fame for their puppetry special.

Management
Ashlyn Cole is the current General Manager and the longtime faculty adviser is Professor Rodger Smith.

WGMU contributes to listings published by the media company Spinitron.

References

External links
 WGMU Radio Homepage

Internet radio stations in the United States
GMU
Defunct radio stations in the United States
1981 establishments in Virginia
Radio stations established in 1981
George Mason University


"Baby Blue" is a song written by Aaron Barker, and recorded by American country music artist George Strait.  It was released in April 1988 as the second single from his album If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'.  It was a number-one hit in the United States, while it peaked at number 3 in Canada.

Critical reception
Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave the song an A grade, calling it "another one of Strait’s smoothest pop performances, with just enough country touches in the production to keep his traditionalist credentials intact." Coyne states that "taken literally as a love gone wrong song, it’s a beautiful piece of work."

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

[ Allmusic]

1988 singles
1987 songs
George Strait songs
Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen
MCA Records singles
Songs written by Aaron Barker
Country ballads


Loree Murray (January 2, 1921 – 2009) was a community activist in Washington DC.

Career
Murray moved to DC in the early 1940s from Pinehurst, North Carolina.

She led street patrols, known as Orange Hat patrols, to help police document drug activity. In 1985, she founded the Near Northeast Citizens Against Crimes and Drugs. She was also one of the founding members of the H Street Festival and was an advocate for statehood for the District of Columbia.

Cohen Companies named a building in her honor, the Loree Grand, built on the border of the North of Massachusetts Business District.

References
 Washington Post article
 House Transportation Infrastructure Committee Meeting

1921 births
American community activists
2009 deaths
People from Pinehurst, North Carolina


Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited (TMB) is a bank headquartered at Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India. TMB was founded in 1921 as the Nadar Bank, but changed its name to Tamilnad Mercantile Bank in November 1962 to widen its appeal beyond the Nadar community. For the financial year 2018–2019, the bank reported a net profit of  2585 million. The bank currently has 509 full branches throughout India, 12 Regional offices and two link offices, two central processing centres, one Service Branch, four Currency Chests, 48 eLobby centres, 262 Cash Recycler Machines (Cash deposit machine) and 1151 Automated Teller Machines (ATM). The bank has been expanding its footprint all over India.

TMB was rated as the fastest growing Private Sector Bank continuously for the five years from 2010 to 2015. It was also rated as the Best Bank in the years 2013, 2014 and 2015, due to its robust growth. During the years of 2018 and 2019 it did total business of 616 billion rupees. The bank's planned outlay for the financial year is to reach business worth 600 billion rupees, add an additional 24 branches, and increase its ATMs to 1151. The bank has won the Lokmat BFSI Best Private Sector Bank 2014-15 award.

History

The history of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank dates back to 1921. The idea to establish a bank for the Nadar business community was first proposed at the annual meeting of the Nadar Mahajana Sangam held at Thoothukudi in 1920.

The bank was originally registered on 11 May 1921, as Nadar Bank Limited, under the Indian Companies Act, 1913. M. V. Shanmugavel Nadar was elected as the first chairman on 4 November 1921. The bank was opened to the public by T. V. Balagurusamy Nadar on 11 November 1921 in Ana Mavanna Building at South Raja Street, Thoothukudi.

In 1937, Nadar Bank opened a branch in Sri Lanka, but by 1939 it had closed it.

By 1947, the bank had only four branches: Thoothukudi, Madurai, Sivakasi and Virudhunagar. The bank opened its first Indian branch outside the state of Tamil Nadu in 1976 at Bengaluru.

The first fully computerised branch was opened at WGC Road, Thoothukudi on 9 December 1984. The Bank launched its ATM Card on 11 November 2003.

On 6 September 2021, the Tamilnad Mercantile Bank filed a draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to raise funds through an initial public offering. On 7 June 2022, the company received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India for its Initial public offering.

Technology initiatives
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank was the first private sector bank in India to introduce computerisation for branch-level operations. The bank adopted modernization as early in the year 1983. Today all 509 branches of the bank are networked using Infosys's  "FINACLE" Software and have achieved 100% connectivity.

RTGS/NEFT facilities in ebanking have been successfully implemented. The bank has also entered into an agreement with BillDesk (India ideas.com), CCAvenue (Avenues India), SBI ePay, Atom Technologies and PayU India for providing payment gateway services to the internet banking customers. It was the first old bank to have introduced mobile banking and providing POS machines to their Customers.

The bank has implemented a video conferencing facility to connect Head Office with various Departments and Regional offices. TMB is a member of National Financial Switch for its ATM operations.

Tie-up arrangement made with Western Union Money Transfer, UAE Exchange & Financial Services...etc. for remittances from abroad to India to facilitate quick receipt of remittances by the beneficiaries. The bank has tie-up agreement with ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund, UTI Mutual Fund, Reliance Mutual Fund, Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund, Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund, Sundaram Mutual Fund and HDFC Mutual Fund for selling their Mutual Fund Products. The bank became a Depository participant through NSDL to make available Demat facilities. TMB was the first bank in south India to offer ASBA facilities. It also offers off-line and online share-trading through Religare Securities. TMB entered the commodity futures market by becoming a clearing bank for NCDEX and MCX. It was one of the first banks in the banking industry to have online deposit opening through the TMB e-connect facility.

TMB has introduced "Choose Your Account Number" facility for anywhere banking account holders and introduced Missed Call Banking to check Account Balance, BSNL bill payment through branches and RuPay Debit Card. The Mobile application like TMB e-Passbook and TMB Locations are also introduced.

Foreign exchange
The bank achieved a turnover of 15,726 crores in foreign exchange for the year ended March 2019. In terms of forex turnover, TMB ranks first among the Tamil Nadu-based private sector banks. With a view to provide enhanced facilities to the bank's customers, the bank shifted its foreign exchange department from Tuticorin to Chennai, and created an integrated Treasury and Foreign Exchange Operations Department with adequate infrastructure to handle trading in Government Securities, Bonds, Shares, foreign exchange and derivatives. TMB is a member of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT).

Branch sharing tie up
TMB has tie-up arrangements with IDBI Bank (136 locations), and HDFC Bank (531 locations).

Controversies
In 2021 the directors of the bank were fined on two occasions. Once for an amount of 11.33 crores and 5.33 crores for another. The fine was for authorising transfer of shares to foreign entities such as RST Limited, Katra Holdings Limited, GHI I Limited, Kamehameha (Mauritius) Limited, FI Investments (Mauritius) Limited, Cuna Group (Mauritius) Limited, and Swiss Re Investors (Mauritius) Limited,  Sub-Continental Equities Ltd, Mauritius, and Robert & Adris James Company Limited, Mauritius not authorised by Reserve Bank of India for acquiring shares in the bank.

See also

 Banking in India
 List of banks in India
 Reserve Bank of India
 Indian Financial System Code
 List of largest banks
 List of companies of India
 Make in India

References

de S. Gunasekera, H.A. (1962) From dependent currency to central banking in Ceylon; an analysis of monetary experience, 1825-1957. (London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London).

External links

 The billion-rupee war for the Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
 Tamilnad Mercantile Bank IFSC Codes

Private sector banks in India
Banks established in 1921
Companies based in Tuticorin
Indian companies established in 1921


Minnesota Golden Gophers volleyball is the NCAA Division I women's volleyball team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The program began its first season in 1972 under head coach Dee Jilek. Its current head coach is Keegan Cook, who took over the team at the conclusion of the 2022 season, following the resignation of Hugh McCutcheon. Previous coach Mike Hebert had led the Golden Gophers to every NCAA Tournament, with the exception of 1998, when he was head coach of the team. His tenure was highlighted by back-to-back NCAA Final Four appearances in 2003 and 2004. Hebert also led Minnesota the program's first Big Ten title in 2002.

Final Four appearances

2003

Even with a 13 overall tournament seed, Minnesota beat Washington in the regional final in five sets to advance to the school's first NCAA Final Four. In the national semifinals, Minnesota played top ranked and undefeated Southern California tough, but fell in three sets. Minnesota was led by Cassie Busse with 23 kills and Erin Martin with 11.

2004

The tournament's #4 overall seed, Minnesota defeated fifth-seeded Ohio State in the regional final to advance to their second straight national semifinal. Once again, they met Southern California, but the outcome was different than the previous year. Behind 18 kills from Minnesota's Erin Martin, the Golden Gophers defeated the two-time defending NCAA Champions in four sets to advance to the program's first NCAA national championship.

In the final against Stanford, Minnesota could not stop Ogonna Nnamani and struggled to find an offensive rhythm, falling in three straight sets to finish as national runners-up. Despite leaving the match against Stanford with a neck injury, Minnesota All-American libero Paula Gentil set an NCAA tournament record for digs in the NCAA tournament with 173 total in six matches.

2009

Minnesota, the 11th seed, earned its third Final Four appearance since 2003 by defeating third seeded Florida State 3–1 (25–20, 25–7, 18–25, 25–17).  This appearance marks the second time Minnesota has qualified for the Final Four via playing on its home court: "The Sports Pavilion" – the first time occurred during the 2004 tournament. Minnesota was knocked out of the national semifinals by Texas in three sets.

2015
After a frustrating 2014 season that saw the Golden Gophers miss the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1998, Minnesota started the season unranked in the AVCA preseason poll, and was picked to finish fifth in the Big Ten. Under the stewardship of Big Ten Coach of the Year and AVCA Coach of the Year Hugh McCutcheon, and led by the play of four AVCA All-Americans, Minnesota trumped all expectations, on its way to an 18–2 Big Ten conference record that was the best in its history and earned the program its second-ever Big Ten conference championship, the first one since 2002. The Golden Gophers entered the NCAA Tournament with a 26–4 record that earned them the top seed in their bracket and the No. 2 overall seed. After dropping just one set in regional play, Minnesota arrived at the Final Four in Omaha, Nebraska, where it lost in the national semifinals to the Texas Longhorns.

2016
Minnesota lost 3–1 to eventual national champion Stanford in the 2016 NCAA semifinals.  Minnesota had been ranked #1 in the final AVCA regular-season poll, but were seeded #2 going into the tournament, behind #1 Nebraska.

2019
As the overall #7 seed in the tournament, Minnesota advanced to its sixth Final Four in program history with a 3-0 sweep of unseeded Louisville. As in 2016, Minnesota lost to eventual national champion Stanford in the 2019 NCAA semifinals.

All-Americans

A list of first, second, third team and honorable mention AVCA All-American volleyball players.

1996 – Katrien DeDecker (1st team)
1999 – Nicole Branagh (2nd team)
2000 – Nicole Branagh (2nd team); Stephanie Hagen (2nd team)
2002 – Cassie Busse (2nd team); Paula Gentil (3rd team)
2003 – Cassie Busse (1st team); Paula Gentil (2nd team)
2004 – Kelly Bowman (1st team); Paula Gentil (1st team); Erin Martin (honorable mention)
2005 - Paula Gentil (Honorable Mention)
2006 – Meredith Nelson (2nd team)
2008 – Brook Dieter (2nd team); Lauren Gibbemeyer (3rd team)
2009 – Lauren Gibbemeyer(1st team); Taylor Carico (3rd team)
2011 – Ashley Wittman (2nd team); Tori Dixon (Honorable Mention)
2012 – Katherine Harms (1st team); Tori Dixon (2nd team); Ashley Wittman (Honorable Mention)
2013 - Tori Dixon (1st team); Ashley Wittman (2nd team); Adrianna Nora (Honorable Mention)
2014 - Paige Tapp (3rd team); Daly Santana (Honorable Mention)
2015 – Hannah Tapp (1st team); Daly Santana (1st team); Samantha Seliger-Swenson (2nd team); Paige Tapp (3rd team)
2016 - Sarah Wilhite (1st team); Samantha Seliger-Swenson (1st team); Hannah Tapp (2nd team); Alexis Hart (Honorable Mention) Molly Lohman (Honorable Mention)
2017 - Stephanie Samedy (1st team); Samantha Seliger-Swenson (2nd team); Alexis Hart (3rd team); Molly Lohman (Honorable Mention)
2018 - Stephanie Samedy (1st team); Samantha Seliger-Swenson (1st team); Regan Pittman (2nd team); Alexis Hart (Honorable Mention); Adanna Rollins (Honorable Mention); Taylor Morgan (Honorable Mention)
2019 - Stephanie Samedy (2nd team); Regan Pittman (1st team); Alexis Hart (3rd team); CC McGraw (Honorable Mention)
2020 - Stephanie Samedy (1st team); Regan Pittman (Honorable Mention); Taylor Landfair (Honorable Mention)
2021 - Stephanie Samedy (1st team); CC McGraw (Honorable Mention)
2022 - Taylor Landfair (1st team)

Season-by-season results

See also
List of NCAA Division I women's volleyball programs

References

External links


Aquascypha is a fungal genus in the family Meruliaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Aquascypha hydrophora, found in Central and South America. This species forms cup-like structures with dimensions of  (average ) and heights of  (average ). Study of this fungus in the Amazon rainforest showed that on average, these cups hold 35 millitres of water, in addition to organic matter such as leaves, flowers and fruits that fall from trees; this provides an ideal environment for various insect species (especially filter-feeding species like mosquitoes) to breed.

References

Taxa described in 1965
Monotypic Polyporales genera
Meruliaceae
Taxa named by Derek Reid


The Twin River is a tributary of the Iskut River in the northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. From its source in Twin Glacier the Twin River flows south for about , east of Hoodoo Mountain to the Iskut River north of the Craig River watershed. The Twin River's watershed covers , and its mean annual discharge is an estimated . The river's watershed's land cover is classified as 77.2% snow/glacier, 9.8% barren, 4.5% conifer forest, and small amounts of other cover.

The mouth of the Twin River is located about  east-northeast of Wrangell, Alaska, about  northwest of Stewart, British Columbia, and about  south of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia.

The Twin River is in the traditional territory of the Tlingit, specifically the Shtax'héen Ḵwáan, commonly known as the Stikine River people. It is also in the asserted traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation and Iskut First Nation, of the Tahltan people.

Geography
The Twin River originates from the meltwaters of Twin Glacier, a valley glacier that flows from the Andrei Icefield which dominates the mountains north of Twin River and from which numerous glaciers extend in all directions. This large glacial field is named after the son of Olav Mokievsky-Zubok, a glaciologist who carried out significant glaciological work in the Coast Mountains from the 1960s to the 1970s.

From Twin Glacier the Twin River flows south through glacial meltwater lakes, then through a coastal western hemlock forest. About  north of the Iskut River the Twin River is joined by its west fork tributary, flowing south from another lobe of Twin Glacier. This lobe surrounds the northwestern base of Hoodoo Mountain. About  north the two lobes merge in the main body of Twin Glacier. Although the forks are similar in size and flow, Canadian NTS topographic maps and databases like BC Geographical Names identify the east fork as the Twin River while leaving the west fork unnamed. From the confluence of the two forks, the Twin River continues south through an increasingly braided channel before emptying into the Iskut River.

See also
 List of British Columbia rivers

References

Cassiar Land District
Rivers of British Columbia
Rivers of the Boundary Ranges
Stikine Country
Tahltan
Tlingit


A fess is a heraldic charge.

Fess or FESS may also refer to:

People

 Simeon D. Fess (1861-1936), American politician and educator, congressman and senator from Ohio
 Fess Parker (1924-2010), American actor
 Professor Longhair (1918-1980), blues singer and pianist also known as "Fess"
 Fess, nickname of Charlie Johnson (bandleader) (1891-1959), American jazz bandleader and pianist
 Fess Williams (1894-1975), American jazz musician

Other uses

 Functional endoscopic sinus surgery, also brandname of a simple saline solution for sinus irrigation
 Fess Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin, on the National Register of Historic Places
 Fess Ferenc, a fictional character from Brian Lumley's Necroscope (series) novels
 FESS, an Open Source Enterprise Search Server based on Elasticsearch
 FESS, Flywheel Energy Storage System (cf Flywheel_energy_storage#Pulse_power)


The City Hall of Quebec City () is the seat of local government in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It was inaugurated on September 15, 1896 in the Old Quebec neighbourhood. The building slopes downward as it was built on a hill and was once home to the Jesuit College (Jesuit Barracks) from the 1730s to 1878.

The city hall was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1984. The building is also located within the "Arrondissement historique du Vieux-Québec" (Historic District of Old Quebec), a district that was designated under provincial heritage legislation in 1963 and listed as a World Heritage Site in 1985.

Located on rue des Jardins and designed by architect Georges-Émile Tanguay (1858-1923), it is the second permanent city hall for the old city. From 1842 to 1896 City Hall sat at home of British Army Major General William Dunn (British officer), son of former administrator Thomas Dunn (lieutenant-governor) (at rue Saint-Louis and rue Sainte-Ursule). Prior to 1842 the city government sat a various sites. The formal Quebec City Council was established in 1833.

The building used a mixture of Classical, Medieval and Châteauesque elements.

See also
 List of Jesuit sites
 Montreal City Hall

References

External links

City and town halls in Quebec
Government buildings completed in 1896
Buildings and structures in Quebec City
National Historic Sites in Quebec
Buildings and structures on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
Tourist attractions in Quebec City
Old Quebec


is a pornographer. He founded Soft On Demand (SOD), one of the largest porn conglomerates in Japan.

Life and career
Takahashi was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in 1958. After graduating from high school he went to work as a driver for the Sagawa Express Co. where he made himself into the best driver in the company. In 1981 he joined the TV production company IVS where he worked for Terry Itoh (:ja:テリー伊藤) directing shows such as Tensai Takeshi no Genki ga deru TV (Genius Takeshi's Exhilarating TV Show). He also later worked at a Chinese restaurant.

SOD
Takahashi used 10 million Yen (about $100,000) borrowed from Itoh to invest in two companies, one in golf-related goods and the other in the apparel business, but both failed. About that time, an AV company with about 10 employees was on the edge of bankruptcy and Takahashi with help from Itoh was able to use the company as the basis for the foundation of Soft On Demand (SOD) in 1995.  Takahashi was able to grow SOD into a major company, from sales of 300 million yen (about $3 million) in 1996 to 6 billion yen (about $60 million) by 2001 and to 9 billion yen (about $90 million) in 2005. In 2003 the company had a staff of 180 and was generating profits of 1.5 billion yen (about $15 million) on sales from 1000 titles a year. Takahashi's plan was to increase market share and to absorb or eliminate competition from the hundreds of other AV manufacturers by producing high quality products at lower prices ("We want to spend money making good movies that we can sell cheaply") and by removing some of the stigma attached to adult products ("I want people to know that there's nothing dirty about adult videos").

In addition, Takahashi, who has been described as "strong-willed" and "out-spoken", made SOD into one of the most creative, innovative and outrageous AV companies in Japan. One of his stunts involved using a crane to raise couples on a transparent platform 20 meters into the air where they engaged in sex which climaxed in a bungee jump from the platform. Another large-scale production, All Naked Airborne F**k, filmed from a helicopter, proved to be one of his rare failures with the public but Takahashi felt that the video "showed our customers that we weren't afraid to spend the dough on making a good flick".

Agriculture
Takahashi retired from SOD at the end of fiscal year 2005 (March) and used the 1 billion yen (about $10 million) "golden handshake" he received to purchase a farm in suburban Tokyo which would provide fresh produce to be served at his nearby restaurant. He traveled to farms all over Japan to learn the business, and noted: "Everybody who works for me is an idiot, who keeps saying how things can't be done instead of using their heads and trying to work out the ways things can be done".

Takahashi started his new company "National Farm" (国立ファーム) in 2006 with the goal of trying to improve farm products saying that years of government subsidies had discouraged farmers - "The farmers are not rewarded for producing better agricultural products". Takahashi's solution was to support new farming techniques and to encourage farmers by opening a series of restaurants buying fresh vegetable produce directly from farmers. A second restaurant was opened in the Roppongi district of Tokyo in November 2008.

Other activities
After leaving SOD, he made one more foray into the AV business for the 2007 AV Open contest. His entry, Making AV Debut Without Being Nude (絶対にAVには出ません！というグラビアアイドルを「君なら裸にならないAV女優になれる」と口説いてAVに出てもらいました) [OPEN-0719] starring Mao Hirai, was made under the label of his first restaurant "Kunitachi Farm". The video finished in 5th place in the competition.

Takahashi is married and has children. When SOD announced plans in 2004 to produce an adaptation of the Shougakukan Big Comic Original manga series "Ajisai no Uta" (Song of Hydrangea) as an original video animation (OAV), Takahashi said he started the project because he and his wife both enjoyed the manga and he wanted to make something his 6-year-old son could enjoy.

Along with AV actresses Nao Oikawa and Mariko Kawana, actor Taka Kato, and director Goro Tameike, Takahashi was interviewed for Misato Nakayama's study of professionals in the adult industry, , which was published in January 2006 by Ohzora ().

Notes

Bibliography
 Jibu, Renge: Profile: Ganari Takahashi president of a pornography video maker Nikkei Business 2002/12/9, pp. 122–124.

External links

Japanese businesspeople
Japanese pornography
Agriculture in Japan
Living people
1958 births


In the Battle of Arcole on 15 to 17 November 1796, the French Army of Italy commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte won a victory over the army of Austria led by Jozsef Alvinczi. The battle was part of the third relief of the Siege of Mantua in which Alvinczi's army repulsed Bonaparte at the Second Battle of Bassano on 6 November and at the Battle of Caldiero on 12 November. Meanwhile, Paul Davidovich's Austrian Tyrol Corps clashed with Claude Vaubois' French division at Cembra on 2 November. Davidovich defeated Vaubois at the Battle of Calliano on 6–7 November and Rivoli Veronese on 17 November. After Bonaparte's triumph at Arcola, he turned on the Tyrol Corps, beat it at Rivoli on 21 November, and forced it to retreat north into the mountains.

French Army

 Army of Italy: Napoleon Bonaparte (41,560)
 Division: André Masséna (9,540 including 2 cavalry regiments)
 Brigade: Philippe Romaine Ménard
 Brigade: Antoine-Guillaume Rampon
 Brigade: Honoré Vial
 Brigade: Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon
 Brigade: Charles Leclerc
 Division: Pierre Augereau (8,340 including 1 cavalry regiment)
 Brigade: Jean-Antoine Verdier
 Brigade: Louis André Bon
 Brigade: Jean Lannes
 Division: Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois (10,500)
 Brigade: Jean Joseph Guieu
 Brigade: Pascal Antoine Fiorella
 Brigade: Gaspard Amédée Gardanne
 Division: Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine (8,830 including 1 cavalry regiment)
 Brigade: Louis Chabot
 Brigade: Claude Dallemagne
 Brigade: Thomas Sandos
 Brigade: Claude Lebley
 Brigade: Nicolas Bertin
 Division: François Macquard (2,750 including 1 cavalry regiment)
 Cavalry Reserve: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (1,600 in 6 cavalry regiments)

Austrian Army

 Field Army: Feldzeugmeister József Alvinczi (c. 51,000, not including Wurmser)
 Friaul Corps: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Peter Quasdanovich (28,699)
 Advance Guard and Reserve:
 Advance Guard: General-major Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (4,397)
 Reserve Brigade: General-major Philipp Pittoni von Dannenfeld (4,376)
 Main Body, 1st Line: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Giovanni Marchese di Provera (9,380)
 Brigade: General-major Gerhard Rosselmini
 Brigade: General-major Anton Lipthay de Kisfalud
 Main Body, 2nd Line: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Provera (8,279)
 Brigade: General-major Anton Schübirz von Chobinin
 Brigade: General-major Adolf Brabeck
 Independent Brigade: General-major Anton Ferdinand Mittrowsky (c. 3,000)
 Tyrol Corps: Feldmarschall-Leutnant Paul Davidovich (19,476)
 Brigade 1: General-major Johann Ludwig Alexius von Loudon (4,277)
 Brigade 2: General-major Joseph Ocskay von Ocsko (4,663)
 Brigade 3: General-major Johann Sporck (2,560)
 Brigades 4 & 5: General-major Josef Philipp Vukassovich (6,880)
 Brigade 6: Oberstleutnant Seulen (1,096)
 Mantua Garrison: Feldmarschall Dagobert von Wurmser (23,708 of whom only 12,240 were fit for service)

Footnotes

References

Printed materials
 Boycott-Brown, Martin. The Road to Rivoli. London: Cassell & Co., 2001.
 Chandler, David. Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars. New York: Macmillan, 1979.

External links
 napoleon-series.org Austrian generals by Digby Smith, compiled by Leopold Kudrna
 French Wikipedia, Liste des généraux de la Révolution et du Premier Empire

French Revolutionary Wars orders of battle


John B. DeValles (1879–1920) was a Catholic priest who founded the first Portuguese parochial school at Espirito Santo Church in Fall River, Massachusetts, and later served with distinction as a U.S. Army chaplain during World War I. Accounts of his ministry to both Allied and German soldiers were published, and he received honors from both the French and United States government before his death in 1920 of complications from his wartime wounds.

Early life
John B. DeValles was born João Baptista DeValles of Azorean and Cape Verdean parentage in St. Miquel, Azores in 1879. Two years later his family emigrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts. John attended local schools, then began studying for the priesthood, where he became known for his language aptitude, including fluency in six languages.

New Bedford
DeValles began his ministry at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in New Bedford, then became pastor at St. John the Baptist Church. DeValles opened the first Portuguese parochial school in the United States at Espirito Santo Church in Fall River.

Army chaplain
As World War I began, DeValles became appointed Knights of Columbus chaplain attached to the 104th Regiment of the 26th Infantry Division. The next year he received a commission as chaplain in the regular U.S. Army with the rank of first lieutenant.

DeValles served 18 months in World War I and often entered No-Man's Land to search for wounded and dying Allied and German soldiers. Father John, as he was known to the troops, risked his life on many occasions and his exploits became legendary. Once, he did not return to the trenches and searchers found him unconscious and wounded next to a dead soldier that he was trying to aid. Although his injuries caused his health to deteriorate, he continued to serve. DeValles returned to the United States in 1919 and spent the remaining months of his life in and out of hospitals until his death in May 1920. He was 41.

Awards and honors
John B. DeValles was awarded France's Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor as well as the United States Army's Distinguished Service Cross in addition to other awards.

A funeral was held on May 15, 1920, at St. John the Baptist Church which was led by James E. Cassidy. Soldiers, clergy, and citizens attended and General Clarence Ransom Edwards placed the Distinguished Service Cross on DeValles' chest as the medal had not arrived from Washington before his death. Flags were at half-staff and stores closed for half an hour in tribute. Following the ceremony, a military and civil procession escorted his body to the cemetery where he was interred with full military honors.

In October 1920 the Katherine Street School of New Bedford, Massachusetts was renamed in DeValles' honor. The ceremonies were attended by a large cross section of the community. In 2017, the school was rededicated in his honor.  The Massachusetts National Guard, a cornerstone of the 26th Division, presented the school with a bronze relief sculpture of DeValles, and the city with the three medals he had been awarded.  Members of his family attended the ceremony.

See also
Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA#World War II

References

1879 births
Portuguese emigrants to the United States
World War I chaplains
United States Army officers
Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
1920 deaths
United States Army chaplains
20th-century American Roman Catholic priests
United States Army personnel of World War I


Byssomerulius is a widely distributed genus of crust fungi.

Taxonomy
Byssomerulius was circumscribed by Estonian mycologist Erast Parmasto in 1967. Although traditionally classified in the family Phanerochaetaceae, recent molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the placement of Byssomerulius  in the Irpicaceae.

Species
Byssomerulius albostramineus (Torrend) Hjortstam (1987) – United States
Byssomerulius armeniacus Parmasto (1967)
Byssomerulius auratus (Bourdot & Galzin) Tura, Zmitr., Wasser & Spirin (2011)
Byssomerulius corium (Pers.) Parmasto (1967) – widespread
Byssomerulius flavidoalbus (Corner) Hjortstam (1995)
Byssomerulius hirtellus  (Burt) Parmasto (1967) – Europe
Byssomerulius incarnatus (Schwein.) Gilb. (1974) – Bolivia
Byssomerulius pavonius (Sw.) Zmitr. & Malysheva (2006) – Brazil
Byssomerulius pirottae (Bres.) Hjortstam (1987)
Byssomerulius psittacinus P.K. Buchanan, Ryvarden & Izawa (2000) – New Zealand
Byssomerulius rubicundus (Litsch.) Parmasto (1967) – Austria; Finland
Byssomerulius salicinus Parmasto (1968)

References

Irpicaceae
Polyporales genera
Taxa described in 1967


Amita Bhushan (born 5 February 1970) is an Indian politician, representing the Begusarai constituency on a Congress ticket in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha since 2015, her first stint as MLA. She is a member of Indian National Congress. Born and brought up in Begusarai, Bhushan is a social activist and fashion designer with an MA in Psychology. Her mother was an MP and her village is cheriya bariyarpur.

Contributions
Moved by the plight of the common masses in the field of public health, illiteracy, sanitation, hygiene, etc., she has floated a society in the name and style of CBRKC Foundation to make contributions to the extent its resources permit. The society runs without any aid or government support.

Begusarai development data

Controversy
As per The Times of India, a section of Congress leaders from Bihar are questioning the party's decision to field candidates who have poor track records in elections. They have questioned the candidature of a relatively unknown face like Amita Bhushan from Begusarai from where it could have fielded former PCC chief Ram Jatan Sinha. "In several constituencies, we still look like vote-katwas," said a former Congress MLA.

Personal life
Her husband is a government servant in All-India Service.

See also
Indian National Congress
Begusarai
Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)

References

External links
 Indian National Congress

Living people
1970 births
People from Begusarai district
Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar
Women members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
21st-century Indian women politicians
21st-century Indian politicians
Bihar MLAs 2015–2020


Henry Draper (1837–1882) was an American doctor and astronomer.

Henry Draper may also refer to:

 Henry Draper Catalogue, an astronomical catalogue of stars
 Henry Draper Medal, an astrophysics prize awarded by the National Academy of Sciences of the USA
 Henry Draper Observatory, a historical museum in the United States
 Draper (crater), a crater on the Moon named after the US astronomer Henry Draper
 The Henry Draper system, a system of stellar classification
 Henry Draper (umpire) (1847–1896), British cricket umpire
 Morrell Henry Draper (1921–2005) British scientist

See also
 William Henry Draper (disambiguation)

Draper, Henry


William Henry Draper may refer to:

 William Henry Draper (judge) (1801–1877), lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West
 William Henry Draper (congressman) (1841–1921), Republican from New York
 William Henry Draper Jr. (1894–1974), U.S. army officer, banker, and diplomat
 William Henry Draper III (born 1928), American businessman, son of William Henry Draper, Jr.
 William Henry Draper (hymnwriter) (1855–1933), British clergyman and hymnwriter

See also
 William Draper (disambiguation)


Nathalie Rochefort is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Mercier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2001 to 2003.

A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she was elected in a by-election on April 9, 2001, following the resignation of Robert Perreault. She was defeated by Daniel Turp of the Parti Québécois in the 2003 election. She ran again in the 2007 election, but was not re-elected.

Rochefort is also a long-time member of the federal New Democratic Party (the Quebec Liberal Party is not affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada). She endorsed Brian Topp for the leader of the party in 2012. Rochefort subsequently joined the federal Liberal Party ahead of the 2019 election, and unsuccessfully ran as the party's candidate in Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel in 2019 and 2021.

Electoral record

Federal results

Provincial results

Notes and references

External links

1970 births
Living people
French Quebecers
Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
New Democratic Party candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
Politicians from Quebec City
Quebec candidates for Member of Parliament
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Women MNAs in Quebec
20th-century Canadian women politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians


Ray Norris may refer to:

 Ray Norris (astrophysicist), British-Australian astrophysicist and scholar of Aboriginal astronomy
 Ray Norris (musician) (1916–1958), Canadian guitarist and bandleader


The Jackson Prairie is a   temperate grassland ecoregion in Mississippi.  It is a disjunct of the Black Belt (or Black Prairie)  physiographic area.

Description
The prairie is a narrow strip across the state from the Mississippi River to the border of Alabama.  It is only  across at its widest, and generally  wide.  It runs in a diagonal line from near Jackson in the northwest, through Bienville National Forest and southeast to the Alabama border.

The contrast between the alkaline soil of the prairies and the acidic soil of the forests causes the sharp delineation in plant types in each region.  In the western portion of the prairie, the soil is a brown loess loam over calcareous clay.  In hilly areas, the clay is covered by red and yellow sand from the Pliocene epoch.  The underlying clay, an identifying component of the Jackson Prairie Belt, shrinks and swells dramatically based on the amount of rainwater.  Each cycle adds to the mounds and depressions, building them up over time.

The prairies depend on periodic outbreaks of fire to keep the forest from overgrowing the prairie.

Flora and fauna
The prairie used to support quantities of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus), eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris), and a variety of songbird species.

Conservation
Because of the soil and climate, this ecoregion is ideally suited for farming, leading to most of the prairie being converted into farmland and crop agriculture. There are a few remaining sections in the Bienville National Forest, including the largest remaining undisturbed portion at the Harrell Prairie Botanical Area.

The Grassland Reserve Program of 2002 enabled agencies to purchase conservation easements to protect prairies.

See also
 Harrell Prairie Botanical Area
 Texas blackland prairies

References

Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Grasslands of Mississippi


The Pothigai Superfast Express is an overnight Superfast train service operated between Chennai Egmore and Sengottai.

From November 1,2023 it operate with Electric Locomotive. ROYAPURAM WAP7 30357 is the First Electric Locomotive to pull Pothigai express upto Sengottai after electrification.

Route
The service traverses via Villupuram, Trichy, Madurai, Virudhunagar, Sivakasi, Rajapalayam and Sankarankovil on the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

Schedule
The service numbered 12661 starts daily departing Chennai Egmore for Sengottai, and train number 12662 in the opposite direction.

Coach Composition

See also
Vaigai Superfast Express
Pandian Superfast Express
Kanniyakumari Superfast Express
Sethu Superfast Express
Pearl City (Muthunagar) Superfast Express
Rockfort (Malaikottai) Superfast Express
Pallavan Superfast Express
Nellai Superfast Express
Chendur Superfast Express
Cholan Superfast Express
Uzhavan Express

References

External links

Transport in Chennai
Named passenger trains of India
Rail transport in Tamil Nadu
Express trains in India


This is a list of places in Albania which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

B
Berat

 Amasya, Turkey
 Bağcılar, Turkey
 Bérat, France
 Fermo, Italy
 Karmiel, Israel
 Lovech, Bulgaria
 Ploiești, Romania
 Prizren, Kosovo
 Ulcinj, Montenegro

D
Dropull
 Trikala, Greece

Durrës

 Bari, Italy
 Bitonto, Italy
 Istanbul, Turkey
 Thessaloniki, Greece
 Ulcinj, Montenegro

E
Elbasan

 Dunaújváros, Hungary
 Osijek, Croatia

F
Fier

 Cleveland, United States
 Lanzhou, China
 Peja, Kosovo

G
Gjirokastër

 Grottammare, Italy
 Patras, Greece

Gramsh
 Plataci, Italy

K
Kamëz

 Castenaso, Italy
 Macerata, Italy

Kavajë
 Saronikos, Greece

Korçë

 Los Alcázares, Spain
 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
 Mitrovica, Kosovo
 Thessaloniki, Greece

Krujë

 Cortona, Italy
 Portocannone, Italy
 Stari Grad (Sarajevo), Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kuçovë
 Ramla, Israel

Kukës
 Lyndhurst, United States

P
Përmet
 Rahovec, Kosovo

Pogradec

 Ohrid, North Macedonia
 Wismar, Germany

Pukë
 Signa, Italy

S
Sarandë

 Corfu, Greece
 Gjilan, Kosovo
 Larnaca, Cyprus
 Otranto, Italy
 Riccione, Italy
 Stavroupoli, Greece
 Suhareka, Kosovo

Shkodër

 Cetinje, Montenegro
 Knin, Croatia
 Pécs, Hungary
 Üsküdar, Turkey
 Zeytinburnu, Turkey

T
Tirana

 Ankara, Turkey
 Beijing, China
 Bursa, Turkey
 Doha, Qatar
 Florence, Italy
 Kharkiv, Ukraine
 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Skopje, North Macedonia

V
Vlorë

 Hollywood, United States
 Yangzhou, China

References

Albania
Albania geography-related lists
Foreign relations of Albania
Cities in Albania
Populated places in Albania


This is a list of municipalities in Austria which have standing links to local communities in other countries known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world). Some of these partnerships have a historical background that goes back to the time of the Austrian Empire.

A
Abtenau

 Big Bear Lake, United States
 Münster, Germany

Adnet
 Oppenheim, Germany

Albeck

 Fiume Veneto, Italy
 Langenau, Germany

Alberndorf im Pulkautal

 Hainburg, Germany
 Trumau, Austria
 Vernouillet, France

Alberndorf in der Riedmark
 Wackersdorf, Germany

Altmünster
 Düren, Germany

Amstetten

 Alsfeld, Germany
 Pergine Valsugana, Italy
 Ruelle-sur-Touvre, France

Anif
 Eppan an der Weinstraße, Italy

Ansfelden
 Condega, Nicaragua

Arnoldstein

 Črna na Koroškem, Slovenia
 Mežica, Slovenia
 Tarcento, Italy

Aschau im Zillertal
 Oberwil, Switzerland

Asperhofen
 Zalakaros, Hungary

Attnang-Puchheim
 Puchheim, Germany

Axams
 Rohrbach, Germany

B

Ba–Bl
Bad Aussee
 Plaisir, France

Bad Großpertholz
 Lomnice nad Lužnicí, Czech Republic

Bad Ischl

 Gödöllő, Hungary
 Opatija, Croatia

Bad Mitterndorf
 Röttingen, Germany

Bad Radkersburg

 Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
 Lenti, Hungary
 Varaždin, Croatia

Bad Sauerbrunn
 Spalt, Germany

Bad Schallerbach
 Koksijde, Belgium

Bad Vöslau
 Neu-Isenburg, Germany

Bad Wimsbach-Neydharting
 Friedrichsdorf, Germany

Baumgartenberg
 Pirk, Germany

Berndorf

 Hanamaki, Japan
 Sigmundsherberg, Austria

Bischofshofen
 Unterhaching, Germany

Bleiburg
 Lovran, Croatia

Bludenz

 Borgo Valsugana, Italy
 Plettenberg, Germany

Br–Bu
Brand-Nagelberg
 Suchdol nad Lužnicí, Czech Republic

Braunau am Inn
 Lavarone, Italy

Bregenz

 Acre, Israel
 Bangor, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Breitenbrunn am Neusiedler See
 Breitenbrunn, Germany

Breitenwang
 Ōshū, Japan

Brixlegg
 Aichach, Germany

Bromberg
 Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Bruck an der Großglocknerstraße

 Agneaux, France
 Bad Emstal, Germany

Bruck an der Leitha
 Bruckmühl, Germany

Bruck an der Mur

 Farra d'Isonzo, Italy
 Hagen, Germany
 Liévin, France
 Veroli, Italy
 Zalalövő, Hungary

Bruckneudorf
 Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary

Burgkirchen
 Füllinsdorf, Switzerland

D
Deutsch Jahrndorf

 Hamuliakovo, Slovakia
 Rajka, Hungary

Deutsch-Griffen
 Utenbach (Mertendorf), Germany

Deutsch-Wagram

 Calheta de São Miguel, Cape Verde
 Gbely, Slovakia

Deutschkreuz

 Allumiere, Italy
 Nagycenk, Hungary
 Wetter, Germany

Dobersberg
 Slavonice, Czech Republic

Dornbirn

 Dubuque, United States
 Kecskemét, Hungary
 Sélestat, France

E
Ebensee am Traunsee

 Prato, Italy
 Zawiercie, Poland

Eberschwang
 Kisújszállás, Hungary

Ebreichsdorf

 Šumperk, Czech Republic
 Ziębice, Poland

Eisenkappel-Vellach
 Kranj, Slovenia

Eisenstadt

 Bad Kissingen, Germany
 Colmar, France
 Goyang, South Korea
 Sanuki, Japan
 Sopron, Hungary

Eitzing
 Wald, Germany

Eltendorf
 Obergriesbach, Germany

Enns

 Dingolfing, Germany
 Zeltweg, Austria

Euratsfeld
 Strání, Czech Republic

F
Falkenstein

 Blatnička, Czech Republic
 Falkenstein, Germany

Fehring
 Heinersreuth, Germany

Feistritz an der Gail
 Malborghetto Valbruna, Italy

Feistritz ob Bleiburg
 Brda, Slovenia

Feldbach

 Adelsdorf, Germany
 Siklós, Hungary
 Żywiec, Poland

Feldkirch
 Sigmaringen, Germany

Feldkirchen bei Graz
 Hennstedt, Germany

Feldkirchen in Kärnten

 Ahrensburg, Germany
 Bamberg, Germany

Ferlach

 Sponheim, Germany
 Tržič, Slovenia

Ferndorf
 Kreuztal, Germany

Finkenstein am Faaker See
 Pavia di Udine, Italy

Fischamend
 Püspökladány, Hungary

Frankenburg am Hausruck
 Vernon, Canada

Frankenfels
 Hollstadt, Germany

Freistadt

 Kaplice, Czech Republic
 Rožmberk nad Vltavou, Czech Republic

Friedberg

 Friedberg, Germany

 Söchtenau, Germany

Friesach

 Bad Griesbach, Germany
 Cormons, Italy

Frohnleiten
 Schnaittach, Germany

Fulpmes
 Villepreux, France

Fürstenfeld

 Aindling, Germany
 Körmend, Hungary
 Vişeu de Sus, Romania
 Zug, Switzerland

Furth an der Triesting
 Zubří, Czech Republic

Furth bei Gottweig

 Domažlice, Czech Republic
 Furth im Wald, Germany
 Ludres, France

G
Gaal
 Gyenesdiás, Hungary

Gaflenz
 Käerjeng, Luxembourg

Gallneukirchen
 Northeim, Germany

Gaming

 Bad Sassendorf, Germany
 Groß-Siegharts, Austria

Gars am Kamp
 Gars am Inn, Germany

Gänserndorf
 Malacky, Slovakia

Glanegg
 Cassacco, Italy

Gleisdorf

 Aszófő, Hungary
 Nagykanizsa, Hungary
 Winterbach, Germany

Gmünd
 Medulin, Croatia

Gmünd in Kärnten
 Osnabrück, Germany

Gmunden

 Faenza, Italy
 Tornesch, Germany

Gols

 Rača (Bratislava), Slovakia
 Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany

Grafenegg
 Freudenberg, Germany

Grafenwörth

 Grafenwöhr, Germany
 Raiding, Austria
 Serravalle Pistoiese, Italy

Gratkorn
 Palazzolo dello Stella, Italy

Gratwein-Straßengel

 Ebrach, Germany
 Komárom, Hungary

Graz

 Coventry, England, United Kingdom
 Darmstadt, Germany
 Dubrovnik, Croatia
 Groningen, Netherlands
 Ljubljana, Slovenia
 Maribor, Slovenia
 Montclair, United States
 Pécs, Hungary
 Pula, Croatia

 Timișoara, Romania
 Trieste, Italy
 Trondheim, Norway

Grein

 Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
 Neckarsteinach, Germany

Groß-Siegharts

 Dačice, Czech Republic
 Gaming, Austria
 Poniatowa, Poland

Grünbach am Schneeberg
 Emmerting, Germany

Gumpoldskirchen

 Leibnitz, Austria
 Vilsbiburg, Germany

Guntersdorf
 Herborn, Germany

Gurk
 Arnstadt, Germany

Güssing
 Nijlen, Belgium

H
Haiming
 Oxapampa, Peru

Hainburg an der Donau

 Rodgau, Germany
 Šamorín, Slovakia

Hall in Tirol

 Iserlohn, Germany
 Sommacampagna, Italy
 Winterthur, Switzerland

Hallstatt
 Hallstadt, Germany

Hard

 Bagnoli di Sopra, Italy
 Balgach, Switzerland

Hausmannstätten
 Pécsvárad, Hungary

Heidenreichstein
 Nová Bystřice, Czech Republic

Heiligenblut am Großglockner

 Friedrichroda, Germany
 Julian, United States
 Sodankylä, Finland

Hennersdorf

 Jindřichov, Czech Republic
 Neuweiler, Germany

Hermagor-Pressegger See
 Pontebba, Italy

Himmelberg

 Bad Saulgau, Germany
 Chiusaforte, Italy

Hohenems

 Bystré, Czech Republic
 Ostfildern, Germany
 Polička, Czech Republic

Hohenzell
 Polling, Germany

Hollabrunn

 Holíč, Slovakia
 Jinhua, China
 Kyjov, Czech Republic

Hollersbach im Pinzgau
 La Gacilly, France

Horn
 Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic

Hüttenberg
 Altmannstein, Germany

I
Imst
 Rottweil, Germany

Innsbruck

 Aalborg, Denmark
 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
 Grenoble, France
 Kraków, Poland
 New Orleans, United States
 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Tbilisi, Georgia

Ischgl
 Schengen, Luxembourg

J
Jenbach
 Posina, Italy

Judenburg is a member of the Douzelage, a town twinning association of towns across the European Union. Judenburg also has one other twin town.

Douzelage
 Agros, Cyprus
 Altea, Spain
 Asikkala, Finland
 Bad Kötzting, Germany
 Bellagio, Italy
 Bundoran, Ireland
 Chojna, Poland
 Granville, France
 Holstebro, Denmark
 Houffalize, Belgium
 Kőszeg, Hungary
 Marsaskala, Malta
 Meerssen, Netherlands
 Niederanven, Luxembourg
 Oxelösund, Sweden
 Preveza, Greece
 Rokiškis, Lithuania
 Rovinj, Croatia
 Sesimbra, Portugal
 Sherborne, England, United Kingdom
 Sigulda, Latvia
 Siret, Romania
 Škofja Loka, Slovenia
 Sušice, Czech Republic
 Tryavna, Bulgaria
 Türi, Estonia
 Zvolen, Slovakia
Other
 Massa e Cozzile, Italy

K
Kalwang
 Bő, Hungary

Kapfenberg
 Frechen, Germany

Karlstetten
 Pleiskirchen, Germany

Kautzen
 Moravské Budějovice, Czech Republic

Keutschach am See

 Medea, Italy
 Šempeter-Vrtojba, Slovenia

Kindberg

 Roßdorf, Germany
 Vösendorf, Austria

Kirchbach

 Gárdony, Hungary
 Paularo, Italy

Kitzbühel

 Bad Soden, Germany
 Greenwich, United States
 Rueil-Malmaison, France
 Sterzing, Italy
 Sun Valley, United States
 Yamagata, Japan

Klagenfurt

 Chernivtsi, Ukraine
 Dachau, Germany
 Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
 Gladsaxe, Denmark
 Gorizia, Italy
 Laval, Canada
 Nanning, China
 Nof HaGalil, Israel
 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
 Rzeszów, Poland
 Sibiu, Romania
 Tarragona, Spain
 Wiesbaden, Germany
 Zalaegerszeg, Hungary

Klein Sankt Paul
 Colloredo di Monte Albano, Italy

Klosterneuburg
 Göppingen, Germany

Knittelfeld

 Barcs, Hungary
 Kameoka, Japan

Köflach
 Giengen an der Brenz, Germany

Königsdorf
 Königsdorf, Germany

Kopfing im Innkreis

 Aidenbach, Germany
 Ringelai, Germany

Koppl
 Zirndorf, Germany

Kramsach
 Azumino, Japan

Kraubath an der Mur
 Koszęcin, Poland

Krems an der Donau

 Beaune, France
 Böblingen, Germany
 Esbjerg, Denmark
 Grapevine, United States
 Kroměříž, Czech Republic
 Passau, Germany

Krenglbach
 Császártöltés, Hungary

Krumpendorf am Wörthersee

 Gyula, Hungary
 Pamhagen, Austria

Kuchl
 San Giovanni al Natisone, Italy

Kufstein

 Frauenfeld, Switzerland
 Langenlois, Austria
 Rovereto, Italy

L
Laa an der Thaya

 Garching an der Alz, Germany
 Świętochłowice, Poland

Laakirchen

 Gemona del Friuli, Italy
 Obertshausen, Germany

Lambach
 Reichenschwand, Germany

Langenwang
 Nittendorf, Germany

Lannach
 Alling, Germany

Lassee is a member of the Charter of European Rural Communities, a town twinning association across the European Union, alongside with:

 Bienvenida, Spain
 Bièvre, Belgium
 Bucine, Italy
 Cashel, Ireland
 Cissé, France
 Desborough, England, United Kingdom
 Esch (Haaren), Netherlands
 Hepstedt, Germany
 Ibănești, Romania
 Kandava (Tukums), Latvia
 Kannus, Finland
 Kolindros, Greece
 Medzev, Slovakia
 Moravče, Slovenia
 Næstved, Denmark
 Nagycenk, Hungary
 Nadur, Malta
 Ockelbo, Sweden
 Pano Lefkara, Cyprus
 Põlva, Estonia
 Samuel (Soure), Portugal
 Slivo Pole, Bulgaria
 Starý Poddvorov, Czech Republic
 Strzyżów, Poland
 Tisno, Croatia
 Troisvierges, Luxembourg
 Žagarė (Joniškis), Lithuania

Laxenburg
 Gödöllő, Hungary

Lech

 Beaver Creek, United States
 Hakuba, Japan
 Kampen, Germany

Leibnitz

 Fiumicello Villa Vicentina, Italy
 Gumpoldskirchen, Austria
 Mira, Italy
 Pedra Badejo, Cape Verde

Leoben
 Xuzhou, China

Leutasch
 Hida, Japan

Leutschach an der Weinstraße
 Kungota, Slovenia

Lienz

 Gorizia, Italy
 Jackson, United States
 Selçuk, Turkey

Liezen

 Solms, Germany
 Telšiai, Lithuania

Lilienfeld

 Jōetsu, Japan
 Třebíč, Czech Republic

Linz

 Albufeira, Portugal
 Brașov, Romania
 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
 Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Berlin), Germany
 Chengdu, China
 Dodoma, Tanzania
 Eskişehir, Turkey
 Gwangyang, South Korea
 Halle, Germany
 Kansas City, United States
 Linköping, Sweden
 Linz am Rhein, Germany
 Modena, Italy
 Nasushiobara, Japan
 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
 Norrköping, Sweden
 San Carlos, Nicaragua
 Tampere, Finland
 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Zaporizhia, Ukraine

Litzelsdorf
 Memmingen, Germany

Ludmannsdorf
 Monrupino, Italy

Lurnfeld
 Mariano del Friuli, Italy

M
Mallnitz
 Witten, Germany

Maria Saal

 Aquileia, Italy
 Forgaria nel Friuli, Italy
 Gornji Grad, Slovenia

Maria Wörth

 Aretxabaleta, Spain
 Codroipo, Italy
 Freising, Germany

Mariapfarr
 Matadepera, Spain

Mariazell

 Altötting, Germany
 Esztergom, Hungary

Mattersburg
 Kapuvár, Hungary

Mattsee
 Bühl, Germany

Mautern in Steiermark

 Mautern an der Donau, Austria
 Tipperary, Ireland

Mauterndorf
 Cadolzburg, Germany

Mauthausen

 Cogollo del Cengio, Italy
 Prachatice, Czech Republic

Mayrhofen

 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
 Cabourg, France
 Chur, Switzerland
 Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg
 Terracina, Italy

Micheldorf
 Villesse, Italy

Michelhausen
 Ždírec nad Doubravou, Czech Republic

Mieming
 Limas, France

Millstatt am See

 Heligoland, Germany
 San Daniele del Friuli, Italy
 Wendlingen, Germany

Mistelbach

 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany
 Pécel, Hungary

Mitterkirchen im Machland
 Mitterskirchen, Germany

Mittersill

 Büren, Germany
 Tricesimo, Italy

Mödling

 Dirmstein, Germany
 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
 Kőszeg, Hungary
 Obzor (Nesebar), Bulgaria
 Offenbach am Main, Germany
 Puteaux, France
 Velletri, Italy
 Vsetín, Czech Republic
 Zemun (Belgrade), Serbia
 Zottegem, Belgium

Molln

 Buseck, Germany
 Tát, Hungary

Mondsee
 Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France

Moosburg

 Katerini, Greece
 Maintal, Germany
 Moosburg an der Isar, Germany

Murau
 Fagagna, Italy

Mürzzuschlag

 Arusha, Tanzania
 Blansko, Czech Republic
 Chillán, Chile
 Pengzhou, China
 Treptow-Köpenick (Berlin), Germany

N
Neudau
 Celldömölk, Hungary

Neudörfl
 Zollikofen, Switzerland

Neuhofen an der Krems

 Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Gusow-Platkow, Germany
 Tiszaújváros, Hungary

Neukirchen am Großvenediger
 Hünstetten, Germany

Neumarkt in der Steiermark
 Monfalcone, Italy

Neunkirchen

 Pausa-Mühltroff, Germany
 West Lindsey, England, United Kingdom

Neusiedl am See

 Deggendorf, Germany
 Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
 Pezinok, Slovakia

Neustift im Stubaital
 Kusatsu, Japan

Nickelsdorf
 Pusztavám, Hungary

Nötsch im Gailtal
 Buttrio, Italy

O
Obdach

 Kötz, Germany
 Telšiai, Lithuania

Oberdrauburg

 Kötschach-Mauthen, Austria
 Paluzza, Italy
 Signa, Italy
 Türkenfeld, Germany

Oberndorf bei Salzburg

 Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany
 Traismauer, Austria

Obervellach

 Budapest XV (Budapest), Hungary
 Dilbeek, Belgium
 Freising, Germany
 Hemer, Germany
 Kreuzau, Germany
 Muggia, Italy
 Seltz, France
 Škofja Loka, Slovenia

Oberwart
 Szombathely, Hungary

Orth an der Donau
 Fehmarn, Germany

Ottensheim

 Furth, Germany
 Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina

P
Parndorf

 Senec, Slovakia
 Senj, Croatia

Perchtoldsdorf
 Donauwörth, Germany

Perg
 Schrobenhausen, Germany

Pettenbach
 Tuchów, Poland

Pfaffstätten
 Alzenau, Germany

Pichl bei Wels
 Thyrnau, Germany

Pinsdorf
 Altdorf, Germany

Pöchlarn
 Riedlingen, Germany

Poggersdorf

 Sagrado, Italy
 Schwebheim, Germany

Pöls-Oberkurzheim

 Mainhausen, Germany
 Medulin, Croatia

Pöndorf
 Schwaigern, Germany

Pottendorf
 San Lorenzo Isontino, Italy

Pottenstein

 Potštejn, Czech Republic
 Pottenstein, Germany

Poysdorf
 Dettelbach, Germany

Puchenau
 Lindberg, Germany

Pulkau
 Moravské Budějovice, Czech Republic

Purbach am Neusiedlersee

 Kulmain, Germany
 Montalcino, Italy
 Teaca, Romania

Purgstall an der Erlauf

 Linden, Germany
 Machern, Germany
 Maków, Poland

Purkersdorf

 Bad Säckingen, Germany
 Sanary-sur-Mer, France

R
Raabs an der Thaya

 Jemnice, Czech Republic
 Reszel, Poland

Rabensburg
 Lanžhot, Czech Republic

Radenthein

 Ampezzo, Italy
 Schorndorf, Germany

Ramsau am Dachstein
 Bohinj, Slovenia

Reichenau an der Rax
 Latisana, Italy

Reichenfels
 Aurachtal, Germany

Reith bei Kitzbühel
 Wetzlar, Germany

Retz

 Hainburg, Germany
 Rötz, Germany
 Znojmo, Czech Republic

Reutte
 Ōshū, Japan

Ried im Innkreis
 Landshut, Germany

Rohrbach bei Mattersburg
 Rohrbach, Germany

Roppen
 Forchheim, Germany

Rosegg

 Bohinj, Slovenia
 Lauco, Italy
 Osoppo, Italy
 Zuglio, Italy

Rust

 Kulmbach, Germany
 Tokaj, Hungary

S

Sa
Saalbach-Hinterglemm
 Biei, Japan

Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer

 Grimbergen, Belgium
 Rankoshi, Japan
 Rödermark, Germany

Sachsenburg
 Spilimbergo, Italy

Salzburg

 Dresden, Germany
 León, Nicaragua
 Merano, Italy
 Reims, France
 Shanghai, China
 Singida, Tanzania
 Verona, Italy
 Vilnius, Lithuania

Sandl
 Rudolfov, Czech Republic

Sankt Andrä
 Jelsa, Croatia

Sankt Andrä-Wördern
 Greifenstein, Germany

Sankt Anton am Arlberg

 Nozawaonsen, Japan
 Schlanders, Italy

Sankt Georgen am Längsee
 Zoppola, Italy

Sankt Georgen am Walde

 Lalín, Spain
 Lalinde, France
 Linden, Germany
 Linden (Cuijk), Netherlands
 Lubbeek, Belgium

Sankt Jakob im Rosental
 Jesenice, Slovenia

Sankt Johann im Pongau
 Lage, Germany

Sankt Johann in Tirol

 Fuldabrück, Germany
 Redford, United States
 Rovaniemi, Finland
 Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy

Sankt Kanzian am Klopeiner See

 Divača, Slovenia
 San Canzian d'Isonzo, Italy

Sankt Lorenz
 Lőrinci, Hungary

Sankt Marein-Feistritz
 Grado, Italy

Sankt Martin am Wöllmißberg
 Unsere Liebe Frau im Walde-St. Felix, Italy

Sankt Paul im Lavanttal
 Sankt Blasien, Germany

Sankt Pölten

 Altoona, United States
 Brno, Czech Republic
 Clichy, France
 Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
 Kurashiki, Japan
 Wuhan, China

Sankt Ulrich bei Steyr
 Postbauer-Heng, Germany

Sankt Valentin

 Mimasaka, Japan
 Pelhřimov, Czech Republic
 Saint-Valentin, France

Sankt Veit an der Glan

 Haltern am See, Germany
 Kelmė, Lithuania
 Mainz-Kostheim (Wiesbaden), Germany
 San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy

Sc–Se
Scharnitz
 Plattling, Germany

Schenkenfelden
 Gyula, Hungary

Schiefling am Wörthersee
 Romans d'Isonzo, Italy

Schladming

 Felletin, France
 Furano, Japan
 Wetzlar, Germany

Schlierbach

 Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany
 Orgelet, France

Schönbach
 Herborn, Germany

Schrems
 Třeboň, Czech Republic

Schruns
 Myōkō, Japan

Schwaz

 Argentario (Trento), Italy
 Bourg-de-Péage, France
 East Grinstead, England, United Kingdom
 Mindelheim, Germany
 Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain
 Tramin an der Weinstraße, Italy
 Verbania, Italy

Schwechat

 Gladbeck, Germany
 Skalica, Slovakia

Seeboden am Millstätter See
 Saijō, Japan

Seefeld in Tirol
 Salzkotten, Germany

Seekirchen am Wallersee
 Frankenberg an der Eder, Germany

Seiersberg-Pirka

 Hausham, Germany
 Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Semriach

 Bóly, Hungary
 Fauglia, Italy

Senftenberg

 Senftenberg, Germany
 Žamberk, Czech Republic

Si–St
Sieghartskirchen
 Bábolna, Hungary

Silz
 Oxapampa, Peru

Sittersdorf
 Piran, Slovenia

Sölden
 Minamiuonuma, Japan

Sonntagberg
 Sárvár, Hungary

Spillern
 Kanice, Czech Republic

Spittal an der Drau

 Kočevje, Slovenia
 Löhne, Germany
 Porcia, Italy

Stadl-Paura
 Langenhagen, Germany

Stainz

 Schenna, Italy
 Villány, Hungary

Stams
 Kaisheim, Germany

Stans
 San Pietro in Cariano, Italy

Stegersbach
 Northampton, United States

Steuerberg
 Tavagnacco, Italy

Steyr

 Bethlehem, Palestine
 Kettering, United States
 Plauen, Germany
 San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy

Stockerau

 Andernach, Germany
 Baranovichi, Belarus
 Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary

T
Tamsweg
 Iseo, Italy

Telfes im Stubai
 Freckenfeld, Germany

Telfs

 Elzach, Germany
 Lana, Italy

Thalgau
 Neu-Anspach, Germany

Thörl
 Ljubečna, Slovenia

Traismauer

 Aytos, Bulgaria
 Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria

Traun
 Forlimpopoli, Italy

Treffen am Ossiacher See

 Capriva del Friuli, Italy
 Öhringen, Germany

Trofaiach

 Clonmel, Ireland
 Kamnik, Slovenia

Trumau

 Alberndorf im Pulkautal, Austria
 Hainburg, Germany
 Vernouillet, France

Tschagguns
 Myōkō, Japan

U
Ulrichsberg

 Baiersdorf, Germany
 Horní Planá, Czech Republic

Umhausen
 Erlangen, Germany

Ungenach
 Bischofsmais, Germany

V
Velden am Wörther See

 Bled, Slovenia
 Gemona del Friuli, Italy

Vienna – as a general rule, Vienna is twinned to no other city in the world, and has only cooperation agreements on specific issues limited in time.

Vienna 1 – Innere Stadt

 Budavár (Budapest), Hungary
 Old Town (Bratislava), Slovakia
 Prague 1 (Prague), Czech Republic
 Shapingba (Chongqing), China
 Śródmieście (Warsaw), Poland
 Taitō (Tokyo), Japan

Vienna 2 – Leopoldstadt
 Brooklyn (New York), United States

Vienna 5 – Margareten
 Lichtenberg (Berlin), Germany

Vienna 9 – Alsergrund

 Dongcheng (Beijing), China
 Takarazuka, Japan
 Wenzhou, China

Vienna 11 – Simmering
 Chaoyang (Beijing), China

Vienna 12 – Meidling
 Gifu, Japan

Vienna 13 – Hietzing

 Habikino, Japan
 Tanba, Japan

Vienna 14 – Penzing
 Prague 6 (Prague), Czech Republic

Vienna 17 – Hernals
 Fuchū, Japan

Vienna 19 – Döbling
 Setagaya (Tokyo), Japan

Vienna 21 – Floridsdorf

 Budapest XIII (Budapest), Hungary
 Katsushika (Tokyo), Japan

Vienna 22 – Donaustadt

 Arakawa (Tokyo), Japan
 Huangpu (Shanghai), China

Vienna 23 – Liesing

 Budapest XV (Budapest), Hungary
 Ulcinj, Montenegro

Villach

 Bamberg, Germany
 Kranj, Slovenia
 Suresnes, France
 Tolmin, Slovenia
 Udine, Italy

Vils
 Marktredwitz, Germany

Vöcklabruck

 Český Krumlov, Czech Republic
 Hauzenberg, Germany
 Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia

Vöcklamarkt
 Mertzig, Luxembourg

Voitsberg

 Hersbruck, Germany
 Kadarkút, Hungary
 Leśnica, Poland
 San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy
 Veliko Trojstvo, Croatia

Volders
 Mühlbach, Italy

Völkermarkt
 San Giorgio di Nogaro, Italy

Vomp

 Bad Endorf, Germany
 Nazelles-Négron, France

Vösendorf

 Kindberg, Austria
 Reggello, Italy
 Roßdorf, Germany

W
Wagna

 Metlika, Slovenia
 Ronchi dei Legionari, Italy

Waidhofen an der Thaya

 Heubach, Germany
 Telč, Czech Republic

Waidhofen an der Ybbs

 Battaglia Terme, Italy
 Bischofszell, Switzerland
 Freising, Germany
 Laatzen, Germany
 Tuttlingen, Germany

Wallern an der Trattnach

 Pressig, Germany
 Volary, Czech Republic
 Wallern im Burgenland, Germany

Wartberg ob der Aist
 Vodňany, Czech Republic

Weiden am See
 Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany

Weitensfeld im Gurktal
 Ragogna, Italy

Weiz

 Ajka, Hungary
 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
 Offenburg, Germany

Wels

 Bistrița, Romania
 Chichigalpa, Nicaragua
 Krasnodar, Russia
 Straubing, Germany
 Tábor, Czech Republic

Werfen
 Lengede, Italy

Wernberg
 Wernberg-Köblitz, Germany

Weyregg am Attersee
 Trimmis, Switzerland

Wiener Neustadt

 Desenzano del Garda, Italy
 Harbin, China
 Monheim am Rhein, Germany

Wies
 Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany

Wieselburg
 Einbeck, Germany

Wölbling
 Bischofswiesen, Germany

Wolfern
 Taszár, Hungary

Wolfsberg

 Herzogenaurach, Germany
 Várpalota, Hungary

Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel
 Erbach an der Donau, Germany

Wörgl

 Albrechtice nad Orlicí, Czech Republic
 Suwa, Japan

Y
Ybbs an der Donau
 Bobbio, Italy

Yspertal
 Veselí nad Lužnicí, Czech Republic

Z
Zell
 Škofja Loka, Slovenia

Zell am Pettenfirst
 Perlesreut, Germany

Zell am See
 Vellmar, Germany

Zeltweg

 Enns, Austria
 Gyöngyös, Hungary

Zistersdorf

 Hodonín, Czech Republic
 Nienhagen, Germany
 Zwettl, Austria

Zwettl

 Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic
 Plochingen, Germany
 Zistersdorf, Austria

References

Austria
Twin towns
Populated places in Austria
Foreign relations of Austria
Cities and towns in Austria