title: Vannes Airport

abstract: Vannes Airport is a regional airport in France. It supports general aviation.

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# Vannes Airport

**Vannes Airport** (aéroport de Vannes-Golfe du Morbihan) is a regional airport in France (IATA: **VNE**, ICAO: **LFRV**). It supports general aviation.

## History

Vannes airport was a civil airport built prior to World War II.

### German use during World War II

Seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France, Meucon airport was used as a Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation. Known units assigned (all from Luftflotte 3, Fliegerkorps IV):

KGr 100 took part in operations over England during the Battle of Britain (10 July–31 October 1940). JG 53, JG 51 and JG 2 were interceptor units against Allied bomber operations over occupied Europe.

Vannes was attacked on several missions by United States Army Air Force Eighth Air Force bombers during 1943.

### Allied use

The airport was liberated by Allied ground forces about 10 August 1944 during the Northern France Campaign. Almost immediately, the USAAF IX Engineering Command 850th Engineer Aviation Battalion cleared the airport of mines and destroyed Luftwaffe aircraft. Runway bomb craters were filled with gravel or various types of debris and covered by Tarmac. Subsequently, Vannes/Meucon Airport became a USAAF Ninth Air Force combat airfield, designated as "A-33" about 29 August.

As the airport was in the rear area when repaired and opened, the Americans used it as a defensive field, stationing the 425th Night Fighter Squadron, flying P-61 Black Widows from 18 August though 11 September 1944 flying night air defense missions. Once the Luftwaffe threat was diminished in the area, the night fighters were moved east and it became a resupply and evacuation airfield for casualties to be treated, prior to being moved to England or the United States.

### Current

The airport was returned to French civil control after the war ended on 20 June 1945. The heavily damaged airport required much reconstruction, and the main runway was refurbished and repaved with asphalt. Today it remains a regional civil airport. The former secondary (13/31) runway is now a concrete parking apron and still shows some asphalt patches applied over wartime bomb craters left by the Eighth Air Force. A grass runway (08/26) is of postwar vintage.

## Airlines and destinations

| Airlines | Destinations |
| --- | --- |
| Finist'air | **Seasonal:** Belle Île |

## Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at VNE airport. See Wikidata query.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

## InfoBox

| Vannes Airport
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-33 | |
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| Summary | |
| Airport type | Public |
| Operator | SNC-Lavalin |
| Location | Meucon, France |
| Elevation AMSL | 440 ft / 134 m |
| Coordinates | 47°43′10″N 002°43′24″W / 47.71944°N 2.72333°W / 47.71944; -2.72333 |
| Website | vannes.aeroport.fr |
| Map | |
| **LFRV**Location of Meucon Airport**LFRV****LFRV** (France) | |
| Runways | |
| Direction Length Surface  ft m  04/22 5,020 1,530 Asphalt  08/26 3,363 1,025 Grass | |
| worldaerodata.com Meucon\[usurped\] | |


title: R v Wallace

abstract: R v Wallace (1931) 23 Cr App R 32 is a leading English criminal case, the first time a conviction for murder was overturned on the ground that the verdict "cannot be supported, having regard to the evidence", as provided for by Section 4(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1907. The headnote states: "The Court will quash a conviction founded on mere suspicion". William Herbert Wallace, a 52-year-old insurance agent, had been convicted at the Liverpool Assizes in 1931 of the brutal murder of his wife, Julia Wallace, and sentenced to death.

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# R v Wallace

***R v Wallace*** (1931) 23 Cr App R 32 is a leading English criminal case, the first time a conviction for murder was overturned on the ground that the verdict "cannot be supported, having regard to the evidence", as provided for by Section 4(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1907. The headnote states: "The Court will quash a conviction founded on mere suspicion".

William Herbert Wallace, a 52-year-old insurance agent, had been convicted at the Liverpool Assizes in 1931 of the brutal murder of his wife, Julia Wallace, and sentenced to death.

## Facts

The case against Wallace was entirely circumstantial, with several curious aspects. The night before the murder a telephone message had been left for Wallace at his chess club, requesting that he call on "R.M. Qualtrough" at 7.30pm the following evening to discuss an insurance policy. The address given was in Mossley Hill, a district of south Liverpool several miles from Wallace's home in Anfield. Wallace arrived at the chess club about 25 minutes after the phone call, and was informed of the message by the club captain, Samuel Beattie.

The following night Wallace left home at about 6.45pm, catching several trams to Mossley Hill. During his journey, and subsequent search, he inquired of numerous people — including a policeman — directions to "25 Menlove Gardens East", the address Qualtrough had given. It became apparent that while there were Menlove Gardens North, South and West, there was no Menlove Gardens East, and no trace of Qualtrough either. After spending about 40 minutes inquiring around the district, Wallace got a tram home. Entering the house at about 8.45pm in the presence of his terraced neighbours John Sharpe Johnston and Florence Sarah Johnston, he found his wife bludgeoned to death in the parlour, with evidence of a bungled robbery.

The Police discovered that the telephone call had been made from a public call box only 400 yards from Wallace's home, and hypothesised that Wallace had made the call himself to create an elaborate alibi, and had in fact murdered his wife before leaving his house the following evening. However, no trace of blood was found on Wallace even when his clothing was benzidine tested, although the killer would have been heavily bloodstained, and a milk-boy's testimony of seeing Mrs. Wallace alive sometime between 6.30pm and 6.45pm left Wallace scarcely enough time to kill his wife, clean himself up, and stage a robbery before catching his tram. The murder-weapon was not found, and no motive could be ascribed to Wallace in killing his wife. On the contrary, Wallace, 52, was in poor health, and his wife had fulfilled the role of companion and occasional nurse (though the couple often employed outside help when in poor health). They had been married 17 years and had no children.

When investigations into other suspects such as Richard Gordon Parry fell flat, the Police charged Wallace with murder.

At the committal hearing, several factual misstatements were made by the Prosecuting Solicitor, and these were widely reported in the local press. The feeling in Liverpool was anti-Wallace, and although the jury was selected from outside the city environs, they came from nearby towns, which could have been infected by prejudice. Wallace cut an austere, fusty figure, and his stoicism throughout his ordeal, combined with his intellectual hobbies of chess, botany and chemistry, gave the impression to some of a cold, calculating killer who had contrived to commit the perfect murder.

Wallace was tried at St. George's Hall at the Assizes in April, 1931. Edward Hemmerde, KC led for the Crown, assisted by Leslie Walsh. Roland Oliver, KC, assisted by Sydney Scholefield Allen, led for the Defence (instructed by solicitor Hector Munro of H.J. Davis, Berthen and Munro).

During cross-examination it became clear that the police surgeon had blundered, in not taking temperature to ascertain the time of death, and the Police had allowed the poorly-preserved crime-scene to become cross-contaminated. Indeed, the investigating officers' fingerprints were found all over the crime scene, and in different photographs of the same rooms many objects are in different positions or even entirely absent.

Beattie, the recipient of the telephone message at the chess-club, who knew Wallace well, was unshakable in his opinion that the voice was not Wallace's.

## Verdicts

### Trial

The trial judge, Mr. Justice Wright, summed up for an acquittal:

> This murder, I should imagine, must be almost unexampled in the annals of crime . . . murder so devised and arranged that nothing remains which will point to anyone as the murderer... no finger-prints... and no weapon that can be traced anywhere, and, so far as can be ascertained, no conceivable motive in any human being.
>
> ..the evidence in this case, and the evidence that can be brought against anyone here is purely circumstantial. You know in many cases, especially of murder, the only evidence that is available is circumstantial evidence; but circumstantial evidence may vary in value almost infinitely.
>
> The real test of the value of circumstantial evidence is: Does it exclude every reasonable possibility? I can even put it higher: Does it exclude other theories or possibilities? If you cannot put the evidence against the accused man beyond a probability and nothing more, if that is a probability which is not inconsistent with there being other reasonable possibilities, then it is impossible for a jury to say, 'We are satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the charge is made out against the accused man.' A man cannot be convicted of any crime, least of all murder, merely on probabilities, unless they are so strong as to amount to a reasonable certainty. If you have other possibilities, a jury would not, and I believe ought not, to come to the conclusion that the charge is established...
>
> Then again, the question is not: Who did this crime? The question is: Did the prisoner do it? - or rather, to put it more accurately: Is it proved beyond all reasonable doubt that the prisoner did it?
>
> It is a fallacy to say: 'If the prisoner did not do it, who did?' It is a fallacy to look at it and say: 'It is very difficult to think the prisoner did not do it'; and it may be equally difficult to think that the prisoner did do it. The Prosecution have to discharge the onus cast upon them of establishing the guilt of the prisoner... beyond a peradventure, beyond all reasonable doubt.
>
> The evidence is quite consistent with some unknown criminal, for some unknown motive, having got into the house and executed the murder and gone away...
>
> However you regard the matter, the whole crime was so skilfully devised and so skilfully executed, and there is such an absence of any trace to incriminate anyone, as to make it very difficult to say, although it is a matter entirely for you, that it can be brought home to anyone in particular.
>
> If there was an unknown murderer, he has covered up his traces. Can you say it is absolutely impossible that there was no such person? But putting that aside as not being the real question, can you say, taking all the evidence as a whole, bearing in mind the strength of the case put forward by the police and the prosecution, that you are satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that it was the hand of the prisoner, and no other hand, that murdered this woman? If you are not so satisfied, if it is not proved — whatever your feelings may be, whatever your surmises or suspicions or prejudices may be — if it is not established as a matter of evidence and legal proof, then it is your duty to find the prisoner not guilty.

There was general surprise when, after an hour's deliberation, the jury returned with a verdict of guilty.

Mr. Justice Wright, after pointedly omitting the customary thanks to the jury, passed the mandatory sentence of death on William Herbert Wallace.

### Church of England's intervention

No sooner had Wallace been sentenced to death, than public opinion started to swing in his favour. In a unique act, the Church of England offered special prayers - "intercessions extraordinary" at Liverpool Cathedral.

> You shall pray for them that are set by God's mercy to secure the administration of true justice in our land. Particularly...you shall pray for His Majesty's Judges of Appeal, that they may be guided in true judgement... And you shall pray for the people of this County Palatinate, that their confidence in the fair dealings of their fellow-man may be restored... Finally, you shall pray for all who await the judgement of their fellow-man, and commit them to the perfect justice of Almighty God.

### Court of Appeal

The prospects for Wallace's appeal were not good, however. Never before had the Court of Criminal Appeal overturned a conviction in a capital case on the grounds that the verdict was "unreasonable, or cannot be supported having regard to the evidence", and those were the only realistic grounds of appeal available to Wallace.

The Appeal was heard on 18 May and 19 May 1931 at the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London by Lord Chief Justice Hewart, sitting with Mr Justice Hawke and Mr Justice Branson.

#### Exchanges with Hemmerde KC

There were several key interventions from the Judges on 19 May, as Hemmerde KC made the case for the Crown.

Mr. Justice Branson: "Assuming that the murder had been committed, what evidence is there that the telephone call was put through by the appellant?"

Hemmerde KC: "Of course, there is no direct evidence and there could not be. If a man chooses to make a bogus telephone call upon himself there never could be any direct evidence except someone who saw him do it."

Mr. Justice Branson: "I rather felt as you were putting your case that you were assuming it was he who made the call because of what happened afterwards, and then saying that he must be guilty because he put through the call."

Lord Chief Justice Hewart: "In other words, you use as a step in your argument that which is only consolidated when your argument is complete."

Hemmerde KC: "I think I accept that, my Lord."

Lord Chief Justice Hewart: "Are you not really saying, if it be assumed this appellant committed the murder, other circumstances fit in with that theory?"

Hemmerde KC: "I shall submit to your Lordships that.. one is brought almost irresistibly to the conclusion that the pieces fit together just like a jig-saw puzzle."

Mr. Justice Branson: "If what he does is consistent only with his having been the author of the telephone message, then I follow your argument, but if what he does is consistent not only with that but with somebody else having sent the telephone message, then the subsequent actions do not help you... No doubt it is a question of fact, but the question is what is the evidence from which that fact is to be inferred?"

Hemmerde KC: "I submit that the only evidence from which it can be inferred is the evidence of his suspicious actions."

#### Judgment

Unusually, the Court retired for 47 minutes, to consider its verdict. The ruling, delivered by Lord Hewart CJ said:

> The...obvious fact is that the case is eminently one of difficulty and doubt..
>
> Now, the whole of the material evidence has been closely and critically examined before us, and it does not appear to me to be necessary to discuss it again...
>
> Suffice it to say that we are not concerned here with suspicion, however grave, or with theories, however ingenious. Section 4 of the Criminal Appeal Act of 1907 provides that the Court of Criminal Appeal shall allow the appeal if they think that the verdict of the jury should be set aside on the ground that it cannot be supported having regard to the evidence.
>
> ... the conclusion at which we have arrived is that the case against the appellant, which we have carefully and anxiously considered and discussed, was not proved with that certainty which is necessary in order to justify a verdict of guilty, and, therefore, that it is our duty to take the course indicated by the section of the statute to which I have referred. The result is that this appeal will be allowed and this conviction quashed.

## Bibliography

* *Murder Most Mysterious* (1932) by Hargrave Lee Adam, online copy at The Internet Archive
* *The Trial of William Herbert Wallace* (1933) by W. F. Wyndham-Brown, online copy at The Internet Archive
* *Verdict in Dispute* (1950) by Edgar Lustgarten, online copy at The Internet Archive
* *Wallace: The Final Verdict* (1985) by Roger Wilkes. Grafton ISBN 978-0-586-06452-8
* *The Murder of Julia Wallace* (2001) by James Murphy. Bluecoat Press ISBN 978-1-872568-81-2
* *The Killing of Julia Wallace* (2012) by John Gannon. Amberley ISBN 978-1-4456-0506-7
* *Move to Murder* (2018) by Antony M Brown. Mirror Books ISBN 978-1-907324-73-4

## Footnotes

## InfoBox

| R v Wallace | |
| --- | --- |
| Wallace received a telephone message at his chess club requesting he attend a meeting on the night of his wife's murder | |
| Court | Court of Appeal (England and Wales) |
| Decided | 1931 |
| Citation | 23 Cr App R 32 |
| Case history | |
| Prior action | Conviction in the Crown Court (Circuit Assizes) at Liverpool |
| Keywords | |
| * murder * mere suspicion * verdict unreasonable * or verdict cannot be supported * regard to the evidence | |


title: Heliophila variabilis

abstract: Heliophila variabilis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Heliophila.

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# Heliophila variabilis

***Heliophila variabilis*** is a species of flowering plant in the genus *Heliophila*.

## Distribution

*Heliophila variabilis* is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, and is found from the Richtersveld through Namaqualand to the Pakhuis Mountains and Laingsburg.

## Conservation status

*Heliophila variabilis* is classified as *Least Concern*.

## InfoBox

| *Heliophila variabilis* | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Least Concern (SANBI Red List) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Eudicots |
| *Clade*: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | *Heliophila* |
| Species: | ***H. variabilis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Heliophila variabilis***
Burch. ex DC. | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Heliophila carifolia*  Schltr. * *Heliophila monticola*  Sond. | |


title: John Rabe Communication Centre

abstract: The John Rabe Communication Centre is an information centre and museum in Heidelberg, which was founded by Thomas Rabe with the ambition of the documentation of the life of John Rabe. With the help of the diaries of John Rabe it should set a base for the communication of international understanding, particularly between China and Japan.

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# John Rabe Communication Centre

The **John Rabe Communication Centre** is an information centre and museum in Heidelberg, which was founded by Thomas Rabe with the ambition of the documentation of the life of John Rabe. With the help of the diaries of John Rabe it should set a base for the communication of international understanding, particularly between China and Japan.

## Background

In 1937 in Nanjing, John Rabe saved the lives of 250 000 Chinese people of the civil population from an attack of the imperial Japanese army.

## Ambition

The museum should document the events of Nanjing, especially the experiences of John Rabe. The institution serves various peace projects as a stage.

## John Rabe Award

Since 2009 the John Rabe Communication Centre annually awards the Peace Prize of John Rabe (John Rabe Award) to people who have worked in a special way on their own history, for international understanding and peace in the relationship with China. The first winner was the Japanese actor Teruyuki Kagawa: "The actor will be honoured, for having demonstrated the courage and the civil courage, for playing the role of HIH-Prince Asaka as a Japanese actor in the movie ‘John Rabe’. This showed that the recognition of historical truth to the peoples of China and Japan is more important than ever."

The John Rabe Award 2010 was awarded at 8 November 2010 in the Chinese Culture Centre Berlin to the former director of the John Rabe House in Nanjing, Tang Daoluan as well as the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service-founder Andreas Maislinger. As in 2009 the Award was courtesy of the Austrian company Swarovski.

Recipients


title: Mirjana Živković

abstract: Mirjana Živković was a Serbian composer, musicologist and longtime professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade. She was a member of the Serbian Composers' Association, and her compositions include Summer Night. She published two text books on music, Harmony II and Instrumental Counterpoint and is the joint author of Krađa kulturnog i nacionalnog blaga Jugoslavije.

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# Mirjana Živković

**Mirjana Živković** (1935 in Split – 2020 in Belgrade) was a Serbian composer, musicologist and longtime professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade. She was a member of the Serbian Composers' Association, and her compositions include *Summer Night*. She published two text books on music, *Harmony II* and *Instrumental Counterpoint* and is the joint author of *Krađa kulturnog i nacionalnog blaga Jugoslavije* (Beograd : NIU "Vojska" ; Gornji Milanovac : NIP "Dečje novine", 1995).


title: HMAS Upolu

abstract: HMAS Upolu was a submarine depot ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War I. She was built by Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland in 1891, for the Union Steam Ship Company. She was requisitioned by the RAN on 18 August 1914 and converted into a submarine depot ship and after a short commission, she was returned to her owners on 9 December 1914. She was sunk in a collision with the Lienhsing off the Shantung Promontory on 12 August 1930.

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# HMAS Upolu

**HMAS *Upolu*** was a submarine depot ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War I. She was built by Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland in 1891, for the Union Steam Ship Company. She was requisitioned by the RAN on 18 August 1914 and converted into a submarine depot ship and after a short commission, she was returned to her owners on 9 December 1914. She was sunk in a collision with the *Lienhsing* off the Shantung Promontory on 12 August 1930.

## RAN Service

On 18 August 1914, *Upolu* was requisitioned by the RAN for use as a submarine depot ship. She participated during the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force occupation of German New Guinea tendering the submarines *AE2* and *AE1*. She returned to Sydney in November 1914 and was returned to her owners on 9 December 1914.

## Fate

While transporting coal from Tsingtao to Newshang, she was sunk in a collision with the *Lienhsing* off the Shantung Promontory on 12 August 1930.

## Citations

## InfoBox

|  | |
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| History | |
| Name | * *Upolu* (1891–1921) * *Tung An* (1921–1930) |
| Owner | * Union Steam Ship Company (1891–1903) * Lever's Pacific Plantations (1903–1911) * Brisbane Milling Company (1911–1915) * A B Iffland van Ess (1915–1916) * G McBain (1916–1921) * Shaw Hsing Steam Ship Company (1921–1930) |
| Builder | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley |
| Yard number | 169 |
| Fate | Sank after collision off Shantung Promontory on 12 August 1930 |
| Australia | |
| Name | *Upolu* |
| Acquired | 18 August 1914 |
| Out of service | 9 December 1914 |
| Fate | Returned to owners |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1141 gross tonnage |
| Length | 220 ft (67 m) |
| Beam | 30.1 ft (9.2 m) |
| Depth | 18.5 ft (5.6 m) |
| Installed power | 139nhp |
| Propulsion | quadruple expansion steam engine |


title: Independent Party (Florida)

abstract: The Independent Party was a political party formed in Florida in the wake of schisms between African Americans and northerners who came south after the American Civil War and became involved in Florida politics during the Reconstruction era. It also sought to appeal to disaffected Democrats. The party held a convention in June 1884 in Live Oak, Florida Frank W. Pope, a former Democrat, was nominated as their gubernatorial candidate in that year's election. Pope faced the threat of lynching in Madison County where allegations of election fraud and murderous violence were documented in 1882. Democrats won the election in 1884 and imposed restrictions on who could register thereafter, blocking most African Americans from voting and solidifying their party's control.

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# Independent Party (Florida)

The **Independent Party** was a political party formed in Florida in the wake of schisms between African Americans and northerners who came south after the American Civil War and became involved in Florida politics during the Reconstruction era. It also sought to appeal to disaffected Democrats.

The party held a convention in June 1884 in Live Oak, Florida Frank W. Pope, a former Democrat, was nominated as their gubernatorial candidate in that year's election.

Pope faced the threat of lynching in Madison County where allegations of election fraud and murderous violence were documented in 1882. Democrats won the election in 1884 and imposed restrictions on who could register thereafter, blocking most African Americans from voting and solidifying their party's control.


title: Oberea discoidalis

abstract: Oberea discoidalis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1894. It is known from the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone. It contains the variety Oberea discoidalis var. occidentalis.

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# Oberea discoidalis

***Oberea discoidalis*** is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1894. It is known from the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone. It contains the variety *Oberea discoidalis* var. *occidentalis*.

## InfoBox

| *Oberea discoidalis* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | *Oberea* |
| Species: | ***O. discoidalis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Oberea discoidalis***<br>(Jordan, 1894) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Oberea discoidalis* m. *togoensis* Teocchi, 1992 * *Nitocris discoidalis* Jordan, 1894 | |


title: Indiana University Marching Hundred

abstract: The Marching Hundred is the marching band of Indiana University. The Marching Hundred is the product of tradition dating back to the organization of the first band at Indiana University in 1896, which was founded to provide recreation for interested students. The 22-piece band of 1896 grew to 47 members by 1913. The current band performs at all home Indiana Hoosiers football games, one away game, several campus events, and bowl game appearances. Toward the end of each season, the Marching Hundred holds an annual Showcase Concert in Indiana University's Assembly Hall. The Marching Hundred is the recipient of the 2007 Sudler Trophy. In 2012, the Marching Hundred performed a five-minute pregame show at Super Bowl XLVI.

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# Indiana University Marching Hundred

The **Marching Hundred** (or **Hundred**) is the marching band of Indiana University. The Marching Hundred is the product of tradition dating back to the organization of the first band at Indiana University in 1896, which was founded to provide recreation for interested students. The 22-piece band of 1896 grew to 47 members by 1913. The current band performs at all home Indiana Hoosiers football games, one away game, several campus events, and bowl game appearances. Toward the end of each season, the Marching Hundred holds an annual Showcase Concert in Indiana University's Assembly Hall. The Marching Hundred is the recipient of the 2007 Sudler Trophy. In 2012, the Marching Hundred performed a five-minute pregame show at Super Bowl XLVI.

## "Marching Hundred" name

Prior to the late 1920s, Indiana's marching band was simply known as the "Indiana University Band." The name "Marching Hundred" traces its origins to the 1927 season, when the band traveled to Boston for a game against Harvard University. During the pregame show at Harvard, the band marched in a 10x10 block, and radio broadcasters dubbed them "Indiana's Marching and Playing 100." The band gained recognition from these broadcasters for its halftime show at Harvard, in which the band spelled out "HARVARD" in a continuous drill, forming each letter successively as they marched across the field. The name given by the radio broadcasters became popular, and starting in 1928, the Indiana University Band began formally branding itself as the "Marching Hundred" in announcements and publications. By the time the band expanded to 150 members under Dr. Ronald Gregory in the late 1950s, the name was entrenched. Despite the name, the Marching Hundred has had as many as 320 members, and membership has rarely dropped below 200 in recent decades.

## Bowl games and other appearances

The band's appearances have included: the Kentucky Derby (1939), the Presidential Inaugural Parade (1953), the Rose Bowl (1968), the Holiday Bowl (1979), the All-American Bowl (1986), the Peach Bowl (1988 and 1990), the Liberty Bowl (1988), the Copper Bowl (1991), the Independence Bowl (1993), the Insight Bowl (2007), the Pinstripe Bowl (2015), the Foster Farms Bowl (2016), and the Gator Bowl (2020).

Returning from the 2006 away trip to Ohio State University the Marching Hundred stopped in Indianapolis to play at halftime during an Indianapolis Colts game at the RCA Dome. After this original performance, the Marching Hundred was invited back to the RCA dome to perform for the Indianapolis Colts' first playoff game in January 2007. However, due to the Colts not achieving home field advantage throughout the playoffs, the Hundred was not able to perform. The following season, the Hundred performed as the halftime entertainment for the Colts' season opener on Thursday, 6 September 2007. For the 2008 season, the Hundred performed for the Indianapolis Colts at their first regular season game at Lucas Oil Stadium making it the first marching band to perform on the field at the brand new stadium. Additionally in 2008, the Marching Hundred was asked to perform for a Chicago Bears game at Soldier Field.

## Super Bowl XLVI

On Saturday, February 5, 2012, the Marching Hundred performed a five-minute pregame show at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Hundred performed their signature song "Sing, Sing, Sing" and "ROCK in the USA" written by John Mellencamp, who lives in Bloomington, Indiana. The Hundred performed "R.O.C.K. in the USA" at the request of the NFL in order to demonstrate the culture of Indiana. Although the Hundred's performance was not completely televised, they could be seen in the background as the sports casters were talking about the game.

## InfoBox

| Indiana University Marching Hundred | |
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| School | Indiana University |
| Location | Bloomington, IN |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Director | Dr. Eric M. Smedley |
| Associate Director | Dr. Tiffany J. Galus |
| Members | 270 |
| Uniform | |
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title: Vannetta Seecharran

abstract: Vannetta Seecharran is a London-based jewellery artist, working in silver and other materials. The work explores the relationship between silver and fabric in jewellery and inhabits the boundary between fashion and jewellery. Her work has been commissioned and exhibited by museums and galleries around the world. Seecharran is also an art lecturer and teaches jewellery classes from her studio.

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# Vannetta Seecharran

**Vannetta Seecharran** is a London-based jewellery artist, working in silver and other materials. The work explores the relationship between silver and fabric in jewellery and inhabits the boundary between fashion and jewellery. Her work has been commissioned and exhibited by museums and galleries around the world. Seecharran is also an art lecturer and teaches jewellery classes from her studio.

## Biography

Seecharran was born in Guyana in and at the age of 11 emigrated with her parents to New York City. She graduated from Parsons School of Art with a BA in Product Design / Jewellery Design and then attended the State University of New York at New Paltz and graduated with an MFA in Jewellery.

In 1998, she moved to London and started working from her studio in Clerkenwell. Her work has continued to evolve since then and continues to experiment with and develop the use of fabric in silver jewellery.

Recent exhibitions:

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title: Helga Kurm

abstract: Helga Kurm was an Estonian pedagogical scientist. She was docent of the Tartu State University's Pedagogical Division. She authored works such as Sinule, tütarlaps (1970) and Eesti NSV teeneline õpetaja (1975), and Iz Istorii narodnogo obrazovanija Pribaltiki (1977).

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# Helga Kurm

**Helga Kurm** (11 January 1920 – 7 January 2011) was an Estonian pedagogical scientist. She was docent of the Tartu State University's Pedagogical Division. She authored works such as *Sinule, tütarlaps* (1970) and *Eesti NSV teeneline õpetaja* (1975), and *Iz Istorii narodnogo obrazovanija Pribaltiki* (1977).

## Awards

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| Helga Kurm | |
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| Born | Helga Anton
(1920-01-11)11 January 1920
Kõue, Estonia |
| Died | 7 January 2011(2011-01-07) (aged 90)
Tartu, Estonia |
| Nationality | Estonian |
| Occupation | Pedagogue |


title: John Radcliffe, 6th Baron Fitzwalter

abstract: John Radcliffe, 9th Baron Fitzwalter was an English nobleman, 9th Baron FitzWalter from 1485.

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# John Radcliffe, 6th Baron Fitzwalter

**John Radcliffe, 9th Baron Fitzwalter** (or 6th Baron; 1 January 1452  24 November 1496) was an English nobleman, 9th Baron FitzWalter from 1485.

## Life

He was born in Guînes, France, the son of Sir John Radcliffe of Attleborough and his wife Elizabeth FitzWalter, 8th Baroness FitzWalter. After his mother's death, he inherited the family estates in Essex, and the baronial title. In 1485, he became the Lord Steward of the Household. In 1486, he was appointed caretaker and chief judge of the royal forests south of Trent, together with Sir Reginald Bray. In 1495, Radcliffe was accused of plotting to instal the Yorkist claimant Perkin Warbeck on the throne. His title and possessions were confiscated and he was imprisoned in Guînes. After a futile attempt to escape by bribing his jailors, he was beheaded in November 1496.

## Family

Radcliffe married, first (before 12 March 1476) Anne, sister of Sir Richard Whethill of Calais; his second wife is usually supposed to have been Anne, daughter of Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, who in 1507, if not earlier, became the wife of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (died 1521) and died in 1550. By his first wife Radcliffe had five daughters and one son. The attainder was removed in favour of his son Robert, afterwards first Earl of Sussex, by letters patent of 25 January 1506, confirmed by an Act of Parliament in 1509.


title: Mississippi River Tales Mural

abstract: The Mississippi River Tales is a mural containing 24 panels covering nearly 18,000 square feet of the 15-foot-high downtown floodwall in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It illustrates the area's history, beginning with the Native Americans who inhabited it between 900 and 1200. Each panel tells a story: Louis Lorimier platting the city in 1793, the transfer of Upper Louisiana from France to the United States in 1804, Missouri gaining statehood in 1821, the coming of the railroad in 1880, the Big Freeze of 1918-19 and the completion of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, among many others. The paintings are in a style similar to that of painter Thomas Hart Benton.. The mural was painted by Chicago artist Thomas Melvin, in collaboration with several local artists and was dedicated at a public ceremony on July 7, 2005.

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# Mississippi River Tales Mural

The **Mississippi River Tales** is a mural containing 24 panels covering nearly 18,000 square feet (1,700 m2) of the 15-foot (4.6 m)-high downtown floodwall in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It illustrates the area's history, beginning with the Native Americans who inhabited it between 900 and 1200. Each panel tells a story: Louis Lorimier platting the city in 1793, the transfer of Upper Louisiana from France to the United States in 1804, Missouri gaining statehood in 1821, the coming of the railroad in 1880, the Big Freeze of 1918-19 and the completion of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge, among many others. The paintings are in a style similar to that of painter Thomas Hart Benton. (Pamela Selbert, Chicago Tribune, November 18, 2007). The mural was painted by Chicago artist Thomas Melvin, in collaboration with several local artists and was dedicated at a public ceremony on July 7, 2005.

## Panels

* "Murals". Cape Girardeau Visitors Bureau. Retrieved 2014-01-23.

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| Mississippi River Tales Mural | |
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| Artist | Thomas Melvin |
| Year | 2005 |
| Location | Cape Girardeau, Missouri, US |
| Coordinates | 37°18′21″N 89°31′03″W / 37.30582°N 89.51748°W / 37.30582; -89.51748 |
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title: Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund

abstract: The Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund is a luxury hotel located along The Bund, in Shanghai's Huangpu District, in China. Part of the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts chain, the hotel is housed within the Shanghai Club Building.

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# Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund

The **Waldorf Astoria Shanghai on the Bund** is a luxury hotel located along The Bund, in Shanghai's Huangpu District, in China. Part of the Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts chain, the hotel is housed within the Shanghai Club Building.

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| Waldorf Astoria
Shanghai on the Bund | |
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| 上海外滩华尔道夫酒店 | |
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| Hotel chain | Waldorf Astoria |
| General information | |
| Location | Shanghai Club Building,
No. 2 Zhongshan East 1st Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai |
| Coordinates | 31°14′09″N 121°29′12″E / 31.23578°N 121.4866°E / 31.23578; 121.4866 |
| Opened | 2010 |
| Management | Hilton Worldwide |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | Heritage Building: 3
Waldorf Astoria Tower: 24 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 252 |
| Number of suites | 20 |
| Number of restaurants | 6 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |


title: Open Source Routing Machine

abstract: The Open Source Routing Machine or OSRM is a C++ implementation of a high-performance routing engine for shortest paths in road networks. Licensed under the permissive 2-clause BSD license, OSRM is a free network service. OSRM supports Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and Mac OS X platform.

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# Open Source Routing Machine

The **Open Source Routing Machine** or **OSRM** is a C++ implementation of a high-performance routing engine for shortest paths in road networks. Licensed under the permissive 2-clause BSD license, OSRM is a free network service. OSRM supports Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, and Mac OS X platform.

## Overview

It combines sophisticated routing algorithms with the open and free road network data of the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project. Shortest path computation on a continental sized network can take up to several seconds if it is done without a so-called speedup-technique. OSRM uses an implementation of contraction hierarchies and is able to compute and output a shortest path between any origin and destination within a few milliseconds, whereby the pure route computation takes much less time. Most effort is spent in annotating the route and transmitting the geometry over the network.

Since it is designed with OpenStreetMap compatibility in mind, OSM data files can be easily imported. A demo installation is sponsored by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and previously by Geofabrik. The screen shot image shown is since September 2015 out of date with loss of attendant routing service features.

OSRM was part of the 2011 Google Summer of Code class.

## Features

* 'Click-to-drag' dynamic routing, in the manner of Google Maps
* Alternative routes
* Free-to-use API
* Free and open-source under the simplified two-clause BSD license

*As of 18 May 2012, this article is derived in whole or in part from* Open Source Routing Machine*. The copyright holder has licensed the content in a manner that permits reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL. All relevant terms must be followed.*

## Further reading

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| Original author(s) | Dennis Luxen, Christian Vetter |
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| Stable release | 5.27.1  / 14 October 2022 (14 October 2022) |
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| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD, OS X, Windows |
| Type | Route planning software |
| License | Simplified BSD License |
| Website | project-osrm.org |


title: I'm Alive (EP)

abstract: I'm Alive is the sixth British EP released by The Hollies. It was put out by Parlophone in mono with the catalogue number GEP 8942 and released in the UK in late September 1965. The EP entered the British charts on 25 September 1965 and spent 15 weeks there, peaking at #5 on the Record Retailer chart, their highest charting EP. The EP's A-side consisted of both sides of the band's successful single "I'm Alive", released in May 1965. The B-side contained the album track "Mickey's Monkey" from Hollies and "Honey and Wine", exclusive to this EP. "Honey and Wine" was recollected on the See for Miles Records compilation Not the Hits Again! in 1986. "You Know He Did" was recollected on the See for Miles Records compilation The EP Collection in 1987.

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# I'm Alive (EP)

***I'm Alive*** is the sixth British EP released by The Hollies. It was put out by Parlophone in mono with the catalogue number GEP 8942 and released in the UK in late September 1965. The EP entered the British charts on 25 September 1965 and spent 15 weeks there, peaking at #5 on the *Record Retailer* chart, their highest charting EP.

The EP's A-side consisted of both sides of the band's successful single "I'm Alive", released in May 1965. The B-side contained the album track "Mickey's Monkey" from *Hollies* and "Honey and Wine", exclusive to this EP.

"Honey and Wine" was recollected on the See for Miles Records compilation *Not the Hits Again!* in 1986. "You Know He Did" was recollected on the See for Miles Records compilation *The EP Collection* in 1987.

## Track listing

Side one
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Alive" | Clint Ballard, Jr. | Clarke | 2:23 |
| 2. | "You Know He Did" | Allan Clarke, Tony Hicks, Graham Nash | Clarke | 2:01 |

Side two
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 3. | "Honey and Wine" | Gerry Goffin, Carole King | Clarke | 2:29 |
| 4. | "Mickey's Monkey" | Holland–Dozier–Holland | Clarke | 2:30 |

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| I'm Alive | |
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| EP by The Hollies | |
| Released | September 1965 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 9:23 |
| Language | English |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Producer | Ron Richards |
| The Hollies chronology | |
| *Hollies*
(1965) ***I'm Alive***
(1965) *Would You Believe?*
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title: Oneonta Armory

abstract: Oneonta Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located at Oneonta in Otsego County, New York, built in 1905 with a brick and stone castle-like structure. It was designed by State architect George L. Heins. It consists of a two-story administration building with an attached drill shed. The building features a 5-story octagonal tower at the southwest corner and a 2+1⁄2-story square tower at the northwest corner. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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# Oneonta Armory

**Oneonta Armory** is a historic National Guard armory building located at Oneonta in Otsego County, New York, built in 1905 with a brick and stone castle-like structure. It was designed by State architect George L. Heins. It consists of a two-story administration building with an attached drill shed. The building features a 5-story octagonal tower at the southwest corner and a 2+12-story square tower at the northwest corner.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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| Oneonta Armory | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Oneonta Armory, September 2012 | |
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| Location | 4 Academy St., Oneonta, New York |
| Coordinates | 42°27′3″N 75°3′56″W / 42.45083°N 75.06556°W / 42.45083; -75.06556 |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1905 |
| Architect | Heins, George L. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, castellated |
| MPS | Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000078 |
| Added to NRHP | March 2, 1995 |


title: SCP-ECG

abstract: SCP-ECG, which stands for Standard communications protocol for computer assisted electrocardiography, is a standard for ECG traces, annotations, and metadata, that specifies the interchange format and a messaging procedure for ECG cart-to-host communication and for retrieval of SCP-ECG records from the host to the ECG cart. It is defined in the joint ANSI/AAMI standard EC71:2001 and in the CEN standard EN 1064:2005.

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# SCP-ECG

**SCP-ECG**, which stands for *Standard communications protocol for computer assisted electrocardiography*, is a standard for ECG traces, annotations, and metadata, that specifies the interchange format and a messaging procedure for ECG cart-to-host communication and for retrieval of SCP-ECG records from the host to the ECG cart. It is defined in the joint ANSI/AAMI standard EC71:2001 and in the CEN standard EN 1064:2005.

## History

The SCP Standard was first developed between 1989 and 1991 during a European AIM R&D project.

## Other ECG data formats

DICOM, HL7 aECG, MFER (ISO 22077)

1. Maglogiannis, Ilias G.; Karpouzis, Kostas; Wallace, Manolis. *Image and Signal Processing for Networked E-health Applications*. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-59829-036-3. Retrieved 3 April 2021.


title: ROTH BART BARON

abstract: ROTH BART BARON (ロット・バルト・バロン) is a Tokyo-based musical project formed in 2008 with Masaya Mifune and Tetsuya Nakahara (drums) but is currently a solo project headed by Mifune. The band has released three EPs and six full-length albums along with one live album. The group also composed and recorded the soundtrack for the Japanese film My Small Land.

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# ROTH BART BARON

**ROTH BART BARON** (ロット・バルト・バロン) is a Tokyo-based musical project formed in 2008 with Masaya Mifune (vocal, guitar) and Tetsuya Nakahara (drums) but is currently a solo project headed by Mifune. The band has released three EPs and six full-length albums along with one live album. The group also composed and recorded the soundtrack for the Japanese film *My Small Land*.

## Biography

Masaya Mifune and Tetsuya Nakahara met in junior high school when they were partnered up to play tennis doubles. They started the band in university and, in the beginning, spent most of the time rehearsing and home recording. The band's name, ROTH BART BARON, comes from the antagonist von Rothbart in Tchaikovsky's *The Swan Lake*. Mifune played the role in kindergarten which left a strong impression on him being the only antagonist at that time.

The band self-released three works including the EP "ROTH BART BARON"(2010), the five-track EP "Monster Mountain and Choirboys" (13 December 2012) and "Chocolate Demo" (21 September 2012). Songs from these early works, especially those in "Monster Mountain and Choirboys" are still often performed on shows.

ROTH BART BARON signed to Felicity and released their first full album *ROTH BART BARON's THE ICE AGE* in 2014. The album was recorded in Philadelphia with Jonathan Low and Brian McTear.

A second album, *ATOM*. was released in 2015. The recording was done at Hotel2Tango in Montreal. The music video for the lead track, "bIg HOPe" was filmed with 360/ VR cameras.

In 2017, Roth Bart Barons started a crowdfunding project on Campfire for EP and music video production in UK. With the success of the funding, the band took a short stay in London and worked with Bradley Spence for the EP.

The "Atom (UK Mix)" video, as part of the project, was filmed near Brighton with the German photographer Julia Schönstädt.

On July 6, 2020, Masaya and Tetsuya announced that Tetsuya would be leaving the band.

In 2022, Mifune Masaya of ROTH BART BARON was featured on the song "You to You" by Asian Kung-Fu Generation which later appeared on Asian Kung-Fu Generation's album *Planet Folks.*

In 2023, the song BLOW was released in collaboration with the Thai indie-pop band Safeplanet, as well as a new album titled *8*.

## Live Performances

### Tours

* ROTH BART BARON'S THE ICE AGE release tour 2014
* ROTH BART BARON'S THE ICE AGE release tour in North America 2014
* ATOM Tour 2015~2016 in Japan
* ASIA TOUR 2016 (18 June, Shanghai; 19 June, Beijing; 26 June, Gachuurt, 28 June, Taipei)
* HEX TOUR 2018-2019 in Japan
* The Name of the Beast TOUR 2019-2020 in Japan and Taiwan
* Loud Color(s)& Silence Festival TOUR 2020-2021 in Japan
* HAKU's Resurrection TOUR 2021-2022 in Japan
* HOWL TOUR 2022-2023 in Japan

### Festivals

## Members

* Mifune Masaya (三船雅也) - vocal, writer, guitar, bass, piano, electronics

## Discography

### Albums

| Title | Release Date | Label | Notes |
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| *ROTH BART BARON'S THE ICE AGE* | April 16, 2014 | Felicity |  |
| *ATOM* | October 21, 2015 | | Ranked 222nd on the Oricon Albums Chart |
| *HEX* | November 7, 2018 | |  |
| *The Name of the Beasts* | November 6, 2019 | |  |
| *Loud Color(s) & Silence Festival* | October 14, 2020 | Space Shower Music |  |
| *The Name of the Beasts Tour Final - Live at Meguro Persimmon Hall* | April 14, 2021 | | A live album from the band's performance at Meguro Persimmon Hall |
| *HAKU's Resurrection* | November 24, 2021 | |  |
| *My Small Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)* | April 27, 2022 | | The soundtrack to the Japanese Film "My Small Land" |
| *HOWL* | November 9, 2022 | |  |
| *8* | October 18, 2023 | |  |

### EPs

| Title | Release Date | Label |
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| *ROTH BART BARON* | October 15, 2010 | Self-Released |
| *MONSTER MOUNTAIN AND CHOIRBOYS* | December 13, 2012 | |

### Demos

| Tile | Release Date | Label |
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| Chocolate | September 20, 2012 | Self-Released |

## InfoBox

| ROTH BART BARONロットバルトバロン | |
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| Roth Bart Baron performing on the Garden Stage at Tokyo Summer Sonic Festival in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Tokyo |
| Genres |  |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Labels | Space Shower Music, Felicity |
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| Members | Masaya Mifune |
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| Past members | Tetsuya Nakahara |
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| Website | rothbartbaron.com |


title: Ned D. Heindel

abstract: Ned D. Heindel was an American chemist. He was the Howard S. Bunn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Lehigh University, where he continued to do research. Heindel also worked as a medical research consultant. Heindel's research focused on diagnostic and therapeutic drug development. He served as president of the American Chemical Society in 1994, and has twice chaired the ACS Division for the History of Chemistry. He died on June 27, 2023.

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# Ned D. Heindel

**Ned D. Heindel** (September 4, 1937) was an American chemist. He was the Howard S. Bunn Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Lehigh University, where he continued to do research. Heindel also worked as a medical research consultant. Heindel's research focused on diagnostic and therapeutic drug development. He served as president of the American Chemical Society in 1994, and has twice chaired the ACS Division for the History of Chemistry. He died on June 27, 2023.

## Early life

Ned Duane Heindel was born on September 4, 1937, in Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania, to Mr. and Mrs. Penrose H. Heindel. He earned a B.S. in chemistry from Lebanon Valley College (1959), and a master's degree (1961) and Ph.D. (1963) from the University of Delaware, where he worked with William A. Mosher. He did postdoctoral work at Princeton University in 1964 with Edward C. Taylor.

## Career

After teaching briefly at Ohio University and Marshall University Heindel joined the faculty at Lehigh University in 1966. He became a full professor by 1973, and was named the Howard S. Bunn Distinguished Professor of Organic Chemistry in 1976.

Heindel also served as a visiting professor of radiation oncology at Hahnemann University Hospital from 1971 to 2006, and as director of the Center for Health Sciences at Lehigh University from 1980 to 1987. He helped to establish the Lehigh-Hahnemann Cooperative Medical Education Program from 1992 to 2017 and was involved in Lehigh's distance education program.

Heindel became professor emeritus in 2018. He continues to do research (e.g. healing burn wounds) and works as a medical research consultant.

### Science

Heindel's research focuses on diagnostic and therapeutic drug development, including the areas of cancer research, nuclear medicine, diagnostic radioactive pharmaceuticals, chemotherapeutics and tumor-associated monoclonal antibodies. He has applied for at least 20 patents, with 14 issued. He has published more than 260 papers. A number of candidate pharmaceuticals from his lab have reached advanced animal trials.

Heindel has shown that psoralens and coumarins can be useful as photoactivated inhibitors of epidermal growth factor. Photosensitizers are used to treat epidermal proliferation, psoriasis and vitiligo. Heindel's lab has identified a new structural family of organic molecules which perform as light-activated anti-cancer compounds. After activation by ultraviolet light, lipophilic dipyranone (NDH2476) was found to inhibit abnormal Keratinocyte growth with an IC50 of 9 nanomolar concentration. NDH2476 acts through initial intercalation into DNA and when irradiated, “nicks” the polynucleotide and prevents subsequent unwinding. Gem di-methylation, double bond hydrogenation, or non-linear, angular geometry to the dipyranone greatly reduced or even eliminated the photo-cytotoxicity.

Heindel is one of the principal investigators in Project CounterACT-Rutgers, studying antidotes to sulfur mustard gas poisoning. Heindel's lab has developed an indomethacin prodrug, NDH4338, designed for use as a wound-healing accelerant for vesicant-triggered skin lesions. The drug is a trifunctional pharmaceutical composed of covalently linked inhibitors of COX-2, acetylcholinesterase, and induced nitric oxide synthase which can be released in vivo from the parent molecule. It has been tested on rodents pre-exposed to chloroethyl ethyl sulfide, nitrogen mustard, and sulfur mustard and has shown a marked acceleration of wound healing. While NDH4338 has several mechanisms of action, a principle one is suppression of mast cell degranulation in skin.

Hydroxamate compounds developed by Heindel's lab have been found to enhance corneal wound healing after mustard exposure. Compounds studied include olvanil OH (NDH4409) and retro olvanil 8 (NDH4417). Hydroxamates reduced the activity of ADAM17 and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), and attenuated expression of EMMPRIN, a tumor cell surface inducer of MMPs. This resulted in less epithelial sloughing, improved protection of the basement membrane zone, and better epithelial-stromal integrity after injury.

Heindel serves on the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Drug Discovery Institute, and the Scientific Advisory Board of Azevan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Heindel has held a number of positions in the American Chemical Society (ACS), since first becoming a board member in 1985. In 1994, Heindel served as President of the ACS. In 2009 Heindel was named an ACS Fellow.

### History

Heindel has served on the board of directors of the National Foundation for History of Chemistry, and has twice been chairperson of the ACS Division of the History of Chemistry. Heindel has been credited with chairing a task force formed by the ACS in 1979 to consider the creation of a national center for the history of chemistry, but he himself credits John H. Wotiz with that chairmanship. In December 1981 the ACS approved the establishment of the Center for the History of Chemistry in Philadelphia. He was a contributor to a NOVA program about Percy Julian, “Forgotten Genius”, which aired in 2007.

Heindel has written both papers and books relating history and chemistry. Among his publications he has examined "The Professionalization of American Chemistry: How the German Ph.D. Model Crossed the Atlantic", and the careers of early photochemists such as Giacomo Ciamician.

Another area of interest is the medicinal chemistry and folk-healing techniques of the Pennsylvania Dutch. *The Nineteenth Century Horse Doctor: A Pennsylvania Dutchman's Practical Guide to Treating Horses* recognized the essential role of the horse in pre-industrial North American farming. Heindel and Robert D. Rapp translate and examine recipes in 19th century books of veterinary practice, or "Pferdartz", from the Moravian and the Pennsylvania Dutch traditions. Folk medicine cures ranged from herbs, minerals, poultices, and bleeding to incantations.

In *Hexenkopf, History, Healing and Hexerei*, he examines traditions of both white and black magic in the Wilhelm and Saylor families of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Healers such as Johann Peter Seilor and Emanuel Wilhelm used tonics, personalized prescriptions and manipulations to treat sickness and fight off evil in the tradition of white magic or "Braucherei". Modern pharmaceutical science has examined the use of some of their treatments such as poke root and mayapple root. Traditions of black magic have focused on Hexenkopf Rock.

Heindel and his wife Linda (Heefner) Heindel are active in historical groups in the Lehigh Valley and frequently contribute to *Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine*. Heindel has lectured on social relationships between Europeans, Lenni Lenape, and Shawnee in the Durham area in the 1700s. He is interested in the work of the Buckwampum Historical and Literary Society, a group that met from 1888 to 1903. Most were amateurs but archaeologist Henry Mercer was also a member. The group conducted several digs in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

## Land conservation

Over a 50 year period, Ned and Linda Heindel have purchased and preserved 128 acres of "forest, bogs and meadows" around the stone farmhouse in which they live, in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The hilly area includes stands of ash, poplar and oak trees, wild azalea, freshwater springs and Hexenkopf Rock, a ridge of exposed Precambrian stone. Linda Heindel serves as the secretary of the Land Preservation Board of Williams Township, Northampton County, PA.

As of August 2014, a consortium of energy companies announced plans to build the PennEast Pipeline to carry natural gas from the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania into New Jersey. Ned and Linda Heindel are among residents who would be affected.

Beginning on February 6, 2018, the PennEast Pipeline Co. has filed eminent domain notices in federal court to take possession of rights of way on the lands of those who have not agreed to the pipeline. Those who received eminent domain notices include at least 129 New Jersey landowners and 50 Pennsylvania landowners, among them the Heindels. The Heindels are active opponents of the proposed pipeline and the attempted seizure of their land under eminent domain.

## Awards

* 2011, Hillman Faculty Award, Lehigh University, for educational and research achievements
* 2009, Fellow, American Chemical Society
* 2002, Ben Franklin Partnership Award for Corporate Assistance
* 1997, Henry Hill Award for Achievements in Medicinal Chemistry, NOBCChE
* 1996, Harry and Carol Mosher Award for Contributions to Chemistry, ACS
* 1989, Brady Cancer Achievement Award, Brady Cancer Research Foundation, for research in tumor-imaging radiopharmaceuticals
* 1978, Briody Award
* 1969, Robinson Award

## Sources

* *American men & women of science, 1995-96 : a biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological and related sciences*. Vol. 3 (19th ed.). New Providence, New Jersey: R. R. Bowker. 1996. pp. 739–740. ISBN 978-0835234665.

## InfoBox

| Ned D. Heindel | |
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| Born | (1937-09-04) September 4, 1937<br>Red Lion, York County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | Easton, PA |
| Nationality | American |
| Board member of | President of the American Chemical Society |
| Awards | ACS fellow |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Lebanon Valley College, University of Delaware |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Chemistry |
| Sub-discipline | Organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry |
| Institutions | Lehigh University |
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title: USS Virginia (SP-274)

abstract: USS Virginia (SP-274) was a yacht in the United States Navy. She was constructed in 1910 by Elco at Bayonne, New Jersey. The ship was purchased by the Navy on 5 May 1917 from Mr. Daniel W. Smith of Detroit and delivered to the Government on 2 July. To avoid the confusion of having several ships of the same name, the Navy discarded her name and referred to her simply as SP-274, though references to her as Virginia (SP-274) in the Navy Register for 1918 indicate that she probably retained her name informally. Commissioned on 10 August 1917, SP-274 was assigned to the 9th Naval District section patrol; and, although the records are unclear, she probably operated out of Detroit, conducting patrols on Lake Michigan. She served until 12 August 1919, at which time her name was struck from the Navy Register; and, by 18 March 1920, she had sunk at the Detroit Dock. Here again, the records are unclear with regard to whether she sank before or after being struck. In any event, her sunken hulk was sold to J. A. Nicholson of Morris Heights, New Jersey, on 1 April 1920.

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# USS Virginia (SP-274)

**USS *Virginia* (SP-274)** was a yacht in the United States Navy.

She was constructed in 1910 by Elco at Bayonne, New Jersey. The ship was purchased by the Navy on 5 May 1917 from Mr. Daniel W. Smith of Detroit and delivered to the Government on 2 July.

To avoid the confusion of having several ships of the same name, the Navy discarded her name and referred to her simply as *SP-274*, though references to her as *Virginia (SP-274)* in the Navy Register for 1918 indicate that she probably retained her name informally. Commissioned on 10 August 1917, *SP-274* was assigned to the 9th Naval District section patrol; and, although the records are unclear, she probably operated out of Detroit, conducting patrols on Lake Michigan.

She served until 12 August 1919, at which time her name was struck from the Navy Register; and, by 18 March 1920, she had sunk at the Detroit Dock. Here again, the records are unclear with regard to whether she sank before or after being struck. In any event, her sunken hulk was sold to J. A. Nicholson of Morris Heights, New Jersey, on 1 April 1920.

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|  | |
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| History | |
| United States | |
| Name | USS *Virginia* |
| Builder | Electric Launch Company, Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 1910 |
| Acquired | by purchase, 5 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 10 August 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 18 March 1920 |
| Stricken | 18 March 1920 |
| Fate | Sunken hulk sold, 1 April 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motor yacht |
| Tonnage | 91 long tons (92 t) |
| Length | 98 ft 4 in (29.97 m) |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 14 |
| Armament | 2 × 3-pounder guns |


title: Open Source Program Office

abstract: An Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is a physical or virtual department formed by subject-matter experts involved in free- and open software and open standards management and operations in the organization.

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# Open Source Program Office

An **Open Source Program Office** (OSPO) is a physical or virtual department formed by subject-matter experts involved in free- and open software and open standards management and operations in the organization.

## Details

OSPOs are supported by numerous companies such as Yahoo!, Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg L.P., Comcast or Porsche, universities like Trinity College Dublin or the Johns Hopkins University.

The tasks of an OSPO include:

1. "The Open Source Program Office". *Open Source Guide*. Archived from the original on 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
2. Goldman Sachs' Open Source Program Office, One Year In
3. "The Evolution of the Open Source Program Office (OSPO)". *www.linuxfoundation.org*. Archived from the original on 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
4. "Open Source Program Office - Trinity Innovation - Trinity College Dublin". *www.tcd.ie*.
5. "Open Source Programs Office (OSPO)". Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
6. "Why have an open source program office?". *www.redhat.com*. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
7. github.com/todogroup/ospodefinition.org Archived 2023-04-30 at the Wayback Machine Open Source Program Office (OSPO) definition of todogroup


title: ITA Software

abstract: ITA Software is a travel industry software division of Google, formerly an independent company, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was founded by Jeremy Wertheimer, a computer scientist from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Cooper Union, with his partner Richard Aiken in 1996. On July 1, 2010, ITA agreed to be acquired by Google. On April 8, 2011, the US Department of Justice approved the buyout. As part of the agreement, Google was required to license ITA software to other websites for five years.

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# ITA Software

**ITA Software** is a travel industry software division of Google, formerly an independent company, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company was founded by Jeremy Wertheimer, a computer scientist from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Cooper Union, with his partner Richard Aiken in 1996. On July 1, 2010, ITA agreed to be acquired by Google. On April 8, 2011, the US Department of Justice approved the buyout. As part of the agreement, Google was required to license ITA software to other websites for five years.

## History

ITA's first product was an airfare search and pricing system called QPX. This system has been and is used by travel companies such as Bing Travel, CheapTickets, Kayak.com, and Orbitz, and by airlines such as Alitalia, American, ANA, Cape Air, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, US Airways, and Virgin Atlantic. ITA also hosts its own airfare search website based on QPX, called "Matrix", although it is not possible to buy tickets from it.

ITA was known for using programming puzzles to attract and evaluate potential employees since 2001. Some of these puzzles have appeared in ads on Boston's MBTA subway system. ITA is also one of the highest-profile companies to base their software on Common Lisp.

In January 2006, ITA received $100 million in venture capital money from a syndicate of five investment firms led by Battery Ventures, marking the largest investment in a software firm in New England in five years.

In September 2006, ITA announced a several-million-dollar deal with Air Canada to develop a new computer reservations system to power its reservations, inventory control, seat availability, check-in, and airport operations. In August 2009, Air Canada announced that the project had been suspended.

In July 2010, Google announced the acquisition of ITA for $700 million in cash, subject to DOJ review and approval. On April 8, 2011, the US Dept. of Justice and Google reached an agreement in terms to allow the purchase and dismiss a potential antitrust lawsuit.

On March 1, 2012, Google and Cape Air announced that Cape Air had migrated to ITA Software's passenger service system (PSS). One year later, Google announced that it was discontinuing the PSS.

In 2013, Google started offering a simplified API to QPX called QPX Express; it was discontinued on April 10, 2018.

## InfoBox

ITA Software LLC
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Software, Travel |
| Founded | 1996 (1996) |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Key people | Jeremy Wertheimer: Vice President, Travel, Gianni Marostica: Commercial Director, Travel |
| Products | Software |
| Number of employees | 450+ |
| Parent | Google |
| Website | www.itasoftware.com |


title: Indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase

abstract:
Indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase is an enzyme with systematic name indole-3-pyruvate,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
  - (indol-3-yl)pyruvate + NADPH + H+ + O2 ⇌ (indol-3-yl)acetate + NADP+ + H2O + CO2 Indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase is a plant enzyme.

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# Indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase

**Indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase** (EC 1.14.13.168, *YUC2 (gene)*, *spi1 (gene)*) is an enzyme with systematic name *indole-3-pyruvate,NADPH:oxygen oxidoreductase (1-hydroxylating, decarboxylating)*. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(indol-3-yl)pyruvate + NADPH + H+ \+ O2 $\rightleftharpoons $ (indol-3-yl)acetate + NADP+ \+ H2O + CO2

Indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase is a plant enzyme.

## InfoBox

| Indole-3-pyruvate monooxygenase | |
| --- | --- |
| Identifiers | |
| EC no. | 1.14.13.168 |
| Databases | |
| IntEnz | IntEnz view |
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry |
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view |
| KEGG | KEGG entry |
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway |
| PRIAM | profile |
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum |
| Search  PMC articles  PubMed articles  NCBI proteins | |


title: Vannius

abstract: Vannius was the king of the Germanic tribe Quadi. According to The Annals of Tacitus, Vannius came to power following the defeat of the Marcomannic King Catualda by the Hermunduri King Vibilius, establishing the Kingdom of Vannius. It was the first political unit in the area that is now Slovakia. Vannius was a client king of the Roman Empire and ruled from 20 AD to 50 AD. Tacitus writes that he was "renowned and popular with his countrymen," but after a long reign, he "became a tyrant, and the enmity of neighbours, joined to intestine strife, was his ruin." Joined by Vangio and Sido, sons of a sister of Vannius, Vibilius of the Hermunduri again led the deposition. Emperor Claudius, decided to stay out of the conflict, fearing that the Lugii and other Germanic tribes would be attracted by the "opulent realm which Vannius had enriched during thirty years of plunder and tribute." Vannius was easily defeated by the Lugii and the Hermunduri, although he won some credit through being wounded in battle. Vannius managed to flee to his fleet on the Danube, and was awarded lands in Pannonia by Claudius. His realm was subsequently divided between his nephews Vangio and Sido. Tacitus writes that Vangio and Sido were "admirably loyal" to the Romans, but among their subjects, by whom they were "much loved" while seeking to acquire power, they became "yet more hated when they acquired it."

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# Vannius

**Vannius** (flourished in 1st century AD) was the king of the Germanic tribe Quadi.

According to The Annals of Tacitus, Vannius came to power following the defeat of the Marcomannic King Catualda by the Hermunduri King Vibilius, establishing the Kingdom of Vannius (*regnum Vannianum*). It was the first political unit in the area that is now Slovakia. Vannius was a client king of the Roman Empire and ruled from 20 AD to 50 AD. Tacitus writes that he was "renowned and popular with his countrymen," but after a long reign, he "became a tyrant, and the enmity of neighbours, joined to intestine strife, was his ruin." Joined by Vangio and Sido, sons of a sister of Vannius, Vibilius of the Hermunduri again led the deposition. Emperor Claudius, decided to stay out of the conflict, fearing that the Lugii and other Germanic tribes would be attracted by the "opulent realm which Vannius had enriched during thirty years of plunder and tribute."

Vannius was easily defeated by the Lugii and the Hermunduri, although he won some credit through being wounded in battle. Vannius managed to flee to his fleet on the Danube, and was awarded lands in Pannonia by Claudius. His realm was subsequently divided between his nephews Vangio and Sido. Tacitus writes that Vangio and Sido were "admirably loyal" to the Romans, but among their subjects, by whom they were "much loved" while seeking to acquire power, they became "yet more hated when they acquired it."

## Sources


title: Hōkaiin Station

abstract: Hōkaiin Station is a passenger railway station located in Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company.

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# Hōkaiin Station

**Hōkaiin Station** (法界院駅, *Hōkaiin-eki*) is a passenger railway station located in Kita-ku of the city of Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).

## Lines

Hōkaiin Station is served by the Tsuyama Line, and is located 2.3 kilometers from the southern terminus of the line at Okayama.

## Station layout

The station consists of one ground-level island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge.The station is unattended.

### Platforms

| **1** | Tsuyama Line | for Fukuwatari and Tsuyama |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **2** | Tsuyama Line | for Okayama |

## Adjacent stations

| « | | Service | » | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JR West Tsuyama Line | | | | |
| Okayama |  | Rapid *Kotobuki* |  | Nonokuchi |
| Okayama |  | Rapid |  | Kanagawa |
| Okayama |  | Local |  | Bizen-Hara |

## History

Hōkaiin Station opened on June 10, 1908 as a temporary stop and was upgraded to a full station on September 2 of the same year. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company.

## Passenger statistics

In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 1307 passengers daily..

## Surrounding area

The station is located in a dense residential area.

* Okayama Municipal Mino Elementary School
* Okayama Prefectural General Ground (City Light Stadium, Okayama Baseball Stadium, Momotaro Arena, Tsushima Ruins)
* Okayama University Tsushima Campus/The Open University of Japan Okayama Study Center
* Okayama Municipal Okakita Junior High School

Media related to Hōkaiin Station at Wikimedia Commons

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| Hōkaiin Station
法界院駅 | |
| --- | --- |
| Hōkaiin Station, April 2008 | |
| General information | |
| Location | 3-10 Gakunanchō, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 700-0011
Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°41′6.48″N 133°55′38.95″E / 34.6851333°N 133.9274861°E / 34.6851333; 133.9274861 |
| Owned by | West Japan Railway Company |
| Operated by | West Japan Railway Company |
| Line(s) | Tsuyama Line |
| Distance | 2.3 km (1.4 mi) from Okayama |
| Platforms | 1 island platforms |
| Connections | * Bus stop |
| Other information | |
| Status | Unstaffed |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 10 June 1908 (1908-06-10) |
| Passengers | |
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| FY2019 | 1307 daily |
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| Location  Hōkaiin StationLocation within Okayama PrefectureHōkaiin StationHōkaiin Station (Japan) | |


title: Ned Coughlan

abstract: Ned Coughlan is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-forward for the Cork senior football team. Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Coughlan first played competitive football in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He made his senior debut during the 1962 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for a brief period. He was a Munster runner-up on three occasions. At club level Coughlan won numerous championship medals with Mitchelstown. Throughout his career Coughlan played just five championship games for Cork. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1965 championship.

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# Ned Coughlan

**Ned Coughlan** (born 1943) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer who played as a centre-forward for the Cork senior football team.

Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Coughlan first played competitive football in his youth. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 and junior sides. He made his senior debut during the 1962 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen for a brief period. He was a Munster runner-up on three occasions.

At club level Coughlan won numerous championship medals with Mitchelstown.

Throughout his career Coughlan played just five championship games for Cork. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1965 championship.

## Honours

### Team

Mitchelstown Avondhu Cork

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Ned Coughlan
| Personal information | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Irish name | *Éamonn Ó Cochlainn* | | |
| Sport | Gaelic football | | |
| Position | Centre-forward | | |
| Born | 1943<br>Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland | | |
| Club(s) | | | |
| Years | **Club** | | |
|  | Mitchelstown | | |
| Club titles | | | |
| Cork titles | 0 | | |
| Inter-county(ies)\* | | | |
| Years | **County** | **Apps (scores)** |
| 1962-1965 | Cork | 5 (1-2) |
| Inter-county titles | | | |
| Munster titles | 0 | | |
| All-Irelands | 0 | | |
| NFL | 0 | | |
| \*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 01:09, 15 July 2014. | | | |


title: Pinus luzmariae

abstract: Pinus luzmariae is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in Honduras and southwest Mexico. It forms hybrids with Pinus herrerae which display hybrid vigor. Both species are placed in Pinus subsect. Australes.

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# Pinus luzmariae

***Pinus luzmariae*** is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in Honduras and southwest Mexico. It forms hybrids with *Pinus herrerae* which display hybrid vigor. Both species are placed in *Pinus* subsect. *Australes*.

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| *Pinus luzmariae* | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | *Pinus* |
| Subgenus: | *P.* subg. *Pinus* |
| Section: | *P.* sect. *Trifoliae* |
| Subsection: | *P.* subsect. *Australes* |
| Species: | ***P. luzmariae*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Pinus luzmariae***
Pérez de la Rosa | |
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title: Walter Balderson

abstract: Walter Tyler Balderson was an American television editor and video engineer, who participated in the advent of color television beginning in the early 1950s and later was one of the first editors to use videotape for instant replay on network television sports events. Nominated for three Emmys during his 35-year career with NBC (1949–1984), Balderson won an Emmy in 1977 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement", in recognition of his work on NBC's The First 50 Years special program.

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# Walter Balderson

**Walter Tyler Balderson** (September 19, 1926 – July 29, 2023) was an American television editor and video engineer, who participated in the advent of color television beginning in the early 1950s and later was one of the first editors to use videotape for instant replay on network television sports events. Nominated for three Emmys during his 35-year career with NBC (19491984), Balderson won an Emmy in 1977 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement", in recognition of his work on NBC's *The First 50 Years* special program.

## Early years

Walter Tyler Balderson was born in Farmers Fork, near Montross, Virginia, on September 19, 1926. The youngest of nine children, he attended Washington and Lee High School until 1944, when he joined the Navy during World War II. After serving aboard the destroyer USS *George K. MacKenzie* in 19451946, he studied radio and television engineering at Central Technical Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.

## Broadcasting career

Balderson began his broadcasting career in 1949, as an engineer with NBC owned-and-operated radio station WRC-AM in Washington, D. C. Desiring to be a part of the nascent television industry at the network level, he moved in 1950 to NBC's New York City headquarters studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza to work as an engineer and cameraman, spanning news, entertainment, and sports programming.

In addition to such New York-originated live entertainment shows of the period as Milton Berle's *Texaco Star Theater*, Balderson covered news events such as the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the U.S. in 1953, and was selected to be the sole pool cameraman inside the White House for Ike's meeting with outgoing President Harry S. Truman on Inauguration Day. Balderson later recalled the occasion in a newspaper interview: "I think this was probably my greatest thrill. I was feeding pictures to NBC, CBS, ABC. The only thing that concerned me was that something might happen to the camera. "

With the beginning of color television in the early 1950s, Balderson was cameraman for the *Bob Hope Special*, the first NBC color broadcast after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally approved the compatible color system developed by NBC's then-owner, RCA. He later recalled that the gigantic RCA TK-40 and TK-41 color cameras required more than an hour to set up and were comparatively unstable, making frequent adjustment necessary to maintain correct registration of the red, green, and blue primary colors. These cameras also required complicated control consoles and rack-mounted power supplies for the camera's many vacuum tubes and ventilator fans cooling their large image orthicon tubes.

During his career with NBC, Balderson covered every Democratic and Republican convention between 19521984. In the mid-1960s, he flew with President Lyndon B. Johnson across the Pacific Ocean, covering LBJ's Vietnam War visit to that war-torn southeast Asian country.

Beginning in the 1960s, Balderson was chief videotape editor for the *Huntley-Brinkley Report* and later worked with NBC News Department's anchormen John Chancellor and Tom Brokaw as videotape editor of the *Nightly News*. He once described the two hours before the live network telecast as "very hectic, there's a lot of running around and hollering. Sometimes we go right up to 6:29 pm before the package is ready to televise at 6:30 pm."

Among his notable video engineering assignments for NBC were such New York-originated programs as the *Perry Como Show*, *The Tonight Show* starring Steve Allen and then Jack Paar followed by Johnny Carson, and the celebrated *Bell Telephone Hour* during network television's "Golden Age". Balderson engineered NBC's first electronically edited show, *Kraft Music Hall*. He also edited the popular quiz show *Twenty One* for its two-year run (19561958), which was later exposed as fixed during the quiz show scandals of the late 1950s. Balderson subsequently told a newspaper reporter that although he was video tape editor for the program's entire run, he "had no idea it was rigged". He described producer Dan Enright standing next to him in the control room once becoming enraged when contestant Charles Van Doren missed an answer (which Enright had supplied in advance to assure Van Doran's winning). Only after the scandal was later revealed did Balderson realize the true reason for Enright's anger.

Balderson was one of the first editors to use videotape for instant replay in sports events televised by NBC in the early 1960s. He was tapped as on-location videotape editor by NBC for many of the network's premier sports events during the 1960s1980s, including baseball's World Series, NFL and college football, and the 1972 Winter Olympics from Sapporo, Japan.

## Later life and death

After retirement from NBC in 1984, Balderson moved from New York to Florida, where he lived in Clearwater. He died on July 29, 2023, at the age of 96.

## Awards

Balderson garnered three Emmy nominations during his 35-year career with NBC and in 1977 won the Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement" for editing NBC's 50th anniversary special in 1976, "The First 50 Years". In 1973, he was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding achievement in videotape editing of *NBC Nightly News*. He was also Emmy-nominated for his work on *The Eternal Light*, an acclaimed NBC Sunday morning religious program.

## InfoBox

| Walter Balderson | |
| --- | --- |
| Balderson in 2016 | |
| Born | Walter Tyler Balderson
(1926-09-19)September 19, 1926
Farmers Fork, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | July 29, 2023(2023-07-29) (aged 96) |
| Alma mater | Central Technical Institute |
| Occupation(s) | Video engineer and editor |
| Years active | 1949–1984 |
| Employer | NBC |
| Known for | Emmy Award |
| Parent(s) | Ella and Cleveland Balderson |


title: Operation Maple (Italy)

abstract: Operation Maple was a series of World War II operations in Italy in support of the Anzio landings. It comprised operations by the British Special Air Service, starting on 7 January 1944. Operation "Thistledown" was successful but "Driftwood" failed and its objective had to be destroyed later by "Baobab". None of the members of the first two parties returned safely, either being captured or going missing. Before Anzio landings, it was required to cut rail links north of Rome and elsewhere on the east coast. Rail lines around Terni and Orvieto were to be attacked by four men of "Thistledown" but all the team was captured. "Driftwood" consisted of two four man teams to cut the lines between Urbino and Fabriano and Ancona and Rimini: their fate is unknown but they are thought to have drowned or been captured and executed. A reinforcement party ("Baobab") was landed by sea on 30 January and destroyed a bridge between Pesaro and Fano.

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# Operation Maple (Italy)

**Operation Maple** was a series of World War II operations in Italy in support of the Anzio landings. It comprised operations by the British Special Air Service (2 SAS), starting on 7 January 1944. Operation "Thistledown" was successful but "Driftwood" failed and its objective had to be destroyed later by "Baobab". None of the members of the first two parties returned safely, either being captured or going missing.

Before Anzio landings, it was required to cut rail links north of Rome and elsewhere on the east coast. Rail lines around Terni and Orvieto were to be attacked by four men of "Thistledown" but all the team was captured. "Driftwood" consisted of two four man teams to cut the lines between Urbino and Fabriano and Ancona and Rimini: their fate is unknown but they are thought to have drowned or been captured and executed. A reinforcement party ("Baobab") was landed by sea on 30 January and destroyed a bridge between Pesaro and Fano.

## InfoBox

| Operation Maple | |
| --- | --- |
| Part of World War II, Operation Shingle | |
| Date January 1944  Location Italian east coast  Result British success | |
| Belligerents | |
| United Kingdom | Italy |
| Strength | |
| 16 troopers | |


title: ITPR1

abstract: Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ITPR1 gene.

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# ITPR1

**Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1** is a protein that in humans is encoded by the *ITPR1* gene.

## Interactions

ITPR1 has been shown to interact with:

## Further reading

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| ITPR1 | | | |
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| Available structures  PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB | | | |
| Identifiers | | | |
| Aliases | ITPR1, ACV, CLA4, INSP3R1, IP3R, IP3R1, PPP1R94, SCA15, SCA16, SCA29, inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 | | |
| External IDs | OMIM: 147265; MGI: 96623; HomoloGene: 1673; GeneCards: ITPR1; OMA:ITPR1 - orthologs | | |
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| Orthologs  Species **Human** **Mouse**  Entrez   Ensembl   UniProt   RefSeq (mRNA)     NM\_001099952
NM\_001168272
NM\_002222
NM\_001378452   NM\_010585   RefSeq (protein)     NP\_001093422
NP\_001161744
NP\_002213   NP\_034715   Location (UCSC) Chr 3: 4.49 – 4.85 Mb Chr 6: 108.19 – 108.53 Mb  PubMed search | | | |
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title: Indole-3-butyric acid

abstract: Indole-3-butyric acid (1H-indole-3-butanoic acid, IBA) is a white to light-yellow crystalline solid, with the molecular formula C12H13NO2. It melts at 125°C in atmospheric pressure and decomposes before boiling. IBA is a plant hormone in the auxin family and is an ingredient in many commercial horticultural plant rooting products.

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# Indole-3-butyric acid

**Indole-3-butyric acid** (**1*H*-indole-3-butanoic acid**, **IBA**) is a white to light-yellow crystalline solid, with the molecular formula C12H13NO2. It melts at 125°C in atmospheric pressure and decomposes before boiling. IBA is a plant hormone in the auxin family and is an ingredient in many commercial horticultural plant rooting products.

## Plant hormone

Since IBA is not completely soluble in water, it is typically dissolved in 75% or purer alcohol for use in plant rooting, making a solution of between 10,000 and 50,000 ppm. This alcohol solution is then diluted with distilled water to the desired concentration. IBA is also available as a salt, which is soluble in water. The solution should be kept in a cool, dark place for best results.

This compound had been thought to be strictly synthetic; however, it was reported that the compound was isolated from leaves and seeds of maize and other species. In maize, IBA has been shown to be biosynthesized in vivo from IAA and other compounds as precursors. This chemical may also be extracted from any of the Salix (Willow) genus.

## Plant tissue culture

In plant tissue culture IBA and other auxins are used to initiate root formation in vitro in a procedure called micropropagation. Micropropagation of plants is the process of using small samples of plants called explants and causing them to undergo growth of differentiated or undifferentiated cells. In connection with cytokinins like kinetin, auxins like IBA can be used to cause the formation of masses of undifferentiated cells called callus. Callus formation is often used as a first step process in micropropagation where the callus cells are then caused to form other tissues such as roots by exposing them to certain hormones like auxins that produce roots. The process of callus to root formation is called indirect organogenesis whereas if roots are formed from the explant directly it is called direct organogenesis.

In a study of *Camellia sinensis*, the effect of three different auxins, IBA, IAA and NAA were examined to determine the relative effect of each auxin on root formation. According to the result for the species, IBA was shown to produce a higher yield of roots compared to the other auxins. The effect of IBA is in concurrence with other studies where IBA is the most commonly used auxin for root formation.

## Mechanism

Although the exact method of how IBA works is still largely unknown, genetic evidence has been found that suggests that IBA may be converted into IAA through a similar process to β-oxidation of fatty acids. The conversion of IBA to IAA then suggests that IBA works as a storage sink for IAA in plants. There is other evidence that suggests that IBA is not converted to IAA but acts as an auxin on its own.

Media related to Indolebutyric acid at Wikimedia Commons

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Indole-3-butyric acid
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| Names | |
| Preferred IUPAC name 4-(1*H*-Indol-3-yl)butanoic acid | |
| Other names 1*H*-Indole-3-butanoic acid
Indole-3-butyric acid
3-Indolebutyric acid
Indolebutyric acid
IBA | |
| Identifiers | |
| CAS Number |  |
| 3D model (JSmol) |  |
| Beilstein Reference | 171120 |
| ChEBI |  |
| ChEMBL |  |
| ChemSpider |  |
| DrugBank |  |
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.004.638 |
| EC Number | * 205-101-5 |
| Gmelin Reference | 143637 |
| KEGG |  |
| PubChem CID |  |
| RTECS number | * NL5250000 |
| UNII |  |
| CompTox Dashboard (EPA) |  |
| InChI * InChI=1S/C12H13NO2/c14-12(15)7-3-4-9-8-13-11-6-2-1-5-10(9)11/h1-2,5-6,8,13H,3-4,7H2,(H,14,15) YKey: JTEDVYBZBROSJT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y * InChI=1/C12H13NO2/c14-12(15)7-3-4-9-8-13-11-6-2-1-5-10(9)11/h1-2,5-6,8,13H,3-4,7H2,(H,14,15)Key: JTEDVYBZBROSJT-UHFFFAOYAT | |
| SMILES * O=C(O)CCCc1c\[nH\]c2ccccc12 | |
| Properties | |
| Chemical formula | C12H13NO2 |
| Molar mass | 203.241 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | White to light yellow crystals |
| Density | 1.252 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 125 °C (257 °F; 398 K) |
| Boiling point | Decomposes |
| Structure | |
| Crystal structure | cubic |
| Hazards | |
| **GHS** labelling: | |
| Pictograms |  |
| Signal word | **Danger** |
| Hazard statements | H301, H315, H319, H335 |
| Precautionary statements | P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P310, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P330, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P403+P233, P405, P501 |
| Flash point | 211.8 °C (413.2 °F; 484.9 K) |
| Safety data sheet (SDS) | Oxford MSDS |
| Related compounds | |
| Related | auxin
indole-3-acetic acid |
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C \[77 °F\], 100 kPa). Y verify (what is YN ?)  Infobox references | |


title: Ned Dameron

abstract: Ned Dameron is a science fiction and fantasy artist.

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# Ned Dameron

**Ned Dameron** is a science fiction and fantasy artist.

## Influences

His mother had a gallery in New Orleans, where she mainly dealt with contemporary European paintings originating from a fantastic school, which decisively influenced him to turn in that direction in art.

## Works

Ned Dameron produced cover artwork for many genre novels including *The Dark Tower* series by Stephen King, and *The Second Generation* by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. He also produced interior illustrations for many *Dungeons & Dragons* books and *Dragon* magazine from 1989 to 1999, as well as cover art for the Dark Sun books *Thri-Kreen of Athas* and *Beyond the Prism Pentad*. His interior art has been featured in *Wizards and Rogues of the Realms* (1995).


title: John Lloyd (cricketer)

abstract: John Maurice Edward Lloyd was a Welsh first-class cricketer and barrister. Lloyd was born in January 1844 at Llanmerewig, Montgomeryshire, the second of three sons of the Reverend John Lloyd (1810–1891), of Castell Forwyn, Abermule, Montgomeryshire, rector of Llanmerewig from 1844 to 1878, and his wife Marianne, daughter of Edward Davies, of Rhydwhiman. The Lloyd family had lived in the town of Montgomery for centuries, descending from Maurice Lloyd, Capital Bailiff of Montgomery in 1686. His elder brother, William Llewellyn Lloyd, succeeded their father as head of the family. Lloyd was educated at Marlborough College, matriculating at Trinity College, Oxford in 1864, where he graduated B.A. in 1869, M.A. in 1872. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England at Oxford in 1866. Opening the batting in the Oxford first-innings, he was dismissed for 6 runs by Isaac Walker. A student of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in April 1872, where he specialised as an equity draftsman and conveyancer. In 1898, Lloyd married Alice Norton, daughter of Major-General Charles Stirling Dundas, son of the 26th Chief of Clan Dundas. Her mother, Mary Louisa, was daughter of Sir Norton Joseph Knatchbull, 10th Baronet. Their elder son was John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd, an antiquarian researcher and public servant. Lloyd died at his home, Plas Trefaldwyn, Montgomery- owned by the Lloyd family since the 1700s- in January 1910.

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# John Lloyd (cricketer)

**John Maurice Edward Lloyd** (7 May 1844 – 21 January 1910) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and barrister.

Lloyd was born in January 1844 at Llanmerewig, Montgomeryshire, the second of three sons of the Reverend John Lloyd (1810–1891), of Castell Forwyn, Abermule, Montgomeryshire, rector of Llanmerewig from 1844 to 1878, and his wife Marianne (d. 1850), daughter of Edward Davies, of Rhydwhiman. The Lloyd family had lived in the town of Montgomery for centuries, descending from Maurice Lloyd, Capital Bailiff of Montgomery in 1686. His elder brother, William Llewellyn Lloyd, succeeded their father as head of the family.

Lloyd was educated at Marlborough College, matriculating at Trinity College, Oxford in 1864, where he graduated B.A. in 1869, M.A. in 1872. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England at Oxford in 1866. Opening the batting in the Oxford first-innings, he was dismissed for 6 runs by Isaac Walker. A student of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in April 1872, where he specialised as an equity draftsman and conveyancer.

In 1898, Lloyd married Alice Norton, daughter of Major-General Charles Stirling Dundas, son of the 26th Chief of Clan Dundas. Her mother, Mary Louisa, was daughter of Sir Norton Joseph Knatchbull, 10th Baronet. Their elder son was John Davies Knatchbull Lloyd, an antiquarian researcher and public servant. Lloyd died at his home, Plas Trefaldwyn, Montgomery\- owned by the Lloyd family since the 1700s- in January 1910.

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John Lloyd
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | John Maurice Edward Lloyd |
| Born | 7 May 1844
Llanmerewig, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
| Died | 21 January 1910(1910-01-21) (aged 65)
Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales |
| Batting | Unknown |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1866 | Oxford University |
|  | |
| Career statistics | |
| Competition First-class  Matches 1  Runs scored 6  Batting average 6.00  100s/50s –/–  Top score 6  Catches/stumpings 1/– | |
|  | |
| Source: Cricinfo, 29 March 2020 | |


title: Mitsubishi Mirage R5

abstract: The Mitsubishi Mirage R5 is a rally car developed by Ralliart Sweden and built by Mitsubishi Motors. It is based upon the Mitsubishi Mirage road car and is built to R5 regulations. The car was launched in September 2014.

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# Mitsubishi Mirage R5

The **Mitsubishi Mirage R5** is a rally car developed by Ralliart Sweden and built by Mitsubishi Motors. It is based upon the Mitsubishi Mirage road car and is built to R5 regulations. The car was launched in September 2014.

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Mitsubishi Mirage R5
| A Mirage R5 in 2018 | |
| --- | --- |
| Category | R5 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Length | 3,740 in (9,499.6 cm) |
| Width | 1,820 in (4,622.8 cm) |
| Height | 1,490 in (3,784.6 cm) |
| Wheelbase | 2,470 in (6,273.8 cm) |
| Engine | 4B11T de-stroked 1.6 L (98 cu in) 4-cylinder, 16-valve turbocharged front transverse |
| Transmission | Sadev 5-speed sequential 4-wheel drive |
| Weight | 1,230 kg (2,711.7 lb) |
| Competition history | |
| Debut | 2015 Rally North Wales |