title: Hawaiʻi Kai, Hawaii

abstract: Hawaiʻi Kai, also known as Maunalua or Koko Marina, is a largely residential area located in the City & County of Honolulu, in the East Honolulu CDP, on the island of Oʻahu. Hawaiʻi Kai is the largest of several communities at the eastern end of the island. The area was largely developed by Henry J. Kaiser around the ancient Maunalua fishpond and wetlands area known as Kuapā. Hawaiʻi Kai or Koko Marina was dredged from Kuapā Pond starting around 1959. Dredging not only transformed the shallow coastal inlet and wetlands into a marine embayment, but was accompanied by considerable filling and clearing of the pond margins. In 1961, Kaiser-Aetna entered into a lease agreement with the land owner, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, to develop the 521 acre (2.11 km⁲) fishpond into residential tracts with a marina and channels separated by fingers of land and islands upon which house lots and commercial properties would be laid out and developed. Nearly all of the low-lying lands surrounding the marina have since been developed, and neighborhoods now extend back into the several valleys and up the separating ridges.

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# Hawaiʻi Kai, Hawaii

**Hawaiʻi Kai,** also known as **Maunalua** or **Koko Marina,** is a largely residential area located in the City & County of Honolulu, in the East Honolulu CDP, on the island of Oʻahu. Hawaiʻi Kai is the largest of several communities at the eastern end of the island. The area was largely developed by Henry J. Kaiser around the ancient Maunalua fishpond and wetlands area known as Kuapā (meaning "fishpond wall"). Hawaiʻi Kai or Koko Marina was dredged from Kuapā Pond starting around 1959. Dredging not only transformed the shallow coastal inlet and wetlands into a marine embayment, but was accompanied by considerable filling and clearing of the pond margins. In 1961, Kaiser-Aetna entered into a lease agreement with the land owner, the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, to develop the 521 acre (2.11 km2) fishpond into residential tracts with a marina and channels separated by fingers of land and islands upon which house lots and commercial properties would be laid out and developed. Nearly all of the low-lying lands surrounding the marina have since been developed, and neighborhoods now extend back into the several valleys and up the separating ridges.

## Geography

Immediately west of Hawaiʻi Kai along Kalanianaʻole Highway (State Rte. 72) is the East Honolulu neighborhood of Kuliʻouʻou. Eastward from Hawaiʻi Kai (Maunalua) on the same highway is the Koko Head area, an area now mostly included within Koko Head Park. South of Hawaiʻi Kai is Maunalua Bay, and north are the Koʻolau mountains. Eventually the road crosses over to the windward side near Makapuʻu Point.

Hawaiʻi Kai is located approximately 12 miles east of the Central Business District (CBD) of Honolulu.

In the 2000 U.S. Census the U.S. Census Bureau defined Hawaiʻi Kai as being in the urban Honolulu census-designated place. For the 2010 U.S. Census the bureau created a new census-designated place, East Honolulu.

## Native Hawaiian fishpond

Maunalua Bay was formerly renown for having the largest Native Hawaiian fishpond on Oʻahu. The 523 acre fishpond known as *Keahupua-O-Maunalua* had a wall or *kuapā* which originally spanned from Kuliʻouʻou headland and to what is now Portlock. The pond was used primarily to raise mullet*awaʻawa*) and was also home to many endemic or indigenous waterbirds. The area remained important for fishing and agriculture until the 1950s when the fishpond was filled for housing development.

## Communities

*Kalama Valley* is a community within the town of Maunalua, more commonly known as Hawaiʻi Kai located on the eastern coast of the island of Oʻahu. It features a shopping center, a public park and basketball facilities, and predominantly single-family, relatively high-priced housing, due to its location in Hawaiʻi Kai. There are a variety of attractions in the vicinity of Kalama Valley, including Hawaiʻi Kai Golf Course, Awawamalu (Sandy Beach), Makapuʻu Lighthouse and beach, Koko Crater Botanical Garden, the "From Here to Eternity" cove, and Hanauma Bay.

"Kamehame Ridge" is a ridge located in the middle of Kalama and Kamilo Iki Valley. Kamehame Ridge was developed during the 1990s. Now there are multi-million dollars homes and real estate stretching from the bottom to the top of the Ridge. It is most famous for its popular hike, known locally as “Dead Man’s Catwalk”.

## Demographics

Hawaiʻi Kai was home to 30,079 residents residing in 10,702 households during the period between 2009–2013. The percentage of residents 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher was 51.8 percent.

## Education

Maunalua is located within the Hawaiʻi Department of Education Kaiser Complex and is home to Henry J. Kaiser High, Hahaʻione Elementary, Kamiloiki Elementary, and Koko Head Elementary Schools. The three elementary schools feed into Niu Valley Middle School, which in turn feeds into Kaiser High, although Niu Valley Middle is not located in Hawaiʻi Kai.

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abstract: National Science Library and Resource Centre (NSLRC) of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka is a library, the National Focal Point for the dissemination of Science and Technology Information in Sri Lanka.

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# National Science Library and Resource Centre

**National Science Library and Resource Centre** (NSLRC) (Sinhala: ජාතික විද්‍යා පුස්තකාලය හා සම්පත් මධ්‍යස්ථානය -ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, jātika vidyā pustakālaya hā sampat madhyasthānaya -śrī laṁkāva) of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka is a library, the National Focal Point for the dissemination of Science and Technology Information in Sri Lanka.

## Library databases

## e-Repository

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| National Science Library and Resource Centre | |
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| Location | 47/5 Maitland Place, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka |
| Other information | |
| Employees | 10 |
| Website | Library |


title: Irene Bucher

abstract: Irene Bucher is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships in Thun in 1981, together with Ruth Schmid, Annelies Meier and Ruth Humbel.

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# Irene Bucher

**Irene Bucher** is a Swiss orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the *relay* at the World Orienteering Championships in Thun in 1981, together with Ruth Schmid, Annelies Meier and Ruth Humbel.

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Irene Bucher
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| Representing  Switzerland | | |
| World Championships | | |
|  | 1981 Thun | Relay |


title: Grand Excursion

abstract: The Grand Excursion was a promotional voyage by train and steamboat into the Upper Mississippi River valley, USA that first took place in June 1854. It marked the first railroad connection between the East Coast and the Mississippi River, and it included dignitaries such as former president Millard Fillmore. In 2004, 150 years later, the Grand Excursion route was retraced by both riverboats and a steam locomotive.

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# Grand Excursion

The **Grand Excursion** was a promotional voyage by train and steamboat into the Upper Mississippi River valley, USA that first took place in June 1854. It marked the first railroad connection between the East Coast and the Mississippi River, and it included dignitaries such as former president Millard Fillmore. In 2004, 150 years later, the Grand Excursion route was retraced by both riverboats and a steam locomotive.

## The original Grand Excursion

The original excursion of 1854 was organized to promote the opening of a new rail line between Chicago and Rock Island, Illinois. This line was the first railway link from the eastern United States to the Mississippi River, and thus a more than symbolic moment in westward expansion, allowing for commerce and westward immigration, and ultimately a complete rail line to the Pacific coast.

The route took travelers overland from Chicago, Illinois to Rock Island, Illinois, then upriver to Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory on several steamships. Approximately 1,200 people took part in the Excursion, many of whom were noted reporters and distinguished residents from the Eastern United States. Among these were then-popular novelist Catharine Sedgwick and former president President Millard Fillmore, who was widely rumored to be considering another campaign for the Presidency. News of the planned trek spread widely in the months prior to it taking place, so it generated a fair amount of press attention. Along with *The Song of Hiawatha*, which was published around the same time, accounts of this journey have been widely credited with influencing people to visit and often settle in the region in the late 19th century.

The first leg of the journey was by rail, and took the visitors from Chicago to Rock Island, Illinois via the Rock Island Railroad. Then, passengers were transferred to several steam-powered paddlewheelers for the trek upriver. The steamboats stopped several times daily to load up on firewood, but still traveled fairly quicklythey unexpectedly appeared a day earlier than planned in St. Paul. Once in the area, many travelers hiked overland to see the Falls of St. Anthony, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River, in what is now Minneapolis. During a brief ceremony at the falls, a jar of water taken from the Atlantic Ocean was poured into the falls in a symbolic "mingling of the waters."

A repeat of the journey marking its 150th anniversary (sesquicentennial) ran from June 25 to July 5, 2004.

## The 2004 Grand Excursion

The 2004 Grand Excursion retraced the route of the original trek, using several historic vehicles on the route. In addition to celebrating the 150th anniversary of the original event, it was used as a celebration of the reclamation of the Mississippi River. The river had become very polluted as the population of the region grew. Extensive efforts have been made to clean it up since the mid-20th century. The river remains fairly polluted, but it is much cleaner than it once was. It also celebrated the redevelopment of the riverfront areas for many communities. For many years, the riverfront area was neglected. In recent times, communities along the route have recognized the cultural importance of the riverfront, and have undertaken extensive redevelopment efforts.

A steam locomotive, the Milwaukee Road 261, pulled a collection of historic railroad cars on the route from Chicago to the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. Steamboats (or at least boats with an appropriate appearance) then traveled up the river to the Twin Cities in Minnesota, stopping daily and often becoming part of other festivities planned in local communities. Some of the steamboats were initially delayed due to high water on the river, which prevented the tall ships from passing under bridges, but they soon caught up with the other boats. It included many stops at towns on the river that were along the route. Some of the stops included Dubuque, Iowa, Guttenberg, Iowa, and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Since 1854, extensive rail networks have been built, so the train headed by the Milwaukee 261 followed the flotilla upriver on nearby tracks. For a while, it was also joined by Canadian Pacific 2816.

Since they came a day early, there was little fanfare when original Grand Excursion boats arrived in Minnesota (then Minnesota Territory). St. Paul Mayor Randy Kelly said the city would make up for that in 2004 by promising, "Church bells will ring, cannons will fire, bands will play, flags will wave and the bridges will be decked with bunting and signs."

The boats participating in the 2004 Grand Excursion included: *Anson Northrup*, *Celebration Belle*, *Delta Queen*, *Harriet Bishop*, *Julia Belle Swain*, *La Crosse Queen*, *Mississippi Queen*, and *Spirit of Peoria*.

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title: Mission Hill Family Estate

abstract: Mission Hill Family Estate is a wine grower and producer based in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, in the Okanagan Valley wine region. The winery is situated atop Mission Hill overlooking a 145 kilometre lake, mountains and vineyards.

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# Mission Hill Family Estate

**Mission Hill Family Estate** is a wine grower and producer based in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, in the Okanagan Valley wine region. The winery is situated atop Mission Hill overlooking a 145 kilometre lake, mountains and vineyards.

## History

Mission Hill Winery was established in 1966; years later, Anthony von Mandl would create the Mission Hill Family designation.

von Mandl was a wine seller in Vancouver during the 1970s and assisted in preparing a feasibility study regarding growing grapes in the area for Josef Milz, a Mosel based winery. While the German vintner did not go ahead with a purchase, von Mandl decided that the area was worth investing in, and in 1981 purchased the abandoned Mission Hill estate. von Mandl is also the founder of Mike's Hard Lemonade Co.

The first Chardonnay made by John Simes, who had just joined the winery, in the 1992 vintage won the trophy for "Best Chardonnay" at the 1994 International Wine and Spirit Competition, becoming the first Okanagan winery to receive overseas recognition.

Olson Kundig Architects were commissioned in 1996 to rebuild the winery and associated buildings. This was the first winery project undertaken by the design firm. The work was completed in 2002 at an estimated cost of thirty-five million Canadian dollars. The centrepiece and focal point of the design was a twelve-story and 85 foot high bell tower, with four bells cast by Fonderie Paccard in Annecy, France who also crafted the bells for St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York and Sacré-Cœur in Paris. The largest bell weighs nearly 800 kilograms.

## Vineyards

Until 1996, Mission Hill had purchased grapes from vineyards owned by others to produce wine, with no vineyard holdings of its own. It started to purchase its own vineyards in 1996. Mission Hill Family Estate farms 32 family-owned estate vineyards in the Okanagan Valley. Mission Hill has estate vineyards in each of the five growing regions; West Kelowna, East Kelowna, Naramata Bench, Black Sage Bench in Southeast Oliver and Osoyoos. Most of the vineyards are planted on benches above the valley floor; on varying degrees of slope that assist with air drainage, improve frost protection and increase the amount of sun the vines receive.

## Wines and winemaking

Michel Rolland, a prominent French oenologist, was a consultant at the estate for some vintages. 5.

Mission Hill estate produces wines across four tiers. Their entry level wines are the "Reserve" wines, followed by the "Terroir Collection" and the top-tier "Legacy" series.

The flagship "Oculus" is a Bordeaux style red wine made from Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It is named after circular windows used in classical architecture.

## Other

The estate has a sixty-seat restaurant called "Terrace" that opened in 2002. It overlooks Lake Okanagan. In 2008 it was named by Travel + Leisure magazine as one of the five best winery restaurants in the world.

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| Mission Hill Family Estate | |
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| Location | West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
| Appellation | Okanagan Valley |
| Other labels | Legacy Collection, Terroir Collection, Reserve |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Key people | Anthony von Mandl, O.C., O.B.C. (Proprietor), Taylor Whelan (Winemaker) |
| Known for | Oculus |
| Varietals | Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz, Vidal, Viognier |
| Website | www.missionhillwinery.com |


title: Freeman's Mill

abstract: Freeman's Mill, also known as Alcovy Road Grist Mill, and Swann's Mill is a historic restored gristmill located located on the east side of the Alcovy River in Dacula, Georgia.

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# Freeman's Mill

**Freeman's Mill**, also known as **Alcovy Road Grist Mill**, and **Swann's Mill** is a historic restored gristmill located located on the east side of the Alcovy River in Dacula, Georgia.

## History

The mill was constructed between 1868 and 1879 by John Griffin and Levi J. Loveless. Subsequent owners included W. Scott Freeman, his son Winfield, and Newt Pharr. The mill operated into the 1980s, making it one of the last operating gristmills in the county. In the 1990s, the mill was purchased by Gwinnett County and was restored in 2009. The mill was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

Originally, a miller's house was located just east of the mill but was destroyed by fire in the 1990s. The millstones were significant features, originally 48 inches in diameter, now 36 inches and weighing approximately 1,000 pounds each. The original wooden waterwheel was replaced with a historic breaststroke-type wheel, 20 feet high and 3 feet wide, running "backwards" with an 18-foot gear. The wooden dam was replaced circa 1910 with a shaped stone dam. A stone wall and series of gates and channels were added in 1946 to improve water control.

The site includes the mill and the area around it, encompassing the mill, its dam, and a portion of the Alcovy River.

## Architecture

The mill is a two-and-one-half story wood-framed structure with major floor beams and some vertical corner posts made of large hand-hewn timbers. The building is constructed with rough-hewn timber, and major structural members are mortised and tenoned together, while others are nailed with square-cut nails. The building frame is of hand-hewn timbers in a mortise-and-tenon construction joined by wooden pegs. The mill has a square shape with a lean-to addition (1955) on the southwest end; half of the lean-to section is two stories high, while the other portion is one story. The mill rests on a stone and concrete foundation, with weatherboard exterior and a roof replaced in 1947. The mill race's larger section was enhanced with a stone wall and spillway features, including a cement overflow area added in the late 1940s.

Original Dutch doors, double-hung windows on the first floor, and fixed nine-light windows on the second floor are notable features.

The interior equipment, except for the wheat stones, remains intact, and the mill could resume operation with minimal effort.

## Park

Soon after the restoration of the mill, a park was built surrounding it. Freedman's Mill Park has a playground, 0.5-mile paved multi-purpose trail, and restrooms. The park is managed by Gwinnett County Parks.

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| Freeman's Mill | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| The waterwheel at Freeman's Mill | |
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| Nearest city | Dacula, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 33°57′49″N 83°55′35″W / 33.96352°N 83.92646°W / 33.96352; -83.92646 |
| Built | between 1868 and 1879 |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000885 |
| Added to NRHP | July 23, 1998 |


title: Randersacker

abstract: Randersacker is a market town and municipality in Lower Franconia, a part of Bavaria, Germany. With its long tradition in wine making, Randersacker is a well-known wine places of Germany. It lies in the Würzburg district, and adjoins to Würzburg boroughs Heidingsfeld, Rottenbauer, Sanderau and Frauenland and to the municipalities of Gerbrunn, Theilheim and Eibelstadt.

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# Randersacker

**Randersacker** is a market town and municipality in Lower Franconia, a part of Bavaria, Germany. With its long tradition in wine making, Randersacker is a well-known wine places of Germany. It lies in the Würzburg district, and adjoins to Würzburg boroughs Heidingsfeld, Rottenbauer, Sanderau and Frauenland and to the municipalities of Gerbrunn, Theilheim and Eibelstadt.

## Geography

Randersacker is located in the south of Würzburg. This part of the Main is called *Maindreieck*. The term refers to the course of the river, it looks similar to a triangle. The city of Würzburg is about three miles away from the village center of Randersacker.

There are two subdistricts: Lindelbach and the main part Randersacker.

## Geology

The ground of Randersacker consists of shellbearing limestone. Until the middle of the 20th century, the region was a centre of the quarry industry. There are still residues on top of some hills. An important historic monument is the museum-quarry near Lindelbach with a well preserved crane.

## History

The first written mention of a settlement on the location of Randersacker was in 779. It was the *Würzburger Markbeschreibung* (report of Würzburg area). It reports that there were some vineyards on this ground.

The first mention of Randersacker was in 1123.

### Population

* 1970 – 3,378
* 1987 – 3,507
* 2000 – 3,513
* 2009 – 3,435

## Economy

The most important industries in Randersacker are viticulture and tourism. There are about 17 winemakers and several restaurants and hotels. Weingut Schmitt’s Kinder is a member of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter (VDP).

## Traffic

The Autobahn A3 passes Randersacker 2 kilometres south of the village centre. Also the river Main is a transport route of national importance.

## Main sights

The Balthasar Neumann Pavilion is a pavilion designed and built by the famous architect Johann Balthasar Neumann about 1750. It is his smallest building and is completely preserved. Today the pavilion serves for representation purposes, weddings etc.

The church Sankt Stephanus is one of the most beautiful romanesque churches in Franconia. The steeple is about 30 metres (98 ft) high and was built in the 13th and 14th century.

The Zehnthof is an old manor in Randersacker.

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| Randersacker | |
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| Municipality | |
| Randersacker on a foggy summer morning | |
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| Location of Randersacker within Würzburg district | |
| Randersacker Randersacker | |
| Coordinates: 49°45′32″N 09°58′58″E / 49.75889°N 9.98278°E / 49.75889; 9.98278 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Lower Franconia |
| District | Würzburg |
| Government | |
| Mayor (202329) | Michael Sedelmayer |
| Area | |
| Total | 16.20 km2 (6.25 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 280 m (920 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
| Total | 3,489 |
| Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97236 |
| Dialling codes | 0931 |
| Vehicle registration |  |
| Website | www.randersacker.de |


title: Pitthea continua

abstract: Pitthea continua is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.

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# Pitthea continua

***Pitthea continua*** is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.

## Distribution

It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.

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| *Pitthea continua* | |
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| *P. continua* \- Pateka, North Kivu | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | *Pitthea* |
| Species: | ***P. continua*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Pitthea continua***<br>Walker, 1854 | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Pitthea abbreviata* (Warren, 1899) | |


title: Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park

abstract: Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park is a municipal ward in the Scarborough section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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# Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park

**Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park** is a municipal ward in the Scarborough section of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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| Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park | |
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| Constituency<br>for the Toronto City Council | |
| Location of Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park in Toronto | |
| City | Toronto |
| Population | 102,275 (2016) |
| Current constituency | |
| Councillor | Jennifer McKelvie |


title: Harston, Leicestershire

abstract: Harston is a crossroads village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belvoir, in the Melton district, in Leicestershire, England, near the border with Lincolnshire. The nearest town is Grantham, about 6 miles (10 km) to the north-east. It once contained several quarries for iron ore. Part of the village borders Lincolnshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 182. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Belvoir.

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# Harston, Leicestershire

**Harston** is a crossroads village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belvoir, in the Melton district, in Leicestershire, England, near the border with Lincolnshire. The nearest town is Grantham, about 6 miles (10 km) to the north-east. It once contained several quarries for iron ore. Part of the village borders Lincolnshire. In 1931 the parish had a population of 182. On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Belvoir.

## The Church

The Church of England church dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, the only place of worship in the village, is a Grade II\* listed building.

The oldest part appears to be the three-stage tower, probably from the earlier half of the 14th century. This is supported on angle buttresses. The chancel dates from 1871 and the nave from 1888.

The church belongs to High Framland group of six parishes, whose rector is Rev. David Cowie. The Rectory is in Wymondham.

## Transport

Harston is served by three weekday buses a day between Melton Mowbray and Grantham. The nearest railway station to Harston is Grantham (6 miles, 10 km). The main A607 road between Melton Mowbray and Grantham runs to the south of the village.

## History

### Place name

The name of the village derives from the Old English *hār-tūn* meaning grey or boundary stone.

### Domesday Book

At the time of the Domesday Book (1086) Harston, like Knipton to the west, was part of the Manor of Croxton Kerrial, which was owned by the King (William I)

### Iron ore

Harston was the last place in Leicestershire where iron ore was quarried. This took place extensively to the north, east and south of the village from 1889 to 1972.

Stanton Ironworks Company had started quarrying in 1883 at Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir, just over the border in Lincolnshire to the north of Harston. The company opened its first quarry in Harston in 1888, south of Denton Road to the east of the village. The ore was taken by a short narrow-gauge tramway to the terminus of a standard-gauge mineral branch of the Great Northern Railway (GNR). The GNR then took it to the Stanton Company's ironworks in Derbyshire. The GNR was later part of the London and North Eastern Railway and then nationalised in 1948. The Stanton company opened another quarry to the north of the road in 1889, also served by the same tramway. From 1901 the company quarried to the north of the village on either side of the Woolsthorpe Road. At first the ore from there was taken by another tramway leading to the GNR branch further down the line near the Grantham Canal. This tramway, the last part of which was a rope-worked incline, passed the original Woolsthorpe quarries. Later, when quarrying west of Woolsthorpe Road ended, the quarries east of the road used an extension of the tramway leading to the standard-gauge terminus.

The Harston quarries north of Denton Road were exhausted by 1923, but they had already been extended into the parish of Denton. South of Denton Road, the active quarries between 1918 and 1930 were all in Denton, just to the east of Sewstern Lane. New quarries were opened to the south of the village in that year and later extended into Knipton. So was the tramway to serve them, which in 1947–1948 was converted to standard gauge. Quarrying ceased at Harston in 1972, but the tramway was still used for trains to and from the quarries at Denton for another two years. Until 1948, the ore was tipped from the narrow-gauge trucks into standard-gauge ones at the terminus of the standard-gauge branch, where they were left for a main line railway locomotive to take away. After 1948 the wagons were loaded at the quarry face and taken to the British Railways terminus where they were later picked up by a British railways locomotive. Between 1951 and 1955 there was a quarry to the north-west of the village, not served by the tramway. Ore from it was loaded into lorries, which took it to a tipping dock at the head of the British Railways branch. A small part of the quarry to the south of the village was also worked in that way in the early 1960s. The last two steam engines on the tramway gave way to diesel in 1967.

Quarrying was initially done by hand with the aid of explosives. Steam quarrying machines were introduced from 1917 and replaced by diesel power from 1936. There were also some electric machines used from 1940.

The quarries were owned by Stewarts & Lloyds Minerals Ltd from 1950 and British Steel from 1970. In later years the ore was taken to Scunthorpe for smelting. Traces of the railway and tramways remain. Some fields previously quarried are now at a lower level than the roads, but few other signs of the quarrying remain. There are some company-built cottages near the Denton Road. The engine shed has been removed and re-erected at Rutland Railway Museum, Cottesmore, Rutland. The last two steam locomotives are used on preserved railways.

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| Harston | |
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| Harston village sign | |
| HarstonLocation within Leicestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SK839318 |
| London | 100 mi (160 km) |
| Civil parish |  |
| District |  |
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| Region |  |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GRANTHAM |
| Postcode district | NG32 |
| Dialling code | 01476 |
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| Police | Leicestershire |
| Fire | Leicestershire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
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title: Hart Blanton

abstract: Hart Blanton is an American social psychologist. He is a professor in the department of communication and journalism at Texas A&M University. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton University in 1994.

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# Hart Blanton

**Hart Blanton** is an American social psychologist. He is a professor in the department of communication and journalism at Texas A&M University. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology from Princeton University in 1994.

## Research

Blanton is known for his contributions to the field of social comparison, social influence and has also conducted research on implicit attitudes. He is recognized for authoring Deviance Regulation Theory and psychometric analysis of the Implicit Association Test.


title: Lawrence Silas

abstract: Lawrence Silas was a cattle baron in Florida. He was African American. Silas has a permanent place in the Florida state museum exhibit "Florida's Black Cowboys: Past and Present".

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# Lawrence Silas

**Lawrence Silas** (born 1891) was a cattle baron in Florida. He was African American. Silas has a permanent place in the Florida state museum exhibit "Florida's Black Cowboys: Past and Present".

## History

Lawrence was born in Kenansville, Florida, on November 8, 1891, to former Georgia slave Tom Silas and his wife Elizabeth, the sixth of thirteen children. Because it was a rural area, Tom built a school and hired a teacher so his children could receive an education. Upon Tom’s death in 1905, Lawrence, aged fourteen, took over his father’s estate of 160 acres and 6 thousand head of cattle. He grew the heard to over 30 thousand head of cattle that fenced over 50 miles of the Kissimmee valley. Much of that land is where Disney resides today.. From 1911 to 1972 Lawrence purchased land and grew his business.

Lawrence had a skill for knowing what to do for every kind of sickness a cow could have. Another unique talent was his ability to sit on a corral gate as a herd ran past and being able to tell you how many cattle had passed. At calving time, he could “mammy up” every mother cow with her own calf by the color or curl of the hair or set off a shoulder, no matter how large the herd.

He was featured in the 1942 “Saturday Evening Post” article “Lawrence of the River” by Zora Neale Hurston, and was quoted as saying “I’ll be a cowman as long as I live. I might even die out on the range with a cigar in my mouth. Wouldn’t be nothing wrong with that.” The day he suffered a stroke he had spent the morning herding cattle at his ranch.

Lawrence received honors from Kissimmee High School, cattlemen’s groups, black educators and was recognized by President Harry S. Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt. He once saved a child from drowning in Mill Slough by riding his horse into the water and bringing the child to land.

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father, Thomas Silas, was a former slave who worked for various cattlemen after moving from Georgia to Kenansville, Florida. He built a ranch, eventually expanded to span 2,000 acres. The elder Silas died in 1909 when Lawrence was 18 years old. Lawrence, his 12 siblings, and mother saw the family's holdings deteriorate as the elder Silas left no will. The entire family then moved to Kissimmee, and Lawrence Silas began anew, building his own ranch and herd.
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While many blacks worked throughout the Florida cattle industry, Silas was demonstrably the most successful. He died in 1974 at the age of 82.

In Kissimmee, Lawrence Silas Boulevard is named after the cattleman.


title: Iris longiscapa

abstract: Iris longiscapa is a plant species in the genus Iris, it is also in the subgenus Iris and in the section Hexapogon. It is a rhizomatous perennial from the deserts of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. They have grass-like leaves and lilac-violet or blue-purple flowers on a tall slender stem. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.

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# Iris longiscapa

***Iris longiscapa*** is a plant species in the genus *Iris*, it is also in the subgenus *Iris* and in the section *Hexapogon*. It is a rhizomatous perennial from the deserts of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. They have grass-like leaves and lilac-violet or blue-purple flowers on a tall slender stem.

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions.

## Description

*Iris longiscapa* is very similar in form to *Iris songarica*.

The plant has a short, small rhizome. It produces small, nut-like segments, (which are smaller than *Iris falcifolia*), one per year, that spread to create small creeping, dense tufts of plants. On top of the rhizome are the fibrous remains of the previous seasons leaves. Underneath, it has plenty of thick roots.

It has basal, green, grass-like or filiform (thread-like) linear leaves. They are narrow, deciduous and between 0.02–25 cm (0–10 in) wide. The leaves are much narrower and straighter than *Iris falcifolia*.

The stem (or peduncle) is slender and can grow between 50–75 cm (20–30 in) long. It is more longer and slender than *Iris falcifolia*, but shorter than *Iris songarica*.

The stems have 3 spathes (leaves of the flower bud), which are narrow and are acuminated (ending in a sharp point), and they have a hyaline (clear and translucent) or membranous margin. The spathes have a small peduncle (stalk) that are between 1.2–2.5 cm (0–1 in) long.

The stems hold short pedicels (flower stalks), which are 5–7.5 cm (2–3 in) long, they hold 2–5 flowers, between April and May.

The flowers are 4–5 cm (2–2 in) in diameter, they are slightly smaller than *Iris falcifolia*, but smaller than *Iris songarica*. They come in shades of lilac-violet, or blue-purple, It has 2 pairs of petals, 3 large sepals (outer petals), known as the 'falls' and 3 inner, smaller petals (or tepals), known as the 'standards'. The falls are oblong shaped, and have darker veins along the margins. In the centre of the falls, is a large, white, clavate (shaped like a club) beard. It has a fine yellow centre. The standards are erect, narrowly spatulate and can sometimes have hairs.

The flowers are bisexual and actinomorphic (meaning have radial symmetry).

After the iris has flowered, it produces a pointed, 3-angled, or 3-edged seed capsule that is 4–6 cm (2–2 in) long.

### Biochemistry

Since most irises are diploid, having two sets of chromosomes, this can be used to identify hybrids and classification of groupings. It has a chromosome count: 2n=18, carried out by Zakharyeva in 1985.

## Taxonomy

It is known locally as '*teke-sakal* (in Turkmenistan) and *kacathk* (in Uzbekistan).

The Latin specific epithet *longiscapa* refers to long, slender stem, or long scape.

It was first published and described by Carl Friedrich von Ledebour in 'Flora Rossica sive Enumeratio Plantarum in Totius Imperii Rossici Provinciis Europaeis, Asiaticis, et Americanis Hucusque Observatarum. Stuttgartiae' (Fl. Ross.) Vol.4 Issue 12, page 93 in April 1852.

It was also published in 'Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans' Vol.7 page 505 in 1854. The synonym *Iris filifolia* Boiss. was published in 'Voy. Espagne' (1839–45) page602 in 1839.

It has never been illustrated except for a small drawing of one flower published in Komarov's 'Flora USSR' in Vol.4, table 34 in 1935.

On 2 October 2014, it was verified by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service.

## Distribution and habitat

*Iris longiscapa* is a native to temperate regions of Central Asia.

### Range

It is found in (the former states of USSR), of Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It is also found in Iran, or the Turanian deserts.

They are specifically found in the deserts of Kara Kum and Kyzyl Kum.

### Habitat

It is a psammophyte and grows in the sandy-clay deserts, or on granite hills. The soils contain NoH.

It is also found in the Turanian gypsophilic (gypsum-loving) sagebrush lands of Kazakhstan, growing with *Gagea reticulata*, *Nonea caspica* and *Tulipa sogdiana*.

## Uses

A harvest of dry leaves of the iris are used as a litter for cattle in barns in Uzbekistan.

It is eaten in spring by sheep in .

### Cultivation

*Iris longiscapa* is cultivated as an ornamental plant, though it is rare.

It is not hardy in Europe, and should be grown in a pot or a cold greenhouse. It is grown in loamy soils, in full sun with good drainage. It needs to rest and be dry over summer, after it flowers. It needs to be grown in full sun.

A specimen was sent to Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden.

### Other sources

* Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
* Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
* Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 66.

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| *Iris longiscapa* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | *Iris* |
| Subgenus: | *Iris* subg. *Iris* |
| Section: | *Iris sect. Hexapogon* |
| Species: | ***I. longiscapa*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Iris longiscapa***<br>Ledeb. | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Iris filifolia* Bunge (Illegitimate) | |


title: Miss Turkey 2018

abstract: The Miss Turkey 2018 held on September 24, 2017 in the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey was hosted by Dilay Korkmaz. On the coronation Night 3 major winners were crowned as Miss World Turkey 2018, Miss Universe Turkey 2018 and Miss Supranational Turkey 2018. At the event, Aslı Sümen crowned her successor Şevval Şahin as Miss World Turkey 2018, Pınar Tartan crowned her successor Tara de Vries as Miss Universe Turkey 2018 for the first time in Miss Turkey and Yasemin Çoklar Crowned her successor Roda Irmak Kalkan as Miss Supranational Turkey 2018.

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# Miss Turkey 2018

The **Miss Turkey 2018** held on September 24, 2017 in the Volkswagen Arena Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey was hosted by Dilay Korkmaz. On the coronation Night 3 major winners were crowned as Miss World Turkey 2018, Miss Universe Turkey 2018 and Miss Supranational Turkey 2018.

At the event, Aslı Sümen crowned her successor Şevval Şahin as Miss World Turkey 2018, Pınar Tartan crowned her successor Tara de Vries as Miss Universe Turkey 2018 for the first time in Miss Turkey and Yasemin Çoklar Crowned her successor Roda Irmak Kalkan as Miss Supranational Turkey 2018 .

## Winner and runners-up

| Final Results | Contestant * |
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| **Miss Turkey/ World 2018** | * **1****Şevval Şahin** |
| **Miss Turkey/ Universe 2018** | * **15****Tara de Vries** |
| **Miss Turkey/ Supranational 2018** | * **10****Roda Irmak Kalkan** |
| **Top 10** | * **3** – Sena Yağmur Çelik * **5** – Cansu Erdönmez * **11** – Çiçek Arsu * **14** – Işıl Coşkun * **17** – Tuna Salon * **18** – Buse Akar * **19** – Lale Zuzanna Onuk |

## Contestants

The official Top 20 Candidates of Miss Turkey 2017:

| No. | Name | Age | Height | Hometown |
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| 1 | Şevval Şahin | 19 | 182 cm (5 ft 11+12 in) | Istanbul |
| 2 | Deren Ertaş | 20 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Kırklareli |
| 3 | Sena Yağmur Çelik | 20 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Istanbul |
| 4 | Göksu Oral | 22 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Istanbul |
| 5 | Cansu Erdönmez | 24 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Istanbul |
| 6 | Bilge Uluğ | 22 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Istanbul |
| 7 | Yasemin Aşkın | 23 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |  |
| 8 | Gülsüm İlayda Özülke | 21 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) | Denizli |
| 9 | Aylin Sabrina White | 21 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |  |
| 10 | Roda Irmak Kalkan | 18 | 172 cm (5 ft 7+12 in) | Istanbul |
| 11 | Çiçek Arsu | 23 | 171 cm (5 ft 7+12 in) | Gaziantep |
| 12 | Beray Kocabaş | 26 | 174 cm (5 ft 8+12 in) | Istanbul |
| 13 | Dilara Yılmaz | 21 | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |  |
| 14 | Işıl Coşkun | 20 | 176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) | Istanbul |
| 15 | Tara Madelein De Vries | 19 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) | Istanbul |
| 16 | Meltem Kırbaş | 21 | 177 cm (5 ft 9+12 in) | İzmir |
| 17 | Tuna Salon | 22 | 179 cm (5 ft 10+12 in) | Balıkesir |
| 18 | Buse Akar | 21 | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | Marmaris |
| 19 | Lale Zuzanna Onuk | 20 | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | Istanbul |
| 20 | Damla Özdemir | 21 | 182 cm (5 ft 11+12 in) | Istanbul |
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| Miss Turkey 2018 | |
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| Date | September 24, 2017 |
| Presenters | Dilay Korkmaz |
| Venue | Volkswagen Arena Istanbul, Turkey |
| Entrants | 20 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Winner | Şevval Şahin<br>Istanbul \- **1** |


abstract: As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection. Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be added to this list below after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

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# Meanings of minor planet names: 458001–459000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and published in a bulletin by IAU's Working Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature (WGSBN). Before May 2021, citations were published in MPC's *Minor Planet Circulars* for many decades. Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB). Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the *Dictionary of Minor Planet Names* (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.

Based on Paul Herget's *The Names of the Minor Planets*, Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: SBDB New namings may only be *added to this list below after official publication* as the preannouncement of names is condemned. The WGSBN publishes a comprehensive guideline for the naming rules of non-cometary small Solar System bodies.

## 458001–458100

| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
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| 458063 Gustavomuler | 2009 YB7 | Gustavo Muler (born 1967), an Argentine-born Spanish amateur astronomer and discoverer of minor planets | JPL **·** 458063 |

## 458101–458200

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
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| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 458201–458300

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
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| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 458301–458400

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| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 458401–458500

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
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| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 458501–458600

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| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 458601–458700

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 458701–458800

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 458801–458900

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

## 458901–459000

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| Named minor planet | Provisional | *This minor planet was named for...* | Ref **·** Catalog |
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| *There are no named minor planets in this number range* | | | |

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title: Keith Cotton

abstract: Keith Cotton is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers as a centre, and coached at club level for Featherstone Rovers.

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# Keith Cotton

**Keith Cotton** (birth registered first ¼ 1942 ) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1970s. He played at club level for Featherstone Rovers as a centre, and coached at club level for Featherstone Rovers.

## Background

Keith Cotton's birth was registered in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.

## Playing career

Cotton made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 4 November 1961, and he played his last match for Featherstone Rovers during the 1972–73 season.

### Challenge Cup Final appearances

Cotton played at centre in Featherstone Rovers' 17-12 victory over Barrow in the 1966–67 Challenge Cup Final during the 1966–67 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1967, in front of a crowd of 76,290.

### County Cup Final appearances

Cotton played at centre in Featherstone Rovers' 7-23 defeat by Leeds in the 1970–71 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1970–71 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 21 November 1970.

### Testimonial match

Cotton's benefit season at Featherstone Rovers took place during the 1973–74 season.

## Coaching career

### Championship appearances

Cotton was the coach in Featherstone Rovers' victory in Championship during the 1976–77 season.

### County Cup Final appearances

Cotton was the coach in Featherstone Rovers' 12-16 defeat by Leeds in the 1976–77 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1976–77 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 16 October 1976, and was the coach in the 7-17 defeat by Castleford in the 1977–78 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1977–78 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1977.

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Keith Cotton
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Full name | Keith Cotton |
| Born | first ¼ 1942 (age 8182)<br>Pontefract, England |
| Playing information | |
| Position | Centre |
| Club  Years Team Pld T G FG P  1961–73 Featherstone Rovers 137+24 20 0 0 60 | |
| Coaching information | |
| Club  **Years** **Team** **Gms** **W** **D** **L** **W%**  197677 Featherstone Rovers 57 37 2 18 65 | |


title: Harris baronets

abstract: There have been four Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Harris, two in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010. The Harris Baronetcy, of Boreatton in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 December 1622 for Thomas Harris.The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1693. The Harris Baronetcy, of Stowford, near Launceston, in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 December 1673 for Arthur Harris, Member of Parliament for Okehampton between 1671 and 1681. The Harris residence was at Hayne House, Stowford. The title became extinct on his death in 1686. The Harris Baronetcy, of Bethnal Green in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 January 1932 for Percy Harris, Liberal Member of Parliament for Harborough and Bethnal Green South West. The Harris Baronetcy, of Chepping Wycombe in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 January 1953 for the Second World War commander of RAF Bomber Command Sir Arthur Harris. He had refused a peerage in 1946. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1996.

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# Harris baronets

There have been four **Baronetcies** created for persons with the surname **Harris**, two in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extant as of 2010.

The **Harris Baronetcy**, of Boreatton in the County of Shropshire, was created in the Baronetage of England on 22 December 1622 for Thomas Harris.The title became extinct on the death of the seventh Baronet in 1693.

The **Harris Baronetcy**, of Stowford, near Launceston, in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 December 1673 for Arthur Harris, Member of Parliament for Okehampton between 1671 and 1681. The Harris residence was at Hayne House, Stowford. The title became extinct on his death in 1686.

The **Harris Baronetcy**, of Bethnal Green in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 14 January 1932 for Percy Harris, Liberal Member of Parliament for Harborough and Bethnal Green South West.

The **Harris Baronetcy**, of Chepping Wycombe in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 January 1953 for the Second World War commander of RAF Bomber Command Sir Arthur Harris. He had refused a peerage in 1946. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1996.

## Harris baronets, of Boreatton (1622)

* Sir Thomas Harries, 1st Baronet (died 1628)
* Sir Paul Harris, 2nd Baronet (1595–1644)
* Sir Thomas Harris, 3rd Baronet (c.1629c.1661)
* Sir George Harris, 4th Baronet (1631 – c.1664)
* Sir Paul Harris, 5th Baronet (1634–1666)
* Sir Roger Harris, 6th Baronet (1601–1685)
* Sir Robert Harris, 7th Baronet (1612–1693)

## Harris baronets, of Stowford (1673)

## Harris baronets, of Bethnal Green (1932)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's cousin Paul Percy Ashford Harris (born 1945). The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Mark Percy Harris (born 1970).

## Harris baronets, of Chepping Wycombe (1953)

* Earl of Malmesbury, a title belonging to bearers of the name Harris
* Viscount FitzHarris, a subsidiary title of the above


title: Rural Municipality of Winchester

abstract: The Rural Municipality of Winchester is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 1, 1890. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Deloraine to form the Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester. The former RM is located in the southwestern part of the province, on its border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. It had a population of 594 in the 2006 census.

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# Rural Municipality of Winchester

The **Rural Municipality of Winchester** is a former rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was originally incorporated as a rural municipality on November 1, 1890. It ceased on January 1, 2015 as a result of its provincially mandated amalgamation with the Town of Deloraine to form the Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester.

The former RM is located in the southwestern part of the province, on its border with the state of North Dakota in the United States. It had a population of 594 in the 2006 census.

## Geography

According to Statistics Canada, the former RM had an area of 725.58 km2 (280.15 sq mi). A portion of Manitoba's Turtle Mountain Provincial Park is located at the southeast corner of the former RM along its border with North Dakota.

### Communities

* Dand
* Mountainside
* Regent

### Adjacent municipalities

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title: Iris magnifica

abstract:
Iris magnifica is a bulbous flowering plant in the genus Iris, in the subgenus Scorpiris. It is native to the mountains of Central Asia, including the Zarafshan Range in Uzbekistan.
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in), and producing pale lilac and white flowers in spring. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It has a known hybrid, Iris magnifica 'Agalik' (Vved), which flowers between April and May, in lavender-blue to white shades of colour. It also has an orange-tangerine crest. It will reach a height of 40–60 cm (16–24 in) and is fairly hardy in the US.

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# Iris magnifica

***Iris magnifica*** is a bulbous flowering plant in the genus *Iris*, in the subgenus *Scorpiris*. It is native to the mountains of Central Asia, including the Zarafshan Range in Uzbekistan. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in temperate regions – growing to 60 centimetres (24 in) (less in poor soils), and producing pale lilac and white flowers in spring.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

It has a known hybrid, *Iris magnifica* 'Agalik' (Vved), which flowers between April and May, in lavender-blue to white shades of colour. It also has an orange-tangerine crest. It will reach a height of 40–60 cm (16–24 in) and is fairly hardy in the US.

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| *Iris magnifica* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | *Iris* |
| Subgenus: | *Iris subg. Scorpiris* |
| Section: | *Iris sect. Scorpiris* |
| Species: | ***I. magnifica*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Iris magnifica***<br>Vved. | |
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title: Gramella sediminilitoris

abstract: Gramella sediminilitoris is a Gram-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of Gramella which has been isolated from tidal flat from Goheung in Korea.

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# Gramella sediminilitoris

***Gramella sediminilitoris*** is a Gram-negative, aerobic, non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of *Gramella* which has been isolated from tidal flat from Goheung in Korea.

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| *Gramella sediminilitoris* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteriia |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | *Gramella* |
| Species: | ***G. sediminilitoris*** |
| Binomial name | |
| *****Gramella sediminilitoris*****<br>Park et al. 2016 | |
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| Type strain | |
| GHTF-27 | |


title: Timewalker

abstract: Ivar Anni-Padda, also known as the Timewalker or the "Forever Walker," is a fictional superhero in the Valiant Comics universe. Created by artist and writer Barry Windsor-Smith, he first appeared in the 1993 flipbook issue Archer and Armstrong #8/Eternal Warrior #8. He was then further developed in his own series Timewalker, which lasted 15 issues and also had a special #0 issue detailing his childhood. Like his younger brothers Aram and Gilad the Eternal Warrior, Ivar has immortality and enhanced physical traits, and is nearly invulnerable to injury. Since the 2012 Valiant Universe reboot, Gilad also has an immortal sister: Vexana the War-Monger. Unlike his siblings, Ivar regularly travels through time by journeying through naturally occurring "time arcs," though he cannot control his destination without a highly advanced tachyon compass. As a man leading a non-linear life, and whose adventures sometimes overlap each other, Ivar is a cunning opportunist who will often manipulate others, friend or enemy, for his plans against evil to succeed.

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# Timewalker

**Ivar Anni-Padda,** also known as the **Timewalker** or the "Forever Walker," is a fictional superhero in the Valiant Comics universe. Created by artist and writer Barry Windsor-Smith, he first appeared in the 1993 flipbook issue Archer and Armstrong #8/Eternal Warrior #8. He was then further developed in his own series *Timewalker,* which lasted 15 issues and also had a special #0 issue detailing his childhood.

Like his younger brothers Aram (also called **Armstrong**) and **Gilad the Eternal Warrior**, Ivar has immortality and enhanced physical traits, and is nearly invulnerable to injury. Since the 2012 Valiant Universe reboot, Gilad also has an immortal sister: **Vexana the War-Monger**.

Unlike his siblings, Ivar regularly travels through time by journeying through naturally occurring "time arcs," though he cannot control his destination without a highly advanced tachyon compass. As a man leading a non-linear life, and whose adventures sometimes overlap each other, Ivar is a cunning opportunist who will often manipulate others, friend or enemy, for his plans against evil to succeed.

## Publishing History

### Original Valiant continuity

Originally, there were meant to be two immortal brothers in the Valiant Comics Universe \- Gilad, the Eternal Warrior and Aram the other, better known as Armstrong. Each is older than recorded history although Gilad is the elder by two years. In *Archer & Armstrong/Eternal Warrior* #8 (a double-sized "flipbook" that was two issues in one), readers learned there was a third brother, Ivar the eldest. Ivar then starred in *Timewalker*, which ran for 15 issues. An extra origin issue, numbered #0, detailed his origin and childhood, showed his father **Vandal**, and explained why he was not present when his younger brothers Aram and Gilad were adults and discovered their own immortality.

### Acclaim continuity

**Acclaim Entertainment** bought Valiant comics in 1994, leading to a reboot of the Valiant characters. In 1997, the graphic novel series *Eternal Warriors* reintroduced Ivar and his two brothers as Vikings, the sons of **Mog** and **Nin,** who become immortal due to a special plant. Collectively called the "Eternal Warriors," the three brothers fight evil together and share immortality with others over the centuries, creating the "Forever Family." The series started with the 1997 graphic novel *Eternal Warriors: Time and Treachery* by writer Art Holcomb and artists Doug Wheatley and John Floyd. The series ended in 1998 after five more graphic novels. In chronological order, they were: *Eternal Warriors: Digital Alchemy, Eternal Warriors: Archer & Armstong, Eternal Warriors: Blackworks, Eternal Warriors: Mog,* and *Eternal Warriors: The Immortal Enemy.*

### 2012 Valiant continuity

Acclaim Entertainment declared bankruptcy in 2007 and the newly created **Valiant Entertainment, Inc.** bought back the rights to many characters. Valiant Comics was relaunched in 2012 with a rebooted universe. Ivar was reintroduced in 2012 in the first story arc of *Archer & Armstrong* Volume 2 by writer Fred Van Lente and artists Clayton Henry and Brian Reber. *Archer & Armstrong* #0 later revealed that the three brothers gained immortality when Ivar activated a strange machine known as the Boon, a device that gave them this gift by draining the life force from their entire home city-state and destroying the surrounding area. The same incident also temporarily removed Ivar from physical reality, turning him into a timewalker. In 2015, Ivar was the title star of the 12-issue series *Ivar, Timewalker* by Fred Van Lente with art by Clayton Henry and Brian Reber.

## Fictional character biography

### Valiant Comics 1992-1996

Born in a village of Anatolia over 3000 years before the celebrated birth of Jesus Christ, **Ivar Anni-Padda** is the son of Vandal, a fierce warrior. After his mother dies while giving birth to Vandal's youngest son, Aram, the boy Ivar flees the village in grief. While away, he learns he can sense folds in time or "time arcs" and then comes across a group of aliens and a woman named Jahk'rt, who is a "bio-manipulator" and a time traveler from the far future. Ivar returns to the village to warn them of the strange threats but finds it has already been raided and destroyed by other enemies, though Vandal and his two other sons escaped. Jahk'rt, sensing Ivar is special, then captures the boy and studies him for over a century, during which it is realized he stops aging during his adulthood and is nearly invulnerable to death. This last trait allows him to travel through time arcs safely without a vehicle, though he cannot control his destination. While Ivar is gone, his two younger brothers Gilad and Aram learn they are also enhanced and have immortality.

Freeing himself, Ivar runs across another prisoner, a young woman, and helps her escape. They fall in love but when Ivar takes them through a time arc to evade capture, she is killed by the stress of the journey. With a time compass he took from Jahk'rt, Ivar begins his long life as a "Timewalker," journeying back and forth through time, having many adventures and fighting many threats against humanity. He learns many languages, studies several fields, and becomes adept at a wide variety of weapons and fighting styles. On occasions, he reunited with his brother Gilad, now the ruthless Eternal Warrior, and Aram, the jovial adventurer who later calls himself Armstrong. A few exploits of the three brothers even inspire the tales of The Three Musketeers. Ivar also sometimes runs into various Geomancers, a long line of sorcerers who speak directly to the Earth and sometimes recruit heroes to help them against great evil.

During his travels, Ivar winds up in the middle of the future-era Harbinger Wars, bringing him into contact with the woman Faith Herbert and the last of the Rai warriors.

### Acclaim Entertainment 1997-1998

Long ago, the Viking warrior Mog has a wife Nin (a woman with one green eye and one brown eye) and three sons: Gilad, Ivar and Aram. Mog discovers a special herb he believes is connected to the gods. Calling it **the Bloom**, Mog shares it with their young sons, who begin growing rapidly and show increased physical abilities. Consuming the plant regularly, Mog gains a form of immortality and begins to hear voices he thinks are gods telling him it is his destiny to dominate Earth. When Nin shows concern for him, Mog decides she is jealous of his power and stabs her fatally. To save his mother, Ivar pushes her into the river where the Bloom plant was found. Mog destroys his village in a rage, then continues pursuing murder and conquest over the centuries. Eventually, he gains enough control over his rage to act clandestinely when he must. Nin, transformed by the Bloom, repeatedly confronts Mog, becoming his Immortal Enemy.

Reaching adulthood, Mog's sons realize they are ageless and nearly invulnerable. Working against threats to humanity, they become known as the Eternal Warriors. As the centuries go on, the three Eternal Warriors occasionally choose those they deem worthy to become immortal as well, sharing the Bloom with them. Those chosen become known as the **Forever Family**, and together they and mortal allies work in secret to fight evil and influence humanity for the better. Many of the Forever Family leave their old names behind, renaming themselves after weapons or items of significance. The three Eternal Warriors also earn individual titles among the Forever Family. Aram, also nicknamed "the Mighty Arm-Strong," becomes an Earth-based sorcerer known as a Geomancer. Gilad becomes known as Warmaster. Ivar, who discovers how to fold time and travel through the sub-dimension of "netherspace," earns the title Timewalker. With his "fold maps," Ivar and the Forever Family can teleport across Earth through netherspace portals. With a wrist-worn device, Ivar is able to control and navigate his journeys through time, though the device proves inaccurate at ties (such as taking him to a Led Zeppelin concert rather than to a literal zeppelin).

In 1933 Berlin, Ivar is present when his mother Nin nearly kills his father Mog but is seriously injured herself. Unable to allow either parent to die but considering them both too dangerous to leave alone, Ivar traps Mog in a glacier and then imprisons Nin inside a place where magic spells prevent her from fully healing. It is decades before either is released.

In the modern-day, the Eternal Warriors have a hidden community in the Palazzo base in Rome that includes the Forever Family, several human allies, and the Neo-Vals, the last surviving descendants of the original Vikings. The Forever Family works together again against threats such as the corrupt organization Blackworks, whose leader Donald Kelvin discovers Mog. The father of the Eternal Warriors uses Blackworks resources to wage war, demanding leadership of the Forever Family and domination of Earth. To fight Mog, Ivar frees his imprisoned mother Nin. After several battles, Mog is defeated and the Eternal Warriors decide their efforts to help humanity have caused as much harm as good. They disband the Forever Family and go their separate ways.

The Acclaim version of Ivar the Timewalker is also featured in a two-issue team-up mini-series alongside the time-lost hero Turok. The two confront the villain Sabbath with the help of Master Darque.

### Valiant Entertainment Reboot 2012

Six thousand years ago in the ancient Mesopotamian city-state of Ur, Ivar Anni-Prada is a normal man and the eldest of four children. As an adult, he serves the city as a brilliant engineer, creating an irrigation system, effective defense walls, and lanterns powered by static electricity while in motion. One day, he and his brothers Aram and Gilad (the youngest) journey into the strange realm of Utnapishtim, also called "the Faraway." During their quest, they meet the Keepers of the Timeless Word, an order that safeguards a machine known as **the Boon** which sustains life in the Faraway, keeping it a timeless place without death. They take the machine but Gilad is fatally wounded. Ivar and Aram return to Ur and their young sister **Vexana** is grief-stricken, leaving Gilad's deathbed and fleeing the city. Ivar blames himself for Gilad's death and determines to use the Boon to restore Gilad, despite Aram's protests. Activated, the Boon drains the life force from the thousands who inhabit Ur and a massive explosion occurs, the Great Cataclysm. All those in Ur and the surrounding areas are killed, the city now in ruins. As a result, Gilad is not only resurrected, he and his two brothers are now immortals with enhanced bodies and minds.

The blast of the Great Cataclysm imprisons Ivar outside of physical reality, forcing him to walk through time. His two brothers eventually go their separate ways, with Aram later adopting the name Armstrong and Gilad becoming known as the Eternal Warrior, chosen by Earth itself to stop certain threats by any means necessary, often working with Geomancers who speak for the Earth. Unable to act directly in the physical world, Ivar eventually reaches out telepathically to the young warrior Obadiah Archer, who befriends Armstrong in the 21st century. Ivar helps guide the two of them to prevent an evil cult known as the Sect from reactivating the Boon.

Finally free of his imprisonment, Ivar can now walk through time via "time arcs" that naturally occur. Rather than simply pursuing a linear life, he regularly hops between different time eras, navigating with a "tachyon compass", while doing his best to protect Earth and sometimes even reality itself from evil and destruction. Known as a Timewalker, or to some time travelers as the "Forever Walker," Ivar works alongside many heroes and warriors in his adventures, occasionally recruiting his brothers as well. Due to the nature of his journeys, he often meets people out of linear order.

Vexana is also killed by the blast but then resurrected by dark spirits that grant her immortality and the ability to warp emotions. Seeing her home destroyed, Vexana worries her survival means she might be responsible for the Great Cataclysm. She leaves, her grief blocking out much of her memory and warping her mind. She becomes the War-Monger, a self-styled "agent of chaos" sparking conflicts around the world.

In the modern-day, Ivar encounters Dr. Neela Sethi just before the woman is about to invent time travel on Earth. He guides her on a journey through time so she can understand the nature of time travel, though secretly pursuing his own agenda. To aid him against the Null, a cult worshiping oblivion and hoping to erase the physical universe, Ivar recruits Sethi, Armstong, Amelia Earhart, and an older version of Gilad from the far future. After the threat of the Null is seemingly defeated, Ivar and Sethi go separate ways, apparently down different timelines.

## Superhuman Abilities

Like his brothers Aram and Gilad, Ivar Anni-Pada is ageless, invulnerable to disease and poison. He has superhuman strength, is more resistant to injury than an average human, has enhanced reflexes and speed, and his body heals from injury and damage. In the Acclaim Entertainment Comics continuity, immortals could still be killed by catastrophic injury, such as having most of their flesh and muscle destroyed, having their heads destroyed, or being bisected across the mid-section. His long life and unique experiences as a Timewalker have made him an expert at various forms of combat and highly knowledgeable in several fields.

Since 2012, the comics have said that mysterious machine known as the Boon not only made Ivar and his brothers immortal and enhanced their bodies but also enhanced their mind. The three brothers now have minds with unlimited storage and analytical capacity, as well as perfect recall when necessary. Even if the brain is destroyed and must later regenerate, all memories and knowledge are retained. The Boon also equips the mind with a unique form of apathy, so that emotions do not play a prominent role in their thought processes (although they do still feel them). This makes them immune to depression and other forms of mental illness, allowing them to experience eternity without losing their sanity over time.

Along with his immortality, Ivar can sense use naturally occurring folds and disruptions in time called "time arcs." He can then walk through these folds, instantly transporting himself to another time and place (though usually limited to Earth). Ivar cannot navigate his time travel without technology such as a tachyon compass.

Since the 2012 Valiant Entertainment Reboot, Ivar wears a chip called a "zelig" that acts as a universal translator and causes others to see his appearance, skin tone, and clothing as what they could expect from an average and non-threatening inhabitant of their local time and area. Having a zelig means he can see through the disguise of someone else's zelig.

## Collected editions

| Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| *Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 1: Making History* | *Ivar, Timewalker* #1-4 | June 2015 | 978-1939346636 |
| *Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 2: Breaking History* | *Ivar, Timewalker* #5-8 | October 2015 | 978-1939346834 |
| *Ivar, Timewalker Vol. 3: Ending History* | *Ivar, Timewalker* #9-12 | March 2016 | 978-1939346995 |
| *Ivar, Timewalker Deluxe Edition* | *Ivar, Timewalker* #1-12 | August 2016 | 978-1682151198 |

1. *Timewalker* #0.
2. *Timewalker* #0, 1-2.
3. *Eternal Warrior* Volume 1 #8 (1992). *Archer and Armstrong* #8-11 (1992).
4. *Timewalker* #6-8. *Rai* #0.
5. *Eternal Warriors: The Immortal Enemy* (1998)
6. *Eternal Warriors: Archer & Armstrong* (1997)
7. *Eternal Warriors: The Immortal Enemy* (1998)
8. *Eternal Warriors: The Immortal Enemy* (1998)
9. *Turok, Timewalker: Seventh Sabbath* #1-2 (August–September 1997)
10. *Archer & Armstrong* Volume 2 #0
11. *Archer & Armstrong* Volume 2 #1-4.
12. *Ivar, Timewalker* #1-6
13. *Ivar, Timewalker* #1-12

## InfoBox

| Timewalker | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Valiant Comics |
| First appearance | *Archer and Armstrong/Eternal Warrior #8 (March 1993)* |
| Created by | Barry Windsor-Smith |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Ivar Anni-Padda |
| Abilities | Immortal. Able to detect time arcs. Super-human strength and increased healing speed. |


title: Keith Schmidt

abstract: Keith Schmidt was an Australian cricketer. He played sixteen first-class matches for Tasmania between 1949 and 1961.

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# Keith Schmidt

**Keith Schmidt** (19 December 1921  4 October 2017) was an Australian cricketer. He played sixteen first-class matches for Tasmania between 1949 and 1961.

## InfoBox

Keith Schmidt
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1921-12-19)19 December 1921
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Died | 4 October 2017(2017-10-04) (aged 95)
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1949-1961 | Tasmania |
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| Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2016 | |