Handcar

A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people pushing the car from behind. It is mostly used as a maintenance of way or mining car, but it was also used for passenger service in some cases. A typical design consists of an arm, called the walking beam, that pivots, seesaw-like, on a base, which the passengers alternately push down and pull up to move the car.
History.
It is not clear who invented the handcar, also written as hand car or hand-car. It is likely that machinists in individual railroad shops began to build them to their own design. Many of the earliest ones operated by turning large cranks. It is likely that the pump handcar, with a reciprocating walking beam, came later. While there are hundreds of US patents pertaining to details of handcars, probably the primary designs of mechanisms for powering handcars were in such common use that they were not patentable when companies started to manufacture handcars for sale to the railroads.
Handcars were absolutely essential to the operation of railroads during a time when railroads were the primary form of public transportation for people and goods in America, from about 1850 to 1910. There may have been handcars as early as the late 1840s but they were quite common during the American Civil War. They were a very important tool in the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. There were many thousands of them built. They were commonly assigned to a "section" of track, the section being between about 6 to 10 miles long, depending upon the traffic weight and locomotive speed experienced on the section. Each section would have a section crew that would maintain that piece of track. Each section usually had a section house which was used to store tools and the section's handcar. Roughly 130,000 miles of track had been constructed in America by 1900. Thus, considering there was a handcar assigned to at least every ten miles of that track, there would have been a minimum of 13,000 handcars operating in the United States. This number is obviously a gross underestimate because many sections were shorter than 10 miles and railroads also had spare handcars for use in unusual circumstances. Telegraph company Western Union and other rail-users had their own handcars, adding to the overall handcar population.
The first handcars, built in the railroad shops, were probably made of whatever parts the shops had around or could easily make. These cars were probably quite heavy. Heavy handcars need more people to propel them. More people will add more power but at some point the benefits are offset by the weight of the people: their own weight would not be compensated by any extra power they can produce. Many companies made handcars in the years following the American Civil War as evidenced by the number of advertisements in contemporary publications such as The Car Builder's Dictionary. By the mid 1880s The Sheffield Velocipede Car Company, The Kalamazoo Velocipede Company and the Buda Foundry and Manufacturing Company were the three large companies who were the primary builders of handcars. Sheffield was almost immediately acquired by industrial giant Fairbanks Morse. All three companies changed their names over the years but for most of the years that they produced handcars, they were still identified as Sheffield, Kalamazoo and Buda. Hand cars continued to be available through the first half of the 20th Century. Fairbanks Morse was still offering a handcar from their catalog as late as 1950 and Kalamazoo sold them until at least 1955.
While depictions on TV and in movies might suggest that being a member of a handcar crew is a joyride, in fact pumping a traditional handcar with bronze bearings rather than modern roller bearings can be very hard work. The disagreeable nature of this experience must have been heightened by the dead weight of typical section crew supplies such as railroad spikes, track nuts and bolts, shovels, pry bars of various sorts and other iron and steel equipment.
Motor section cars began to appear in the very early 1900s, or a few years earlier. They quickly replaced most of the handcars. Those handcars that were not scrapped during World War I, were probably scrapped during World War II. It is not clear how many handcars survived. They can be found in railroad museums and some are in private hands.
Modern usage.
Handcars have been normally used by railway service personnel (the latter also known as Gandy dancers) for railroad inspection and maintenance. Because of their low weight and small size, they can be put on and taken off the rails at any place, allowing trains to pass. Handcars have since been replaced by self-propelled vehicles that do not require the use of manual power, instead relying on internal combustion engines or electricity to move the vehicle.
Handcars are nowadays used by handcar enthusiasts at vintage railroad events and for races between handcars driven by five person teams (one to push the car from a halt, four to pump the lever). One such race, the Handcar Regatta, was held in Santa Rosa, California from 2008 to 2011 and other races are held in Australia. See the section on racing below. Aside from handcars built for racing, new handcars are being built with modern roller bearings and milled axles and crankshafts.
International.
Australia.
In Australia, hand cars or pump carts are commonly referred to as Kalamazoos after the Kalamazoo Manufacturing Company, which provided many examples to the Australian railway market. Many Kalamazoos are preserved in Australia, some even being used for races.
Guatemala.
There is a push car service along the railroad tracks between Anguiatú in Guatemala and rural towns across the Salvadoran border. Sometimes it is pulled by a horse.
Japan.
In Japan, dozens of commercially operated handcar railway lines, called or existed in early 20th century. Those lines were purely built for its passenger/freight service, and "drivers" pushed small train cars all the way. The first line, Fujieda-Yaizu Tramway, opened in 1891, and most of the others opened before 1910. Most lines were very short with less than 10 km lengths, and the rail gauges used were either or .
As the human-powered system was fairly inefficient, many handcar tramways soon changed their power resources to either horse or gasoline. The system was not strong against a competition with other modes of transport, such as trucks, horses, buses, or other railways. Taishaku Handcar Tramway ceased its operation as early as 1912, and almost all the lines were already closed before 1945.
Taiwan.
In Taiwan, commercially operated handcars were called either light railway line (Traditional Chinese: 輕便線; Hanyu Pinyin: qīngbiàn-xiàn), hand-pushed light railway line (手押輕便線; shǒuyā qīngbiàn-xiàn), hand-pushed tramway (手押軌道; shǒuyā guǐdào), or most commonly, hand-pushed wagon (手押臺車; shǒuyā táichē). The first line was built in the 1870s. The network developed later under Japanese rule. In 1933, its peak, there were more than 50 lines in the island with 1,292 km network, transporting local passengers, coal, factory products, sugar, salt, bananas, tea leaves, and others. Most lines, excluding those in mines and isolated islands, have disappeared after Japanese have left. However, a few lines survived well until the 1970s. Currently, only the sightseeing line in Wūlái still exists, although its line is not human-powered anymore.
In popular culture.
Handcars are a recurring plot device of twentieth and twenty-first century film, such as comedy, drama and animation.
Racing.
The Canadian Championship Handcar Races are held annually at the Palmerston Railway Heritage Museum (formerly the old Palmerston CNR station) in Palmerston, Ontario, Canada each June. These races began in 1992 and have been running since.
An annual handcar race, Dr. E. P. Kitty's Wunderkammer, featuring the Great Sonoma County Handcar Races (formerly known as The Hand-car Regatta), is held in the rail-yard in old downtown Santa Rosa, California.
A multi-faceted festival, it was centered in races of numerous widely varying human-powered vehicles operating on railroad tracks. These included traditional hand-powered carts and others powered by pedals or pushing.
A similar race is happening in the nearby Northern California town of Willits, California, on Sept. 8 and 9, 2012.
Other races are held in Australia, some using preserved old handcars. See the reference above discussing Kalamazoos in Australia.


Ballineen and Enniskean railway station

Ballineen and Enniskean railway station was on the West Cork Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
History.
Two stations, "Ballineen" and "Enniskeen," were built 1 mile apart and opened on 12 June 1866. They were both closed and merged on 15 May 1891 as "Ballineen and Enniskean"
Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 1 April 1961.


Karditsa railway station

Karditsa railway station () is a railway station that serves the city of Karditsa, Thessaly, Greece. Located south of the center of Karditsa, the station opened by the Thessaly Railways, (now part of OSE). Today TrainOSE operates 11 daily Regional trains between Kalambaka, Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa and Palaiofarsalos.
History.
The station open 16 June 1886 by the Thessaly Railways. The original station building (and the line) was designed by the Italian Evaristo de Chirico, (father of Giorgio de Chirico), however this building was removed and replaced with a newer building some years later. The line was authorise by the Greek government under the law AMH’/22.6.1882. soon after the liberation of Central Greece from the Ottomans.
After the First World War, the Greek state planned the ambitious construction of several new rail lines and links, including a standard gauge line from Kalambaka on to Kozani and then Veroia creating a conversion of the route from Volos to Kalambaka (though Karditsa) on standard gauge. In 1927, the relevant decisions were made, starting in 1928, work was carried out on the construction of the new line from Kalambaka. But a year later, it was clear that the project would exceed the estimated costs many times over. In 1932, the construction work was stopped and remains unfinished. In 1955 Thessaly Railways was absorbed into Hellenic State Railways (SEK).
Freight traffic declined sharply when the state-imposed monopoly of OSE for the transport of agricultural products and fertilisers ended in the early 1990s. Many small stations of the network with little passenger traffic were closed down, especially on the mainline section and between Karditsa and Kalampaka. In 2001 the section between Kalampaka and Palaiofarsalos was converted from Narrow gauge (1000 mm) to standard gauge (1435 mm) and physically connected at Palaiofarsalos with the mainline from Athens to Thessaloniki. Since to upgrade, however, travel times improved and the unification of rail gauge allowed direct services, even InterCity services, to link Volos and Kalambaka with Athens and Thessaloniki.
Facilities.
The Station has waiting rooms on platform 1. There is a footbridge from platform 1 to platform 2/3, via stairs or lift. The station is staffed, with ticket purchasing facilities and toilets, with Luggage storage available.
Services.
The station is currently served by Regional trains between Athens, Thessaloniki, Larissa and Proastiakos, with up to six trains daliy in each direction.
References.
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Karawanken Autobahn

The Karawanken Autobahn (A 11) is an autobahn (motorway) in Austria. It runs about from the Villach junction with the Süd Autobahn (A2) and the Tauern Autobahn (A10) southwards to the Slovenian border where it connects the A2 motorway leading to Ljubljana. It is part of the European route E61 from Villach to Rijeka.
The A11 is named after the Karawank mountain range, which forms the Austrian-Slovenian border, crossed by the long Karawanks Tunnel opened in 1991.


Nerantziotissa station

Nerantziotissa station is a complex of two train stations located in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece. The first is a station of Line 1 of the Athens Metro, and the second is a "Proastiakos" (suburban rail) station. It takes its name from the nearby Byzantine church of Παναγία Νεραντζιώτισσα ("Panagía Nerantziótissa"), which was itself named for the abundance of bitter orange trees in the area. The station is near the The Mall Athens, a large American-style shopping mall. It is also close to the Athens Olympic Sports Complex.
Nerantziotissa station was built for the 2004 Olympic Games. It is served by lines 1, 4 and 5 of Proastiakos Athens, all of which terminate at Athens Airport.


Durrus Road railway station

Durrus Road railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
History.
The station opened on 4 July 1881.
Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 1 April 1961.


Sliedrecht Baanhoek railway station

Sliedrecht Baanhoek is a railway station, in Sliedrecht, Netherlands.
History.
The station opened on 16 July 1885, but was closed on 15 May 1938. The station was reopened on 11 December 2011. The station lies on the MerwedeLingelijn (Dordrecht – Geldermalsen) and is located between Dordrecht Stadspolders and Sliedrecht. The station is primarily for western Sliedrecht, Papendrecht and small settlements in the area. Train services are operated by Qbuzz.
Train services.
Bicycles are allowed on board for free.


Jalan Lombong

Jalan Lombong (Johor state route J171) is a major road in Johor, Malaysia. It is also a main route to Kota Tinggi Waterfalls.


Zhezkazgan Airport

Zhezkazgan Airport (Russian: Аэропорт Жезказган, Kazakh: Жезқазған Әуежайы; IATA: DZN, ICAO: UAKD) - is an international airport, serving the city of Zhezkazgan in Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan.
At the moment, it has one asphalt and concrete runway, and other four unpaved runways. The pavement classification number is 37/R/B/X/T.
In 2015, 29,518 passengers have gone through the airport, and in 2016 this number fell to 26,624 people.
History.
An old airport was located in 1 km (0.6 mi) from the train station of Zhezkazgan. It had two unpaved runways: 18/36 with the length of 1800 m (5905.5 ft) and 10/28 with the length of 1400 m (4593.1 ft).
Often, airport couldn't operate flights due to its runways getting wet because of rain or melting snow in the spring, what has led to canceling flights.
New, currently operating airport with an asphalt-concrete runway was built in 1971-1973, and in 1985, a new terminal was built, which could serve up to 200 passengers per hour.
The first flight, operated by the new airport, was done by an Ilyushin Il-18 airplane. In the 1970s, Zhezkazgan United Air Squadron (Russian: Джезказганская объединённая авиаэскадрилья) was formed in the airport. In 1983 it started using L-410 planes in commercial purposes, and in 1995 it has got two Mi-8 helicopters.
Zhezkazgan Air (Russian: "Жезказган Эйр") airline was formed in the airport in October 1996.
In 2004, the airport has received a reconstruction of its terminal and the runway, as well as an upgrade of its equipment. This was made possible with the financial support from Kazakhmys Corporation, a copper mining company.
In 2008, the airport was declared international after a decree from the government of Kazakhstan.


Bizet metro station

Bizet is a Brussels metro station on the western branch of line 5. It is located in the municipality of Anderlecht, in the western part of Brussels (Belgium). It is named after the /, the city square under which it is located.
The station opened on 10 January 1992, and until 2003, it was the western terminus of former line 1B. On 15 September 2003, the western extension from Bizet to Erasme/Erasmus was opened. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by line 5.


Karyal Halt railway station

Karyal Halt railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


Yuquanying

Yuquanying () is a major traffic intersection in Beijing, linking the Jingkai Expressway with the southern part of the 3rd Ring Road. It is accessible via a connection road from Caihuying on the 2nd Ring Road.
Before it was changed to an overpass complex, Yuquanying was home to the Yuquanying Roundabout. Now, it is home to the massive Yuquanying Overpass instead.
Furniture shops are plenty in the surrounding area.
Yuquanying is also the starting point of the Jingkai Expressway.


Provincial Highway 82 (Taiwan)

Provincial Highway 82 () is an expressway, which begins in Dongshi Township, Chiayi County and ends in Shuishang Township, Chiayi County on National Highway No. 3.
Length.
The total length is 33.959 km.
Exit List.
The entire route is within Chiayi County.
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Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel

The Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel is a 1640 metre long car tunnel under the Suez Canal, at Shallufa. The tunnel is named after Ahmed Hamdi, an Egyptian engineer and general killed in action during the October War. It has two lanes of traffic, one in each direction, and connects the Asian Sinai Peninsula to the town of Suez on the African mainland.
Construction.
It was originally constructed as a shield tunnel by Tarmac Construction in November 1981. In 1992, the Japanese government granted aid to a project aimed at rehabilitating the tunnel which had developed leaks. It is 1.63 km long and has an outside diameter of 11.6 m. The tunnel reaches a maximum depth of 51 m (167 feet) below ground level.
Significant developments in the region.
The tunnel was part of a major drive to develop the areas surrounding the Suez Canal, including other projects such as the Suez Canal overhead line crossing (completed in 1998), the El Ferdan Railway Bridge, and the Suez Canal Bridge (completed in 2001).


Persatuan Buruh Kereta Api

Persatuan Buruh Kereta Api (Railway Workers Union, abbreviated PBKA) was a trade union of railway workers in Indonesia. It was affiliated with the Kongres Buruh Seluruh Indonesia (KBSI) trade union centre. PBKA was one of the key unions of KBSI. As of March 1958, PBKA claimed a membership of 32,000. PBKA was led by Dr. Kusna.
PBKA was one of few unions in Indonesia at the time with a functioning check-off system to collective membership fees. As a result, PBKA (unlike most other unions) were able to employ a sizeable full-time staff. Moreover, through the membership fees PBKA was able to provide some health and accident insurance to its members.
By 1960 PBKA had become the dominant railway workers union in West Java.
PBKA and the railroad administration managed a joint Railway Workers Social Welfare Department, which gave support to forming cooperatives.


Tabuleiro na Baiana

The Tabuleiro da Baiana was a public transportation terminal on Avenida Almirante Barroso, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The terminal was inaugurated in 1930 as part of the plan of reurbanization of the Largo da Lapa implemented under the management of Henrique Dodsworth, the federal comptroller of the City of Rio de Janeiro from 1937 to 1945.
The enormous rectangular structure made of reinforced concrete was popularly nicknamed the Tabuleiro da Baiana (tray of the Bahian) because of its tabular shape that was reminiscent of the small tables used by Bahians to sell their delicacies. Located on a stretch between Avenida Treze de Maio and Rua Senador Dantas, the roof served as the final point for the tram lines coming from the South Zone of the city. In the mid-1960s, with the decay of rail service, it came to be used as a bus terminal. The Tabuleiro was demolished during the new urbanization implemented in the center of the city in the 1970s.


Concordia Tunnel

The Concordia Tunnel is a proposed tunnel between Bolivia and an artificial island in the Pacific Ocean. The tunnel would run under the line of concord between Chile and Peru, and give Bolivia access to the sea for the first time since the War of the Pacific. The tunnel would run from the Bolivian border to an artificial island created in the Pacific Ocean from earth dug to build the tunnel. The proposal was made by Chilean architects Carlos Martner, Fernando Castillo Velasco and Humberto Eliash, and has some political support from Chilean Foreign Minister Mariano Fernández.


Bacolod North Road

The Bacolod North Road is a , two-to-six lane major north–south lateral highway that connects the city of Bacolod to the city of San Carlos in Negros Occidental, Philippines.
The road is a component of National Route 7 (N7) of the Philippine highway network.


Sardar Wali Mazari railway station

Sardar Wali Mazari railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


Carrickmore railway station (Northern Ireland)

Carrickmore railway station served Carrickmore in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway opened the station on 2 September 1861. In 1876 it was taken over by the Great Northern Railway. It closed on 15 February 1965.


Lappohja railway station

The Lappohja railway station (; formerly , ) is located in the town of Hanko (formerly the municipality of Tenala), Finland, in the village of Lappohja. It is located along the Karis–Hanko railway, and its neighboring stations are Skogby in the east and Santala in the west.
History.
Lappohja is one of the original stations of the private Hyvinkää–Hanko railway; it was placed close to the location where the line meets the natural harbour of the Tvärminne Storfjärden bay of the Gulf of Finland. In 1876, one year after the railway was nationalized, a long siding was built from the station to the harbour. The majority of cargo transport on the line consisted of timber.
Lappohja was included in the area leased by Finland to the Soviet Union in the aftermath of the Winter War. On the onset of the Continuation War and the escape of Soviet troops from Hanko, it was discovered that the original station building and the harbour siding had been destroyed. The former was replaced by a new building of a simple design in 1942. As the importance of the station grew during the time of war, it was upgraded from a "pysäkki" to a class V station in 1944 and further to class IV in 1945.
In 1962, a siding from the west side of the station to the steelworks was constructed. Another siding followed in 1986, this time from the east side to the Rautaruukki factory. Ticket sale services at Lappohja were ceased in 2000, and it became an unmanned station later in the same year due to the Karis–Hanko section becoming remote controlled. The station building was transferred to the ownership of Senate Properties in 2007.
Services.
Lappohja is served by all regional trains on the Karis–Hanko line; the default type of rolling stock for this line is the Dm12 railbus.


Albert Bridge, Belfast

The Albert Bridge is a bridge in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Its three flat arches span the River Lagan and it is one of eight bridges in the city. It was completed in 1890 by Belfast city surveyor J C Bretland after two arches of the previous bridge suddenly collapsed in 1886. It is located close to the city centre between East Bridge Street and the Albert Bridge Road.
History.
In 1886, two arches of the original five span masonry bridge on the site collapsed, causing a single fatality. A temporary wooden bridge was erected until the completion of the main bridge. The present bridge was designed by Mr J. C. Bretland, the Borough Surveyor of Belfast at the time, and was constructed by Messrs Henry of Belfast on behalf of Belfast Corporation, at a cost of £36,500. All of the cast iron including the decorative lampposts were made in Derby by Andrew Handyside & Co. It was opened in 1890 and named after Queen Victoria's grandson, Prince Albert Victor, who laid a foundation stone in 1889.
Restoration.
In 1998 the first phase of work on the bridge was carried out by Roads Service, involving replacing, strengthening and waterproofing the concrete bridge deck. The second phase replaced corroded wrought iron structural members supporting the bridge deck with new structural steel members. The final phase, in autumn 2001, involved the removal of existing paint and rust and application of a new paint system for corrosion protection, which should ensure no repainting will be needed for the next 15 years. Floodlighting was also being installed. Total cost of restoration was about £1 million.
The original drawings and sketches of the bridge from 1888 had been passed to Roads Service from Belfast Corporation at the time of local government reorganisation in 1973. The drawings were used for information on the works connected with the bridge and passed to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in 2001.


Oxford University Exploration Club

The Oxford University Exploration Club was established in December 1927 by Edward Max Nicholson, Colin Trapnell and Charles Sutherland Elton.
The Club's aim is to support and advise students with planning original expeditions abroad. Recent expeditions to Tibet, the Congo, Greenland, Trinidad, Mongolia, Svalbard, Namibia, Papua New Guinea and the remote Comoros Islands have discovered new species of birds, insects and plants, published scientific papers on the rainforest canopy, found some of the world’s deepest caves, scaled unclimbed peaks and recorded the folk music of nomads; all in co-operation and collaboration with local people and organisations.
The Club was merged in 1965 with the Oxford University Women's Exploration Club (founded by Henrietta Hutton), with equal status granted for both male and female members.
Former members include:
Previous expeditions:


Sankt-Peterburg (icebreaker)

Sankt-Peterburg (; literally: Saint Petersburg) is a Russian diesel-electric icebreaker. She was built at Baltic Shipyard in 2009 as the second vessel for Project 21900, the first series of non-nuclear icebreakers built in Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. She has an identical sister ship, the 2008-built "Moskva".
Following the construction of "Sankt-Peterburg", three icebreakers of slightly upgraded design ("Vladivostok", "Murmansk" and "Novorossiysk") were built in 2015–2016.
Development and construction.
In July 2004, the Saint Petersburg-based Baltic Shipyard won an international tender for the construction of two 16-megawatt diesel-electric icebreakers for Rosmorport, a state-owned company established in 2003 to manage Russia's port infrastructure and operate its fleet of diesel-powered icebreakers. Although the shipyard had built five "Arktika"-class nuclear-powered icebreakers in 1975–1992 and had the sixth under construction at the time, these would be the first non-nuclear icebreakers built on a Russian shipyard in over three decades and the first new icebreakers ordered following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The contract for the construction of the second Project 21900 icebreaker was signed in May 2005 shortly after the lead ship was laid down at Baltic Shipyard. Initially, she was supposed to be delivered in November 2007, one year after the first vessel of the series. The keel laying ceremony was held on 19 January 2006 and the hull was launched on 28 May 2008. While delivery was initially scheduled for late 2008, she was officially commissioned on 12 July 2009.
Project 21900 icebreakers are named after major Russian cities with "Sankt-Peterburg" named after the country's second-largest city. While the naming of the vessels also follows that of a series of five diesel-electric polar icebreakers built by Wärtsilä in the 1960s, "Sankt-Peterburg"s Soviet-era counterpart was naturally named "Leningrad".
Design.
"Sankt-Peterburg" is long overall and between perpendiculars, and has a moulded beam of . Fully laden, the icebreaker draws of water. She is strengthened for icebreaking according to Russian Maritime Register of Shipping ice class "Icebreaker6" which is intended for icebreaking operations in non-Arctic freezing seas where the ice is up to thick.
"Sankt-Peterburg" has a fully integrated diesel-electric propulsion system with main diesel generators supplying power for both main propulsion as well as ship's service loads while underway. Her main power plant consists of two 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 9L32 and two 12-cylinder Wärtsilä 12V32 medium-speed diesel engines. In addition, there are two Wärtsilä 4L20 auxiliary diesel generators for use when the vessel is at port.
For main propulsion, "Sankt-Peterburg" is fitted with two electrically driven azimuth thrusters. The stainless steel propellers of her pushing-type Steerprop SPO4.5ARC Z-drive units are each driven by two electric motors in tandem, resulting in a combined propulsion power output of about . This is enough to give "Sankt-Peterburg" a service speed of in open water and allow breaking level ice with a snow cover at a continuous speed of in line with her ice class. While the azimuthing propulsion units improve the maneuverability of the icebreaker, she is also fitted with a single transverse bow thruster.
Career.
The two Project 21900 icebreakers were originally built to ensure year-round transportation of crude oil from the terminal in Primorsk. "Sankt-Peterburg"s primary mission was to escort oil tankers up to in breadth in the Gulf of Finland. In addition, she was designed to carry out various secondary tasks such as firefighting and oil spill response operations. Since 2015, "Sankt-Peterburg" has occasionally been stationed in the Arctic LNG terminal of Sabetta in the Gulf of Ob during the winter months.
"Sankt-Peterburg" has also regularly participated in the annual Festival of Icebreakers in Saint Petersburg. The icebreaker has been open to visitors in every festival since 2014 except 2015 when she was replaced by her sister ship "Moskva". In July 2012, she visited France and was open to visitors as part of the maritime festival in Brest.


Cazis railway station

Cazis railway station is a station in Cazis, Switzerland. It is located on the gauge Landquart–Thusis line of the Rhaetian Railway.
Services.
The following services stop at Cazis:


Rambukkana railway station

Rambukkana Railway Station (, ) is a railway station in the Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, which is the state-run railway operator.
The station is located from Colombo Fort railway station and above sea level. It is the start of the steepest incline along the Colombo - Kandy railway line, between Rambukkana and Kadigamuwa, a climb of over , with the gradient reaching a 1 in 44 slope, and curves of in radius.
The line was originally double-tracked from Colombo to Rambukkana in 1933 however the section between Polgahawela and Rambukkana was reduced to a single track in 1940 after a bridge on the line was washed away. This section was only re-instated as double track in 1998, as a result of an increasing numbers of passengers alighting at the station to visit the nearby Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage.


Blackstaff Halt railway station

Blackstaff Halt railway station was on the Great Northern Railway in the Republic of Ireland.
The Great Northern Railway opened the station on 15 August 1927.
It closed on 14 October 1957.


Handbarrow

The handbarrow, also spelled hand-barrow and hand barrow, is a type of human-powered transport. It was originally a flat, rectangular frame used to carry loads such as salt cod, cheese and guano. It has handles on both ends, so two people are needed to use it. In Dutch cheese markets, official porters ("kaasdragers") still use traditional barrows, albeit with straps, to transport cheese. A special handbarrow was built to move the Stone of Destiny around Westminster Abbey. Modern usage has expanded the definition to include the wheelbarrow or any wheeled cart or box propelled by hand.
Scholars such as Lynn Townsend White Jr., Albert Leighton and Andrea Matthies suggest it may have inspired the invention of the wheelbarrow. The addition of a wheel meant it only required one person. (Leonardo da Vinci is sometimes credited as the inventor, but a crude form of the wheelbarrow was in use in England in the early 14th century, predating da Vinci by a century.)
The Middle English word "barwe" means handbarrow, litter or stretcher, the last two being similar in construction to the handbarrow, only with the "cargo" being a person.


BR-090

BR-090 is the designation for a potential federal highway of Brazil. If built the road would connect Brasilia to the extreme north of the country.


The Anderssons Hit the Road

The Anderssons Hit the Road () is a Swedish comedy, children and family film opening at cinemas in Sweden on 25 December 2013. It was written by Hannes Holm together with Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson, and among the actors were William Ringström, Morgan Alling and Anja Lundqvist.
Plot.
The Andersson's family go on a road trip across Europe towards a village in South Tyrol, where Mr. and Mrs. Andersson went on a honeymoon 20 years earlier. Living in the village is a girl Sune likes, but also an artist who can make the family rich.
Production.
The church wedding scenes at the beginning were shot at Nödinge Church in early July 2013.
The vacationing scenes were shot at places like Hanover, Bolzano, the Brenner Pass and the Tyrol village of Margreid an der Weinstraße. The amusement park scenes were shot at Ravenna, but represent central Germany.
Home video.
The film was released to DVD and Blu-ray in 2014'.


Jalan Abdullah (Muar)

Jalan Abdullah (Jawi: جالن عبدالله) is a major road in Bandar Maharani Muar, Johor, Malaysia. It was named after Dato Abdullah bin Jaafar, the State Commissioner from 1906 to 1912 and Dato' Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Johor from 1926.
Attractions.
Maharani Uptown.
Located at Jalan Sisi.


Transverse flow effect

Transverse flow effect is an aerodynamic effect encountered when a helicopter moves (typically forward) through the air.
In a hover, the air above the rotor disk is being pulled down from above and is equally distributed around the rotor disk. The air is descending from above, which has the effect of reducing angle of attack.
As the helicopter starts moving into undisturbed air, a portion of the disk is in clean, unaccelerated air, while the remaining portion of the rotor disk is still working on descending air. The part of the disk working on clean air therefore sees a higher angle of attack than the portion of the disk which is working on descending air. This causes a difference in lift between the section in clean air and the section in descending air. The result is that the portion in clean air develops more lift, and the disk tilts as a result. Which way the disk tilts depends on a couple of factors:
Phase lag (rotorcraft) will cause the extra lift to be seen approximately 90 degrees later in rotor rotation in semi-rigid two bladed rotor systems. Phase lag is a separate phenomenon from gyroscopic precession. Phase lag is a property of all rotating systems acted upon by a periodic force. For systems hinged at the axis of rotation (in our case, a semi rigid flapping type rotor head) the phase lag is 90 degrees. For systems that are hinged at some distance from the axis of rotation (such as a fully articulated rotor head) the phase lag is less than 90 degrees. In forward flight the pilot will experience either a right or left roll (see flight dynamics), depending upon whether the rotor of the helicopter rotates counter-clockwise or clockwise.
Which way the helicopter rotor disk moves against the direction of the relative wind will determine which part of the disk has higher lift. For instance, hovering sideways, or hovering stationary in a crosswind, the clean portion of the disk would be to the side, rather than the front of the rotor disk. Depending on the main-rotor rotation direction this might be seen as a nose pitch up or nose pitch down, a roll, or something in between.
While a helicopter accelerates into a higher airspeed, more and more of the rotor disk will be in clean air and the lift differential will decrease. At some higher airspeed the effect will disappear. In a typical single rotor helicopter, the effect can be felt to start at around 5-10 knots, increases in magnitude to a maximum around 20 knots, and decreases above that until it is almost completely gone by 40-60 knots of airspeed.


KiHa 40 series

The is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) train type introduced by Japanese National Railways (JNR) in 1977 and operated by all of the Japan Railways Group companies on suburban and rural services in Japan. It also served in other private railway companies in Japan since 2017 following the removal of service which have been pulled out by Japan Railways group and also served in overseas operations in Myanmar since 2011.
Overview.
The KiHa 40 series diesel multiple unit was introduced in 1977 by JNR to replace ageing KiHa 10 series DMUs on suburban and rural services nationwide. A total of 888 vehicles were built between 1977 and 1982, broadly divided into three main types: KiHa 40, KiHa 47, and KiHa 48. These were subdivided as shown below, with further variants and modifications made later in their lives by the various JR Group companies.
"Cold" regions refers to the Tohoku and Chubu regions.
JNR car types.
The types built for JNR were as follows.
JR Hokkaido.
Following the privatization and splitting of JNR in April 1987, JR Hokkaido received a total of 157 KiHa 40 series vehicles (150 KiHa 40s and 7 KiHa 48s). , JR Hokkaido operates 153 KiHa 40 series vehicles, classified as follows.
JR East.
Following the privatization and splitting of JNR in April 1987, JR East received a total of 219 KiHa 40 series vehicles (117 KiHa 40s, 28 KiHa 47s, and 74 KiHa 48s). As of 1 April 2010, JR East operates 159 KiHa 40 series vehicles, classified as follows. KiHa 48 502 and KiHa 48 1512 were derailed and badly damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011, and were withdrawn.
JR Central.
Following the privatization and splitting of JNR in April 1987, JR Central received a total of 59 KiHa 40 series vehicles (14 KiHa 40s, 5 KiHa 47s, and 40 KiHa 48s). By April 2010, JR Central operated 59 KiHa 40 series vehicles, classified as follows. These were withdrawn by 2016.
JR-West.
Following the privatization and splitting of JNR in April 1987, JR-West received a total of 257 KiHa 40 series vehicles (63 KiHa 40s, 189 KiHa 47s, and 5 KiHa 48s). , JR-West operates 255 KiHa 40 series vehicles, classified as follows.
JR Shikoku.
Following the privatization and splitting of JNR in April 1987, JR Shikoku received a total of 53 KiHa 40 series vehicles (11 KiHa 40s and 42 KiHa 47s). , JR Shikoku operates 43 KiHa 40 series vehicles, classified as follows.
JR Kyushu.
Following the privatization and splitting of JNR in April 1987, JR Kyushu received a total of 142 KiHa 40 series vehicles (36 KiHa 40s and 106 KiHa 47s). As of 1 April 2010, JR Kyushu operates 140 KiHa 40 series vehicles, classified as follows.
Resale.
Nishikigawa Railway.
In 2017, 1 KiHa 40-1009 diesel carriage was taken over by Nishikigawa Railway, that ended operation on the Karasuyama Line by JR East in March 2017, the former diesel train is remodeled in retro style, and started operation on September 16 of the same year.
Kominato Railway.
2 KiHa 40 carriages (KiHa 40-2021 and KiHa 40-2026), which ended operation on the Tadami Line in March 2020, were transferred in May 2020 with the Tohoku livery.
Overseas operations.
A large fleet of former KiHa 40 series cars from JR East, JR Hokkaido, JR Shikoku, and JR Central were shipped to Myanmar between 2011 and 2016. A total of 48 diesel cars (including KiHa 40, KiHa 47, & KiHa 48) have been shipped to Myanmar for overseas operations. The cars are used on the Yangon Circular Railway.


Krossobanen

Krossobanen is an aerial tramway in Rjukan, Norway, and was the first of its kind in Northern Europe. It was built in 1928 by Bleichert as a gift from Norsk Hydro to the people of Rjukan (most of them Hydro employees), offering them a view of the sun which is obscured by the surrounding mountains during the winter months from October to March.
The horizontal distance between the lower and the upper station is 814 meters and the difference in altitude is 498 meters, which yields an average incline of 0.6: 1 (in other words, it climbs 60 centimeters for each meter traveled).


Grand Enchantment Trail

The Grand Enchantment Trail (acronym "GET") is a wilderness recreation trail running between Phoenix, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico. It crosses the Arizona Trail and Continental Divide Trail and at Albuquerque it meets the Rio Grande Trail and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro.


Batam Center Ferry Terminal

Batam Center Ferry Terminal is an international ferry terminal located in Teluk Tering, Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia. The terminal mostly serves international routes to Singapore and Malaysia. It is located north of governmental buildings of Batam and landmarks such as the Grand Mosque of Batam and Engku Putri Fountain.


Wakwella Bridge

Wakwella Bridge is a bridge situated in Galle District near Thelikada, Sri Lanka. It is around long and crosses the Gin River. Built on the Gin Ganga Dam, the bridge links the villages of Kudagoda and Gonapura. It was constructed in 1999 and at the time was the longest bridge in the country.


Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station

Tel Aviv HaShalom railway station () is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in central Tel Aviv, Israel, serving most lines of Israel Railways. It is located in the median of the Ayalon Highway at the HaShalom interchange, near the city's main commercial area and HaKirya IDF base. In 2019, over 15 million passengers used the station, making it the busiest in the country.
The station was built by the Polish company Mostostal Warszawa and opened in 1996 with two tracks served by two side platforms. One of the platforms was turned into an island platform when a third track was added in 2006. The station building is located above the platforms, with entrances on the north side of HaShalom Road and via a bridge connected to the Azrieli Center mall.
Exit-only stairways were opened in 2008 to provide direct access to bus stops on the southern side of HaShalom Road. In February 2021 Israel Railways completed the construction of a second passenger terminal building located on the southern side of HaShalom road, opposite from the existing passenger building.
Electronic boards display the timetable in the station building, on the platforms, and in the shopping mall.
Electrification works in the station were completed in 2020. An additional side platform and fourth track are expected to be added to the station in the mid-2020s as part of the project to add a fourth track to the Ayalon Railway.
Access.
The station is located near several major crossroads in central Tel Aviv. HaShalom Road continues east toward Givatayim and Ramat Gan while Kaplan Street proceeds west into Tel Aviv. Dozens of bus lines pass along the parallel Begin Road on their way to and from the central bus station.
The buses serving the station area are operated primarily by Egged and Dan, as well as Kavim, Superbus, Afikim and Nateev Express.
External links.


Avenida Sete de Setembro

September Seven Avenue (Avenida Sete de Setembro in Portuguese) colloquially known as Seven Avenue (Avenida Sete in Portuguese) is an important road in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. It starts at the Farol da Barra (Barra Lighthouse), Barra (Neighborhood), and ends at Castro Alves Square (Praça Castro Alves), Historic Centre.
September Seven Avenue is the traditional route for many celebratory parades in the city of Salvador, Bahia, such as: carnival.


Li Curt railway station

Li Curt railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Poschiavo, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway.
The station is located on a road-side section of the Bernina line, and comprises a single track with a single platform and a station building. To the north of the station, the line shares the street with road traffic as it passes the Sant'Antonio church. To the south, as far as Le Prese, the line runs alongside the road.
Services.
The following services stop at Li Curt:


Albate-Camerlata railway station

Albate-Camerlata railway station is a railway station in Italy. It is located on the Milan–Chiasso railway, and is a junction to the line to Lecco. It serves Albate and Camerlata, southern suburbs of the city of Como.
Services.
Albate-Camerlata is served by the line S11 of the Milan suburban railway service and by the regional line Como–Molteno, both operated by the Trenord railway company.


Convoy railway station

Convoy railway station served the village of Convoy in County Donegal, Ireland.
The station opened on 1 January 1909 when the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee built the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway from Strabane to Letterkenny.
It closed on 1 January 1960.


Japan National Route 28

 is a national highway connecting Kobe and Tokushima in Japan. It is the only national highway that traverses Awaji Island as the route uses ferries to connect the two cities of Naruto, Tokushima and Akashi, Hyōgo.


Boraldai Airport

Airport Boraldai (former name Burundai) is situated within of Almaty city - a former capital of Kazakhstan. It is suitable for helicopters of all types, such as Mi-2, Mi-6, Mi-8, Mi-10, Ka-32 and light aircraft, such as An-24, An-26, An-30, An-72 and An-74. The territory of the airport area is .
The complex includes: air terminal with an area of ; runway ; two taxiways and ; technical maintenance base with the area of ; apron and parking stands; railway stub station and the hotel.
The owner of the airport is LLP "Altair Air". The airport is a main base for Kazakhstan airline Burundaiavia. The annual airshow of Kazakhstan takes place at the airport.


Sunchon Airport

Sunchon Airport is an airport in Pyongan-namdo, North Korea.
Facilities.
The airfield has a single concrete runway 15/33 measuring 8150 x 157 feet (2484 x 48 m). It has a full length parallel taxiway with two aprons at the ends. One taxiway leads to possible underground storage. It is home to the 55th fighter regiment of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 and Sukhoi Su-25 jets.


Matlock Bridge

Matlock Bridge also known as Derwent Bridge, is a stone bridge spanning the River Derwent in Matlock town centre, Derbyshire, England. The bridge dates back to the 15th century, and is a Grade II* listed structure.
History.
A ford originally crossed the river at this point, and the side became a major crossing point. A settlement developed around the bridge, known as Matlock Bridge, which later became part of modern Matlock.
The bridge was made into one-way for vehicles in 2007.
Matlock Bridge Conservation Area was established in 1989, but was further widened in 2008 and includes an area on both sides of the river. It contains 283 buildings, of which three are listed structures, including the bridge itself.


Charles A. Lundquist

Charles A. Lundquist (March 26, 1928 - June 3, 2017) was an early NASA scientist and program director. He managed research on satellites and rockets at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Marshall Space Flight Center, and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. After retirement, Lundquist devoted his time to collecting and documenting early space program history, particularly that surrrounding German rocket scientists in Huntsville, Alabama.
Biography.
Early life.
Lundquist was born March 26, 1928, in Webster, South Dakota, to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lundquist. He completed high school early, in the summer of 1945, in order to enlist in the United States military but changed course after the end of World War II. Instead he enrolled at South Dakota State University, where he graduated with a BS in engineering physics. In 1947, during his time in university, Lundquist first saw the Wernher von Braun rocket team's work at an American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago. Lundquist entered graduate school at the University of Kansas. While in Kansas, he met Patricia Richardson, whom he married on November 28, 1951. In 1953, he graduated with a Ph.D. in physics.
Space program career.
After graduating, Lundquist worked briefly at Pennsylvania State University as an assistant professor of engineering research, working on homing torpedoes in the school's Ordnance Research Lab. In 1954, he was caught up in a sweeping Army draft of civilians who had previously received deferments; Lundquist had received several during his time as a student. He underwent basic training at Fort Bliss before being assigned to the Guided Missile Development Division at Redstone Arsenal; while working at Redstone, he also taught night classes at Athens College. After completing his two years of Army service, Lundquist took up a civilian position at the newly formed Army Ballistic Missile Agency as chief of the Physics and Astrophysics branch. In 1960, he transferred to the new Marshall Space Flight Center, where he worked in the Research Projects Lab. While with NASA, Lundquist was heavily involved with the development of artificial satellites, working on Project Orbiter and, alongside von Braun, Explorer 1.
In 1962, Lundquist moved to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts as an assistant director. Lundquist attributed the move to Fred Lawrence Whipple, whom he worked alongside on satellite tracking. As assistant director, Lundquist coordinated the SAO's scientific investigations while remaining a member of the NASA Group for Lunar Exploration Planning.
Lundquist returned to the MSFC in 1973 to fill the role of director of the Space Sciences Lab, replacing the former director Gerhard B. Heller who had died in an automobile accident. Lundquist was involved with the Skylab and Space Shuttle projects; he also worked on the Consort and Joust series of sounding rockets. As director, Lundquist grew increasingly disappointed with what he saw as NASA's tendency to, rather than evolve old projects, scrap them and begin new one from scratch, and he ultimately retired from the MSFC in 1981.
Post-retirement work.
After retiring, Lundquist joined the University of Alabama in Huntsville, filling a number of research roles including Associate Vice President for Research and Director of the Interactive Projects Office. He contributed a large amount of physical research and documents to the school's Salmon Library and Archives; he also recorded a series of oral interviews with early American and German rocket scientists. Lundquist retired from UAH in 2000 but continued to work at the school until his death in 2017, including publishing a book, "Transplanted Rocket Pioneers", collating history on German rocket scientists in Huntsville.


Chubu International Airport Connecting Road

The is a 4-laned toll road in Tokoname, Aichi, Japan. It is managed by Aichi Prefectural Road Public Corporation.
Overview.
Officially the road is designated as Aichi Prefectural Route 522. The road is designated (motor vehicles must have a displacement of at least 125 cc), and the design standard of the road is similar to national expressways.
Together with the Chitaōdan Road it is also referred to as the Centrair Line to indicate its status as the access road for Chubu Centrair International Airport.


Trinidad metro station

Trinidad is an elevated metro station on the Line 4 of the Santiago Metro, in Santiago, Chile. The side platforms and tracks are wrapped in a large elliptical cross section tube. The station has a mezzanine area below the tracks. The station was opened on 30 November 2005 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Vicente Valdés and Plaza de Puente Alto.


Port of Yeosu

The Port of Yeosu () is a port in South Korea, located in the city of Yeosu, South Jeolla Province.


National Highway 2 (Myanmar)

National Highway 2 (NR2) is a south-north flowing highway of central-western Burma.
The highway begins at Satthwadaw, to the north of Yangon at where it is fed by the National Highway 1 and then branches off to the northwest. At Myingyan it joins the National Road 18. At this point the road forks to the east and eventually rejoins National Highway 1 near the village of Gyobinchan in Myittha Township at . The highway mostly follows the course of the Ayeyarwady River on its eastern bank.


Nanzhuang Old Street

The Nanzhuang Old Street or Osmanthus Alley () is an old street in Nanzhuang Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
Name.
The street is also called Osmanthus Alley due to the fact that it is famous for its osmanthus wine.
History.
The street was the business center of the olden days of the town when it prospered due to the booming of lumber and mining industries within the area. The area however faced a downturn with the declining of those industries.


Haldenstein railway station

Haldenstein railway station is a railway station in the northern part of the municipality of Chur, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. The station is on the Rhaetian Railway's Landquart–Thusis line. The Swiss Federal Railways Chur–Rorschach line runs parallel but has no intermediate stops between Chur and Landquart. The station serves the municipality of Haldenstein, located on the other side of the River Rhine.
Services.
Haldenstein is served by regional trains:


Al-Najm al-Thaqib

The al-Najm al-Thaqib (Arabic:النجم الثاقب, "The piercing star") is a yemeni missile system developed by the Houthis and revealed on 26 May 2015. The Houthis claimed that these missiles could violate the blockade imposed by UN resolution 2216 imposed by the Arab Coalition. American reports suggest that this missile was designed to attack nearby targets like Jizan without expending their diminishing stock of longer range missiles. It is somewhat similar to Iranian Oghab missiles, however it lacks fins. All civil airports in Jizan, Asir and Najran have been closed due to the risk of missile strikes since July 2015.
Characteristics.
Al-Najm al-Thaqib 1.
Al-Najm al-Thaqib 1 has a range of 45 km and a warhead of 50 kg explosive.
Al-Najm al-Thaqib 2.
Al-Najm al-Thaqib 2 has a range of 75 km and a warhead of 75 kg explosive.
References.


De Luxe Ford

Ford Motor Company introduced its De Luxe Ford line in 1938 as an upscale alternative to bridge the gap between its base model (usually called Standard) and luxury Lincoln offerings. The "Deluxe" name was used intermittently before and after this to specify an upscale trim, but the De Luxe Ford line was differentiated as a separate "marque within a marque" with separate styling and pricing through 1940. During 1939, Ford had five lines of cars: Ford, De Luxe Ford, Mercury, Lincoln-Zephyr, and Lincoln. After the war, this was simplified to Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln. The 1941 Ford line included "De Luxe" and "Super De Luxe" trim, but these vehicles were not marketed as a separate line. As Mercury sales progressed, the De Luxe approach was cancelled.
This marketing approach was in response from the different General Motors brands, (Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, and Chevrolet), and the Chrysler brands, (Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, and Plymouth).
The De Luxe Fords of 1938 featured a more sloping hood and ornamental heart-shaped grille. This look was passed on to the standard line for 1939, as the De Luxe Fords gained sharp v-shaped grilles with vertical bars. The standard line once again inherited the De Luxe look for 1940, this time with body-colored vertical bars. The 1940 De Luxe Ford featured a three-part grille with horizontal bars.
In popular culture.
A 1948 Ford Deluxe convertible was the base car that was transformed into "Greased Lightnin'" in the movie "Grease".
In the 1984 film "The Karate Kid", Mr Miyagi gives Daniel Larusso a cream-colored 1947 Ford Super DeLuxe convertible as a birthday gift. The car was actually a gift to Ralph Macchio from the film's producer. To this day, Mr. Macchio still owns the car. The car reappears in the "Cobra Kai" spinoff TV show several times where Daniel is seen to still own it. In the third season, Daniel states that getting his first car from Mr. Miyagi inspired him to go into the car business.
In the 1985 film "Back to the Future" and its sequel "Back to the Future Part II", the car which Biff Tannen owns in 1955 was a black 1946 Ford Super De Luxe convertible. The 1946 car is now in a private collection.
References.
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Jalan Kompleks CIQ Bukit Bunga

Jalan Kompleks CIQ Bukit Bunga, Federal Route 480 is an institutional facilities federal road in Kelantan, Malaysia. It is a main route to Bukit Bunga Checkpoint and Ban Buketa, Thailand.
At most sections, the Federal Route 480 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.


Oostwold Airport

Oostwold Airport (), also known as Groningen Airport Oostwold, is a small general aviation airport in Oostwold, a village in municipality of Oldambt in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. The airport is north of the city of Winschoten. The ICAO code EHOW has been assigned to the airfield.
It has one runway, 07/25, with a length of 880 meters (2,887) feet. It has a grass surface, with a narrow concrete strip available for the first 600 meters (1,968 feet) in the 25 direction. Except for flights from Schengen countries, no international flights are allowed.


Light in the Piazza (film)

Light in the Piazza is a 1962 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Olivia de Havilland, Rossano Brazzi, Yvette Mimieux, George Hamilton, and Barry Sullivan. Based on the 1960 novel "The Light in the Piazza" by Elizabeth Spencer, the film is about a beautiful but mentally disabled young American woman traveling in Italy with her mother and the Italian man they meet during one leg of their trip.
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Light in the Piazza" features extensive location shooting in 1960s Florence and Rome by the cinematographer Otto Heller.
Plot.
While taking a summer holiday in Florence with her mother Meg, 26-year-old Clara, an American, meets and falls in love with a young Italian named Fabrizio Naccarelli, played by George Hamilton. Fabrizio is blinded by his love for Clara and believes her mental disability to be simple naivety. Meg tries to explain her daughter's condition to Fabrizio's father but the opportunity never seems to be right. Fabrizio's family are taken with Clara and her simple remarks are taken as evidence of her innocence.
Meg spends the remainder of the trip trying to keep the two lovers apart and fearing that Fabrizio or his family will discover the truth about her daughter.
She moves their holiday quickly to Rome in the hope that Clara will soon forget Fabrizio. On discovering how unhappy this has made Clara, she calls her advertising executive husband Noel and asks him to fly to Rome to meet them. The couple discuss their daughter's future, and Noel reminds her that Clara's previous suitors have been repulsed as soon as they discover she is mentally disabled. He also reveals that he has made plans for Clara to be placed in an expensive care home for the mentally disabled. Meg is set against what she sees as the incarceration of her daughter for the rest of her life. The couple argue, and Noel returns to America.
Meg realizes that Clara will have a much better life as a wealthy Italian wife with servants and inane gossip to entertain her than in such a home. She returns to Florence and does everything she can to expedite the marriage without her husband's knowledge. Fabrizio and Clara are overjoyed and plans are made for the wedding. Clara begins religious conversion to become a Catholic, and the priest instructing her is impressed with her childlike devotion to the Madonna. This, together with the Naccarelli family's connections in the Catholic Church, allows the wedding date to be set.
When Fabrizio's father glances at Clara's passport as they settle the wedding arrangements, he is suddenly alarmed and flees the church without explanation, taking Fabrizio with him. Meg fears he has somehow deduced Clara's mental age and does not want his son to marry such a person. Eventually, Signor Naccarelli visits Meg at her hotel and says she should have told him that Clara is 26. In Italian culture, a young man of 20 cannot marry an older woman without controversy. He tells his son of the age difference, but Fabrizio reminds his father that his age is actually 23 and that he so loves Clara that he cares nothing for this slight difference. The situation quickly is resolved in Signor Naccarelli's eyes when Clara's dowry is increased from $5,000 to $15,000.
The wedding takes place in a church in Florence without Noel's presence.
Production.
The story first appeared as a novella in "The New Yorker" in June 1960. MGM purchased film rights in August and assigned it to producer Arthur Freed, while the novel version of the story was published later that year. Julius Epstein wrote the script.
Guy Green was given the job as director on the strength of "The Angry Silence".
Casting.
Actresses who tested for the female lead included Dolores Hart; producers selected Yvette Mimieux.
Tomas Milian originally was cast as the Italian groom. George Hamilton campaigned actively for the role even though it had been cast and eventually succeeded, in part by persuading Ben Thau that he was suitable.
Shooting.
Filming started 7 May 1961. The film was shot on location in Rome and Florence with interiors at MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood, near London, England.
Italian locations include:
Reception.
According to MGM records, the film earned $1.2 million in the U.S. and Canada and $1 million elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $472,000.


Verugal Bridge

Verugal Bridge is a road bridge across Verugal Aru in eastern Sri Lanka. The bridge was formally opened on 19 October 2011.
The bridge is long. The bridge cost 250 million rupees (US$2.3 million) and was financed by a soft loan from the French Development Agency's "Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project" and the Sri Lankan Government's "Kilakku Vasantham" (Eastern Awakening) programme. The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway. The bridge replaced a ferry boat service that had been transporting people and vehicles across the river.


Japan National Route 256

National Route 256 is a national highway of Japan connecting Gifu, Gifu and Iida, Nagano in Japan, with a total length of 243.4 km (151.24 mi).


Willow Lawn station

Willow Lawn station, located at the Shops at Willow Lawn, is a rapid transit station in Richmond, Virginia along the GRTC Pulse bus rapid transit route. It is one of two stations located in Henrico County, and serves the western terminus of the system.
The station opened on June 24, 2018. The station offers parking.
External links.
Willow Lawn station


National Park Travelers Club

The National Park Travelers Club (or NPTC) is a non-profit 501(c)7 social club organization. Its mission is to provide networking and recognition opportunities for visitors to America's National Park System. This Club acts to support and expand appreciation of the U.S. National Park System.
Description.
The NPTC was organized in 2004, at the second meeting of a small group of National Park enthusiasts. Since then, it has grown to over 1700 dues paying members (dues are $10 for the first year, and $5 per year after that), and over 9700 members of the free online site. Paying dues gives members access to the Master List, Master Database, and Master Map of all known National Park Passport Stamp locations, in addition to voting in club elections. The online site features trip reports and hints for visits to parks, information on legislation impacting parks, and a message board for park related topics. The membership meets yearly at the NPTC Annual Convention and also arranges smaller group meetings at events such as park dedications or important park anniversaries. Additionally, awards are given out to members meeting visitation criteria, such as visiting certain numbers of park units within a year, or over a lifetime. The NPTC publishes a quarterly newsletter called "The Stamp Pad".
Conventions.
The NPTC has hosted 18 annual conventions at various National Park Units. These meetings serve as an opportunity for club members to socialize, share trip stories, hear keynote presentations from National Park Service Rangers, and take group guided tours of the area. Attendance at the meeting is open to the public. A special official national park passport stamp is produced for each convention, and only available during the convention.
Awards.
The NPTC awards travelers for lifetime achievement, as well as for annual visitation of the parks.
Recognition.
In addition to the articles referenced below, the club has been recognized by various organizations, including:


Copa Truck

The Copa Truck is a Brazilian auto racing series, composed of trucks prepared for race. The category replaces the Fórmula Truck series in 2017.
History.
The origin of the category came after nine teams left Formula Truck because of disagreements with the troubled management of Neusa Navarro Félix; these teams joined in an association creating the category that came to replace Fórmula Truck. The new category brings together all the teams and drivers of the old category. In November of 2017, it was homologated by the Brazilian Confederation of Automobilismo (CBA) and was recognized as an official championship.


Ballyards Halt railway station

Ballyards was a halt at the Ballyards Rd. level crossing on the Castleblayney, Keady and Armagh Railway in Northern Ireland.
The station opened on 1 December 1909. and closed on 1 February 1933.


Huopalahti railway station

Huopalahti railway station (, ) is a railway station on the VR commuter rail network located in northern Helsinki, Finland. It is located about to the north/northwest of Helsinki Central railway station.
Huopalahti station is now situated in the district of Etelä-Haaga, but it was named for the municipality of Huopalahti, which was annexed to the city of Helsinki in 1946.


Charles Zagonyi

Károly Zágonyi (19 October 1822 in Szinérváralja, Hungary - around 1870) known in the U.S as Charles Zagonyi, was a former Hungarian military officer who served in the American Civil War as an aide to John C. Frémont and commander of his bodyguard at the rank of major, effective September 19, 1861.
Hungarian Revolution.
Charles Zagonyi served originally as a first lieutenant in the Hungarian Revolutionary Army during the 1848-1849 revolt. General Josef Bem assigned him to lead a picked company of cavalry. In such capacity he saved Bem's life, was captured, and imprisoned for two years by the Austrians.
American Civil War.
On July 2, 1851 Zagonyi arrived in the United States. He worked in New York and Philadelphia as a house painter. He served as a riding master in a Boston school operated by a fellow Hungarian emigre. Here he met and married a German-American lady by the name of Amanda Schweiger.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Zagonyi offered his services to New York, but was rejected. He was invited to Missouri by Alexander Asboth where he was introduced to General John C. Fremont. Fremont assigned him to create and command his personal bodyguard. Zagonyi's force was modeled on the well disciplined Hungarian Hussars. Zagonyi "personally selected the matched bay mounts" and designed the dark blue uniforms and hats of Hussar style. The men carried themselves proudly. They were equipped with German cavalry sabers and revolvers.
On October 25, 1861, during the First Battle of Springfield, Zagonyi with 300 mounted men rashly charged into Springfield, Missouri, routing the Confederates. The charges proved costly in terms of casualties and the major lacked the forces to hold the city of the Union after dark. He withdrew, abandoning the city and his wounded to the secessionist forces. Zagonyi's charge would become famous, but his refusal to give credit to other attached forces alienated many fellow officers. Fremont's army would regain control of the town on October 27, and it would remain under Union control for the rest of the war.
Zagonyi was sidelined after Fremont was removed from command. Fremont's Bodyguard was mustered out of service in November 1861 despite being three year volunteers.
Fremont was restored to command in the Shenandoah Valley as commander of the Mountain District encompassing West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and East Tennessee. Fremont again utilized Zagonyi as his cavalry commander, promoting him to colonel. Stonewall Jackson and his Confederates outmaneuvered and outfought Fremont's much larger force during the Valley Campaign. Following this final Fremont debacle, General John Pope was assigned to command all of the U.S. troops in northern Virginia. Fremont resigned rather than serve under Pope, and Zagonyi withdrew from service.
Postwar.
Zagonyi returned to New York after the war and served as temporary president of the Hungarian Society there. In 1867 he attempted to return to Hungary, but lacked the money for the trip. A disputed 1871 article indicates he was the owner of a tobacco shop in Pest, Hungary. Another says he was never heard from again after 1867.
Zagonyi Park in Springfield, Missouri, is named for Zagonyi and his famous charge there. There is a marker in the park that describes the charge.


Armenio railway station

Armenio railway station () is a railway station in Armenio (near Larissa), Thessaly, Greece. It is located outside the settlement. Opened on 22 April 1884 by the Thessaly Railways (now part of OSE). Today TrainOSE operates fourteen daily local trains to Larissa and Volos.
History.
The station was opened on 22 April 1884 by the Thessaly Railways (now part of OSE). The line was designed by the Italian Evaristo de Chirico, (father of Giorgio de Chirico) soon after the liberation of Central Greece from the Ottomans. In 1960 the line from Larissa to Volos was converted to standard gauge and connected at Larissa with the mainline from Athens to Thessaloniki, allowing OSE to run through services to Volos from Athens and Thessaloniki.
Facilities.
The station is little more than a halt, with only a small brick-built below the raised tracks. There is no platform, and as such no real disabled access. The original Thessaly Railways building survives but is no longer utilised.
Services.
The station is served by fourteen local trains between Larissa and Volos.


Al Shindagha Tunnel

Al Shindagha Tunnel (Arabic: نفق الشندغة) is a tunnel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Opened in 1975, it is the oldest and the busiest tunnel where 55,000 vehicles travel through the tunnel both directions daily. It goes under Dubai Creek to connect the neighborhoods of Al Ras, Deira and Al Shindagha where it is the only underwater road crossing Dubai Creek. The tunnel has a total of four lanes (two in each direction), a height clearance of 5 meters and speed is limited at 60 km/h.
Replacement.
Due to the aging of the tunnel, the Roads and Transport Authority is planning to replace tunnel with a bridge. The bridge is set to have multiple lanes to improve the flow of traffic.


Mellat Metro Station

Mellat Metro Station is a station in Tehran Metro Line 2.
Location.
It is located in the junction of Ekbatan Street and Mellat Street. It is between Baharestan Metro Station and Imam Khomeini Metro Station.


Bad Zurzach railway station

Bad Zurzach railway station () is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Aargau and municipality of Bad Zurzach. The station is located on the Winterthur to Koblenz line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Services.
 the following services stop at Bad Zurzach:


Puliyankulam railway station

Puliyankulam railway station ( "Puḷiyaṅkuḷam toṭaruntu nilaiyam", ) is a railway station in the town of Puliyankulam in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo. The popular Yarl Devi service calls at the station. The station was not functioning between 1990 and 2013 due to the civil war. The Northern Line between Omanthai and Kilinochchi, which includes Puliyankulam, was re-opened on 14 September 2013.


China National Highway 227

China National Highway 227 (G227) runs from Xining, Qinghai to Zhangye, Gansu. It is 347 kilometres in length and runs northwest from Xining towards Zhangye.


Gallipoli railway station

Gallipoli is a railway station in Gallipoli, Apulia, Italy. The station is located on the Zollino-Gallipoli railway and Gallipoli-Casarano railway. The train services are operated by Ferrovie del Sud Est.
Train services.
The station is served by the following service(s):


Lausanne railway station

Lausanne railway station () is the main intercity and regional railway station for the city of Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland. It is often known as Lausanne CFF to distinguish it from others in the town.
Description.
Lausanne is a through station, which sits at the junction of the Simplon, Lausanne–Bern, and Lausanne–Geneva railway lines. Due to this, express passenger trains are available to a wide variety of destinations across the country.
Passenger trains are primarily run by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), with additional international trains run by companies from neighbouring France (TGV Lyria).
There is also a network of local services from Lausanne, primarily as part of the RER Vaud, and platforms for line 2 of the Lausanne Métro. The metro station, Lausanne-Gare, was opened on 27 October 2008.
Passenger facilities include Bureau de change, left luggage and lost property offices.
Developments.
Significant improvements are planned for the station by 2020. A third subway is to be constructed for platform access, along with longer platforms to allow larger trains. A new tunnel is also to be built for the Lausanne Métro directly underneath the Renens (West) end of the main line station, with new métro platforms directly connected to the subway, removing the need for some métro passengers to cross the square in front of the station.
Services.
 the following services call at Lausanne:


Japanese minelayer Shirataka

 was a medium-sized minelayer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which was in service during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. She was the world's first purpose-built anti-submarine netlayer. Also, unlike any other warship in the Japanese Navy, she had two chrysanthemum crests due to her unusual bow configuration.
Background.
Under the fiscal 1923 budget, the Imperial Japanese Navy authorized a new type of minelayer (Project H2) to supplement its aging minelayers, the former cruisers , and . The new vessel was designed to carry either 100 Type 5 naval mines, or to function as a netlayer based on design features developed through operational experience to counter German submarines gained in World War I. At first the project plans called for "Shirataka" to be a 5,000-ton dedicated netlayer, and to be paired with a 3,000-ton-class minelayer (project number H1, later called ). However, due to budgetary limitations and in response to the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922, the designs of both vessels were scaled down, and "Shirataka" was called on to serve as a dual-purpose netlayer/minelayer.
"Shirataka" was launched by the Tōkyō Ishikawajima Shipyard on 25 January 1929, and was commissioned into service on 9 April 1929.
Operational history.
After commissioning, "Shirataka" was assigned to the Kure Naval District. In the second half of 1934, after the "Tomozuru" incident, she was reconstructed at Kure Naval Arsenal with additional ballast and a lowered bridge and funnel, resulting in an almost complete rebuild by May 1936. "Shirataka" was assigned to patrols of the China coast after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident and the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War in August 1937. From 1 December 1937 she was assigned to the No.1 Base Force, IJN 3rd Fleet (Shanghai).
In November 1940, "Shirataka" was reconstructed into an escort patrol vessel by addition of 36 depth charges and was reassigned to the IJN 3rd Fleet on 1 December 1941 under the overall command of Admiral Ibō Takahashi.
At the time of the Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, "Shirataka" was stationed at Takao on Taiwan, and was assigned to "Operation M", (the invasion of the northern Philippines). In January 1942, "Shirataka" was assigned to the Netherlands East Indies theatre of operations, supporting the Japanese invasions of Tarakan and Balikpapan in Borneo and participating in the Battle of Sunda Strait on 27 February. From 10 March, she was reassigned to Admiral Nobutake Kondō's No.21 Special Base Force, Southern Expeditionary Fleet and was based at Surabaya. On 1 August, she joined Admiral Gunichi Mikawa's IJN 8th Fleet and in November, escorted convoys to Shortland Island and Bougainville. At the end of the year, she was based at Wewak. On 20 February 1943, "Shirataka" escaped from an attack by without damage while on an escort mission in the Bismarck Archipelago. "Shirataka" continued with convoy escort duty between Palau and New Guinea and the Solomon Islands through February 1944, joining the IJN 9th Fleet from 15 November 1943.
From 22 March 1944, "Shirataka" underwent refit and overhaul at Kure Naval Arsenal, where radar/sonar/anti-aircraft arms were installed. On 5 April 1944, she was assigned to the Escort Fleet under Admiral Koshiro Oikawa. From 21 April to 20 May 1944, she was flagship for the escort operation for the Take Ichi convoy from Shanghai to Manila to Halmahera Island and back, with heavy losses to the convoy ships, but no damage to "Shirataka". After escorting a convoy from Manila back to Moji in June, she subsequently escorted Convoy Hi-67 to Manila and Singapore from 20 June to 9 July 1944. She returned with Convoy Hi-68 on 20 July, and escorted Convoy Mo-05 to Okinawa on 5 August.
On 19 August, "Shirataka" escorted Convoy Mi-15 from Moji to Miri in Sarawak. On 31 August, while transiting Luzon Strait, the convoy was attacked by , and , which sank several of the transports. "Sealion" also hit at 07:30 "Shirataka" with two of three torpedoes fired as she entered Bashi Channel. "Shirataka" sank at at 11:15 with loss of all hands, including her CO, Captain Takahide Miki, who was subsequently posthumously promoted to rear admiral.
"Shirataka" was removed from the navy list on 10 October 1944.


Cartland Bridge

Cartland Bridge is a road bridge on the A73 north-west of Lanark, South Lanarkshire which spans the Mouse Water, a tributary of the River Clyde. The three-span bridge was built in 1822, to designs by the engineer Thomas Telford. It is notable for being the highest bridge over inland water in Scotland. It is a category B listed building.


Mill Bridge, Alport

Mill Bridge is a grade II listed stone bridge crossing the River Lathkill in the hamlet of Alport in the Peak District, Derbyshire. The bridge is located close to an 18th-century corn mill.
History.
The bridge, which was built using gritstone, dates back to the 18th century.


Dinhard railway station

Dinhard railway station is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich and municipality of Dinhard. The station is located on the Winterthur to Etzwilen line and is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S29, which links Winterthur and Stein am Rhein.
External links.
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Independent Pilots Association

The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) is the collective bargaining unit for the more than 2800 airline pilots of United Parcel Service.
IPA Foundation.
Since the early days of the association, the IPA leadership has felt it was important for the membership to be represented to the public in a philanthropic endeavor. Therefore, the Independent Pilots Association Foundation, or IPA Foundation, was officially formed in late 1993. The first fiscal year began on July 1, 1994 and since then the Foundation has functioned as a separate entity, entirely self-sufficient, operated solely from the donations received through its members. As a separate entity, the IPA Foundation conforms to existing labor laws as well as sec. 501(c)(3) of the IRS code.
Government affairs.
The IPA Government Affairs Missions statement is: "To promote global aviation safety and security and encourage continued economic growth for the aviation industry". The IPA is a member of The Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations - CAPA.
The IPA has filed suit on December 22, 2011 against the FAA to mandate new rest and duty regulations apply to all cargo airlines as well as passenger airlines.
Historical actions.
The association honored the picket lines when the Teamsters went on strike in 1997 for 16 days.


Overveen railway station

Overveen is a railway station in Overveen, Netherlands. The station opened 3 June 1881. It lies on the Haarlem–Zandvoort railway. The station has two platforms on a central island. It is located along the Tetterodeweg.
Old names.
Until 1 January 1900 the name was "Overveen-Bloemendaal".
Train services.
As of 9 December 2018, the following services call at Overveen:


Sneek Noord railway station

Sneek Noord is a railway station in Sneek, Netherlands. The station opened on 3 June 1973 and is located on the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway. The train services are operated by Arriva.
Bus services.
There is no bus service at this station. The nearest bus stop is located at the Leeuwarderweg.


Cavez Bridge

Cavez Bridge is a medieval bridge that crosses the Tâmega River, located in Cavez, Braga District, in Portugal. The bridge was classified as a National Monument in 1910. It features five uneven arches, with cutwaters in the pillars.


Garbagnate Milanese railway station

Garbagnate Milanese railway station is a railway station in Italy. It serves the town of Garbagnate Milanese.
Services.
Garbagnate Milanese is served by the lines S1 and S3 of the Milan suburban railway network, operated by the lombard railway company Trenord.


SPTrans

The São Paulo Transporte (SPTrans) is the name adopted on March 8, 1995 by the municipal local government which aims to manage the public transport system with buses in São Paulo. It was founded from the Companhia Municipal de Transportes Coletivos.
All bus lines are operated by concessionaires under the supervision of SPTrans, providing business planning and management of public transport. The SPTrans issues work orders for each line of operation, including setting paths, hours of operation, and necessary fleet. The fare can be made in cash or by contactless smart card called Bilhete Único. The company also manages the bus lanes and bus terminals in the city.


Rogier metro station

Rogier is a Brussels metro station on the northern segment of lines 2 and 6, which also serves tram lines 3 and 4 on the North–South Axis. It is located under the small ring at Charles Rogier Square in the municipality of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, north of the City of Brussels (Belgium).
The station opened as a "premetro" (underground tram) station on 18 August 1974 and became a full metro station on 2 October 1988. It was named after the city square above ground, itself named after Charles Rogier, Belgium's 13th Prime Minister.


Buonarroti (Milan Metro)

Buonarroti is a station on Line 1 of Milan Metro in Milan, Italy. The underground station was opened in 1964 and is located on Piazza Michelangelo Buonarroti.


Jalan Johor Lama

Jalan Johor Lama (Johor state route J174) is a major road in Kota Tinggi District, Johor, Malaysia. It is a main route to Kota Johor Lama.


Bolwell

Bolwell is an Australian company that originally produced sports cars between 1962 and 1979. A new company of the same name began production of new cars in 2009 after several years of concept and show cars.
Models.
Mk IV.
The Mk IV was a kit car, offered as a coupe with gull wing doors and as an open sports car. Over 200 were produced between 1962 and 1964.
Mk V.
75 Mk V coupes were produced between 1964 and 1966, using mostly Holden components.
Mk VI.
The Mk VI, also known as the SR6, was a one off mid-engined sports racing car built in 1968.
Mk VII.
400 examples of the MK VII coupe were produced between 1967 and 1971, mostly as kits but also in fully built form. Later kits from around 1969 onwards were built by Kadala Cars for Bolwell. Last version cars had Nagari Dash and gauges, Nagari Seats, Nagari pedal box and Nagari style rear suspension linkages.
Mk VIII Nagari.
The Mk VIII, better known as the Bolwell Nagari, was a Ford V8 powered model, offered from 1970. Fully built in the Bolwell factory, it was initially offered in coupe form only, a convertible being available from 1972. Production ceased in 1974 with 100 coupes and 18 convertibles having been produced.
Mk IX Ikara.
The Mk IX Ikara , conceived in 1979, was a kit mid-engined sports car powered by a 1600cc Volkswagen Golf 4-cylinder engine. It utilized a space frame chassis and fiberglass body panels without doors. There were only 12 examples ever produced. Eleven of the vehicles survive, with one in need of restoration. Car #9 is missing.
Mk X Nagari.
A new Bolwell Nagari, the Mk X, was launched at the Melbourne Motor Show in March 2008. Production commenced in 2009.


Rockets by Astra

The startup company Astra has manufactured launch vehicles for both commercial and military customers. As of 2021, Astra is attempting to launch a launch vehicle into orbit, but has not been successful. These launch vehicles are labelled "Rocket 3".
The first two rockets, Rocket 1.0 and Rocket 2.0 were test vehicles without payloads. Although their only launches were reported to be failures, Astra later reported they were successful.
Rocket 1.
Rocket 1 was a single test vehicle designed between October 2016, when Astra was formed, and March 2018 when the first launch window opened. This vehicle utilized five First stage "Delphin" engines. While second stage engine "Aether" was still being developed, an upper stage (second stage) mass simulator was used in its place. The exterior dimensions of this vehicle were similar to Rocket 3 due to the size limitation of fitting within a standard Shipping container. A number of unsuccessful launch attempts were made between the initial window in March 2018 and July 2018 before the vehicle lifted off in July 2018. At the time, the company had been commonly referred to as "Stealth Space Company" in various media outlets.
Launch.
At approximately 22:00 UTC (15:00 PDT) on 20 July 2018, Rocket 1 left the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA) Launch Pad 2 for the company's first sub-orbital launch attempt. The foggy conditions made it difficult to observe the launch according to local reporters. After approximately 27 seconds of propelled flight, the vehicle suffered an anomaly and returned to the ground, within the perimeter fence of the spaceport. Following uncertainty regarding the launch, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) stated: "The Astra Space, Inc. launch from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska at Kodiak Island on 20 July 2018 experienced a mishap. It was an FAA-licensed launch, and the agency is reviewing the event". No injuries were reported. Craig Campbell, President of Alaska Aerospace, told SpaceNews on 27 July 2018: "Our customer has requested we not discuss their operations with the press. I can confirm that a launch from the Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska occurred on Friday, July 20th and that the customer is very pleased with the outcome of the launch. While a post-launch team is reviewing the results of the launch, I can state that there was no material damage to our facilities as a result of this launch, we look forward to working with this customer to support their next launch from Alaska".
Rocket 2.
Rocket 2 was launched at approximately 20:00 PST on 29 November 2018 (30 November 2018 at 03:00 UTC) from Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska, Launch Pad 2, the same used for Rocket 1. After approximately 30 seconds of powered flight, the vehicle aborted, resulting in a return to the launch site. Sources observing the launch reported the vehicle landed slightly outside the perimeter fence, south of the launch pad, but on spaceport property.
This launch had no customer and acted as a suborbital test flight using a mass simulator for the second stage, as "Aether" was still in development. There was no payload on board. The mission planned to fly on an azimuth of 195° from the spaceport, but the license did not disclose the planned altitude or downrange distance for the mission. No injuries were reported.
Rocket 3.
The Rocket 3 is a family of launch vehicles that have a payload capacity of to a Sun-synchronous orbit. It consists of two stages. The first stage has 5 engines called "Delphin".
Rocket 3.0.
The first Rocket 3, "1 of 3" or "Rocket 3.0", completed a static fire test at Castle Airport, California. It was planned to launch from Pacific Spaceport Complex – Alaska (PSCA) with attempted launches in late February and early March of 2020, with the last launch attempt on 2 March 2020, as part of the DARPA Launch Challenge. Three CubeSats for the U.S. Department of Defense and the University of South Florida, along with a space-based beacon designed to aid in space traffic management, were slated to ride into orbit on "1 of 3". On 2 March 2020, DARPA and Astra officials said the Prometheus CubeSat, the University of South Florida's two Articulated Reconnaissance and Communications Expedition (ARCE) nanosatellites, and the space-based radio beacon payload were to be removed from the rocket after the end of the Launch Challenge. Astra had failed to launch within the DARPA Launch Challenge's launch window; launch preparations continued regardless for the test flight.
On 23 March 2020, "1 of 3" was destroyed by fire during launch preparations. The incident at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island occurred while Astra was detanking fuel during a pre-launch countdown dress rehearsal. A valve on Rocket 3.0 remained open. This incident was first reported by KMXT, a local public radio station. Astra CEO Chris Kemp confirmed no payloads were on-board Astra's rocket at the time of the incident.
Rocket 3.1.
A second launch attempt was planned for no earlier than 31 August 2020 at 02:00 UTC using the second Rocket 3 vehicle, Rocket 3.1 (formerly "2 of 3"), but was delayed due to unfavorable weather conditions. The next launch window began on 11 September 2020. The launch occurred on 12 September 2020 at 03:19 UTC. The launch failed during first stage flight, when Rocket 3.1 experienced an anomaly and fell back to Earth shortly after, and exploded on impact in a part of the spaceport that was cleared of personnel before launch. However, many public viewers captured footage of the launch and failure with the rocket slamming into the ground creating an explosion and cloud. Astra officials said on 12 September 2020, a software fix will likely resolve a guidance system problem that caused the first orbital-class rocket to begin drifting off course soon after liftoff, prompting a range safety officer to terminate the flight. The result was not unexpected after Astra officials set modest goals for the test flight. The rocket carried no payload. The company said it planned a series of three test launches before it expects to reach orbit with its commercial rocket. Astra confirmed that Rocket 3.2, the third Rocket 3, was almost complete and would take flight after data review and making necessary changes.
Rocket 3.2.
On 15 December 2020 at roughly 20:55 UTC, Astra launched its third Rocket 3 vehicle, called Rocket 3.2. The rocket successfully passed the Kármán Line and reached its target orbital altitude of 390 kilometers, a first for Astra. However, due to issues with the upper stage's fuel mixture, the rocket failed to achieve orbit. The company declared the flight a success, arguing that their objective for the test flight was to achieve a successful cut-off of the first stage's main engine, which was achieved. The rocket did not carry any satellites or other payloads, as the launch was a demonstration mission.


Westbourne Bridge

Westbourne Bridge is a grade II listed road bridge in the City of Westminster, London. It was built some time after 1909 for the Great Western Railway.
It carries road traffic over the railway lines in and out of Paddington Station and is joined at its northern end by Westbourne Terrace Road and at the south end by Westbourne Terrace. However, northbound road traffic has not been able to travel between the bridge and Westbourne Terrace Road since 1970. Northbound traffic has been diverted on to Harrow Road running under the elevated roadway of the Westway for a short distance. Southbound traffic using the bridge comes from the eastbound sliproad descending from the Westway.


Great Eastern Trail

The Great Eastern Trail is a north-south hiking route that runs roughly through the Appalachian Mountains west of the Appalachian Trail in the eastern United States. As of 2019, it is still under development. From south to north, it runs from Flagg Mountain in Alabama through Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, ending in western New York state. A connection from Flagg Mountain south to the Florida-Georgia border is considered "Phase II Development".
It is a potential connector in the US National Trails System, linking the Florida National Scenic Trail in the south to the North Country National Scenic Trail in New York. In between, it would connect with and briefly overlap two other National Scenic Trails: the Appalachian Trail and the Potomac Heritage Trail.
Many sections of the Great Eastern Trail are already hikeable for day use and backpackers. The longest continuously usable sections are on the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail, and from Narrows, Virginia, northward through portions of Virginia, West Virginia, all of Maryland, all of Pennsylvania, to a junction with the Finger Lakes Trail carrying the North Country National Scenic Trail near South Bradford, New York.
The project enjoyed support from the American Hiking Society and the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program of the US National Park Service but then became an independent entity. The Great Eastern Trail Association was incorporated in Virginia on August 10, 2007, by signatories from the nine states through which the trail passes.
On January 10, 2013, "Hillbilly" Bart Houck of Mullens, West Virginia, and Joanna "Someday" Swanson of Willow River, Minnesota, started hiking in Alabama and arrived in New York on June 18, 2013, becoming the first to complete a thru-hike of the Great Eastern Trail. In October 2016, Kathy Finch of New Hampshire became the first to complete a southbound thru-hike from New York state to Flagg Mountain, Alabama.
Several other names were suggested and used earlier during the development of the trail, including the Western Appalachian Alternative. The northern terminus was once considered to overlay with North Country National Scenic Trail at Crown Point, New York, but was truncated to the NCNST junction in southwestern New York state.
Trails in system.
Route from south to north with gaps, according to the Great Eastern Trail Concept Plan:


Ponte Velha de Padastros

Ponte Velha (Macieira de Cambra) is a bridge in Portugal. It is located in Vale de Cambra, Aveiro District. It is a granite and masonry single arch bridge that was built in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is listed by the Direção-Geral do Património Cultural.


Japan National Route 25

 is a national highway connecting Yokkaichi and Osaka in Japan.


Jalan Kampung Seberang

Jalan Kampung Seberang (Pahang state route C123) is a major road in Pahang, Malaysia.


Erstfeld railway station

Erstfeld railway station () is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Uri and municipality of Erstfeld. The station is situated on the Gotthard railway, at the foot of the ramp up to the Gotthard Base Tunnel.
A motive power depot at Erstfeld station houses rolling stock needed for the Gotthard route, and especially for banking service. A Ce 6/8 "crocodile" serves as a memorial for the legendary Gotthard locomotives.
Services.
 the following services stop at Erstfeld:


VinFast Ludo

The VinFast Ludo is one of two electric scooters VinFast Production and Trading Co., Ltd. designed, developed, produced and launched on 12 September 2019, continuing the line of electric scooters, alongside the VinFast Klara 2018. The name Ludo comes from the Latin ludo, meaning "I play - Player". Along with the Impes, the Ludo is aimed at high school students, but mostly high school.
On 1 June 2020, VinFast announced that the selling price of LG Chem-VinFast Lithium ion batteries (for VinFast Klara S, Impes and Ludo electric motorcycles) is VND 6,600,000 in June 2020, from July 2020 is 8.600.000 VND.


Almere Strand railway station

Almere Strand railway station (English: Almere Beach) was a railway station in Almere, Netherlands. It was located on the Weesp–Lelystad railway (Flevolijn) between Weesp, North Holland and Almere Muziekwijk, Flevoland. Almere Strand station was served only during the "Libelle Zomerweek" and during events at the nearby beach. Trains at this station were operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
The station, which had two platforms with no facilities, was first opened on 1 May 1996 before being closed on 1 July 1996. It remained closed until 1 June 1999, when it reopened. It was closed permanently in October 2012, shortly before Almere Poort railway station opened.


That Riviera Touch

That Riviera Touch is a 1966 film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. It is the second feature-length film made by the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise.
The film opened at the Leicester Square Theatre in the West End of London on 24 March 1966.
Plot.
After Eric Simpson (Eric Morecambe) nearly gives The Queen a parking ticket in London, he and Ernest Clark (Ernie Wise) decide to take a holiday in the south of France. However, when they arrive there, they become unwittingly involved in a jewel theft when the thief Le Pirate (Paul Stassino) decides to use them to smuggle some precious jewels out of the country. He sends the two Englishmen to a sinister villa and sends the beautiful Claudette (Suzanne Lloyd), a member of his criminal gang, to keep Eric and Ernie occupied while he carries out the various stages of his plan. Confusion ensues however, as the two battle for the affections of Claudette and Eric accidentally wins a large sum of money at a casino. Eventually Eric and Ernie start to get suspicious and begin to investigate...
Reception.
"That Riviera Touch" was among the 15 most popular films at the British box office in 1966.


Pesing railway station

Pesing Station (PSG) is a railway station in Wijaya Kusuma, Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the third station on the Duri-Tangerang branch line Brown Line service. The station is near to the office of television broadcasting company Indosiar.
Services.
The following is a list of train services at the Pesing Station.


SP-272

 SP-272 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.