Skydrol

Skydrol is a fire-resistant aviation hydraulic fluid manufactured by Solutia (now part of Eastman Chemical Company), and formerly manufactured by Monsanto. There are various lines of Skydrol including Skydrol 500B-4, Skydrol LD-4, and Skydrol 5.
Skydrol is made of a fire-resistant phosphate ester base stock, with a number of oil additives dissolved into it to inhibit corrosion and prevent erosion damage to servo valves. It also includes a purple or green dye to ease identification. It has been approved by most airframe manufacturers including Airbus, Boeing and BAE Systems and has been used in their products for over 40 years.
Characteristics.
Acid number (the proportional content of acid, not pH) and particulate contamination must be monitored while using Skydrol, and generally hydraulic systems should be sampled every C check.
Generally recommended contamination levels should be better than AS4059 Class 7 as new, and should not be allowed to degrade beyond Class 9. Skydrol has a 5-year shelf life from the date of manufacture.
Skydrol fluids are extremely irritating to human tissue. Gloves and goggles are recommended safety equipment when servicing Skydrol systems. If the fluid gets on the skin it creates an itchy, red rash with a persistent burning sensation. The effects subside within a few hours; egg white can be applied to the affected area to neutralize the burning. Animal studies have shown that repeated exposure to tributylphosphate, one of the phosphate esters used in Skydrol fluids, may cause urinary bladder damage. If Skydrol gets in the eyes, it creates an intense stinging sensation. The recommended treatment for this is to use an eye-wash station, sometimes mineral oil, castor oil or milk is used.
Skydrol fluids are incompatible with many plastics, paints and adhesives, which can be softened and eventually destroyed by exposure to Skydrol. Some materials (for example rayon, acetate) and rubber-soled shoes may also be damaged by Skydrol.
Production.
The Skydrol series of phosphate ester hydraulic fluids were originally jointly developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company and Monsanto in the late 1940s to reduce the fire risk from leaking high pressure mineral oil-based hydraulic fluids impinging on potential ignition sources.
In 1949 Douglas first licensed Monsanto to produce a range of Skydrol materials under their patents. In the 1990s Monsanto became primarily a biotechnology company, and an independent chemical producer, Solutia, was created in 1997 to handle its chemical interests, including Skydrol.
Solutia Inc. built a new facility to produce Skydrol and SkyKleen aviation cleaning solutions in Anniston, Alabama in 2005. In 2012, Solutia was acquired by Eastman Chemical.
Uses.
The first type of Skydrol used in aviation was Skydrol 7000 (now obsolete), which was dyed green in colour, as a fire-resistant lubricant in Douglas-designed cabin pressure superchargers (as piston-engined airliners do not have 'bleed air' pressurisation) used in the DC-6 and -7 series piston-engined aircraft, and first flight tested by United Airlines in 1949, who also used Skydrol 7000 in the hydraulic systems of these aircraft, as did quite a number of other airlines including Pan-Am, and KLM and BOAC in Europe.
With the introduction of jet aircraft operating at higher altitudes, and lower external temperatures there was a need for improved phosphate ester fluids. The story of the introduction of Skydrol type fluids in civil aviation is covered in a Kindle book entitled "The Skydrol Story", in which it describes how the Vickers Vanguard was the first non US built aircraft to introduce Skydrol as a hydraulic fluid when Trans-Canada Air Lines adopted it for their Vanguard fleet.
In the years following, during the flight testing of the Boeing 707 a test aircraft suffered a gear collapse which led to a fire fueled by leaking hydraulic fluid. As a result of this incident, Boeing implemented the use of Skydrol on the 707 and then later on the 720 and subsequent aircraft. Skydrol 500B (dyed purple in colour) then proliferated through the aerospace industry due to its flame retardant capability, but predominantly only in the civilian world on transport category aircraft.
Notable exceptions include the BAC Concorde, which used silicate ester fluid (Chevron M2V Oronite) due to the high temperature requirements.
Skydrol was never adopted into widespread military use, ostensibly because if an aircraft was hit by enemy fire on a mission it was believed that it is merely academic whether the fluid is flame retardant or not, as the aircraft would have been expected to be destroyed.
The predominant competing mineral oil fluid, MIL-PRF-5606 had higher flammability due to its lower flash point, however modern derivatives such as MIL-PRF-87257 have a flash point much closer to that of Skydrol.
Some smaller business jets still use MIL-H-5606, such as the Dassault Falcon series jets, most of the Cessna Citations and all models of Learjet. Business jets using Skydrol include the Cessna Citation X, Gulfstreams and Bombardier Challenger & Global Express Series.
Special seals had to be developed for use with Skydrol, as the elastomers available at the time were incompatible - the first seals used were made from butyl rubber, which were resistant to the phosphate ester fluid but suffered some early leakages. Modern Skydrol compatible seals are usually made from EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer) or PTFE (polytetrafluroethylene).


Dorata railway station

Dorata railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


Matford

Matford was a car and truck manufacturer in France from 1934 to 1940.
In the early 1930s, the Ford Motor Company was quickly expanding its European production, while Mathis had financial problems, but also a large factory at Strasbourg (which, following frontier changes formalized in 1919, was now in France).
Ford were keen to increase production and the Mathis plant in Strasbourg seemed more suitable than their existing workshop in Asnières-sur-Seine. A joint venture between Ford and Mathis was created under the name of "Matford S.A.", formally created on 1 October 1934, and owned by Ford and Matthis in the proportion 60:40. The initial cars were locally assembled versions of contemporary American and British Ford models.
The intention had been expressed to produce the Matford models alongside those from Mathis but the last Mathis was actually made in October 1934, which was also the month in which Matford was formally founded. During 1935, under the energetic direction of Maurice Dollfus who had joined Ford in 1930, Ford poured massive amounts of capital into modernising the Strasbourg plant. There were high hopes for the Matford collaboration which, in 1934, was expected to last for fifty years.
In 1935 a range of V-8 engined Matfords was put on the market which were very similar to the American Ford Model 48s with their V-8 3622cc engines. A French version appeared in 1936 as the model that has come to be known as the Matford Alsace, with a choice of a 2,225 or 3,621 cc V-8 engine: a cabriolet was also listed. The 1937 models were generally known at the time simply as the Matford 13CV and the Matford 21CV which followed the convention of the time by using the cars' fiscal horse power ratings as model names. Both featured a V-shaped windscreen and in 1938 a US style timber bodied estate car joined the range. The steel car bodies were purchased from the coachbuilders Chausson rather than being built inhouse.
Volume passenger car production ended in 1940 with the buildup of truck orders for the French army, though an unknown number were made during the German occupation, at least till 1942. Under the occupation, because of its proximity to the German border, the contents of the Matford Stasbourg factory were moved to Ford's Cologne plant, while a new Ford plant opened at Poissy near Paris in 1940.
Ford links with Mathis were severed. Ford's French business was restructured in 1940, now taking the name Ford Société Anonyme Française and this company used the Ford trademark. Émile Mathis, fearing persecution under German occupation, escaped to the United States where he spent the war, while Matford ceased to exist.
Matford cars achieved success at the Coupe de Dames (1936) and at Monte Carlo (1938).


Saldus Station

Saldus Station is a railway station on the Jelgava – Liepāja Railway.


Just Go with It

Just Go with It is a 2011 American romantic comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, written by Allan Loeb and Timothy Dowling and starring Adam Sandler (who also co-produced the film), Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Nick Swardson and Brooklyn Decker. It is based on the 1969 film "Cactus Flower", along with the 2005 Bollywood movie, "Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya?", which are themselves an adaptation of the 1965 Broadway stage play written by Abe Burrows, which in turn was based upon the French play "Fleur de cactus".
Production of the film began on March 2, 2010. The film was released on , 2011, by Columbia Pictures in North America. The film grossed over $214 million, making it a box office success. However, it received negative reviews from critics and won two Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Actor and Worst Director.
Plot.
In 1988, Daniel "Danny" Maccabee (Adam Sandler), a 22-year-old man, leaves his wedding right before the ceremony is about to begin after learning that his fiancée is cheating on him, and was only marrying him because he was going to be a doctor. He goes to drink alone at a bar, where a young, beautiful woman walks in. She sees that Danny has a wedding ring on his hand, and asks him about his wife, to which he explains how she recently left him for someone else, and the woman from the bar ends up sleeping with him.
Twenty-three years later, Danny (now 45 years old) is now a successful plastic surgeon in Los Angeles who feigns unhappy marriages to get women, and to avoid romantic commitment that may lead to heartbreak. The only woman aware of his schemes is his office manager/assistant and best friend Katherine Murphy (Jennifer Aniston), a divorced mother of two. At a party, Danny meets Palmer (Brooklyn Decker), a young sixth grade math teacher, without his wedding ring on, and they have a connection together. The next morning, she finds the ring and assumes he is married. She refuses to date him because her parents divorced due to adultery.
Instead of telling her the truth, Danny tells her that he is getting divorced from a woman named Devlin because she cheated on him with a man named "Dolph Lundgren" (not the actor). When Palmer insists on meeting Devlin, Danny asks Katherine to pose as "Devlin" and they go shopping for new clothes to dress like a trophy wife.
A made-over Katherine/"Devlin" then meets with Danny and Palmer and gives them her blessing. However, after hearing Katherine talking on the phone with her kids, Palmer assumes that her kids are Danny's as well. Danny then privately meets with Katherine's kids, Maggie (Bailee Madison) and Michael (Griffin Gluck), to get them to play along and gives them the aliases of "Kiki Dee" and "Bart" respectively. Danny accepts their demands for being his fake children.
Palmer meets the kids at a Chuck E. Cheese's-like play center where Maggie has adopted a fake British accent, and Michael acts very morose. They blackmail Danny in front of Palmer to take them all to Hawaii. At the airport, they are all surprised by Danny's goofball cousin Eddie (Nick Swardson), who has adopted an Austrian disguise as the "Dolph Lundgren" that Danny had made up earlier because he is running from his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend since he tried to steal her back. To maintain the lies, Danny and Katherine are forced to bring him along.
At the resort in Hawaii, Danny tells Eddie that he is considering asking Palmer to marry him. Katherine and Danny also run into the real-life Devlin Adams (Nicole Kidman) and her husband Ian Maxtone-Jones (Dave Matthews). Because of Katherine and Devlin's long-time rivalry, Katherine introduces Danny as her husband rather than admit she is a single mother. Over time, Katherine is impressed by Danny and his way of fun with her kids.
Katherine again runs into Devlin, who invites her and Danny out to dinner. Eddie agrees to take Palmer out to dinner so that Danny can go with Katherine. Since he is supposed to be a sheep salesman, Eddie's cover is nearly blown when he is forced to save the life of an actual sheep who choked on a toy whistle. At dinner, Devlin asks Danny and Katherine to tell each other what they admire most about each other, and, as Danny and Katherine talk, they start to feel a connection. Later, when Palmer and Eddie return from their dinner date, Palmer suggests that she and Danny get married now, since a drunken Eddie told her about Danny's plans of engagement. Danny and Katherine are both surprised by her proposition, but Danny ultimately agrees. Danny later calls Katherine regarding his confusion, but Katherine says that she will be taking a job in New York City to get a fresh start to her life.
The next day, Palmer confronts Katherine about Danny's feelings for her, which Katherine dismisses. Katherine then runs into Devlin at a bar and admits that she pretended to be married to Danny to avoid embarrassment. Devlin confesses that she is divorcing Ian because he is gay and also that he did not invent the iPod, but made his money by suing the Los Angeles Dodgers after getting hit by a foul ball. Katherine confides in Devlin about being in love with Danny, but then Danny shows up behind her, saying that he is not marrying Palmer and that he is in love with Katherine. Meanwhile, on the plane ride back to the mainland, Palmer meets a professional tennis player (Andy Roddick) who shares her interests. Sometime later, Danny and Katherine get married.
Production.
Originally titled "Holiday in Hawaii", and then "Pretend Wife", it was released as "Just Go with It".
The film was shot in Los Angeles and the Hawaiian islands of Maui and Kauai between March 2, 2010, and May 25, 2010. The film is deliberately vague about which Hawaiian island its latter portion depicts; thus, the characters hike across a rope bridge on Maui and arrive in the next scene at a spectacular waterfall on Kauai, rather than the ordinary irrigation dam and pond on Maui where the actual trail terminates.
The characters stay at a Hawaiian hotel called the Waldorf Astoria. In actuality, the film was shot at the Grand Wailea in Maui, which is owned by Waldorf Astoria Hotels and Resorts.
One of the film's in-jokes is the scene wherein Decker's character meets her obvious soulmate—professional tennis player Andy Roddick—as Decker and Roddick are actually married.
"Every Car You Chase" by Party Ben, a mashup of "Every Breath You Take" by the Police and "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, is one of the main music themes.
Reception.
Box office.
"Just Go with It" grossed $103 million in the U.S. and Canada and $111.9 million in other territories for a worldwide gross of $214.9 million.
The film topped its opening weekend box office with $30.5 million. The biggest market in other territories being Russia, where it grossed $13,174,937.
Critical response.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 19%, based on 137 reviews, with an average rating of 3.77/10. The site's consensus reads: ""Just Go With It" may be slightly better than some entries in the recently dire rom-com genre, but that's far from a recommendation." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 33 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.
"The Telegraph" named "Just Go with It" in its "ten worst films of 2011" list, saying it is "a crass and overpopulated remake of "Cactus Flower", served up as a mangy romcom of serial deceptions." Christopher Orr of "The Atlantic" noted that "the title itself seems a plea for audiences' forbearance" and is part of a disappointing trend involving "the reimagining of good, if perhaps not quite classic, films associated with the latter 1960s and early 1970s." "Entertainment Weekly"'s Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote that "Just Go With It" "is saved from utter disaster, though, by Jennifer Aniston" who has "expert comic timing" and "plays like a grown-up."
Nicole Kidman was praised by critics as the sole bright spot.
Home media.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released "Just Go with It" on DVD and Blu-ray disc on June 7, 2011. As of 2019, it has grossed $25,014,665 in North America DVD sales.


Bunnik railway station

Bunnik is a railway station located in Bunnik, Netherlands. The station was opened in 1868 and is located on the Amsterdam–Arnhem railway. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station was closed between 15 May 1938 and 28 May 1972. When it re-opened in 1972 it was moved about 1 km further west than originally.
Train service.
The following services currently call at Bunnik:


Major State Highway 3 (Maharashtra)

Maharashtra Major State Highway 3, commonly referred to as MH MSH 3, is a major state highway that runs through Solapur, Osmanabad, Latur, Nanded, Yavatmal, Wardha and Nagpur districts in the state of Maharashtra and Major State Highway 11 (Maharashtra). This state highway touches numerous cities and villages VIZ. Solapur, Tuljapur, Ausa, Latur, Chakur, Ahmedpur, Nanded, Umarkhed, Mahagaon, Arni, Yavatmal, Wardha - Butibori - Via NH 7 Uptill Nagpur.
Summary.
This Highway is the longest State Highway in Maharashtra State.
This highway is already declared National Highway as NH 204 by Government of India. NH 204 is starting from Ratnagiri in Ratnagiri district passing through Kholapur, Sangli, Solapur and passing along with MH MSH 3 up to Butibori 28 km south of Nagpur city
Route description.
Below is the brief summary of the route followed by this state highway.
Connections.
Many villages, cities and towns in various districts are connected by this state highway.


State Highway 26 (Tamil Nadu)

Tamil Nadu State Highway 26 (SH-26) is a State Highway maintained by the Highways Department of Government of Tamil Nadu. It connects Trichy with Mimisal in the southeastern part of Tamil Nadu.
Route.
The total length of the SH-26 is . The route is from Trichy-Mimisal, via Pudukkottai and Aranthangi.


Seri Bestari Bridge

The Seri Bestari Bridge () is a large arch bridge in Putrajaya, Malaysia. The eastern end of the bridge starts in Precinct 16 and the western end starts near Wisma Putra on Core Island.
The bridge has a total length of 152.6 meters with a main span of 60 meters.


SP-56

SP-56 is a highway in the eastern and the southeastern parts of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The highway runs from the SP-66 at Itaquauqecetuba up to Santa Isabel.
The highway is split into four sections:


Deodoro Line

The Deodoro Line was a commuter rail line operated by SuperVia before being interconnected to the Santa Cruz Line in June 2020.
History.
The busiest line in the SuperVia system was the one that operated between Central do Brasil and the neighbourhood of Deodoro, at the border between the North and West Sides of Rio. This line crossed many important neighbourhoods of the North Side, such as Praça da Bandeira, São Cristóvão, Maracanã, Méier, Engenho de Dentro, Piedade, Cascadura, Madureira, Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Bento Ribeiro and Marechal Hermes.
Popularly known as "parador" (local service), it had a journey time of 40 minutes.
Some of its main stations, such as Méier and Madureira, had escalators installed and others, such as Cascadura, Piedade and Quintino, were restored.
In 2006, after more than two decades without acquisition of new rolling stock, new Series 2005 compositions from South Korea began operating, in a total of 20 new trains which began operation in mid-2007 for the 2007 Pan American Games. This line connects Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium, in Engenho de Dentro, to Maracanã Stadium, two of the main centers of the event. In 2012, 30 new Series 3000 compositions from Changchun, China began operating.
It had integration with bus lines from the city in Méier, Cascadura, Madureira, Marechal Hermes and Deodoro stations, exclusively using the RioCard. From Central do Brasil towards Deodoro, there are bus lines with integration to Catumbi and Rio Comprido neighbourhoods.
During peak hours, the headway on the Deodoro Line was 6−8 minutes. For interchange stations, where there are also express services, the headway was only 3 minutes.
The line was integrated with the Santa Cruz Line in June 2020, becoming part of the line. This decision was taken by SuperVia to reduce delays caused by the signalling of the Deodoro, Santa Cruz and Japeri lines.
Specifications.
The Deodoro Line was electrified through overhead lines of 3,000 Volts, and had a rolling stock composed of Hyundai Rotem Series 2005 and CNR Series 3000.
Stations.
The line had 19 stations along its route and passed by several abandoned stations such as Todos os Santos, Rocha and Encantado.


Pont au Change

The Pont au Change is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France. The bridge is located at the border between the first and fourth arrondissements. It connects the Île de la Cité from the Palais de Justice and the Conciergerie, to the Right Bank, at the Place du Châtelet.
History.
Several bridges bearing the name "Pont au Change" have stood on this site. It owes its name to the goldsmiths and money changers who had installed their shops on an earlier version of the bridge in the 12th century. The current bridge was constructed from 1858 to 1860, during the reign of Napoleon III, and bears his imperial insignia.
In Literature.
The Pont au Change is featured in the novel "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo. Police Inspector Javert finds himself unable to reconcile his duty to surrender Jean Valjean to the authorities with the fact that Valjean saved his life. He comes to the Pont au Change and throws himself into the Seine. It also plays a role in the novel "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" by Patrick Süskind; the perfumier Baldini, who takes the protagonist Grenouille as his apprentice, owns a shop on the bridge. After Grenouille leaves him, the bridge collapses and his house and shop, with him inside, falls into the river.


BR-393

BR-393, a.k.a. Rodovia Lúcio Meira is a federal highway that begins in Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Espírito Santo and ends in Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro. The highway also serves the municipalities of Itaperuna, Três Rios, and Volta Redonda in Rio de Janeiro.


Dripsey railway station

Dripsey railway station was on the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
History.
The station opened on 19 March 1888.
Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1934.


Chiomonte railway station

Chiomonte () is a railway station in Chiomonte. The station is located on the Turin-Modane railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia.
Train services.
The station is served by the following services:


Industrialna (Kyiv Light Rail)

Industrialna () is a station on the Kyiv Light Rail. It was opened in 1977.


Iittala railway station

The Iittala railway station (, ) is located in the town of Hämeenlinna (formerly the municipality of Kalvola), Finland, in the urban area and former municipal seat of Iittala. It is located along the Riihimäki–Tampere railway, and its neighboring stations are Toijala in the north and Parola in the south.
Services.
Iittala is served by VR commuter rail line on the route Helsinki–Riihimäki–Hämeenlinna–Tampere. Southbound trains toward Hämeenlinna, Riihimäki and Helsinki use track 1, while northbound trains toward Tampere use track 2.


Sarmall railway station

Sarmall railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


Total Performance

Total Performance was a global promotional advertising campaign conducted by the Ford Motor Company during the 1960s. It aimed to succeed in a variety of motorsport venues, and then emphasize performance in their mainstream vehicles with the interest generated.
Motorsport.
The cream of Ford's efforts came on the race track and drag strip, which lent credence to the premise of their campaign. The Ford GT40 won overall in 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969, and chalked up numerous victories in other endurance races such as the 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Daytona. Legendary engines, like the big-block Ford 427 engine, and the Ford-sponsored Cosworth DFV were products of this era. Ford engines powered hundreds of victories in Formula One, NASCAR, CART, and other racing series. Ford-powered Lolas raced in the Can-Am series, and other Ford vehicles (most especially the Ford Escort) were successful in rallying.
Design changes.
The Ford Fairlane, Ford Falcon, and Ford Galaxie were stylistically modified in line with the performance image in the 1960s, given squared-off and more aggressive looks. The Ford Mustang, designed to look sporty in stock form, was given performance potential with the creation of in-house Ford designs such as the Boss 302 Mustang, Boss 429, as well as the Shelby Mustangs.
Production race cars.
Though in very small numbers, race cars were often modified for road use by Ford, either out of demand or for necessary homologation. The Ford 427 engine was available in special versions of the Galaxie and Fairlane. The Fairlane version was known as the Ford Thunderbolt. The Thunderbolt was a drag racing only car built buy Ford that weighed in around 3,000lbs and was capable of running mid 8s to low 9 second 1/4 miles with modern tires. Versions of the Ford GT40 were built and sold for roadgoing use, and in kit car form they continue to be produced to this day. Modern cars like the Ford GT and Shelby GT500 are said to be the heirs to 1960s performance machines.
The end.
The Total Performance strategy was obsolete by the early 1970s. Though racing and performance promotions were conducted on a world scale, the fortunes of the strategy was mostly tied to the sale of muscle cars. With fuel economy, emissions cleanliness, and lower automobile insurance costs as new and overriding consumer demands, performance was quickly de-emphasized.


Kuala Belait Highway

Kuala Belait Highway, (; Jawi: ليبوهراي کوالا بلايت ) is a major highway in Belait District, Brunei. It bypasses the town centers of Seria and Kuala Belait, in addition to the Sungai Belait toll bridge, which is not present along the original route of the Pan Borneo Highway. Along the section of the original route of the Pan Borneo Highway between Kampung Sungai Teraban and Kampung Lumut, motorists may need to cross the Belait River via a river ferry service; therefore, the Belait River Bridge at the Kuala Belait Highway enables motorists to cross the river directly without using the river ferry service which may become dangerous during bad weather. The section of the Kuala Belait highway that passes through Seria is generally known as the 'Seria Bypass'. Construction is under way to expand the part of the Kuala Belait Highway from a single carriageway highway to a dual carriageway highway.


Porte de Hal metro station

Porte de Hal (French) or Hallepoort (Dutch) is a double Brussels metro and "premetro" (underground tram) station; one station on the southern segment of metro lines 2 and 6 and one "premetro" station on the North–South Axis. The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 and the "premetro" station opened on 3 December 1993 (the metro operates one level below the "premetro" lines).
The station is located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, south of the City of Brussels (Belgium), under the small ring and next to the 14th-century Halle Gate, after which it is named. It is one metro stop away or about 10 minutes' walk from Brussels-South railway station.
The station contains several artworks by François Schuiten of metro trains and futuristic cityscapes, including some views of the medieval Halle Gate amongst skyscrapers.


Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association

The Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association is a trade union in the Leeward Islands and is registered in both Antigua and Barbados.
Currently, all of LIALPA's members fly for LIAT, a regional airline based in Antigua and owned by several eastern the Caribbean governments and organisations.


Midland Classic

Midland Classic is a bus company from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. They are Burton upon Trent's main bus operator, providing bus services around the Staffordshire town and beyond to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Uttoxeter, Lichfield, Melbourne, East Midlands Airport, and other surrounding towns and villages.
History.
Midland Classic was founded in 2005 by James Boddice with a pair of London Central AEC Routemasters operating charter services. It later diversified into operating route services. In April 2016, Midland Classic entered talks with Arriva Midlands to purchase the latter's Burton upon Trent garage. The deal took effect on 27 August 2016 with 30 buses and 80 staff transferring. All routes later transferred to Wetmore Road garage, with Stanton Road closing.


Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport

Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport , also known as Ferhat Abbas Airport, is an airport near Jijel, Algeria.


Brovary railway station

Brovary () is a railway station located in Brovary, Ukraine.


Langfjord Tunnel

The Langfjord Tunnel is a proposed subsea road tunnel which would cross Langfjorden between Molde and Rauma in Norway. It may also be built with a branch to the island of Sekken. As part of County Road 64, the tunnel would replace the Åfarnes–Sølsnes Ferry, and allow Romsdal ferry-free access to Eastern Norway, as well as connect Molde and Rauma. If the branch is built, it would replace the Molde–Sekken Ferry, giving the island a fixed link. The main tunnel would be between long, which the branch would be slightly shorter than long. The tunnel would reach below mean sea level, making it the deepest subsea tunnel in the world. It would also be the longest subsea tunnel in Norway.
History.
The project was originally planned to be self-financed as a toll road, without receiving other state grants than the subsidies which would otherwise have been given to the ferry. However, new requirements changed increased the costs from 910 to 1,370 million Norwegian krone. The requirements included a less steep grading, which would result in a longer tunnel, and three instead of two lanes, to the uphill direction would have a passing lane. Møre og Romsdal County Municipality has prioritized the Langfjord Tunnel third, after the Nordøy Fixed Link and the Trollheim Tunnel. Should the Langfjord Tunnel need public grants, with today's funding level money would not be allocated until the late 2020s. In November 2010, figures from the newly opened Eiksund Tunnel and Atlantic Ocean Tunnel showed an increase of 110% in traffic, compared to the 20% estimate for the Langfjord Tunnel. The new tunnels had an estimated increase of 30% and 60%, respectively. This will result in more tolls, which can handle the increased traffic. However, the county municipality would have to guarantee for this number; should the increased traffic fall short, the county municipality would have to pay the deficit. A public guarantee would also decrease the average interest rate from 6.5% to 5.0%. Should the tunnel not be built, a second ferry will have to be used, which will increase the need for subsidies for the ferry route. This will increase the income for the toll road, as they receive the money which would otherwise be used for the ferry. Should the changes be approved, sufficient funding would be secured for financing the project.


Jalan BOH

Jalan BOH (Pahang state route C162) is a major road in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia.


Saidpur Airport

Saidpur Airport is a domestic airport located in Saidpur, Nilphamari, Bangladesh.
Saidpur is a city of Nilphamari district in Rangpur division, and Saidpur Airport is the northernmost airport in country. The city was established based on the Saidpur railway Workshop established in 1870 by the British Colonial regime, which was the major railway workshop for Assam-Bengal railway, Saidpur gradually became an important communication hub for adjoining major district headquarters. The city is the commercial hub for the surrounding districts. Saidpur is one of the most important economic zones in Bangladesh.
The airport is currently undergoing major upgrades and expansion, and is expecting to serve international flights to Nepal to strengthen trade and tourism between Nepal and Bangladesh.
Airlines and destinations.
There are currently 3 airlines operating to Saidpur, all with flights to Dhaka. The airlines operate regional turbo-prop aircraft, namely the ATR 72 and Bombardier DHC-8-400.
Flights to Nepal.
In February of 2020, the governments of Bangladesh and Nepal began negotiations to allow Nepal to operate flights directly to Saidpur from Nepal to strengthen the trade between the two countries, and attract tourism. As of March 2021, direct international flights to either Biratnagar or Bhadrapur Airport in Eastern Nepal from Saidpur have been proposed, pending completion of the currently ongoing upgrade and expansion of Saidpur Airport.
Upgrade and expansion.
In 2018, The Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry has started the work for expanding Saidpur Airport in Nilphamari to upgrade it to international standards. For the continuation of expansion work, the ministry has acquired of land from Saidpur municipality and from Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur.
The current runway will be expanded to from , making it one of the biggest runways in the country.


Kongolo Bridge

Kongolo Bridge is a cantilever rail and road bridge that crosses the Lualaba River, and is one of only two major bridges (the other being Matadi Bridge) to cross any tributary of the Congo River basin. It was constructed by the Belgians in 1939, and was reconstructed in 1968 under the Mobutu regime by the German engineer Erich F. Weigl. It is located near the town of Kongolo.
The width of the Lualaba river is about 440 m, while the main span of the bridge is 70 meters, and has a single 5-meter-wide lane for all traffic, including dual-gauge rails.


Robert Bigelow

Robert Thomas Bigelow (born May 12, 1945) is an American businessman. He owns the hotel chain Budget Suites of America and is the founder of Bigelow Aerospace. Bigelow has used his wealth to provide financial support for investigations of parapsychological topics, including UFOs and the continuation of consciousness after death.
Early life and education.
Bigelow grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, attended Highland Elementary School, and was first exposed to science through a number of the nuclear weapons tests conducted about 70 miles northwest of the city.
At age 12, Bigelow decided that his future lay in space travel, despite his limitations in mathematics, and he resolved to choose a career that would make him rich enough that, one day, he could hire the scientific expertise required to launch his own space program.
He entered the University of Nevada, Reno in 1962 to study banking and real estate, and he graduated from Arizona State University in 1967.
Career.
Real estate.
From the late 1960s through the 1990s Bigelow developed commercial real estate hotels, motels and apartments.
In his real estate career, Bigelow built approximately 15,000 units, and purchased another 8,000. For most of his career, "he held on to almost everything he bought, but ... eventually unload much of his housing stock in the boom years immediately before the 2008 crash". In 2013, Bigelow reflected on this: "People just really wanted to throw money away, ... So that was lucky."
UFOs.
In 1995, Bigelow founded the National Institute for Discovery Science to research and advance study of various fringe sciences and paranormal topics, most notably ufology. The organization researched cattle mutilation and black triangle reports, ultimately attributing the latter to the military. The institute was disbanded in 2004.
In 1996, Bigelow purchased Skinwalker Ranch, a 480-acre cattle ranch located in Utah that some believe is the site of an interdimensional doorway used by alien shape-shifters.
In December, 2017, Bigelow was reported by the New York Times to have urged Senator Harry Reid to initiate what became the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, a government study which operated from 2007 to 2012 tasked with the study of UFOs. According to the New York Times, Bigelow said he was “absolutely convinced” that aliens exist and have visited Earth.
In June 2020, Bigelow founded the Bigelow Institute for Consciousness Studies to support investigations into life after death. In January 2021, he put up an award of $1 million for anyone who could demonstrate the existence of a life after death.
Aerospace development.
In 1999, Bigelow founded Bigelow Aerospace.
Bigelow had indicated he planned to spend up to US$500 million to develop the first commercial space station with a goal of the station costing 33% of the US$1.5 billion that NASA expended on a single space shuttle mission. Bigelow Aerospace has launched two experimental space modules, "Genesis I" in 2006 and "Genesis II" in 2007, and had planned for full-scale space habitats to be used as orbital hotels, research labs and factories.
In 2013, Bigelow indicated that the reason he went into the commercial real estate business was to obtain the requisite resources to be able to fund a team developing space destinations. In October 2017, Bigelow announced that he planned to put an inflatable "space hotel" into orbit by 2022. The plan is part of partnership with United Launch Alliance, and the project is estimated to cost US$2.3 billion in total. The cost of a 3-day stay in this spatial hotel is estimated at 5 million dollars.
In April 2016, Bigelow's BEAM module was launched to the International Space Station on the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission.
In March 2020, Bigelow Aerospace let go of all 88 members of staff and halted operations after over 20 years of business, in a move that was partly caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
In March 2021, he sued the NASA for 1.05 million dollars of supposedly unpaid bills.
Media.
He was mentioned in the series Ancient Aliens#Season 16 (2020–21), episode 8 "The Space Travelers" as a business entrepreneur who is funding colonization of other planets.


Flight 358

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Mobile launcher platform

A mobile launcher platform (MLP), also known as mobile launch platform, is a structure used to support a large multistage space vehicle which is assembled (stacked) vertically in an integration facility (e.g. the Vehicle Assembly Building) and then transported by a crawler-transporter (CT) to a launch pad. This becomes the support structure for launch. Alternatives to this method include horizontal assembly and transport to the pad, as used by Russia; and assembling the vehicle vertically on the launch pad, as the United States used for smaller launch vehicles.
The use of mobile launcher platform is a part of the Integrate-Transfer-Launch (ITL) system, which involves vertical assembly, transport, and launch of rockets. The concept was first implemented in the 1960s for the United States Air Force's Titan III rocket, and it was later used by NASA for their Saturn V rocket vehicle.
Kennedy Space Center.
From 1967 to 2011, three platforms were used at the LC-39 to support NASA's launch vehicles. Formerly called Mobile Launchers (ML), the mobile launcher platforms were constructed for transporting and launching the Saturn V rocket for the Apollo program lunar landing missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Each ML originally had a single exhaust vent for the Saturn V's engines. The Mobile Launchers also featured a Launch Umbilical Tower (LUT) with nine swing arms that permitted servicing of the vehicle on the launch pad, and swung away from it at launch.
The Mobile Launchers were built by Ingalls Iron Works. The swing arms were constructed by Hayes International.
After the Apollo program, the bases of the Mobile Launchers were modified for the Space Shuttle. The Launch Umbilical Towers from ML-2 and ML-3 were removed. Portions of these tower structures were erected at the two launch pads, 39A and 39B. These permanent structures were known as the Fixed Service Structures (FSS). The LUT from ML-1 was taken apart and stored in the Kennedy Space Center's industrial area. Efforts to preserve the LUT in the 1990s failed due to a lack of funding, and it was scrapped.
In addition to removal of the umbilical towers, each Shuttle-era MLP was extensively reconfigured with the addition of two Tail Service Masts (TSM), one on either side of the main engine exhaust vent. These masts contained the feed lines through which liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) were loaded into the shuttle's external fuel tank, as well as electrical hookups and flares that were used to burn off any ambient hydrogen vapors at the launch site immediately prior to Main Engine start.
The main engines vented their exhaust through the original opening used for the Saturn rocket exhaust. Two additional exhaust ports were added to vent exhaust from the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) that flanked the external fuel tank.
The Space Shuttle assembly was held to the MLP at eight holddown points using large studs, four on the aft skirt of each Solid Rocket Booster. Immediately before SRB ignition, frangible nuts attached to the top of these studs were detonated, releasing the Shuttle assembly from the platform.
Each MLP weighed unloaded and roughly with an unfueled Shuttle aboard, measured , and was high. They were carried by one of two crawler-transporters (CT), which measure , and high. Each crawler weighs about unloaded, has a maximum speed of about loaded, and has a leveling system designed to keep the launch vehicle vertical while negotiating the 5 percent grade leading to the top of the launch pad. Two diesel engines power each crawler.
The MLPs were designed as part of NASA's strategy for vertical assembly and transport of space vehicles. Vertical assembly allows the preparation of the spacecraft in a ready-for-launch position, and avoids the additional step of lifting or craning a horizontally-assembled vehicle onto the launchpad (as the engineers of the Soviet space program chose to do).
Mobile Launcher Platform-1.
Construction of the Mobile Launcher Platform-1 (MLP-1) (formerly called the Mobile Launcher-3 or ML-3) began in 1964 and was completed with the installation of the Launch Umbilical Tower hammerhead crane on 1 March 1965. The swing arms were added at a later date.
The ML-3 was used for five crewed Apollo launches; Apollo 10, Apollo 13, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17.
Following the launch of Apollo 17, the ML-3 was the first of the Mobile Launchers to be converted for use by the Space Shuttle. The Launch Umbilical Tower was dismantled and later partially reassembled on LC-39A as that pad's Fixed Service Structure (FSS) and the base of the launch platform was modified to accommodate the locations of engines on the Shuttle. The platform was redesignated MLP-1.
In total, the MLP-1 was used for 52 Shuttle launches between 1981 and 2009. It was used for the first Space Shuttle launch, STS-1, in April 1981. Following the launch of STS-119 in March 2009, it was transferred to the Constellation program. The platform was used only for the Ares I-X and the MLP-1 suffered substantial damage. The canceled Ares I-Y would have used the same MLP. However, the Constellation program was canceled and the MLP was left unused.
Following the STS-135, usable parts from the MLP-1 were removed and stored in the Vehicle Assembly Building, with no plans to use the MLP again.
In 2021, NASA began rolling out Mobile Launch Platform-1 on Crawler transporter-2 with a concrete ballast on the top to condition crawlerway to handle the combined weight of the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft in the future.
Mobile Launcher Platform-2.
Mobile Launcher Platform-2 (MLP-2) (formerly called the Mobile Launcher-2 or ML-2) was used for the uncrewed Apollo 6 mission, followed by three crewed Apollo launches; Apollo 9, Apollo 12 and Apollo 14. It was subsequently used for the launch of Skylab on a Saturn V in 1973.
Following the launch of Skylab, ML-2 was the second of the Mobile Launchers to be converted for use by the Space Shuttle. The Launch Umbilical Tower was dismantled and partially reassembled to become the LC-39B Fixed Service Structure (FSS), and the base of the launch platform was modified to accommodate the locations of engines on the Shuttle. The platform was redesignated MLP-2.
In total, MLP-2 was used for 44 Shuttle launches, starting in 1983. All of the orbiters except made their maiden flights from MLP-2. It was also the launch site for the ill-fated STS-51L mission, when disintegrated shortly after launch, killing all seven crew members.
Following the Space Shuttle retirement, NASA kept the MLP-2 for liquid-propellant rockets, but in January 2021, NASA announced that due to lack of storage space, the massive structure would be demolished.
Mobile Launcher Platform-3.
The first launch from the Mobile Launcher Platform-3 (MLP-3) (formerly called the Mobile Launcher-1 or ML-1) was the maiden flight of the Saturn V, and the first launch from LC-39, Apollo 4. Following this, it was used for two crewed Apollo launches: Apollo 8 and Apollo 11. After NASA decided to move Saturn IB launches from LC-34 to LC-39B, the ML-1 was modified by the addition of a structure known as the "Milkstool", which allowed the Saturn IB to use the same Launch Umbilical Tower as the much larger Saturn V. Three manned flights to Skylab, and the Apollo launch for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, were conducted from the ML-1 using the "Milkstool".
Prior to the scrapping of the LUT in 2004, there was a campaign to rebuild and preserve it as a memorial to Project Apollo. The crew access arm is preserved at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on the upper level of the gift shop.
Following the launch of Apollo-Soyuz, ML-1 was the last Mobile Launcher to be converted for use by the Space Shuttle. The LUT and "Milkstool" were dismantled and placed into storage, and the base of the launch platform was modified to accommodate the locations of engines on the shuttle. The platform was redesignated MLP-3.
In total, MLP-3 was used for 29 Shuttle launches, starting in 1990. It was the least used of the three MLPs. Following the Space Shuttle retirement, NASA kept the MLP-3 for solid-propellant rockets.
Usage of MLP-3 to launch the OmegA rocket was granted to Orbital ATK (later bought out by Northrop Grumman) following discussions in 2016, and later formalized through a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement in August 2019. Under the Agreement, Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay 2 would be used to assemble the rocket, while MLP-3 and crawler-transporter 1 would be used to move the rocket to LC-39B for launch. From 2019 to 2020, the OmegA launch tower was under construction on MLP-3. Following the cancellation of OmegA in September 2020, work began to demolish the half-completed launch tower. As of September 2020, the future of MLP-3 remains uncertain.
Space Launch System.
Between 2009 and 2010, a mobile launcher platform called the Mobile Launcher-1 (ML-1) was constructed as part of the Constellation program. Since the cancellation of the program in 2010, ML-1 was converted for the Space Launch System Block 1, with various phases of construction between 2013 and 2018. The total cost of the ML-1 is estimated to be $1 billion.
The biggest modification to the ML-1 was on the platform's base, where engineers increased the size of a exhaust duct to a rectangle stretching and strengthened the surrounding structure. The SLS will weigh more than twice as much as the planned Ares I rocket. The Ares I rocket would have featured a single solid-fueled first stage, while the SLS will include two large solid rocket boosters and a powerful core with four RS-25 engines. The base of the ML-1 is high, long, and wide. The ML-1 also features a Launch Umbilical Tower (LUT) with several arms that will permit servicing of the SLS on the launch pad, and will swing away from it at launch.
On June 2019, NASA awarded a contract for the design and construction of the Mobile Launcher-2 (ML-2) for SLS Block 1B. Construction of the ML-2 began on July 2020, with the planned completion in 2023. The total cost of the ML-2 is estimated to be $450 million.
Cape Canaveral.
Atlas V.
The Atlas V utilizes an MLP when launching from SLC-41. The rocket is stacked on its MLP in the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF), and is then rolled-out over to the launch pad. The design of this MLP is derived from the MLPs used by the Titan III and IV rockets.
Titan III and Titan IV.
Titan III and Titan IV rockets launched from SLC-40 and SLC-41 utilized MLPs to decouple assembly of the launch vehicle from launch. This was meant to enable simultaneous assembly of multiple launch vehicles as part of the Titan's Integrate-Transfer-Launch (ITL) concept, allowing a high flight rate from a small number of launch pads.
Vulcan.
United Launch Alliance's Vulcan will use an MLP similar in design to the one used by the Atlas V when launching from SLC-41, altered to support the former's larger design. The Vulcan MLP stands tall, and when complete will weigh . It will be equipped with various electronics, power-lines, and cables to support and control the rocket. For the initial Vulcan-Centaur configuration, the MLP will supply liquefied natural gas and liquid oxygen to the first stage, and liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to the Centaur upper stage. the basic structure has been completed, but the umbilicals and equipment have yet to be installed.
Other uses.
Japanese H-IIA and H-IIB rockets utilize an MLP when launching from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex.
The PSLV, GSLV, and GSLV Mark III rockets utilize an MLP called the Mobile Launch Pedestal. The rockets are stacked on the Mobile Launch Pedestal in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB; not to be confused with the NASA building with the same name), and are then rolled-out towards the launch pad.
Sound suppression system.
Once delivered to the pad, the mobile launcher platform is connected to the larger sound suppression system by large pipes which deliver a deluge of water from an adjacent water tower. Six towers known as "rainbirds" spray water over the MLP and into the flame deflector trenches below it, absorbing acoustic waves. The suppression system reduced the acoustic sound level to approximately 142 dB.


Emmen railway station

Emmen is a terminus railway station located in Emmen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 November 1905 and is located on the Zwolle–Emmen railway. Train services are operated by Arriva.
The line continues for a short distance to a headshunt where trains can wait before returning, formerly the line continued onwards in a northerly direction with stations at Weerdinge, Exloo and Buinen, to a junction with the now closed line between Assen and Stadskanaal at Gasselternijveen. This closed in the late 1950s with the exception of a short freight only section from Gasselternijveen to Buinen which closed at the same time as Assen - Stadskanaal (early 1960s). Although the tracks have been removed, the remains of the track beds of both lines are still visible in the landscape. There are plans to reinstate the section between Emmen and Stadskanaal (and from there, connecting to the train to Veendam and Groningen).


Port of Venice

The Port of Venice () is a port serving Venice, northeastern Italy. It is the eighth-busiest commercial port in Italy and is one of the most important in the Mediterranean concerning the cruise sector, as a major hub for cruise ships. It is one of the major Italian ports and is included in the list of the leading European ports which are located on the strategic nodes of trans-European networks. In 2006, 30,936,931 tonnes passed through the port, of which 14,541,961 was the commercial sector, and it saw 1,453,513 passengers. In 2002, the port handled 262,337 containers.


State Highway 6 (West Bengal)

State Highway 6 (West Bengal) is a state highway in West Bengal, India.
Route.
SH 6 originates from Rajnagar and passes through Chandrapur, Suri, Purandarpur, Ahmadpur, Labhpur, Kirnahar, Kandra, Ketugram, Katwa, Nabadwip, Kalna, Jirat, Saptagram (from here it is the old Grand Trunk Road), Chinsurah, Chandannagar, Bhadreswar, Baidyabati, Serampore, Konnagar, Uttarpara, Bally, Belur, Salkia, Shibpur, Podrah, Andul and terminates at its junction with NH 16 at Alampur.
The total length of SH 6 is 266 km.
Districts traversed by SH 6 are:
Birbhum district (0 – 76 km)Purba Bardhaman district (76 – 169 km)Hooghly district (169 – 242 km)Howrah district (242-266)
Road sections.
It is divided into different sections as follows:


Cork City Park railway station

Cork City Park railway station was on the Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
History.
The station opened on 1 June 1885.
Passenger services were withdrawn on 1 September 1889.


Sardar Jhandir railway station

Sardar Jhandir railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


Stores Pura railway station

Stores Pura railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


Heino railway station

Heino is a railway station located in Heino, Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 January 1881 and is located on the Zwolle–Almelo railway. The station lies outside of Heino, but can be reached by bus.


Soest (Netherlands) railway station

Soest is a railway station located in Soest, Netherlands. The station was opened on 27 June 1898 on the single track Den Dolder–Baarn railway. It is the only station with two platforms on the line.
Train services.
The following train services call at Soest:
Bus services.
There is no bus service at this station. The nearest bus stop is in Soestdijk.


Tongyeong Interchange

Tongyeong Interchange (), shortly Tongyeong IC, is an interchange located in Yongnam-myeon, Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang, South Korea. Tongyeong–Daejeon Expressway (No. 35) and Namhaean-daero, part of National Route 14 and Gukjido 58, meet here. The type of interchange is trumpet.
Tongyeong Tollgate.
Tongyeong Tollgate is a tollgate that marks the start of Tongyeong–Daejeon Expressway in the Republic of Korea. It is located in Dongdal-ri, Yongnam-myeon, Tongyeong City, South Gyeongsang Province.
In popular culture.
The tollgate was shown in the episode 1 of the drama which was broadcast by KBS in 2015.


Dunkineely railway station

Dunkineely railway station served Dunkineely in County Donegal, Ireland.
The station opened on 18 October 1893 on the Donegal Railway Company line from Donegal to Killybegs.
It closed on 1 January 1960.


Cerrillos metro station

Cerrillos is an underground metro station and the southern terminal station of Line 6 of the Santiago Metro network, in Santiago, Chile. It is underground, being the terminal station of Line 6, preceded by the Lo Valledor station. It is located at the intersection of Pedro Aguirre Cerda-Camino a Melipilla avenues with Departamental-Buzeta. The station was opened on 2 November 2017 as part of the inaugural section of the line, between Cerrillos and Los Leones.
Etymology.
The station is located in the municipality of Cerrillos. The name of the district is reminiscent of the closed Los Cerrillos Airport, located where the Bicentennial Park City is currently located.
Originally the station was going to be named as Pedro Aguirre Cerda, however in January 2012 modifications were announced to the route of Line 6, with which the station was renamed Cerrillos.


Arab Motors TV

Arab Motors TV is Now Arabgt.com
Arab satellite channel in both identity and content, broadcasting its programs to and from the MENA region, in general, and the GCC area, in particular. Arab Motors is a specialized channel in the world of automotive.


Khjdabad railway station

Khjdabad railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


State Highway 2 (West Bengal)

State Highway 2 (SH 2) is a state highway in West Bengal, India.
Route.
SH 2 originates from its junction with NH 14 at Bankura and passes through Indpur, Hatimrampur, Khatra, Simlapal, Taldangra, Bishnupur, Jaypur, Kotulpur, Arambag, Champadanga, Tarakeswar, Singur, Baidyabati, Dankuni, Uttarpara, Baranagar, Dakshineswar, Barrackpore, Barasat, Berachampa, Basirhat, Hasnabad, Kholapota and terminates at its junction with SH 3 at Malancha in North 24 Parganas district.
The total length of SH 2 is 323 km.
Districts traversed by SH 2 are:
Bankura district (0 - 117 km)Hooghly district (117 - 196 km)North 24 Parganas (196 - 323 km)
Road sections.
It is divided into different sections as follows:


Nu River Bridge

Nu River Bridge () is a railroad bridge part of the Dali–Ruili Railway in China's Yunnan province. It is long. Construction started January 24 2016. The steel truss arch bridge has a main span of 490 meters and a total length of 1024 meters, with the bridge deck being 211 meters above the Nu River.


Penshaw Bridge

Penshaw Bridge, also known as Fatfield Bridge, is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield. The bridge was opened on 29 January 1890.


Dalen railway station

Dalen is a railway station located in Dalen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 November 1905 and is located on the Emmerlijn (Zwolle - Emmen). Train services are operated by Arriva. The station was closed between 2 October 1938 and 10 June 1940, 17 September 1944 and 27 June 1945 and 14 May 1950 and 31 May 1987.
Bus services.
There is no bus service at this station. The nearest bus stop is in the village centre of Dalen.


Hedingen railway station

Hedingen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich, situated in the municipality of Hedingen. The sehton is located on the Zurich to Zug via Affoltern am Albis railway line and is an intermediate stop on Zurich S-Bahn services S5 and S14. This railway station, although not a major station, provides the ability to travellers to purchase tickets for either directions. It has a Kiosk (a convenience store) attached to it where travellers can purchase a variety of products or they can also have a kebab at the nearby Kebab shop. It is also located within walking distance from the local supermarket (Volg) and the local bakery (Bäckerei Conditorei Confiserie), which is already set up for Christmas (see picture below).
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Rheden railway station

Rheden is a railway station located in Rheden, Netherlands. The station was opened in 1882 and is located on the Arnhem–Leeuwarden railway. The station is currently operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station closed on 2 October 1927 and reopened on 18 May 1952. The platforms are not located opposite each other, but on either side of the level crossing.


National Union of Norwegian Locomotivemen

The National Union of Norwegian Locomotivemen (, NLF) is a trade union representing train drivers in Norway.
History.
The union was founded on 22 October 1893 as the Norwegian National Locomotive Personnel Union, and joined the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions in 1919. By 1963, the union had 2,049 members, and this has since declined to around 1,700.


Finger Lakes Trail

The Finger Lakes Trail consists of a network of trails in New York. The trail system is administered by the Finger Lakes Trail Conference (FLTC), a non-profit organization, composed primarily of volunteers.
The FLT is primarily designated as a footpath only trail. The main trail (FLT) is 584 miles (939.9 km) long and extends from the New York-Pennsylvania border from Allegany State Park in southwestern New York to the Catskill Forest Preserve in eastern New York. There is an additional 400+ miles (643+ km) of branch and loop segments that branch off the main FLT—six branch trails and several loop and side trails. The FLT is part of the 4,600 mile North Country National Scenic Trail (NCNST) and affiliates with the North Country Trail Association as a partner organization. The NCNST uses approximately 424 miles of the FLT as it crosses New York from Allegany State Park and into Madison County.
The Trail System passes over a mixture of public and private land, and also public roads where there is no public or private land available. The main FLT crosses through many New York state parks, state forests and wildlife management areas. The FLT also crosses through the only national forest in New York State and over an additional 400 private landowners property.
It is maintained by volunteers from 15 organizations and approximately 60 individual and family trail sponsors, except for personnel of the NYSDEC Operations Crew who maintain the trail in the Catskills. The US Forest Service maintains the Interloken Trail in the Finger Lakes National Forest.
The highest elevation on the entire FLT is 3660' near Balsam Lake Mountain in the Catskills. The lowest elevation is 430' where the FLT crosses the Cayuga Inlet near Ithaca, NY. There are also five fire towers located along the trail. The first is the abandoned Mt. Tuscarora Fire Tower in Allegany State Park. The second is the Sugar Hill Fire Tower outside Watkins Glen State Park. The Berry Hill Fire Tower is located outside Bowman Lake State Park. The fourth is the Balsam Lake Mountain Fire Tower and the fifth is the Rock Rift Fire Tower. Both are located in the Catskills.
As of August 10, 2016 the Finger Lakes Trail has been completed 413 times (including continuous and section hikes). Joe Dabes ("Java Joe") has hiked the entire trail ten times. Frank Bianco's second of four hikes was completed in 24 days on June 26, 1997. The six branch trails have all been completed 92 times as of February 14, 2016. The FLTC gives out patches for completing both the main trail and all its branches. Then on August 3, 2015, Heather Houskeeper ("Botannical Hiker") completed the first continuous hike of the main trail and all branch trails in 62 days.
When using the trail, it is important to know whether the portion you are using is on private or public land and the rules applicable to that particular portion.
Those portions of the trail that pass over private lands are subject to rules established by the Finger Lakes Trail Conference ("FLTC") as negotiated with the private land owners. The portions of the trail that pass over public lands are subject to the laws and rules of the political entity that owns the public land.
For example, the portions of the trail that are in Allegany State Park are subject to the rules of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ("NYS OPRHP"). The portions of the trail that pass through New York State forests and New York State reforestation areas are subject to the rules of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ("NYS DEC"). The portions of the trail that pass over county owned lands are subject to the rules of the particular county.
This multi-jurisdiction can create a good deal of confusion. For example, there are some designated camping spots ("bivouac" areas and lean-tos) on both private and public lands. On private lands camping is allowed only in specifically designated locations. In some state parks camping is allowed anywhere on or near the trail that is not visible from a road. In other state parks, camping is allowed only in designated camping areas along the trail. On the portions of the trail that pass over New York State forests and New York State reforestation areas camping is anywhere that is at least 150 feet from any trail, road, and water source.
Likewise, mountain biking is generally prohibited by the FLTC. In state parks, mountain biking is allowed only if specifically designated by the NYS OPRHP. In state forest and reforestation areas, mountain biking is allowed unless the NYS DEC has specifically posted otherwise. Similar disparate rules apply to possession of firearms, both long guns and licensed handguns.
Portions of the trail that pass over private lands are closed during various hunting season (fall turkey season, fall big game season, and spring turkey season.) The portions of the trail that pass over public lands are generally open all year long including public lands on which hunting is allowed.
The FLTC sells detailed maps that specify the portions of the trail on public and private lands, and the portions of the trail that are closed during various hunting seasons.
Branch trails.
The following trails branch from the main trail:


Shahid Beheshti Metro Station

Beheshti Metro Station is a station in Tehran Metro Line 1. It is located in the junction of Dr. Mofatteh Street and Beheshti Street. It is the intersection of Line 1 and Line 3. It is between Shahid Mofatteh Metro Station and Mosalla Metro Station on Line 1 and Mirzaye Shirazi Metro Station and Sohrevardi Metro Station on Line 3.


Davos Dorf railway station

Davos Dorf railway station () is a railway station in the municipality of Davos, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. It is an intermediate stop on the Landquart–Davos Platz line of the Rhaetian Railway.
Northbound, there is an hourly service towards Landquart. Southbound, there is an hourly service to Davos Platz. The station also serves as a hub for local bus services. Davos Platz station is located about 2.5 km southwest of Davos Dorf.
The station currently has one platform in use, served by trains in both directions.
Services.
The following services stop at Davos Dorf:


Samsun Amisos Hill Gondola

The Samsun Amisos Hill Gondola () is a two-station aerial lift line of gondola type in Samsun serving the nearby hilltop Amisos.
The long line was constructed in eight months by the Turkish company STM Sistem Teleferik from İzmir, which delivered also the technical equipment. The construction of the line completed in October 2005.
Spanning over Atatürk Boulevard towards south, the gondola lift line connects Batıpark (literally: West Park) on the Black Sea shore, a large urban park on land reclaimed from the sea, with Amisos Hill (), an archaeological site. At Amisos Hill, tumuli called Baruthane Tümülüsleri (Baruthane Tumuli), are found containing tombs dating back to an era between 300 BC and 30 BC. The hill features an archaeological museum and a café-restaurant.
The number of the six-seater gondolas increased from initially two to six, which run in two sets of three cabins in a row. The gondola line is owned by the Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, which operated it until September 2013. The municipality leased the lift line to its subsidiary company for transportation, the Samulaş Inc. for a five-year term.


Voyages Television

Voyages Television is a global platform for the marketing of luxury travel destinations and the distribution of travel products across television, the Internet, Internet television (IPTV) and Video on Demand. The Company’s focus is on the six major markets (China, India, Japan, USA, UK and Germany) which account for a large percentage of the luxury travel market.
Location.
Headquartered in Hong Kong with production operations in Hanover, Shanghai, Mumbai, Taipei and New York, Voyages is currently available to over 40 million cable and satellite television homes on a 24-hour-a-day basis, as well as via the Internet. The Company plans to launch a Video On Demand product in 2007 and broadband television product (IPTV) in early 2008.
History.
Television Voyages Ltd. was established in late 2001 by a group of Hong Kong-based investors. The initial production operations were centered in Taipei, in line with the Company’s strategy of targeting the Chinese speaking markets of Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. The original service was launched in TaiChung on the 4th of April 2002 to 520,000 cable television homes.
Voyages' point of difference is that each of its programs contains a holiday offer that can be booked by the viewer on Voyages web site or via a call center. Thus, the business earns revenues from the sale of travel holiday packages to its audience, in addition to advertising and sponsorship revenue.
In early 2003, based on the success of the initial Channel, Voyages increased distribution in Taiwan to include Taipei city and Taipei county, as well as to expand the Channel to other countries. The Company’s plans for expansion were interrupted by the outbreak of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) in Asia in 2003. After the resolution of the SARS epidemic and the travel industry returning to a normal state, Voyages established operations in Hong Kong (2004), India (2005) and Germany (2006). In 2007, the Company plans to launch the Voyages Channel in North America, followed by the United Kingdom in 2008.
In line with the development of the Voyages Channel, the Company has launched local language travel web sites, and is preparing for the pending launch of a broadband-based product.
Voyages offers a balance of travel and lifestyle programs. Program strategy is to provide viewers with programs that include a travel purchase option and that provide a vehicle for advertising sales.
Channel Reception.
South Asia.
Digital 24/7 via satellite.
Thaicom 78.5 E, 3960 MHz, vertical polarity, symbol rate 30000, FEC 5/6


Trailer connectors in Europe

A number of standards prevail in Europe for trailer connectors, the electrical connectors between vehicles and the trailers they tow that provide a means of control for the trailers.
7 and 13-pin connectors.
The 13-pin (ISO 11446) version being phased in is newer, provides more services than the 7-pin (ISO 1724) , a more positive locking and also better protection against moisture and contamination.
NEN 6120—Connectors based on ISO 1724.
Multicon Feder and Multicon WeSt (Welt Standard) connectors are precursors to ISO 11446 in a design that is intended to be compatible with ISO 1724. This means that if a towing vehicle has an outlet of this type it should be able to connect a trailer with a standard 7-pin or 5-pin connector according to ISO 1724, provided that the trailer coupling follows the standard and that the trailer plug casing is not made of metal since a metal plug will otherwise short the extra pins.
Both connectors have the same electrical wiring and can be found primarily in the Netherlands and Germany.
The following supplementary information exists for the connector:
Connectors of DIAB/-typ.
These connectors are specially developed by (DIAB) for severe conditions where snow, ice and salt are common. They can be equipped with an optional heating loop if necessary. Moreover, they are "self-disconnecting" to lower the risk of damage to the connector if the driver should forget to disconnect the plug when disconnecting the trailer or the trailer jumps off the hook.
The 14-pin, 17-pin and 22-pin connectors have the same physical dimensions, but different contact elements in the contacts.
These connectors occur primarily in Scandinavia, but vendors exist in the United States, Belgium and Great Britain, which means that they can be found outside Scandinavia as well.
Connections for these contacts listed as spare are free to use.
Maximum allowable current for ground contact is 25A.
12-pin DIAB P12.
This connector is designed for 12V electrical system where the standard ISO connectors are considered insufficient. The connector is designed in the same manner as the connectors for heavy vehicles, but is physically smaller.
The following supplementary information exists for the connector:
14-pin.
The following supplementary information exists for the connector:
17-pin.
This connector is used in cases where a 14-pin connector is insufficient
The following supplementary information exists for the connector:
22-pin.
This connector is a further development of the 17-pin connector for cases requiring support for many functions.
The following supplementary information exists for the connector:


Stefanovikeio railway station

Stefanovikeio railway station () is a railway station in Stefanovikeio, Thessaly, Greece. It is located outside the settlement, close to a level crossing. 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 building on a raised platform, however no real disabled access.
Services.
The station is served by fourteen local trains between Larissa and Volos.


Strofyli Station

The Strofyli station (Greek: Σταθμός Στροφυλίου "Stathmos Strofyliou") was a station of the Attica Rail in Kifisia, Greece. It was the northern terminus of the Lavrion Square-Strofyli railway, at 16.5 km from the southern terminus at "Plateia Lavriou", in central Athens. The station was opened after 1900, and it closed in 1938.
The station was also the starting point of a metre gauge freight railway to a quarry at Dionysos.


Old Town Bridge

Old Town Bridge (Norwegian: Gamle Bybro or Bybroa) is located in Trondheim, Trøndelag County, Norway.
History.
Gamle Bybro crosses the Nidelva River from the south end of the main street Kjøpmannsgata connecting to the Trondheim neighborhood of Bakklandet. Gamle Bybro was constructed by Johan Caspar von Cicignon in 1681 in conjunction with the reconstruction of Trondheim after the great fire of 1681. Johan Caspar von Cicignon laid out plans for the reconstruction of Trondheim as well as its fortification. Kristiansten Fortress was built at this time after his plans. The bridge location was of military-strategic significance. King Christian V of Denmark assumed the cost of construction. It was completed in 1685. The bridge was built in the vicinity of the original Elgeseter Bridge. When it was opened the older bridge was allowed to decay and collapse. Since then Gamle Bybro has undergone many changes.
Originally Gamle Bybro was constructed of wood, but the wood was supported on three stone piers. In the middle of the bridge, an iron gate was placed. This remained a guarded city gate until 1816. At each end of the bridge there was a toll and guardhouse. The access house on the west end still stands, but that on the east side was taken down in 1824. Gamle Bybro was reconstructed in 1861 by the engineer Carl Adolf Dahl (1828-1907). Today "Gamle Bybro" is one of Trondheim's characteristic landmarks.
Gamle Bybro is also known as "Lykkens portal" (Gate of Happiness), after the lyrics of the popular waltz "Nidelven stille og vakker du er" ( "Nidelven quiet and beautiful you are") by Norwegian singer and composer Kristian Oskar Hoddø (1916-1943). According to tradition, Hoddø wrote the waltz about the Nidelva River one night in late April 1940 while he was standing at Gamle Bybro. Oskar Hoddø was a member of the resistance movement against the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was executed in Trondheim on 17 November 1943 along with eight other Norwegian resistance fighters.


Amsterdam Aletta Jacobslaan railway station

Amsterdam Aletta Jacobslaan was a planned railway station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The station was to be built on the Amsterdam–Schiphol railway on the site of the current Henk Sneevlietweg—a station on the Amsterdam Metro.


Odessa railway station


Minsheng Road

Minsheng Road (; also called 8th Blvd.) is an east-west 4-lane to 10-lane arterial in Taipei, Taiwan connecting the Songshan District and Datong District of Taipei City. Minsheng Road is divided into east and west sections, with five smaller sections in the east section and only one is the west section.
Landmarks.
Notable landmarks along Minsheng Road include:


Baflo railway station

Baflo (; abbreviation: Bf) is a railway station located in Baflo, Netherlands. The station was opened on 16 August 1893 and is located on the Sauwerd–Roodeschool railway. The station is operated by Arriva.
Train service.
The following services currently call at Baflo:


Central Nippon Expressway Company

The , abbreviated as , is one of the main operators of expressways and toll roads in Japan. It is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.
The company was established on October 1, 2005 as a result of the privatization of Japan Highway Public Corporation. The company manages roadways mainly in the Tōkai and Hokuriku regions. Roadways in other regions of Japan are managed by East Nippon Expressway Company and West Nippon Expressway Company.


Provincial Highway 28 (Taiwan)

Provincial Highway 28 is a Taiwanese highway that starts from Hunei and ends in Liouguei. The highway is entirely located in Kaohsiung City. The route length is .
Route description.
The highway begins at Hunei at the intersection with Highway 17. The highway heads eastbound and serves as the main highway in Tianliao, Cishan, and Meinong. The road ends at Laonong (荖濃) in Liouguei District at the intersection with Highway 27.


Japan National Route 240

National Route 240 is a national highway of Japan connecting Kushiro, Hokkaidō and Abashiri, Hokkaidō in Japan, with a total length of 149 km (92.58 mi).


Collegno railway station

Collegno () is a railway station in Collegno. The station is located on the Turin-Modane railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia.
This station will serve as a future interchange with the Turin Metro when Line 1 is extended to Cascine Vica in 2023.
Train services.
The station is served by the following services:


Ghaem Metro Station (Mashhad Metro)

Ghaem Metro Station is a station of Mashhad Metro Line 1. The station opened on 10 October 2011. It is located on Ahmadabad Blvd..


Tractor unit

A tractor unit (also known as a prime mover, truck, semi-truck, semi-tractor, rig, big rig, or simply, a tractor) is a characteristically heavy-duty towing engine that provides motive power for hauling a towed or trailered-load. These fall into two categories: heavy- and medium-duty military and commercial rear-wheel-drive semi-tractors used for hauling semi-trailers, and very heavy-duty typically off-road-capable, often 6×6, military and commercial tractor units, including ballast tractors.
Overview.
Tractor units typically have large displacement diesel engines for power, durability, and economy; several axles; and a multi-ratio transmission (10, 13, or 18 gears) for maximum flexibility in gearing.
The tractor-trailer combination distributes a load across multiple axles while being more maneuverable than an equivalently sized rigid truck. The most common trailer attachment system is a fifth wheel coupling, allowing a rapid shift between trailers performing different functions, such as a bulk tipper and box trailer. Trailers containing differing cargos can be rapidly swapped between tractors, eliminating downtime while a trailer is unloaded or loaded.
Drawbar couplings are also found, particularly in dedicated exceptionally heavy-duty ballast tractors and as a means to connect intermediate fifth-wheel dollies for pulling multiple semi-trailers.
Configurations.
Cab.
There have been three common cab configurations used in tractors, two are still widely used.
Axle.
A tractor unit can have many axles depending on axle load legislation. The most common varieties are those of 4×2, 6×2, and 6×4 types. However, some manufacturers offer 6×6, 8x4, 8×6, 8×8, 10×8, and 10×10 axle configurations. A 6×4 has three axles, normally an undriven front steer axle and the two rear axles driven. 6×4 units are more common in long-distance haulage in larger countries such as the United States and Australia. In Europe, the 4×2 and 6×2 variants are more commonplace.
Tractors with three axles or more can have more than one steering axle, which can also be driven. Most 6×2 units allow the undriven rear axle to be raised when lightly loaded, or running without a trailer, to save tire wear, save toll road fees, and increase traction on the driven axle. The 6×6 units have three axles, all can be driven, and 8×6 units have four axles, with either the rear three driven and the front axle not, or the front and rear-most two axles powered and an unpowered lifting bogie center axle to spread the load when needed. The 8×8 units also have four axles, but with all of them driven, and 10×8 units have five axles with the rear four usually driven and the front axle for steering. All five axles of 10×10 units are driven. The front two axles are usually both steer axles. The axle configurations are usually based on axle load legislation, and maximum gross vehicle weight ratings (BDM).
Heavier versions of tractor units, such as those used in heavy haulage and road trains, tend to have four or more axles, with more than two axles driven. In certain countries (such as Switzerland), a certain amount of weight must be spread overdriven axles, which led to heavier varieties having six-wheel drive, otherwise, another tractor unit would have to be used. Heavy haulage variants of tractor-units are often turned into a ballast tractor by fitting temporary ballast, which may require special permitting.


Campi Salentina railway station

Campi Salentina is a railway station in Campi Salentina, Italy. The station is located on the Martina Franca-Lecce railway. The train services are operated by Ferrovie del Sud Est.
Train services.
The station is served by the following service(s):


West Midlands Rail Executive

West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) is a British municipally owned corporation which was formed to manage rail transport policy in the West Midlands region of England. It is jointly owned by a partnership of 16 local authorities.
It should not be confused with Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), the authority responsible for transport in the smaller West Midlands County.
Formation.
WMRE was established in December 2017 as "West Midlands Rail", a partnership of local transport authorities. It has joint responsibility for overseeing rail services running within the region along with the Department for Transport, a central government department. In particular, it oversees the operations of the train operating company West Midlands Trains, which commenced operations on 10 December 2017. It now uses the name "West Midlands Rail Executive".
Full members of the WMRE Executive Board are Birmingham City Council, Coventry City Council, Dudley Borough Council, Herefordshire Council, Northamptonshire County Council, Sandwell Council, Solihull Council, Shropshire Council, Staffordshire Council, Telford and Wrekin Council, Walsall Council, Warwickshire County Council, Wolverhampton City Council and Worcestershire County Council. Cheshire East Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council are affiliate members.
Branding.
The WMRE logo consists of a hexagon formed from the letters "WM" and the company name in the LL Circular typeface by Lineto. This has been adopted as part of a shared branding with other transport modes in order to created a common identity for an integrated transport system for the region. Variants of the heaxgonal logo are also used by West Midlands Metro, West Midlands Trains and TfWM's West Midlands Network branding on buses, taxis and roads.


Old Donghe Bridge

The Old Donghe Bridge or Old Tungho Bridge () is a bridge in Taitung County, Taiwan. It connects Chenggong Township and Donghe Township over Mawuku River.
History.
The bridge was designed and built in 1926 by the Japanese under the name Jikuen Bridge as a suspension bridge. It was the longest bridge designed during the Japanese rule of Taiwan. In 1953, the bridge was rebuilt due to damage caused by typhoon by maintaining the original height of the towers at each end. Currently, the bridge is opened only for pedestrians.
Architecture.
The bridge is 127 meters long and 4.65 meters wide made of concrete. At the northern end in Chenggong Township side, it has an arch-shaped pier and sits on top of hard limestone soil foundation. At the southern end in Donghe Township side, it has framed pier and sits on top of soft sedimentary rock foundation.


Syngrou Fix station

Syngrou Fix station is an interchange between Athens Metro Line 2 and Athens Tram lines 4 and 5. The tram stop is known simply as Fix. The metro station opened on 16 November 2000 as part of the extension, and the tram stop opened on 19 July 2004 as part of the initial scheme.
The station name is derived from Syngrou Avenue, where it is located, and the former Fix brewery, which was on the road near the station site.


Gardenie (Rome Metro)

Gardenie is an underground station serving Line C of the Rome Metro. The station is located at Piazzale delle Gardenie, at the western edge of the Roman quarter of Prenestino-Centocelle.
Construction works started in 2007 and were finished in January 2015. The station opened in June 2015.


Jalu-Jo-Chunrd railway station

Jalu-Jo-Chunrd railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


Sunes familie

Sunes familie is a Danish children's and family comedy that premiered in Denmark on 10 October 1997.
The film is a Danish adaptation of the film "Sune's Summer", focusing more on the book rather than the Swedish film. The family's last name was changed from Andersson to Andersen and their first names were changed from Anna to Anne, Isabelle to Isabel, Håkan to Håkon. Sune's girlfriend Sophie is instead called Sofie. Locations were also changed so that the family is living Denmark instead of Sweden.


Rebibbia (Rome Metro)

Rebibbia is a station on the Rome Metro, and is the northern terminus of line B. It was opened in 1990 and is situated along via Tiburtina in the Rebibbia district at the north-eastern extremity of Rome. Beside the station is the Rebibbia prison.


Rojhan railway station

Rojhan railway station
() is located in Pakistan.


Herbert A. Wagner

Herbert Alois Wagner (22 May 1900 – 28 May 1982) was an Austrian scientist who developed numerous innovations in the fields of aerodynamics, aircraft structures and guided weapons. He is most famous for Wagner's function describing unsteady lift on wings and developing the Henschel Hs 293 glide bomb.
Early life.
Wagner attended the Austrian Naval Academy from 1914 to 1917 and served as an Ensign in the Austrian Navy during World War I. He survived the sinking of his ship after it was struck by an enemy torpedo. After the war he returned to his studies, earning a doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin when he was only 23. His doctoral thesis entitled "Origin of the dynamic lift of wings" contained the solution of one of fundamental unsteady aerodynamics problems concerned with lift force on wings that are suddenly set into motion. The result later became known as "Wagner's function".
In the mid-1920s he worked for Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau on new designs for flying boats. During that time he also invented the so-called "Wagner beam", a method of constructing aircraft structural components from sheet metal. Following a short stint as a professor at the Technical University of Berlin, he returned to industry at Junkers Flugzeugwerke, helping to design aircraft and aircraft engines working together with Hans von Ohain. There he played an instrumental role in the development of the first jet engines. He left Junkers following a disagreement with the management, and settled at Henschel Flugzeugwerke in Berlin.
World War II research.
Wagner helped the computer pioneer Konrad Zuse as an intermediary concerning orders that Zuse got from the Reich Ministry of Aviation.
While at Henschel, Wagner began to study remotely controlled aircraft. In July 1940 he began work on a prototype glide bomb that could be used to attack thinly armored warships and merchant ships. This ultimately evolved into the Hs 293 guided missile, used with considerable effectiveness in late 1943 and early 1944. Several notable successes were achieved, including the first sinking of a ship by a remotely controlled weapon, the destruction of HMS "Egret" on 27 August 1943. Another notable success for the Hs 293 was the sinking of the transport HMT "Rohna" with the loss of over 1000 soldiers, sailors and crewmen.
However, the Allies developed several electronic countermeasures against the Hs 293 and other radio guides weapons, such as electronic jammers. Those and the increasing Allied air superiority prevented the Hs 293 from having any significant impact in the later war years.
He also designed the Henschel Hs 117 "Schmetterling" surface-to-air guided missile.
Post-war activities.
After the war, Wagner was the first of many German scientists brought to America as part of Operation Paperclip, arriving at Frederick, Maryland on 18 May 1945 with seven large cases of blueprints and other technical data. Wagner and his team were moved to the Special Devices Center, a U.S.-Navy run research unit housed at the Castle Gould and Hempstead House, the former estate of Daniel and Florence Guggenheim at Sands Point, Long Island. There he supported U.S. efforts to deploy glide bombs against Japan.
Wagner then moved to the new Naval Air Missile Test Center in Point Mugu, California, the centerpiece of the U.S. Navy's research into guided missiles. There he helped develop the control mechanisms for advanced missiles, several of which remain (in upgraded forms) in service today. A formerly classified FBI counterintelligence report describes his approach to his work:
An excellent German scientist of good character and who is not interested in politics... He has given no evidence of being either pro-Nazi or pro-Communist and is disinterested politically... Once belonged to the German SS for a four week’s instruction course but dropped out of same on his own volition... Is an opportunist who is interested only in science and does not subscribe to any political ideology... Since the death of his wife, Wagner has been drinking considerably but is not a drunkard.
Wagner left US government service and formed his own technical consulting firm, HA Wagner Company. He sold this company to Curtiss-Wright in 1957 and returned to Germany to take up a position as professor of Technical Mechanics and Space Technology at the RWTH Aachen University. He continued to serve as technical advisor to several U.S. defense companies during this period. Wagner was awarded the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics) for "outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace engineering" in 1980. He died aged 82 on 28 May 1982.


STAA doubles

STAA doubles or double pups are a type of long combination vehicle in the US. They are named for the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) of 1982. Each trailer is long and wide. The doubles are connected via a dolly. This long combination vehicle is the only combination of trailers allowed nationwide in America. The axle weight allowed is per single axle. STAA double make up less than 3% of the freight trailer fleet in the US.


Cesano Maderno railway station

Cesano Maderno is a railway station in Italy. Located at the crossing of the Milan–Asso and Saronno–Seregno railways, it serves the town of Cesano Maderno.
Services.
Cesano Maderno is located on two different levels: at the inferior level stop the lines S2 and S4 of the Milan suburban railway network, as well as the regional trains from Asso to Milan; at the superior level stops the line S9. All the services are operated by the lombard railway company Trenord.


Santa Julia metro station

Santa Julia station is an embanked metro station located on Line 4A of the Santiago Metro in Santiago, Chile, between Vicuña Mackenna station and La Granja station in the commune of La Florida. It lies along the Vespucio Sur Freeway at the junction with Santa Julia Street.
The station was opened on 16 August 2006 as part of the inaugural section of the line between Vicuña Mackenna and La Cisterna.
The area around the station is mainly residential and contains the Villa O’Higgins Family Health Center (Spanish: "Centro de Salud Familiar Villa O’Higgins"). The station also has disabled access.
Etymology.
The station is named after the avenue at whose junction it is located .