Saruhashi Bridge

The Saruhashi Bridge (猿橋) is a historic arch bridge officially listed as a Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi Prefecture. It is ranked as one of Japan's three unique bridges, along with the Kintai Bridge and the Shinkyo Bridge. It is also referred to as the monkey bridge, and is known as one of the "Japanese Sanky Bridges".
The bridge spans the gorge of the Katsura River and is the most well-known example of the (刎橋) design, in which the bridge is supported by a series of cantilever beams set in the opposing cliff faces. The bridge dates to the mid-18th century, when it carried the Kōshū Kaidō, one of the main highways of the Edo period. The elegant design of the bridge and the scenic beauty of the gorge have inspired numerous landscape paintings of the 19th century.
Design.
Sarubashi Bridge spans the deep gorge of the Katsura River at Ōtsuki city, Yamanashi, Japan. While suspension bridges are normally used under such conditions, where it is impractical to build a supporting pier, Sarubashi employs a design called (刎橋) which was used during the Edo period (1603–1868).
Holes were made in the vertical rock faces of the cliffs to hold four pairs of inclined cantilever beams, called "hanegi" (羽根木), extending from either side. The lower pairs help support the load of the pairs above, which are of increasing length, with the gap between the opposing sets of beams spanned by a simple arch. Each beam has a small peaked roof to protect it from the elements.
The bridge is wide, long, and crosses about above the Katsura River.
History.
Origin and medieval bridge.
It is unclear when a bridge was first constructed at the site of Sarubashi. Its name, "monkey bridge", is associated with a local legend in which monkeys bridged the chasm with their bodies so that a couple could cross during the Nara period, . A later story tells that the original rickety plank structure was so precarious that "only an agile monkey could cross it".
According to the (鎌倉大草紙), a military record of the Kanto region during the Muromachi period, the war between Ashikaga Mochiuji and Takeda Nobunaga was held at "Saruhashi" in the early 15th century. In 1487, a Buddhist visited the area and wrote a journal that recorded the description of Saruhashi, along with Japanese songs and Chinese poems.
The "Kamakura Ōzōshi" records that Sarhashi was relocated by Nobuyoshi Oyamada in March 1520, to provide strategic control over the area. The bridge was important to Oyamada's feudal alliance, and was guarded by a strong garrison from 1524, with battles occurring in 1530. The "Kamakura Ōzōshi" notes that Saruhashi was destroyed by fire in 1533 and rebuilt in 1540.
Early modern period.
Bridge reconstruction has been recorded since 1676, and it has followed the "hanebashi" design from 1756 or earlier.
Saruhashi became the most well-known "hanebashi" bridge as it carried the Kōshū Kaidō, one of the five main highways of the Edo period, which extended west from Edo (now Tokyo). It was noted by literary figures Ogyū Sorai and Shibue Chohaku, who included it in journals and poems. Numerous artists of the 19th century made paintings of the scenic bridge (see below).
In 1880, the Emperor Meiji made a tour of Yamanashi Prefecture and crossed the Saruhashi on 18 June.
Modern Saruhashi.
On 25 March 1932, Saruhashi Bridge was designated as a Place of Scenic Beauty of Japan. At the time of the designation, the village was considered to be in the village of Hirosato. However, the village lacked funds to manage and maintain the bridge, so Saruhashi was an independent historical site. The problem of its management was decided when Ōtsuki city was established in 1963, and assumed responsibility for the bridge. In 1984, there was a major restoration of the bridge, which replaced the wooden cantilever beams with steel box girders set in concrete. The girders were shrouded in a wooden facade to preserve the original appearance of the bridge. It is the only remaining "hanebashi" bridge in Japan that retains wood as its main material.
In 1934, Shinsaruhashi Bridge was built upstream to carry national route 8 (now Yamanashi prefectural road 505). Another bridge was constructed downstream in 1973, carrying national route 20.
Tourism.
Saruhashi bridge has been remarked upon by many travellers during its long history. The elegant design of the bridge complements the landscape of Katsura gorge, with its maples and zelkova. The bridge is sometimes remarked to appear to "float" above the gorge. Boat tours of the valley are available, when conditions permit.
A popular time to view the scenery is early to mid-November, to take advantage of the autumn leaf color changes. In summer, during late June and early July, hydrangeas bloom around the bridge and Saruhashi Park, marked by Ōtsuki's Hydrangea Festival ("ajisai" festival).
In art.
Several notable artists have depicted Saruhashi in scenic landscapes.
In 1817, Ukiyo-e artist Hokusai drew Saruhashi in "Hokusai Manga 7 volumes Kai Saruhashi".
 (昇亭北寿) created a picture of Saruhashi bridge in 1818. Hokuju placed the bridge in the center of the composition, with nothing but sky and clouds behind the bridge and mountains on the side, so that the bridge appears to be floating in the sky. This print may demonstrate the level of understanding of Western perspective by Japanese artists of the time.
In 1841, Ukiyo-e Utagawa Hiroshige visited Kōshū via the Kōshū Kaidō, recording the sights of his journey in the "Koshu Nikki" (Record of the Days in May 1841, Year of the Ox), which informed his later work. According to Usui Kojima, this included sketches of the view and bridge of Saruhashi. Hiroshige worked on a large-scale woodblock printing called "Koyo Saruhashi", which was published by Takubo Yoshizo c. 1842. This painting was of Saruhashi bridge in autumn with colorful leaves behind the valley.
Katsushika Taito II drew "Full Moon Beneath the Monkey Bridge" (fig. 1), between 1843 and 1847. Placing the full moon below the level of the bridge, casting shadows of the boats on the placid water below, emphasized the height of the bridge framed by the rugged cliffs and bridge, with a distant village in the background.
Katsushika Hokusai is regarded as one of the most influential and creative minds in the history of Japanese art. His unique social observations, innovative approach to design and mastery of the brush made him famous in Edo-period Japan and globally recognized within a decade of his death. He created major paintings of Saruhashi in 1842 and 1853 (fig. 2 and 3). These are collected in "Twentieth-century Japanese prints" and "Hiroshige's journey in the 60-odd provinces".
Artist Tomioka Tessai visited Yamanashi Prefecture in 1875 and 1890. He painted "Koyo Saruhashi" which is part of the Oki Collection.
Kobayashi Kiyochika created the painting "Monkey Bridge (Saruhashi)" (fig. 4) in 1896.


Langstone Bridge

Langstone Bridge (also known as Hayling Bridge) connects Hayling Island with the English mainland of Hampshire.
The name of the bridge is derived from its location at the coastal village of Langstone.
Historically connection was by a causeway known as the Wadeway, this was severed by the construction of the Portsmouth and Arundel Canal.
Wadeway.
The Wadeway or Wade Way is an original and historic causeway to Hayling Island, however it is now completely impassable, having been cut in two by a deep channel for the Portsmouth and Chichester Canal in the 1820s. and was classified as a bridleway in 1988, and is shown as such on modern Ordnance Survey maps in spite of its use being considered hazardous at best. Excavation of this feature in 2006, constructed on a natural high point in the harbour, put its date in the Roman to medieval range but found no evidence to be more specific.
Wooden Bridge.
The Canal Company funded a replacement wooden road bridge served by a toll-house situated at the northern end. There was a weight-limit and after WW2 only single-decker buses were allowed across and if they were carrying too many passengers some had to get out and walk, regardless of the weather, to reduce axle-weight. The old wooden bridge was demolished following construction of the current (2014) concrete bridge in the late 1950s.
The 1956 Bridge.
The current (2014) concrete bridge opened in 1956, initially still as a toll bridge. The new bridge is owned by Hampshire County Council and was operated without tolls from April 1960. The construction work on the new bridge was carried out by "Christiani and Nielsen".
Railway Bridge.
A second bridge was constructed for the Hayling Island branch line in the 1860s. This became disused after the railway's closure and the remains can be viewed to the west of the current bridge today


Kennedy Avenue

Kennedy Avenue () is a -long avenue in Istanbul, Turkey that travels southwest from Sirkeci district to Bakırköy District and most importantly to the Atatürk Airport. The avenue is named for the 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy.
Route.
The course of the road roughly follows the old Sea Walls of the city. After starting next to Sirkeci station in central Istanbul, Kennedy Avenue runs eastwards along the south side of the Golden Horn near its mouth. The road then turns south at Sarayburnu and winds its way along the east side of the centre of Istanbul, between the Topkapi Palace and the Strait of Bosphorous. After passing the Ahırkapı Feneri lighthouse and running near the Hagia Sophia Mosque and the Boukoleon Palace, the road swings westwards towards west Istanbul and the airport, passing Little Hagia Sophia, the headquarters of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople and the large harbour in Yenikapi. It then continues west and southwest before terminating at the Ataköy Marina, a short distance from Istanbul's airport. The remainder of the road leading to the airport is known as Rauf Orbay Avenue "(Rauf Orbay Caddesi)", after the Turkish naval officer Rauf Orbay.
Places of interest.
The Ahırkapı Lighthouse, a historical lighthouse still in use, is located in Cankurtaran neighborhood close to the Cankurtaran railway station, which is served by the İstanbul-Halkalı Line.


Mysore Ring Road

The Mysore Outer Ring Road is a long Ring road within the South Indian city of Mysore. The road was originally to be widened to eight lanes, but was reduced to six in order to free up funds for building a missing link along the road. Most of the road was opened in 2012. There are four railway bridges over the course of the road.


No Surrender Motorcycle Club

No Surrender Motorcycle Club is a Dutch outlaw motorcycle club. No Surrender was founded in 2013 by Klaas Otto. By 2014, the club claimed over 600 members, and membership exceeded 900 in 2018. The leaders are mainly Dutch trailer residents or of Turkish origin.
On 16 February 2016, Otto announced he left the club.
In 2014, three members of the group were reported to have traveled to Iraq to fight alongside Kurdish forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Iraq and Syria, an act which is not in itself a crime, according to authorities in the Netherlands.
In June 2015, it was announced that one of the volunteers, Nomad Ron, had died in a traffic accident.
On January 13, 2017, the clubhouse in Emmen was raided by police. According to justice, the clubhouse was trading in hard and soft drugs.


Kargar Metro Station (Isfahan)

Kargar Metro Station is a station on Isfahan Metro Line 1. The station opened on 18 March 2018. It is located on Hezar Jarib at the intersection with Kargar St., the station's namesake. The next station on the north side is Daneshgah-e Esfahan Station and Kuy-e Emam Station on the south side. The station is located next to University of Isfahan campus.


Aerodynamically alleviated marine vehicle

An aerodynamically alleviated marine vehicle (AAMV) is a high speed marine vehicle configuration that uses aerodynamically generated forces (lift) to ‘alleviate’ its weight. The advantage is that the hydrodynamic lift required to sustain the weight of the vehicle is diminished, leading to a diminished hydrodynamic drag. The vehicle is in constant contact with the water, therefore the aerodynamic surfaces operate in ground effect. The name derives from the '‘Aerodynamic Alleviation Concept’', presented by L.J. Doctors to illustrate the positive effect of using a wing-like superstructure on a catamaran configuration.
Literature review.
In 1976, Shipps, among other air-supported waterborne vehicles, analyzed a new kind of race boats, known as ‘tunnel hull’ race boats. Two planing sponsons act as aerodynamic end plates of the central ‘channel flow’ or ram wing. These race boats immediately demonstrated to have better performances with respect to the conventional monohull race boats and a new race boat class was created. The advantages of this new configuration come from the aerodynamic lift. The additional aerodynamic lift can be equal to the 30-80% of the total weight of the marine vehicle. This means a lower hydrodynamic lift needed, therefore a lower chine and keel wetted length and a decreased hydrodynamic drag. Furthermore, the flow in the tunnel hull acts as an air cushion, damping the heave and pitch oscillation: the oscillations of the craft are smoother. Otherwise this aerodynamic lift can create safety and stability problem. Sometimes the craft, for example after a wave, can lose contact with the water. Generally the aerodynamic center is located upward with respect to the center of gravity, therefore when the vehicle jumps off the water the pitch moment is unbalanced and the vehicle performs a pitch-over. More generally, Shipps believed in the possible development of air-supported waterborne vehicle, capable of better performances, and suitable for littoral scenarios as well as for offshore scenarios.
In 1978, Ward et al. published an article on the design and performance of a ram wing planing craft: the KUDU II (KUDU I was mentioned in Shipps' article). This vehicle can be considered an AAMV, since it has two planing sponsons separated by a wing section. Therefore, it is a vehicle with aerodynamic and hydrodynamic surfaces, designed to obtain aerodynamic and hydrodynamic lift. In his article Ward presented the results of some trials: the KUDU II was able to run at .
In 1978, Kallio, of the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center, performed comparative tests between the KUDU II and the KAAMA. The KAAMA is a conventional mono-hull planing craft. The data obtained during comparative trials show that the KUDU II pitch motion, in sea state 2, at about 40 to , is about 30% to 60% lower than the conventional planing hull KAAMA. Unfortunately the KUDU II sustained severe damages during the trials, therefore there are little data available to compare.
In 1996, Privalov and Kirillovikh presented a new vehicle concept called TAP, Transport Amphibious Platform. It can be considered an AAMV. The TAP consists in two hulls, like a catamaran, and a fuselage, a wing and an aerodynamic tail in between the hulls. It moves always in contact with the water and uses an aerodynamic cushion effect, obtained by forcing the powerplant gas jets beneath the platform between the hulls. The authors assess that the advantages of the TAP are:
This vehicle seems to be very promising, however the authors presented only performances estimation of the TAP, without disclosing any detail on the dynamics model adopted.
In 1997, Doctors proposed a new configuration called "Ekranocat" for which he mentioned the "aerodynamic alleviation concept". The weight of the catamaran is alleviated by aerodynamic lift, thanks to a more streamlined superstructure than in traditional catamarans. The theoretical analysis and computed results show that reductions in total drag around 50% can be obtained at very high speed.


I-35W and 46th Street station

The I-35W and 46th Street station is a centerline bus rapid transit station in Minneapolis, Minnesota which was built as part of the I-35W/Minnesota State Highway 62 Crosstown Commons reconstruction project and opened on December 4, 2010. It is the first full-fledged station to be built as part of the METRO Orange Line, preceding other stations by a few years. Located in the middle of I-35W at East 46th Street, the station is accessed via dedicated busways which branch off of the highway's high-occupancy toll lanes.
The station uses a single center platform for passenger pick-up and drop-off. Buses on the route use the standard right-hand traffic configuration with entrance/exit doors on the right, so the northbound and southbound busways cross over each other immediately north and south of the station so that the doors will face the platform. Northbound riders board and disembark on the west side of the platform while southbound riders do so on the east side of the platform.
The station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and has a pair stairway and elevator towers, one on each side of the 46th Street bridge.
This station is planned to be a stop on the proposed Minneapolis Streetcar System's Nicollet Ave/Central Ave Line.


Duleek railway station

Duleek railway station is a former railway station that served the town of Duleek in County Meath. Located on the Drogheda-Oldcastle branch line and operated by the GNR(I), the station opened in 1850 and closed to passenger services, along with the rest of the line, in 1958.
The pressure group Rail Users Ireland have proposed that, as part of their plan to institute a rail service between Dublin and Navan using the Oldcastle branch that is in situ, Duleek station be rebuilt and reopened as a park and ride. Rail Users Ireland claims that this would form part of a €54 million upgrade of the route for passenger services as an alternative to Iarnród Éireann's two stage proposal to reopen the route from Clonsilla.
Rail replacement bus.
A rail replacement bus was introduced in 1958 and this route continues to this day as Bus Éireann route number 190 (Drogheda-Duleek-Slane-Navan with a latter extension to either Trim or Athboy). This was formally route 188. Until the 1980s/early 1990s the bus also served Drogheda railway station.


Biskra Airport

Mohamed Khider Airport or Biskra Ouakda Airport is an airport in Algeria, located approximately 12 km north-northeast of Oumache; about 200 km south-southwest of Constantine.
History.
During World War II, the airport was known as "Biskra Airfield". It was a major United States Twelfth Air Force base of operations during the North African campaign against the German Afrika Korps. Known combat units assigned to the airfield were: 97th Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress (14 December 1942 – 8 February 1943); 301st Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress (16 December 1942 – 17 January 1943); 1st Fighter Group P-38 Lightning (24 December 1942 – 8 February 1943); HQ, 5th Bombardment Wing (January–March 1943).


Imam Khomeini station

The Imam Khomeini metro station is the junction of Tehran Metro Line 1 and Line 2. The station was opened on 21 February 2000, it is located in Imam Khomeini Square between Panzdah-e-Khordad Metro Station and Saadi Metro Station in Line 1 and Mellat Metro Station and Hasan Abad Metro Station in Line 2.
This station is 19 meters underground and has elevator access.


Japan National Route 29

 is a national highway connecting Himeji and Tottori in Japan.


Tsing Ma Bridge

Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong. It is the world's 14th-longest span suspension bridge, and was the second longest at time of completion. The bridge was named after the two islands it connects, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. It has two decks and carries both road and rail traffic, which also makes it the largest suspension bridge of this type. The bridge has a main span of and a height of . The span is the longest of all bridges in the world carrying rail traffic.
The bridge deck carries six lanes of automobile traffic, with three lanes in each direction. The lower level contains two rail tracks and two sheltered carriageways used for maintenance access and traffic lanes when particularly severe typhoons strike Hong Kong and the bridge deck is closed to traffic.
History.
Background.
The Tsing Ma Bridge is the most prominent element of the Lantau Link, an infrastructure project built to connect Lantau, Hong Kong's largest island, to the urbanised areas of the territory. Until this link opened in 1997, Lantau Island could only be accessed by water, and was completely rural. The Lantau Link was built as part of the Airport Core Programme, which ultimately served to provide Hong Kong with a brand new airport at Chek Lap Kok (off the north coast of Lantau) to replace the older, congested Kai Tak Airport.
Construction.
Numerous consortia bid on the contract to construct the bridge. Hyundai made the lowest bid but were disqualified for non-compliance with the financial requirements. A Japanese bid was ruled out for being too expensive. The Anglo Japanese Construction Joint Venture, comprising Costain, Mitsui, and Trafalgar House, won the job. Construction work on the bridge began in May 1992. Gammon Construction constructed the caissons for the bridge towers. The framework for each caisson was floated into place and sunk, and then filled with concrete underwater. The two caissons on the Ma Wan side weigh 4,500 tons each, while those on the Tsing Yi side (closer to shore) each weigh about 3,000 tons. Land reclamation was carried out at both ends of the bridge. The more substantial reclamation on Ma Wan was used as a work platform for construction crews.
The first steel deck segment was lifted into place in late 1994. The approach deck segments were constructed in Britain and Dubai and then shipped to Hong Kong for assembling. The main span segments were built by Cleveland in the U.K. and by Mitsui in Japan. The climbing cranes used to erect the tower portals were coincidentally also used on the HSBC Main Building a decade earlier, as well as at Canary Wharf in the interim.
Inauguration.
Construction was finished in May 1997. It cost HK$7.2 billion. The Lantau Link, of which the bridge is an integral part, was inaugurated on 27 April 1997 by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Security was extremely tight as Thatcher was considered one of the top targets of the Irish Republican Army.
The commemoration ceremony began with a flotilla of police and other government vessels passing beneath the bridge, before Government Flying Service and Royal Air Force aircraft flew above the concrete towers. Thatcher, Chief Secretary Anson Chan, and Governor Chris Patten then switched on the bridge lights and drove across the span with other dignitaries. The celebration concluded with a 20-minute firework and laser show, featuring fire pouring from the length of the bridge, engineered by the Pyromagic Productions company. Chief Executive-designate Tung Chee-hwa declined to attend as he said he would rather meet with officials in Guangdong.
The opening ceremony was highly anticipated and attracted more than 100,000 spectators, most of them standing along Castle Peak Road, which was closed to road traffic. The Tuen Mun Road was also closed to traffic from 7:40 to 8:20 pm, and a 20-minute fireworks display, costing HK$5 million, began at 8 pm. MTR, Citybus, and KCR Corporation arranged special transport services for the event. More than 2,300 police officers were deployed, and the crowd control exercise was studied by the police for its relevance to the upcoming Handover ceremony. Three boating accidents occurred during the bridge inauguration.
The Lantau Link was opened to traffic on 22 May 1997 at 8:00 am. Cars queued for four hours before police opened the bridge. Snaking queues also formed at bus stations at 7:00 am as passengers sought to view the new infrastructure as well as the North Lantau New Town, which was still under construction.
The first road accident on the Lantau Link occurred on the Tsing Ma Bridge on 23 May 1997. Two motorcyclists were injured in a collision with a lorry. The police warned the public not to rush to use the new bridges and highways to avoid causing chaos.
Two special bus routes came into operation on 24 May 1997 for passengers to view the Lantau Link. The X21 and X31 buses ran from Tai Kok Tsui and Tsuen Wan, respectively.
Operation.
The Tsing Ma Bridge crosses the Ma Wan Channel, linking the islands of Tsing Yi and Ma Wan. It is part of the Lantau Link, which links the New Territories and Lantau Island, and eventually leads to the Hong Kong International Airport on Chek Lap Kok via the North Lantau Highway.
The Tsing Ma Bridge is an important gateway to Lantau Island. It is part of the Route 8 expressway, which connects the Lantau Link, the West Kowloon expressway, Cheung Sha Wan and Sha Tin. The rail line is shared by the MTR's Tung Chung line and Airport Express.
The bridge, together with other highway, bridge and tunnel connections in the area, are part of the Tsing Ma Control Area under the Tsing Ma Control Area Ordinance (Cap. 498) in Hong Kong Law. The control area has been managed by Tsing Ma Management Limited since opening. The control area's traffic management system was developed by Delcan Corporation of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Special regulations and by-laws apply in the area.
Along with the Ting Kau Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge, the bridge is monitored by the Wind and Structural Health Monitoring System (WASHMS). Surveillance cameras are also installed on the bridge to record traffic conditions. The video is available at the government website. It is updated every two minutes.
There are no longer tolls on Lantau Link since 27 December 2020. Before, the fee of using Tsing Ma bridge for motorcycles, private cars, public double-decker buses and heavy goods vehicles are HK$10, $15, $30 and $40 respectively, charged both directions. The normal speed limit on the bridge is , subject to lowering in the event of road work or strong wind. Traffic may also be directed to the sheltered carriageways on the lower deck when there are very strong winds. There are no pavements on the bridge.
Design.
The bridge was designed by Mott MacDonald. The firm designed an early iteration of the bridge in 1982, with a two lane dual carriageway on the top deck, and a light railway on the lower deck. The bridge was redesigned beginning in 1989 to account for the three lane dual highway and the heavier airport railway. The designers were inspired by the Forth Bridge in Scotland and the Severn Bridge in England.
Wind tunnel testing.
The objectives of the wind tunnel studies were to demonstrate the safety of the structure under construction and once completed, both with respect to aerodynamic stability as well as the possible effects of extreme typhoon wind speeds. A further objective was to provide dynamic response data at several key locations to compare with full scale data from the ongoing monitoring program, conducted by the Highways Department of Hong Kong.
A 1 to 80 scale section model of the deck in the erection stage, and a 1 to 400 scale full aeroelastic model of the entire bridge were constructed. It is a Monte-Carlo simulation of the typhoon wind climate. The full model was tested in different stages of construction in turbulent boundary layer flow, complete with the local topography to model the wind conditions at the site. The model tests identified critical stages of erection that allowed the construction schedule of the bridge to be tailored to avoid the typhoon season. The comparison of model test results and the full scale monitoring will assist engineers to better understand the behaviour of long span bridges in wind and to improve current design methods.
Major components.
There is one tower located on Wok Tai Wan of Tsing Yi side and another on a man-made island off the coast of Ma Wan. Both towers are above sea level and founded on relatively shallow bedrock. The towers are two-legged with trusses at intervals, in the form of portal beam design. The legs were constructed with high-strength concrete of 50 MPa (concrete grade 50/20) strength, using a slipform system in a continuous operation.
The pulling force in the main suspension cables is taken up by large gravity anchorages located at both ends of the bridge. They are massive concrete structures deeply seated on bedrock on the landside of Tsing Yi and Ma Wan island. The total weight of concrete used in the Tsing Yi anchorage is 200,000 tonnes, and Ma Wan Anchorage has 250,000 tonnes of concrete.
The cables were constructed by an aerial spinning process. The process involved drawing wires from a constant-tension supply, and pulling loops of these wires from one anchorage to the other, passing through a 500-tonne cast-iron saddle on top of each bridge tower seating the cable. A total of 70,000 galvanised wires of diameter were placed and adjusted to form the two diameter main cables.
The steelwork for the deck structure was fabricated in Britain and Japan. After delivery, they were further processed and assembled in Dongguan, China into standard deck modules. A total of 96 modules, each long and about 480 tonnes in weight, were prepared. These deck modules were brought to the site by specially designed barges and raised into the deck position by a pair of strand jack gantries that could manoeuvre along the main cable.
The approach span on the Tsing Yi side is similar in form and cross-section to the suspended deck, but is supported on piers instead by cables. The first span was assembled on the ground and raised into position using strand jacks. Further construction then proceeded in cantilever in smaller sections, using derrick cranes stationed on the deck level. An expansion joint which allowed for a maximum thermal movement of ± was also provided and located inside the approach span.
The bridge parapets are of a special design by Hong Kong standards, comprising high-tension steel strands anchored on metal posts.
Ship impact protection.
The rock seawalls around the base of each bridge tower are capable of halting a 220,000 tonne ship moving at eight knots.
Tourism.
The Tsing Ma Bridge has become a scenic spot as well as a landmark. There is a visitor centre, the Lantau Link Visitor Centre and Viewing Platform, located at the northwest corner of Tsing Yi Island, near the bridge's Tsing Yi end. From the Scenery Viewing Platform, one can also see the Ting Kau Bridge and Kap Shui Mun Bridge. The bridge can also be seen from the Airport Core Programme Exhibition Centre located about north of the bridge.


Alba Adriatica-Nereto-Controguerra railway station

Alba Adriatica-Nereto-Controguerra () is a railway station serving the towns of Alba Adriatica, Nereto and Controguerra in the region of Abruzzo, Italy. The station is located on the Adriatic railway and the train services are operated by Trenitalia and Ferrovia Adriatico Sangritana.
Train services.
The station is served by the following service(s):


Wet Nellie

Wet Nellie is a custom-built submarine, created for the 1977 "James Bond" film "The Spy Who Loved Me" in the shape of a Lotus Esprit S1 sports car. The Esprit was chosen to give James Bond a glamorous car to drive. "Wet Nellie" is named in reference to Little Nellie, an autogyro featured in the "James Bond" film "You Only Live Twice", which was itself named after actress and comedian Nellie Wallace.
Construction.
The submarine does not maintain a dry interior, and thus is a "wet sub" that requires occupants to don scuba gear. It was built by Perry Oceanographic, Inc., of Riviera Beach, Florida, United States, specifically for the film, using a Lotus Esprit S1 bodyshell, for about $100,000 at the time. The wedge shape of the Esprit is designed to provide downforce, which would cause the submarine to dive. This undesirable force was compensated for by fins placed where the wheels would be in a conventional Esprit. The sub requires a crew of two to operate. It has four electric motors that allowed forward motion only. The interior bears no resemblance to that of a car, being just a platform for the scuba divers, and the equipment used to operate, drive, and power the sub.
Filming.
During filming of "The Spy Who Loved Me", the submarine was piloted by ex-U.S. Navy SEAL Don Griffin. The fictional history of the car in the film was that it was developed by Q-Branch of MI6, and its blueprints were stolen by KGB agent Anya Amasova (after Bond asked Amasova "How did you know about that?" Amasova replied, "I stole the blueprints of this car two years ago"). In filming, six Esprits were used (tagged "PPW 306R"), though only one submarine. Three of the Esprits were just empty bodyshells which were used to show each phase of the car-to-submarine transformation. Two unpowered dummy cars fitted with wheels were used to show the Esprit entering and emerging from the sea; the first was designed to be fired from an air cannon off the end of the pier, the second was towed by a rope buried under the beach with a sweeping brush fitted to the underside to cover the rope up as the car was tugged out. When an additional road car was needed for the chase sequences the producers borrowed Lotus chairman Colin Chapman's personal vehicle.
Post-film life.
Upon completion of filming, the submarine went on a promotional tour. Afterwards, it was shipped to Long Island, New York, and placed in storage. The storage unit was prepaid for 10 years; at the end of the lease, no one claimed the contents, so the contents of the storage locker were placed on auction. The buyer paid less than $100 for the unit. The buyers did not know the contents when they bought it, and from 1989 to 2013 occasionally exhibited the submarine. The then owner, also owner of a tool rental shop, had the exterior restored. It was put up for auction as a Bond car in 2013. In September 2013, the submarine sold at auction for £550,000, at RM Auctions in Battersea, south west London. Elon Musk bought the vehicle, and , planned to convert it into the functional car-submarine from the film. Musk stated that he plans to use Tesla Motors' electric drive train in making his conversion a reality.


Knonau railway station

Knonau is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich, situated in the municipality of Knonau. The station is located on the Zurich to Zug via Affoltern am Albis railway line and is an intermediate stop on Zurich S-Bahn line S5.


Providence (Charleroi Metro)

Providence is a Charleroi Metro station, build on a viaduct and located in Marchienne-au-Pont (part of the Charleroi municipality), in fare zone 1. The station has only one entrance (on its western end), equipped with escalators and stairs.
About 300 m east of the station (toward Dampremy), as space was insufficient for 2 tram tracks because of the presence of industrial buildings, both tracks are merged into a single one for a couple of metres. At this point, speed is restricted to 25 km/h.
The name of the station comes from the now defunct "Forges de la Providence" steel factory which was located in front of where the station now is, and also gave its name to the adjacent street.
Nearby points of interest.
The station is located on the Sambre river bank, in a dense industrial area which explains the low passenger flow through the station.
Transfers.
TEC Charleroi bus lines 43, 50, 51, 52, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 83.


T40 Whizbang

The Rocket Launcher T40/M17 (Whizbang) (sometimes spelled "WhizBang") was a tank-mounted multiple rocket launcher used by the United States Army during World War II. The launcher was placed atop the Medium Tank M4, and fired a barrage of 7.2 in (180 mm) T37 HE or T21 Chemical rockets from 20 launch tubes. It was developed and used in the late stages of World War II; it saw limited combat in 1944–45. An experimental short variant of the T40 was also developed.
Design.
The rocket launcher on the T40/M17 WhizBang could hold twenty 7.2-inch rockets in a box-like frame, which could be elevated hydraulically with the controls for the 75 mm gun. The whole-mount could be jettisoned, if needed. If jettisoned, the 75 mm gun could be used as normal. The rockets in the mount could be fired one-at-a-time or in salvoes. The T40 was a "limited procurement" weapon that was later classified as "limited standard".
Service history.
T40s saw limited use in the European Theater in 1944–1945. They were originally intended to be used on D-day, but delays in testing meant that final approval of the design occurred too late for use in the Normandy Invasion. Testing also showed that the rockets were potentially dangerous to both the launcher crew and to anyone else in the vicinity. The Marine Corps examined the T40 for possible use in the Marianas Campaign in 1944, but ultimately it was not used in the Pacific.
In December 1944, thirty T40s were put into service on the Ardennes Front. A large German counter-attack in that sector caused the T40s to be redeployed to safer positions. After the battle, the T40s were redeployed to northern Italy where they remained for the remainder of the war.
The Army authorized the manufacture of 1,000 kits to convert standard M4 Medium Tanks to T40s, but only two conversions actually occurred. Ultimately continuing delays in the project led to its cancelation.
T40 (short version).
The T40 (short version) was an experimental version of the T40 that featured shorter rocket tubes and removed the main gun. In place of the main gun, an elevation mechanism for the rocket launchers was installed. This version also featured a side access door for the crew.


Middenmeer Aerodrome

Middenmeer Aerodrome () is a small airfield in the town of Middenmeer, Netherlands. It is located southeast of Den Helder.
During the beginning of the Second World War a military airstrip existed in the area, from which the Royal Netherlands Air Force deployed Fokker C.V and Fokker C.X aircraft for bombing and reconnaissance missions against the German military. The south-west corner of the current airfield touches the north-east corner of the former military airfield.
As of 2012, the airfield has a single grass runway, 05/23, 600 metres (1,968 feet) long. It is used exclusively by ultralight aviation, the short grass runway not being able to support heavier aircraft.


Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz

Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz () is a joint public and military airport serving Cuxhaven and Northern Germany. It is mainly used for general aviation and cargo traffic as the international seaports of Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven are only a few minutes away.
History.
Nordholz is one of the oldest airports in Germany, dating to 17 December 1912. Construction of the airport installations started a year later and was finished in 1914. Until 2016 it was in military use. For the naval airbase, see Nordholz Naval Airbase.
In order to replace Bremerhaven-Luneort Airport effective February 2016 a new Sea-Airpark Cuxhaven/Nordholz was established with an area of up to more than 40ha / 100 acres for industrial or commercial investments offers direct airfield-access and targets aviation-affine as well as other companies looking for cost-effective and clever solutions. The Sea-Airpark is open for a variety of investment-projects dealing with logistics, industrial production, service-facilities or aircraft maintenance.
In November 2016, German leisure airline Germania announced seasonal flights to Palma de Mallorca beginning in September 2017. The first international commercial flight from Cuxhaven, ST6094 by Germania, took place on 29. September 2017. However, after only one operated service, the route has been forbidden indefinitely by the authorities due to unfulfilled safety regulations by the airport.
Facilities.
The airport operates a runway with 2.439m x 45m and two 275m overruns. At this time there seems to be a small General Aviation terminal on the South East side, also to be used for scheduled and charter flights. On the other (North West) side of the airport there is Flugplatz Nordholz-Spieka used for private aviation featuring a 875x30m grass runway.
Airlines and destinations.
As of May 2021, there are currently no scheduled or charter flights at the airport.
Ground transportation.
The airport can be reached via nearby A27 motorway ("Nordholz" exit) which leads from Bremen to Cuxhaven.
Currently there is no public transportation available, the only way to reach the airport is by car or taxi. The next train station is Nordholz (4 km) being on the train link Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven.


Zasulauks Station

Zasulauks Station is a railway station on the Torņakalns – Tukums II Railway.


CGS Earl Grey


Gorinchem railway station

Gorinchem is a railway station in the town of Gorinchem, Netherlands. It is on the MerwedeLingelijn. It was opened on 1 December 1883. Train services are operated by Qbuzz.
The original railway building was built to look like Sneek railway station, a building type known in Dutch as "". The current railway building, designed by Cees Douma, was opened in 1971, and the old building was renovated and converted to a restaurant.
Train service.
The station is served by the following services:
Bus services.
The following bus services stop at Station Gorinchem:
47, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 121, 181, 228, 230, 231, 387, 674, 701, 705
Destinations by Bus include:
For more information on the routes see


Blackbrook Reservoir

Blackbrook Reservoir is a 33.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Shepshed and Whitwick in Leicestershire.
The reservoir was constructed in 1796 in order to feed the Charnwood Forest Canal, which has long since vanished. The first dam constructed was an earthworks one, and this failed on 20 February 1799. In eleven minutes the reservoir was empty and as a result local farmland was ruined, sheep were drowned, and much of Shepshed and nearby Loughborough were affected by flood waters. The dam was repaired in 1801, but the canal was no longer commercially viable.
The present gravity dam was constructed in 1906 and was officially opened by the first Mayor of Loughborough Joseph Griggs. In 1957 the dam felt the effects of a magnitude 5.3 earthquake. The tremors caused heavy coping stones to shift and cracks appeared in the faces of the dam.
The reservoir has a plant community on its margins which is unique in the Midlands and only found in a few northern sites. Its unusual mix of flora includes "Juncus filiformis" at its most southern locations, and the lake itself has native white-clawed crayfish, where it is isolated from the invasive American signal crayfish.
One Barrow Lane crosses the south-eastern end of the reservoir. The lane is carried by the One Barrow Viaduct, a blue brick construction consisting of three arches. Previously it served as the entranceway drive to the now demolished One Barrow Lodge Farm. This is a public footpath which eventually leads you out on the Oaks Road, near Mount St Bernard Abbey.
The dam and reservoir is managed by Severn Trent and is currently in a redundant state. There is strictly no access to the dam which is on private land - a part of the Grace Dieu & Longcliffe Estate.


St. Catherine International Airport

St. Catherine International Airport is an airport serving St. Catherine (or St. Katherine), Saint Katherine city in the South Sinai Governorate of Egypt. It is located about 20 km (12 mi.) northeast of the city, which is near Mount Sinai.
Airlines and destinations.
There are currently no scheduled services to and from the airport. In 2011, the airport served 247 passengers (-72.6% vs. 2010).


Fossano railway station

Fossano railway station () is the railway station serving the "comune" of Fossano, in the Piedmont region, northwestern Italy. It is the junction of the Turin–Savona and Fossano–Cuneo railways.
The station is currently managed by Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI). Train services are operated by Trenitalia. Each of these companies is a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), Italy's state-owned rail company.
History.
The station was opened on 15 December 1853, upon the inauguration of the track from Savigliano to Fossano of the Turin–Savona railway.
Features.
Seven tracks of which are equipped with platforms, pass through the station.
Train services.
The station is served by the following services:


Paloquemao (TransMilenio)

The simple-station Paloquemao is part of the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000.
Location.
The station is located in the western part of downtown Bogotá, specifically on the Avenida NQS with Calle 19.
History.
This station opened in 2005 as part of the second line of phase two of TransMilenio construction, opening service to Avenida NQS. The station serves the demand of the Paloquemao area, the industrial zone of Puente Aranda, and surrounding neighborhoods.
Station services.
Feeder routes.
This station does not have connections to feeder routes.
Inter-city service.
This station does not have inter-city service.


Shahid Navvab-e Safavi Metro Station

Shahid Navvab-e Safavi Metro Station is a station in Tehran Metro Line 2 and Line 7. It is located in the junction of Navvab Expressway and Azarbayjan Street. It is between Hor Square Metro Station and Shademan Metro Station (Formerly known as Azadi Station). It is named after Navvab Safavi. The station also serve Line 7.


UAW-Ford University

The UAW-Ford University is an online program designed and implemented by the University of Michigan under contract with the National Program Center of the United Auto Workers Union and Ford Motor Company. Its goal is to facilitate the college educations of UAW bargained for employees using distance learning technologies and pedagogies developed at Michigan. The program began in 1999. Its innovative use of both synchronous and asynchronous technologies let to the award of Laureate status from the "Computerworld"/Smithsonian Honors Program.
The UAW-Ford University program has a partnership with the online Empire State College.


Heping Road

Heping Road (; also known as 1st Avenue) is a major east-west arterial in Taipei, Taiwan. The road is bisected into the East and West segments by Roosevelt Road, with three block sections in each segment. A fourth section in Heping East Road is currently under planning. Heping Road connects Wanhua District to Zhongzheng District in its East and Daan District to Xinyi District in its Eastern segment.
Attractions.
Notable attractions on Heping Road include:


Sinclair Trucking Company


Beonyeong-ro (Busan)

The Beonyeong-ro Road (Hangul : 번영로, Hanja : 繁榮路, Asian Highway Network ) is an urban expressway in Busan, Korea. It is the 1st urban expressway in South Korea. It constructed from May 1977 to October 1980, from Busan Harbor to Guseo IC, on Gyeongbu Expressway: runs north and south and the length is about .
It begins at 4th Pier in Dong-gu, Busan and it ends at Guseo IC in Geumjeong-gu, Busan. It was toll road but now you can run this road no charge from January 2004.
It touches with Gyeongbu Expressway and National Route 7. So you can approach downtown in Busan rapidly.
It is on the Asian Highway Network . To south, you can go to Japan by ferry and to north, you can go to Gyeongbu Expressway.
Friend was filmed at Chungjang Elevated Road on this road: in Dong-gu, Busan.
Tunnels.
On Beonyeong-no Road, there are 5 tunnels.
Transport.
Bus routes which use the crossing:


Cavaglia railway station

Cavaglia railway station is a railway station in the village of Cavaglia, within the municipality of Poschiavo in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway.
The station has three through tracks and two sidings. All three through tracks are served by platforms and station buildings.
The section of line between Ospizio Bernina and Poschiavo, on which the station is located, was opened in 1910. Initially Cavaglia was simply a crossing loop, but in 1911 it became the winter terminus of the southern section of the line, with the line over the Bernina pass operating only during the summer months, a situation that continued until the winter of 1913/4. The current station building was opened in 1912 as a privately owned hotel, being taken over by the railway in 1925, when a station office and waiting room was added.
A popular tourist destination near this stop are a series of pot holes (giant's kettle).
Services.
The following services stop at Cavaglia:


South Surrey Park and Ride

The South Surrey Park and Ride is a major bus loop and park and ride facility serving the South Surrey area. As part of the TransLink system, it is used by five routes serving White Rock and South Surrey, including routes towards Vancouver via Bridgeport station in Richmond as well as routes to Newton and Surrey City Centre in the northern part of the city.
History.
The first South Surrey Park and Ride opened on May 8, 1991, located at 152 Street and Cranley Drive (now mall access for Southpoint Exchange). On December 13, 1999, the park and ride was relocated so that the Southpoint Exchange mall could be constructed. The second site was located at 32 Avenue and 32 Avenue Diversion, a short distance from the original site. The third and current South Surrey park and ride facility was opened on June 26, 2006, adjacent to the Highway 99 and King George Boulevard interchange.
In November 2013, an expansion of 367 parking spots was opened, and a $2-per-day parking fee was introduced. In December 2020, a COVID-19 test centre opened at the park and ride.


Abbeyfeale railway station

Abbeyfeale railway station served the market town of Abbeyfeale in County Limerick, Ireland.
History.
Opened by the Limerick and Kerry Railway, by the beginning of the 20th century the station was run by the Great Southern and Western Railway. It was absorbed into the Great Southern Railways in 1925.
The station was then nationalised, passing on to the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945. It was closed in 1963 and has since been owned privately.


French Fried Vacation

French Fried Vacation ("Les Bronzés") is a cult 1978 French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life at holiday resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French troupe Le Splendid. Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Christian Clavier wrote and created together the play "Amours, Coquillages et Crustacés", and drew the scenario for "Les Bronzés" from this café-théâtre piece. The film has achieved cult status in France, where it sold 2.2 million tickets during its initial theatrical release.
It was followed by two sequels, also directed by Patrice Leconte: "Les Bronzés font du ski" (1979) and "" (2006)
Plot.
Gigi, Jerome, Christiane, Jean-Claude, and Bernard visit a resort in the Ivory Coast, the Club Med village of Assinie. Bernard subsequently meets up with his wife, Nathalie, who has already spent a week there, and they are all welcomed by Popeye and the eccentric emcees, Bobo and Bourseault.
The film follows the humorous couplings and uncouplings of the group, and especially Popeye's attempt to seduce record numbers of women and, in stark contrast, Jean-Claude's failure to seduce even one.
Filming location.
Although the movie depicts the adventures of a group of GOs and GMs at Club Med Assinie, the shooting was made mostly at Valtur village Les Paletuviers, next to the Club Med resort.


Lytton Ferry

The Lytton Ferry is a cable ferry across the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated about north of Lytton.
Technically, the ferry is a reaction ferry, which is propelled by the current of the water. An overhead cable is suspended from towers anchored on either bank of the river, and a "traveller" is installed on the cable. The ferry is attached to the traveller by a bridle cable. To operate the ferry, rudders are used to ensure that the pontoons are angled into the current, causing the force of the current to move the ferry across the river.
The ferry operates under contract to the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, is free of tolls, and runs on demand between 0630 and 2215. It carries a maximum of 2 cars, or one small school bus, and 18 passengers at a time. The crossing is about in length, and takes 5 minutes. The ferry does not operate at times of high water.
External links.
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Cannonball Motorcycle Club

The Cannonball Motorcycle Club (CMC) is an outlaw motorcycle club in Finland and Estonia. Founded in Helsinki in 1991, the club has eleven chapters and a membership of over two-hundred. Cannonball MC is designated an organized crime group by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
History.
The Cannonball Motorcycle Club was formed by Jari Uotila in Helsinki in May 1991. The club's name is derived from the Cannonball Run challenge. During the initial five years of its existence, Cannonball MC operated as a support club of the Hells Angels. The affiliation ended in 1996 and Cannonball instead proceeded as an independent motorcycle club. The club went on to establish ten chapters throughout Finland – in Helsinki, Lohja, Turku, Jyväskylä, Heinola, Hämeenlinna, Seinäjoki, Ulvila, Joensuu and Kausala – and one in Tallinn, Estonia. Additionally, Cannonball's sub-division, Squad 32, has six branches. A Cannonball chapter in Lahti ceased operations in 1999 when its members resigned due to dissatisfaction with the activities of the parent club. The former members of this chapter then founded the Rogues Gallery gang in the city in January 2000.
Jari Uotila, Cannonball's founder and president, died from medical complications at the age of fifty-two on 23 April 2012.
It was reported in July 2017 that Cannonball MC had disbanded following an internal dispute. News broke in September 2017, however, that the dispute had been resolved and that the club would continue to operate in the same localities and with the same membership as before.
Insignia.
The logo of the Cannonball Motorcycle Club consists of a flaming cannonball accompanied by a Finnish war flag. Cannonball MC's colours are black and yellow. The club's motto is "Cannonball forever, forever Cannonball." ("CFFC").
Membership and organization.
Cannonball MC has a national and local hierarchy, with the internal organization of each chapter consisting of a president, vice-president, treasurer, road captain and sergeant-at-arms. These positions form each chapter's officer corps, to which other members are subordinate. Applicants for membership must be male, have the sponsorship of an existing club member and own, or at least have a firm intention to acquire, a motorcycle. A chapter president dictates the progress and membership status of the candidates based on the recommendations of the chapter's officers. Potential members begin an association with the club as a "hangaround" and must serve as a "prospect" (probationary member) before being granted full membership. Cannonball's bylaws dictate that, among other things, members must attend mandatory meetings and motorcycle rides. Members pay a monthly fee of €100. Upon leaving the club, members must return their colors and pay a severance fee of €15,000 or a motorcycle. The club has a membership of approximately two-hundred-and-thirty.
Criminal allegations and incidents.
Cannonball MC is designated an organized crime group by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). The club has been linked to drug trafficking, financial crime and aggravated assault.
As a Hells Angels support club, Cannonball was aligned with the HA prospect chapter Overkill MC against the Undertakers MC, a prospect club of the Bandidos, during the Nordic Biker War in the 1990s. The Cannonball vice-president was shot and wounded by an Undertakers member at a restaurant in Helsinki on 1 April 1995. Two Undertakers bikers, including club president Marko Hirsma, were assaulted by members of Cannonball and Overkill on 27 September 1995 outside a courthouse in Pasila, Helsinki when they arrived to attend the court case of two other Undertakers who were on trial for attacking Overkill's clubhouse with a rocket-propelled grenade. In 1996, Overkill and the Undertakers patched over to the Hells Angels and Bandidos, respectively, while Cannonball became independent. The biker war formally concluded with a ceasefire on 25 September 1997. Since the end of the conflict, the clubs have operated in parallel rather than competing with each other.
Ari Petteri Ronkainen, a member of Cannonball's Helsinki chapter, was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison on 17 July 1997 for smuggling twenty kilograms of hashish into Finland from Spain.
On 19 October 1998, of three members and an associate of Cannonball's Lahti chapter, two were sentenced to two years and four months' imprisonment, and two to two years and two months' for extortion.
Three members of the Helsinki Cannonball chapter were convicted of extortion and given prison sentences of four years, two years, and one-and-a-half years on 30 April 1999.
On 23 July 1999, three members of Cannonball's Kouvola chapter were arrested on suspicion of planting a bomb in a restaurant in the city. Two of the bikers were convicted of attempted arson on 3 December 1999; one was sentenced to three years and eight months' imprisonment, and the other to two years and six months'.
Seven people, including a Cannonball chapter president, were charged on 24 August 2006 in relation to a drug distribution ring that was uncovered by the Oulu and Lahti police in April that year. Ten kilograms of amphetamine as well as cash and firearms was also seized.
Police in Helsinki and elsewhere in southern Finland arrested ten Cannonball members on suspicion of robbery and extortion on 14 February 2008. According to the NBI, the Cannonball members used intimidation and violence to take possession of cash, a car, motorcycles and motorcycle parts from ordinary motorcycle enthusiasts from Forssa and Loimaa. On 9 July 2008, a total of seventeen men were given sentences ranging from six years in prison to a three-month suspended sentence.
A conflict between current and former club members resulted in a shooting in Helsinki on 23 May 2011. Initially, two Cannonball members were convicted of attempted manslaughter, while the club's president Jari Uotila was acquitted at the Helsinki District Court. The District Court's decision was appealed to the Court of Appeal by the prosecutor, however. Uotila died from medical complications on 23 April 2012 amidst the appeals hearing. In October 2012, the Appeals Court upgraded the sentences of the two others to two years' and two years and ten months' imprisonment.
Cannonball members were among over a dozen people arrested for drugs and firearms offences during a series of raids carried out by local police and the NBI in the Greater Helsinki area and in Tallinn on 27 November 2012. Finnish and Estonian police cooperated during the investigation, which also resulted in the seizure of amphetamine.
Fifteen people – including eight members of Cannonball and the Bandidos – were given prison sentences ranging from five to thirteen years for drug offences on 28 June 2013 in a case relating to the importation of large quantities of amphetamines, hashish and MDMA into Finland from central Europe between 2011 and 2013. The smuggling operation, involving mainly Estonian nationals, was uncovered by the Finnish and Estonian National Bureaus of Investigation in April 2013.
Two full members of Cannonball MC'S Joensuu chapter were sentenced to imprisonment in February 2015 for threatening a man who had previously testified against them. The duo had assaulted the man and threatened to shoot him in December 2014.
On 27 February 2015, the Helsinki District Court sentenced four members of Cannonball MC to imprisonment of between sixty days and eight months for participating in an organized crime group. A total of twenty-two persons had been charged with participating in organised crime groups, aggravated tax fraud, aggravated alcohol offences, aggravated firearms offences, firearms offences, explosives offences, concealment offences and narcotics offences; organised crime charges were dropped against eighteen defendants, and all charges were dismissed against nine others.
Police carried out a search of the clubhouse of the Cannonball chapter in Seinäjoki on 18 March 2015, resulting in fifteen people being apprehended and the seizure of firearms and narcotics. According to the police, the search was based on a suspected firearms offence.
Five people were taken into custody after police carried out simultaneous raids on Cannonball's clubhouse and four residences in Helsinki on 2 June 2015. Authorities seized drugs and two unlicensed firearms among other items of interest. The amount of drugs found, holding an estimated street value of more than €28,000, exceeded by tenfold the criteria for aggravated drug offenses. Additionally, two of those detained were suspected by police of an illegal takeover of a construction company in 2014.
A Cannonball member was taken into custody after police raided the Hämeenlinna chapter clubhouse and discovered an unlicensed firearm and a small amount of suspected narcotics on 26 November 2015. The apprehension related to the criminal case on which the search was based, as well as the findings made during the search. In October 2016, the biker was sentenced to two years and seven months in prison for a number of offences, including aggravated drug offences and aggravated firearms offences.
On 14 April 2016, the Helsinki District Court sentenced a member of Cannonball MC's Tallinn chapter to one year and two months' unconditional imprisonment for a felony firearms offence. He had been found guilty of attempting to smuggle a submachine gun and gun parts from Estonia to Finland in January 2016 with the help of two others, who received suspended prison sentences of less than one year for the same crime.
An expelled member of the Lohja Cannonball MC chapter was taken to a sand pit in Siuntio and assaulted by his former clubmates in January 2017 after high-ranking members of the club attempted to recover money from him. On 29 June 2017, four Cannonball bikers were convicted of a number of offences, including aggravated assault, deprivation of liberty and attempted extortion, and another was acquitted. They were given prison sentences of between one and five years.
A Cannonball member and two hangarounds were among four people convicted on 31 March 2017 of firearms offences, aggravated assault, aggravated attempted extortion and unlawful threats relating to the shooting of a man in Lieto in October 2016. Each of the convicted were sentenced to two years' imprisonment.
Six people, including the president of Cannonball's Ulvila-based "Midwest" chapter, were sentenced to various prison terms on 12 July 2018 for aggravated drug offences. Additional charges included money laundering, fraud and firearms offences. Charges relating to the activities of organized crime groups were dropped due to lack of evidence. According to the Satakunta District Court, during 2017, the convicted persons distributed more than sixteen kilograms of amphetamines, approximately six-thousand MDMA tablets, seven-hundred grams of MDMA powder, two-hundred grams of cocaine, 380 millilitres of amphetamine oil and three-hundred LSD tabs. The profits of the drug ring exceeded €370,000. In July 2019, the Court of Appeals increased the president's sentence from four-and-a-half years to eleven years, and upheld the ten-year sentence of the other main perpetrator in the case.
Thirteen people were convicted on 16 April 2019 in an amphetamine distribution case involving Cannonball MC. The offences took place between the summer of 2016 and the summer of 2017, mainly in the Hämeenlinna, Heinola and Janakkala areas. Timo Kalevi Tuomisto, Arttu Ilmari Heinonen and Tomi Juhani Kenttä received the longest prison sentences, at ten-and-a-half years', eight years and ten months', and seven years', respectively. The sentences of all three were extended due to the fact that the court found them guilty of their crimes as part of the activities of an organized crime group. In addition, shorter prison sentences, suspended sentences and fines for various drug, violent and weapons offences were handed out in the case. In February 2020, the Court of Appeals in Eastern Finland increased Heinonen's sentence to ten years' and upheld all other sentences.
On 10 October 2019, thirteen people, including six who confessed to acting on behalf on Cannonball MC, were convicted in Helsinki of aggravated tax fraud and money laundering offences. The court handed down sentences ranging from community service to six months of unconditional imprisonment.
Nine motorcycle gang members were charged with various crimes, including attempted murder, after Cannonball members were involved in a shootout with rival bikers at the clubhouse of the Chosen Ones MC in Joensuu on 22 August 2020. A CMC member was wounded in the thigh during the shooting. Four members of the Chosen Ones and the allied Moraine MC were also charged in the case. On 5 March 2021, four Chosen Ones and Moraine members were each sentenced to four years and one month in prison for attempted murder, while three Cannonball members were sentenced to two years in prison for endangerment and other offences.


Imatra railway station

The Imatra railway station (, ) is located in the town of Imatra, Finland, in the district of Mansikkala. It is located along the Kouvola–Joensuu railway, and its neighboring stations are Joutseno in the west and Simpele in the east.
Services.
Imatra is served by all long-distance trains (InterCity and Pendolino) that use the Kouvola–Joensuu line as part of their route; it is also the terminus for several of these services.


Ravenstein railway station

Ravenstein is a railway station located in Ravenstein, Netherlands. The station originally opened on 4 June 1881 and is located on the Tilburg–Nijmegen railway. The services are currently operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
Train services.
The following services currently call at Ravenstein:


Poris railway station

Poris Station (PI) is a class III railway station located in Poris Gaga, Batuceper, Tangerang. The station, which is located at an altitude of +7 meters, is included in the Jakarta Operational Area I, is the easternmost train station in Tangerang, and only serves the KRL Commuterline route.
Services.
The following is a list of train services at the Poris Station.


Ferdowsi Metro Station

Ferdowsi Metro Station is a station in Tehran Metro Line 4. It is located in Ferdowsi Square the junction of Enghelab Street and Ferdowsi Street. It is between Darvaze Dolat Metro Station and Teatr-e Shahr Metro Station. It has connection to Tehran Bus BRT1.


Bologna (Rome Metro)

Bologna is a station on Line B of the Rome Metro. It is an underground station located under Piazza Bologna (at the intersection of Viale XXI Aprile, Via Livorno, Via Michele di Lando, Via Lorenzo il Magnifico, Viale delle Province, Via Sambucuccio d'Alando, Via Ravenna). It was opened in December 1990. Its atrium houses mosaics from the Artemetro Roma prize, by Giuseppe Uncini and Vittorio Matino (Italy), Karl Gerstner (Switzerland) and Ulrich Erben (Germany). It was involved in the October 2005 building works for line B1, a branch line off line B.
Services.
The station has:


Edward Mounier Boxer

Edward Mounier Boxer (1822-1898) was an English inventor.
Biography.
Edward M. Boxer was a colonel of the Royal Artillery.
In 1855 he was appointed Superintendent of the "Royal Laboratory" of the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich.
in 1858 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
He is known primarily for two of his inventions:


Shahid Bokharaei Metro Station

Shahid Bokharaei Metro Station is a station in Tehran Metro Line 1 and was formerly named Khazane Metro Station until 2016. It is between Ali Abad Metro Station and Payane Jonoob Metro Station.


Delacroix metro station

Delacroix is a Brussels metro station on lines 2 and 6. It is located in the municipality of Anderlecht, in the western part of Brussels (Belgium). It is an elevated station, running parallel to /, and forming a bridge-viaduct over the Brussels-Charleroi Canal, with entries and exits leading to and from both banks of the canal.
The station opened on 4 September 2006 as the southern terminus of line 2. It is named after the nearby street, itself named after Léon Delacroix, Belgium's 22nd Prime Minister. On 4 April 2009, the loop of line 2 was completed with the junction between Delacroix and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation.


Longfeng Fishing Port

The Longfeng Fishing Port () is a fish harbor in Zhunan Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan.
History.
The steel bridge which spans over the port was constructed in 2008.
Geology.
The sea offshore of the port contains many reefs, making it an area rich of fish population of different species.
Architecture.
The port also features a steel bridge and fish market which opens every first weekend of the month.


Wang Prachan Road

Wang Prachan Road (, , ) or National highway 4184 () is a major road in Satun Province of Thailand. It connects to Malaysia's R15 ( in the state of Perlis ).


Port Said Airport

Port Said Airport serves the city of Port Said, Egypt, at the north end of the Suez Canal. In 2011, the airport served 36,962 passengers (-5.5% vs. 2010).
Modernisation.
The airport underwent a modernisation program with a partial inauguration in February 2011. The airport is seen to be vital for the coastal city and to sustain its industrial expansion plans.
Airlines and destinations.
There are currently no scheduled services to and from the airport.


Return of the Grievous Angel

"Return of the Grievous Angel" is a song written by Gram Parsons and poet Tom Brown. The song depicts the experiences of the character during a road travel across the United States.
The song was produced during the recording sessions of his second and last album, "Grievous Angel". Parsons sang with the participation of Emmylou Harris backed with the main core of the TCB Band.
Background and recording.
In 1972 Gram Parsons signed a recording contract with Reprise Records. At the time, Parsons saw singer Emmylou Harris performing at a Washington D.C folk club. Parsons hired Harris and the core of Elvis Presley's TCB Band with James Burton (guitar), Ronnie Tutt (drums) and Glenn Hardin (piano) for the recording of his solo debut album, "GP". In the spring Parsons formed his road band, The Fallen Angels and started a tour.
In the summer of 1973, Gram Parsons' Topanga Canyon home burned to the ground, the result of a stray cigarette. Nearly all of his possessions were destroyed with the fire. Following the incident, Parsons left his wife and moved into a spare room in Phil Kaufman's house. While not recording, he frequently hung out and jammed with country rockers Quacky Duck and His Barnyard Friends. At the time, Parsons took the role of producer and recorded new songs with his road band.
He then grouped again the musicians he used for his "GP" album, and called for a new set of sessions in Los Angeles in the late summer. For the recording of "Return of the Grievous Angel", Eagles lead guitarist Bernie Leadon joined in, while Al Perkins played steel guitar and Byron Berline the fiddle. Parsons sang the lead, while Harris joined in harmony.
Content.
Parsons was inspired to write a song by Boston poet Tom S. Brown, who gave him his composition entitled "Return of the Grievous Angel". Brown wrote the lyrics with Parsons on his mind to sing them. Parsons revised the poem and adapted it for the song.
Recurrent in Parsons compositions, the themes of the song include instances of wandering, homesickness and experiences with road life. The song depicts a train traveling through the United States, with the name of the train being the "Grievous Angel". The singer tells "sweet Annie Rich" of his experiences on the journey, and his ultimate decision to return home based on his gained wisdom. It contains references to Presley as "the king" who wore "on his head an amphetamine crown" and his change of musical scene to Las Vegas. Parsons states that "(he) talked about unbuckling that old bible belt and lighted out for some desert town".
The music style included a mixture of folk revival and traditional country music. During the musical breaks, the song is led to a temporary harmony and melodic cadence, which progressively is restored to a four-measure phrase.
Release.
"Return of the Grievous Angel" became the opening song of Parson's second and last album "Grievous Angel". In 1982, the song was reissued as a single, featuring "Hearts on Fire" on the B-side by Warner Bros. Records.
"Mojo" called the song "terrifically cinematic", a "country rock standard". "BBC Radio" stated that the song offered the casual listener "an easier way into modern country". "Allmusic" called the song a "beautiful and marvelously literate distillation of Parsons' musical style and the myth he created for himself". Meanwhile, it praised Brown's writing, determining that "(brought) an almost cinematic feel to his broad, sweeping narrative and lending a perspective that's impressionistic while still maintaining a firm grasp of the iconography of classic country music". "The A.V. Club" described its content as "surrealistic imagery ... swooning romanticism and playful sincerity that establishes a hypnotically dreamy mood". Popmatters felt that the song had "the right amount of self-mythologizing to make Parsons seem like his place in the pantheon had always been assured".
In 1999 it was covered by Lucinda Williams with the participation of David Crosby for "".


Japan National Route 255

National Route 255 is a national highway of Japan connecting Hadano, Kanagawa and Odawara, Kanagawa in Japan, with a total length of 20.3 km (12.61 mi).


Desert railway station

Desert railway station was on the West Cork Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
History.
The station opened on 12 June 1866.
Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 1 April 1961.


Port of Huntington Tri-State

The Port of Huntington Tri-State, centered on the Ohio River in Huntington, West Virginia, is the largest inland port in the United States. It is the largest river port in the state of West Virginia and the 15th-largest in the United States as of 2012. Included in the port's area is 100 miles of the Ohio River from the mouth of the Scioto River in Portsmouth, Ohio to the northern border of Gallia County, Ohio, 9 miles of the Big Sandy River, and 90 miles of the Kanawha River. The United States Army Corps of Engineers' 1953 Ohio River Navigation Modernization Program sited the Greenup Locks and Dam project as an early priority so that its pool could serve the Port of Huntington Tri-State. It exceeded Pittsburgh in 1953 as the busiest port on the waterway.


Kaiserstuhl AG railway station

Kaiserstuhl AG railway station () is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Aargau and municipality of Kaiserstuhl. The station is located on the Winterthur to Koblenz line of Swiss Federal Railways and is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S36. The ZVV busline 515 connects Kaiserstuhl with Bülach as well.
Services.
 the following services stop at Kaiserstuhl AG:


Jardim Helena-Vila Mara (CPTM)

Jardim Helena-Vila Mara is a train station on CPTM Line 12-Sapphire, located in the district of Vila Curuçá, a few meters of the district of Jardim Helena (north side), being built to facilitate the access of passengers of both neighbourhoods, located in the city of São Paulo.
History.
The station is part of a modernization project of Line 12-Sapphire and was opened on 28 May 2008 by CPTM to attend Jardim Helena, located on East Side of São Paulo.


Eirini station

Irini station (Greek: Σταθμός Ειρήνης "Stathmos Eirinis") is a station on Line 1 of the Athens Metro. It is adjacent to the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Marousi, a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, from the starting point of the line at Piraeus. It opened on September 3, 1982, and was renovated in 2004.


Hindeloopen railway station

Hindeloopen is a railway station near Hindeloopen, Netherlands. The station opened on 28 November 1885 and is on the Leeuwarden–Stavoren railway between Sneek and Stavoren. The services are operated by Arriva.
To get to Hindeloopen.
It is a 10-minute walk - West


Ashton Avenue Bridge

The Ashton Avenue Bridge is a former road-rail bridge in Bristol, England. Grade II listed, it was constructed as part of the Bristol Harbour Railway, and now carries a guided busway and a local access cycle path.
Background.
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a business proposal by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to shorten the travel time between London and the new world of North America, accessed via New York City. Able to gain finance from the City of Bristol, the first Act of Parliament allowed for the construction of the GWR from London to Bristol via Reading, Swindon and Bath, Somerset.
The original Bristol Harbour Railway (BHR) was a joint venture by the GWR and sister company the Bristol and Exeter Railway. It opened in 1872 between and the Floating Harbour. Its route included a tunnel under St Mary Redcliffe church, and a steam-powered bascule bridge over the entrance locks at Bathurst Basin. In 1876 the railway was extended by west to Wapping Wharf.
Construction.
By Act of Parliament of 1897, the GWR was authorised to make an eastwards connection between the BHR and the Portishead Railway, and then create the West Loop at which would face south towards and . This connection would allow a doubling of BHR rail access capacity to the Great Western main line.
In 1905, it was proposed to undertake the authorised extension of the BHR from Wapping Wharf across Spike Island. It would then junction into two branches: a western branch to Wapping via a line alongside the New Cut; and to Canons Marsh on the northside of the River Avon, which would then merge with the Portishead Railway ("Butterfly Junction").
Under a joint agreement, Bristol Corporation and the GWR engaged as their Chief Engineer J.C. lnglis. The building contractor was John Lysaght and Co., while Armstrong Whitworth were engaged to design the hydraulic movement system. Construction of the span-bridge started in 1905, with two squared rock-faced limestone piers, the southern one of which would pivot the swinging span. This supported a moveable Whipple Murphy truss span, weighing , with total metal work of the entire bridge weighing in at . With the bridge able to operate both ways, each opening/closing cycle consumed of water from the Floating Harbour. The bridge control cabin, road and railway signal boxes, and the reversible hydraulic motor were all housed in a single structure perched on stilts above the upper road deck.
The original estimate for the bridge was £36,500, with the GWR agreeing to pay half. The final cost was £70,389, to which Bristol Corporation asked the GWR to increase its contribution. After further negotiation the GWR contributed £22,000.
Operations.
Designed and opened as the freight-only Wapping Wharf Branch, the bridge was opened on 3 October 1906 by the Lady Mayoress, Mrs A.J.Smith. With both railway and road operations and bridge maintenance undertaken by the GWR, it opened on average ten times a day until February 1934. The controlling railway signals were interlocked with the signal boxes on either side of the river, making it impossible for signals to be cleared unless the bridge span was locked in the closed position.
Decommissioning.
Bristol Corporation rescinded the GWR's obligation to maintain the swing apparatus in 1951, after which it was welded shut. After the completion of a new A370 road dual carriageway system in the docks area, and the opening of the replacement Plimsoll Bridge to the west in 1965, the road deck and signal cabin were removed.
The BHR's connection with Temple Meads was closed and the track lifted in 1964, and the Canons Marsh branch closed the following year. The Western Fuel Company continued to use the line from the Portishead branch over the swing bridge and Wapping marshalling yard for commercial coal traffic. The rail line over the bridge was singled in 1976, and shut operationally after Western Fuel ceased railway operations in 1987. The bridge was revisited by GWR "Pannier" Tank No.1369 in 1996, prior to the re-opening of the residual BHR as a visitor attraction.
Present.
Grade II listed in May 2000, The single track rail line remained in place over the bridge, but was highly overgrown. Network Rail later lifted the track from the bridge to . The other side of the railway level has been converted into rail trail foot and cycle path, part of the Pill pathway. It is listed on the Heritage at Risk Register.
In 2015 it was announced that the bridge would close for a period of 12 months from the autumn for a complete renovation in connection with the MetroBus project. The bridge now carries a separate single bus lane and a wider cycle and pedestrian path.
References.
Vol II, p 228.


SP-278

 SP-278 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.


Union of Dockers of Germany

The Union of Dockers of Germany () was a trade union representing dock workers in Germany.
The union was founded on 1 January 1891, in the aftermath of a major strike in Hamburg. It brought together various local unions, and by May, when it held its first conference, it had 4,957 members. The conference elected Johann Schwarz, former leader of the Hamburg dockers, as its first president, but he was dismissed before the end of the year, having stolen money from the union. It published the newspaper "Hafenarbeiters", and affiliated to the General Commission of German Trade Unions.
In 1892, the union merged with the shipbuilders' union, to form the Union of German People involved in Shipbuilding and Shipping. This did not prove a success, and in 1894, the two unions split again. The union was a founding constituent of what became the International Transport Workers' Federation.
In 1896, dockers in Hamburg held a major strike, in which Johann Döring emerged as the leading figure. Although the strike was defeated, the orderly way he ran the strike, and the clear demands he raised, led him to win election as president of the union in 1899. From 1900, the union admitted workers in related trades, such as inland waterway workers. Membership increased, and by 1904, had reached 14,054.
From the mid-1900s, the union started working closely with other unions representing transport workers in Germany, and at the start of 1910, it merged into the German Transport Workers' Union.


Capurso railway station

Capurso is a railway station in Capurso, Italy. The station is located on the Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway. The train services are operated by Ferrovie del Sud Est.
Train services.
The station is served by the following service(s):
References.
"This article is based upon a translation of the as at June 2014."


Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund

The Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund (German for "Danube-Iller Local Transport Association", abbreviated DING, the German word for "thing") is a regional transport cooperative that coordinates tickets and fares among all transport operators in the area of the city of Ulm and the districts of Alb-Donau, Biberach and Neu-Ulm. It was founded in 1998 and is a public funding body.


SP-42

 SP-42 is a state highway in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.


CCGS Jean Goodwill

CCGS "Jean Goodwill is an icebreaking anchor handling tug supply vessel (AHTS) being converted to a medium class icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard. She was originally built as Balder Viking" for Trans Viking Icebreaking & Offshore AS in 2000. The vessel was acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard in 2018 and was initially expected to enter service in late 2019. However, due to delays the conversion of the vessel is now expected to be completed in late 2020.
CCGS "Jean Goodwill" has two sister vessels, and , both of which are converted offshore vessels.
Design.
CCGS "Jean Goodwill" is long overall and between perpendiculars. Her hull has a beam of and moulded depth of . At design draught, she draws of water, but can be loaded to a maximum draught of which corresponds to a displacement of 6,872tons. Originally built to DNV ice class "ICE-10 Icebreaker", her hull structures and propulsion system will be upgraded to Polar Class 4 level and the vessel will be rated as Arctic Class 3 in Canadian service. Originally she was served by a crew of 23, but this will be reduced to 19 (9 officers and 10 crew) when the vessel is commissioned by the Canadian Coast Guard.
CCGS "Jean Goodwill" has four medium-speed diesel engines geared to two controllable pitch propellers in nozzles. She has two eight-cylinder MaK 8M32 and two six-cylinder MaK 6M32 diesel engines rated at and each. With a total propulsion power of , she can achieve a maximum speed of in open water and break ice at a continuous speed of . In addition, she has two bow thrusters (one fixed, one retractable and azimuthing) and one transverse stern thruster for maneuvering and dynamic positioning.
Career.
"Balder Viking" (2000–2018).
She has been employed supplying offshore arctic petroleum drilling expedition.
In February 2010 "Balder Viking", "Vidar Viking" and were chartered by
Edinburgh-based oil company Cairn Energy UK PLC for four months, starting in June 2010, for drilling operations in Baffin Bay.
CCGS "Jean Goodwill".
In 2016, Davie Shipbuilding began offering "Balder Viking" and her sister ships as a replacement to the ageing Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers under the moniker "Project Resolute". In addition to the three Swedish icebreaking offshore vessels, the offer also included a fourth slightly bigger and more powerful vessel: the US-flagged . On 10 August 2018, Viking Supply Ships announced the sale of its three vessels to Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada for $274 million. Once retrofitted at Davie Shipbuilding, the vessels are expected to remain in service in the Canadian Coast Guard for 15 to 25 years.
"Balder Viking" will be named CCGS "Jean Goodwill" after Jean Cuthand Goodwill (1928–1997), a Canadian Cree nurse who, in 1954, became Saskatchewan's first Aboriginal woman to finish a nursing program.


Ballyhaunis railway station

Ballyhaunis railway station serves the town of Ballyhaunis in County Mayo, Ireland.
The station is on the Dublin to Westport Rail service. Passengers to or from Galway travel to Athlone and change trains. Passengers to or from Ballina and Foxford travel to Manulla Junction and change trains.
History.
The station opened on 1 October 1861 (although some sources list 9 September 1861) and its 150th anniversary was celebrated in 2011 by a Ballyhaunis Railway Station-themed edition of the local annual "Annagh Magazine".
Passenger traffic through the station increased notably in the form of pilgrims following the claim in 1879 that there had been an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist and Jesus Christ (as the Lamb of God) in the nearby town of Knock.


Kiato railway station

Kiato railway station () is a train station in Kiato in the northern Peloponnese, Greece. The station is located a kilometre west of the town, near the A8 motorway between Athens and Patras.
It opened on 9 July 2007 as the western terminus of the new standard-gauge line from Athens Airport. Initially, the station served as an exchange point for passengers to Patras on the old metre-gauge line from Piraeus, but all regional services on the metre-gauge lines of the Peloponnese were suspended indefinitely in December 2010 for cost reasons. The old nearby was also closed.
, the station is served by Line 2 of Proastiakos Athens, with eighteen hourly trains per day to and from Athens, seventeen trains per day to and from Piraeus and one to and from Athens Central Railway Station. Since the inauguration of the section between Kiato and Aigio on 22 June 2020, the station is also served by Line 5 of Proastiakos Athens, with another train per day to and from Athens, three trains per day to and from Athens Airport and six trains per day to and from Aigio. Pending the electrification of the Kiato–Aigio section, passengers must change between electric and diesel trains at Kiato. Those travelling to and from the airport may also take lines 1 and 2, changing trains at Kato Acharnai. Pending the completion of the Athens Airport–Patras railway, passengers travelling to and from Patras may use the TrainOSE bus lines which connect the city with Kiato, Diakopto and Aigio stations. Diakopto is also the terminus of the unique rack railway to Kalavryta.


Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft

The Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft EVG ("railway and transport union") is a German trade union with approximately 204,000 members, which represents most railway-related workers and professionals
EVG was founded on November 30, 2010 in Fulda as an unification of the existing unions Transnet (210,000 members) and GDBA (30,000 members), which collaborated since 2005. After a year-long dispute, EVG and German rail operator Deutsche Bahn agreed in 2015 to a wage hike for all 160,000 employees of 3.5 percent, or at least 80 euros more per month; the union had originally called for a wage hike of 6 percent for its workers. In late 2018, EVG again staged a four-hour stoppage that brought long-distance rail traffic to a standstill and disrupted commuter and freight trains; as a result, Deutsche Bahn agreed to a 29-month wage deal, including another 3.5 percent raise.
The EVG ia a member of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB).
Like both Transnet and GDBA was also EVG is affiliated to the European Transport Workers' Federation and to the International Transport Workers' Federation.


USCGC Snohomish (WYTM-98)

USCGC "Snohomish" (WYTM 98) was a United States Coast Guard icebreaker.
She was the second Coast Guard vessel of that name. She was commissioned on 24 January 1944, served in Boston for the duration of World War II, and until 1947, when she was transferred to Rockland, Maine.
On 11 January 1980 the former commander and several crew members were commended for service in New York City, during the height of a garbage collection strike.
In 1986 she was sold, served as a commercial vessel, as a yacht, and later as a commercial vessel, being seized in 2004 by the Santoro Oil Company for unpaid bills. In 1998 she was renamed "Sarah Rose" and in 2002 as "Dami Dew". Santoro Oil donated her to the Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation in February 2004. The foundation leased her for another season of commercial use in 2005, but she needed rescue herself.


Tripartite Bridge

Tripartite Bridge or Three-Arched Bridge is the name commonly applied by St Petersburgers to a pair of diminutive bridges, similar in design and decoration and situated perpendicularly to each other in front of the Church of the Savior on Blood.
The ensemble consists of 15-meter-long Theatre Bridge across the Griboyedov Canal and 18-metre-long Malo-Konyushennyi Bridge across the Moika River - both resting on a single Moika pier. Lipkin Bridge is also sometimes included in this group.
The bridges were first constructed in wood during the reign of Empress Anne. A century later, architect Carlo Rossi conceived to unify the structures facing the Mikhailovsky Palace into a uniform Neoclassical ensemble. His plans were realized between 1829 and 1831 when the bridges were rebuilt and decorated with identical lamp posts and ironwork fences featuring palmettes, spears, and gorgons.
Thanks to repairs undertaken in 1936, 1953 and 1999, the bridge remains in good condition, and is still open to road and foot traffic.


JS Hiei

JS "Hiei" (DDH-142) was the second ship of the "Haruna"-class helicopter destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force.
Overview.
These ships were Japan's first helicopter-equipped destroyer (DDH), and their greatest feature was that it can carry and operate three helicopters in spite of its 5000t class. Such ships, including the development-improved "Shirane"-class destroyer, can be said to be the only one in the world to this day, and strongly reflect Japan's special military ideology. In terms of equipment, it was the first self-defense ship to be equipped with a fin stabilizer to stabilize its attitude during helicopter operation, and a landing restraint device (bear trap) was installed to improve the safety and efficiency of flight work on a swaying ship.
Until the introduction of the "Kongō"-class destroyer (Aegis ship), this class (including the "Shirane"-class destroyer) were the largest escort ship of the JMSDF.
Construction and career.
"Hiei" was laid down on 8 March 1972 and launched on 13 August 1973 by IHI Corporation Tokyo Shipyard. She was commissioned on 27 December 1974, into the 1st Escort Corps and deployed in Yokosuka.
From July 3rd to August 17th, 1978, she participated in Hawaii dispatch training with her sister ship JDS Haruna, JDS Kuroshio and eight P-2J aircraft.
JDS "Hiei", JDS Amatsukaze and eight P-2Js were dispatched to the United States from January 25, 1980, and participated in the Exercise RIMPAC 1980 exercise between February 26 and March 18. They were the first ships to participate from Japan. Returned to Japan on April 2.
On March 30, 1983, the 51st Escort Corps was abolished and became a ship under the direct control of the 1st Escort Corps.
On March 30, 1984, she was incorporated into the 4th Escort Corps as a flagship.
The FRAM refurbishment carried out from August 31, 1987 to March 13, 1989 improved anti-submarine search capability, individual ship air defense capability, combat command / information processing capability, and electronic warfare capability. However, the cost-effectiveness of FRAM refurbishment was not efficient, and similar large-scale refurbishment was only carried out on two "Haruna"-class vessels.
On March 2, 1995, due to the relocation of the 4th Escort Group Command to Kure, the homeport was transferred to Kure.
In 1996, she participated in the Exercise RIMPAC 1996.
From May 11th to August 12th, 1999, she participated in the US dispatch training with JDS Myōkō and JDS Amagiri.
Participated in the Japan-Russia search and rescue joint training conducted off the coast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia from September 1 to 11, 2000 with JDS Hamagiri.
From May 16th to August 3rd, 2001, participated in the US dispatch training with the JDS Chōkai and JDS Samidare.
On September 17, 2002, based on the Act on Special Measures Against Terrorism, dispatched to the Indian Ocean with JDS Samidare. Engaged in missions until December of the same year, and returned to Japan on January 26, 2003.
On October 28, 2003, she was dispatched to the Indian Ocean along with JDS Akebono and JDS Tokiwa. Engaged in missions until January 2004 and returned to Japan on March 3.
From June 6th to 10th, 2005, she visited Vladivostok, Russia, and participated in the Japan-Russia search and rescue joint training off the coast of Vladivostok on the 10th.
In 2006, she participated in the Exercise RIMPAC 2006.
On March 26, 2008, the escort corps was reorganized and transferred to the 4th Escort Corps.
From July 23 to 27, 2010, participated in the Japan-Russia search and rescue joint training SAREX off the coast of Vladivostok, Russia, with JS Jintsū.
On March 16, 2011, she was decommissioned. Her final affiliation was the 4th Escort Corps and the homeport was Kure. The commissioning period was 36 years and 3 months, which is the longest among the ships of the Maritime Self-Defense Force in history, with a cruising distance of about 44 laps around the earth and a voyage time of about 79,000 hours.


Ford Center (Evansville)

The Ford Center is a multi-use indoor arena in downtown Evansville, Indiana with a maximum seating capacity of 11,000. It officially opened in November 2011 and is mainly used for basketball, ice hockey, and music concerts. It is home to the Evansville Purple Aces basketball teams and the Evansville Thunderbolts minor league hockey team in the Southern Professional Hockey League.
Events.
The first public event held at the Ford Center was an Evansville IceMen hockey game on November 5, 2011, when the IceMen defeated the Fort Wayne Komets 3-1. The first concert was held four days later on November 9, 2011 by Bob Seger and his Silver Bullet Band. The Evansville Purple Aces played their first basketball game on November 12, 2011, beating the Butler Bulldogs 80-77 in overtime.
In its first year, the new arena also hosted concerts for Elton John, Lady Antebellum, Reba, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Steel Panther with Judas Priest, and Cirque du Soleil's performance of Quidam.
The Ford Center played host to a game in the 2012 College Basketball Invitational, in which the Aces lost to the Princeton Tigers 95-86. The Ford Center also played host to the 2013 GLVC basketball championships and the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship. In September 2014, the Ford Center hosted Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Division 1 International playoffs, hosted by local roller derby league, Demolition City Roller Derby, featuring teams from the United States, England and Canada. In honor of the event, Evansville mayor Lloyd Winnecke declared the week of the event to be "Roller Derby Week" in the city.
History and construction.
The Ford Center was designed by Populous (formerly HOK Sport) as a replacement for Roberts Municipal Stadium. The $127.5 million arena was approved by the Evansville City Council on December 22, 2008. Demolition work on the site began on December 5, 2009.
The Ford Center is bounded by Main Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, 6th Street, and Walnut Street. As planned, it will eventually connect to a new convention hotel and the existing convention center.
On August 17, 2011, the facility's name, Ford Center, was announced. The naming rights were the result of a 10-year, $4.2 million agreement with the Tri-State Ford Dealers.
On January 18, 2012, Aces junior Colt Ryan set an arena record with 39 points in a win against the Bradley Braves.
In 2016, the ECHL's Evansville IceMen and the City of Evansville failed to come to an agreement on a new lease and the IceMen's owner, Ron Geary, announced his intentions to relocate the team to Owensboro, Kentucky. In response, the City of Evansville brought in a new minor league hockey team called the Evansville Thunderbolts as part of the Southern Professional Hockey League for the 2016–17 season.


Bari Palese Macchie railway station

Bari Palese Macchie () is a railway station in the Italian town of Macchie, in the Province of Bari, Apulia. The station lies on the Adriatic Railway (Ancona–Lecce). The train services are operated by Trenitalia.
Train services.
The station is served by the following service(s):
External links.
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List of canal locks in the United Kingdom

This is a selective list of canal locks in the United Kingdom which have unique features or are notable in some other way.