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Rosslare Harbour

The village of Rosslare Harbour, also known as Ballygeary, grew up to serve the needs of the harbour of the same name (now called Rosslare Europort), first developed in 1906 by the Great Western Railway and the Great Southern and Western Railway to accommodate steamferry traffic between Great Britain and Ireland. This port also serves France and Spain, traffic is mainly roll-on roll-off (RoRo). Rosslare Harbour railway station opened on 30 August 1906.

Village
Although the harbour itself is located close to, and for census purposes is co-terminous with, the village of Ballygeary, and within the townland of Ballygillane Big, it was named after the village of Rosslare, some 4 km away (8 km by road) along the coast. The village of Ballygeary was divided into two townlands, one known as "tin town" and the other as "straw town" or "bamboo town". It is believed this was because of the roofs on the houses.

The village has a number of guesthouses, hotels, a Roman Catholic church, a post office and some shops, one of which being a Daybreak service station and is regarded as "the heart and soul of Rosslare Harbour" by locals. Just south of the harbour is a small strand leading to Greenore Point, where grey seals can sometimes be seen. The harbour is home to an RNLI lifeboat station.

The population of Rosslare Harbour reached 2,247 at the 2022 census, increasing 87% from 2016 and becoming one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the country.

Railways and ferries
Services provided by Irish Rail on the Dublin-Rosslare railway line from Rosslare Europort railway station to major places such as Wexford, Enniscorthy, Arklow, Wicklow, Greystones, Bray to Dublin Connolly.

From Dublin Connolly onward rail connections via the Sligo Line links with Longford and Sligo and the Belfast Line links with Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry, Portadown, Lisburn and Belfast Central.

Bus transport
Rosslare Harbour and Rosslare Europort are served by Bus Éireann routes 40, 132, 370, 379 and 385 and Local Link route 387. The main routes serving Rosslare Harbour are Bus Éireann Expressway route 40 which provides several services a day to/from Waterford via New Ross and the 387 to Wexford several times daily. Local route 370 replaces the rail service to Waterford and runs twice a day each way (except Sundays) serving locations in South County Wexford previously served by the railway; Bridgetown, Wellingtonbridge and Campile. Expressway route 2 used to link the Harbour with Dublin Airport every hour but was withdrawn in September 2012. There is now only one through bus a week to Dublin – route 132 departing Rosslare Europort on Thursday mornings. It runs cross-country via Carnew.

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Kult: The Temple of Flying Saucers

Kult: The Temple of Flying Saucers is a graphic adventure published in 1989 by Exxos. The US version was released as Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess.

Plot
The game is set in a post-apocalyptic environment. Society consists of three races: Tuner; who possess psy-powers and Protozorqs; who are physical mutants, and 'Normals', people without mutations

Raven, a Tuner, is caught prisoner in the temple of the Protozorqs, and must find his girlfriend, who was also kidnapped, to finally proceed to escape with her. Raven is aware that his quest won't be simple since the Protozorqs, armed with "zapsticks", will gladly kill him if he does anything they dislike.

Ports

The Amiga and Atari ST version use digitized sound effects.

The MS-DOS version supports 16-color EGA or Tandy-compatible graphics, 4-color CGA graphics, and 2-color Hercules graphics. Three-voice music is supported on the Tandy.

Reception
Computer Gaming World called the game "an imaginative adventure game" with unusually good graphics and audio. It recommended the game to fans of adventures with puzzles, with the story's short length and abrupt ending the main faults.

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Hash key

Hash key may refer to:

 * Number sign, also known as the number, pound or hash key, a key on a telephone keypad
 * For its use in data structure, database and cryptographic applications, see hash function or unique key

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USS Twiggs (DD-127)

The first USS Twiggs (DD–127) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Major Levi Twiggs. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy, as HMS Leamington and to the Soviet Navy as Zhguchy, before returning to Britain to star in the film The Gift Horse, which depicts the St. Nazaire Raid.

United States Navy service
Twiggs was laid down on 23 January 1918 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation. The ship was launched on 28 September 1918; sponsored by Miss Lillie S. Getchell, the granddaughter of Major Twiggs. Twiggs was commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 28 July 1919.

Following shakedown, the destroyer joined Destroyer Division 16 (DesDiv 16), Destroyer Squadron 4 (Desron 4), Pacific Fleet, late in October 1919 and operated out of San Diego, California, on training cruises through the spring of 1922. While performing this duty, Twiggs was classified DD-127 on 17 July 1920 during the Navy-wide assignment of alphanumeric hull numbers. A combination of factors—increased operating costs, manpower shortages, and the general anti-military climate which followed World War I—resulted in a reduction of the Navy's active Fleet. Accordingly, Twiggs was decommissioned at San Diego on 24 June 1922.

After almost eight years of inactivity, Twiggs was placed in commission again on 20 February 1930 at San Diego. She became flagship of DesDiv 14 and conducted operations out of San Diego with the Battle Fleet until late in the year. Early in February 1931, she headed south from San Francisco with the Battle Fleet to participate in the annual Fleet concentration with the Scouting Fleet. At the end of the exercises on 15 March 1931, Twiggs was reassigned to the Scouting Fleet, soon to be redesignated the Scouting Force as a result of the Fleet Reorganization of on 1 April 1931. Twiggs new home port was Charleston, South Carolina, whence she operated as flagship of DesDiv 7 until late in the spring of 1933. Sometime between 1 April and on 1 July 1933, she rejoined the Battle Force destroyers on the west coast as a unit of DesDiv 6, DesRon 2. The destroyer was completely active until on 1 November 1933 when she joined Rotating Reserve DesRon 20 at San Diego. She remained there in a caretaker status—with a minimum crew on board—until on 1 July 1934, when she returned to fully active duty with DesDiv 4, DesRon 2. She operated out of San Diego with the Battle Force destroyers until late in 1936 when she began preparations for decommissioning. On 6 April 1937, Twiggs was placed out of commission and berthed at San Diego once again.

Towards the end of the destroyer's sojourn in San Diego's "red lead row", Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. To augment the "Neutrality Patrol" which President Franklin Roosevelt had placed around the eastern seaboard and Gulf ports, the Navy quickly set the wheels in motion to recommission 77 destroyers and light minelayers which had been in reserve at either Philadelphia or San Diego. As part of this operation, Twiggs was recommissioned at San Diego on 30 September 1939, Cdr. Lyman K. Swenson in command.

As flagship for DesDiv 64, DesRon 32, Twiggs initially operated out of San Diego on shakedown and training cruises through November. In company with eight of her sister ships, she transited the Panama Canal early in December. Soon after reaching her new base at Key West, Florida, Twiggs got underway to shadow the British destroyer HMS Hereward (H93). Later in the month, she joined sister ship USS Evans (DD-78) and the heavy cruiser USS Vincennes (CA-44) in keeping a close watch on the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth (D29) as she prowled the Gulf of Yucatan on the alert to intercept the German liner SS Columbus (1924) which was attempting to slip through the Royal Navy to safety in Germany. The Americans maintained such a close surveillance of the Australian ship that her exasperated commander—Captain "Fearless Freddie" Farncomb—was heard to remark: "Queer idea of 'neutrality' these Americans have!"

During her subsequent operations with DesDiv 64, Twiggs conducted neutrality patrols, training cruises for Naval Reserve contingents, battle practices, and exercises through the summer of 1940.

Meanwhile, by the spring of 1940, the Allied cause had taken a decided turn for the worse, as Norway fell after a disastrous British-Norwegian defense, and France and the Low Countries crumbled under the German blitzkrieg. In addition, German submarines—preying upon the convoys in the Atlantic which served as England's lifeline—began taking heavy tolls on both the cargo ships and their escorts. After the fall of France, Britain found herself very much alone in her struggle to prevent German hegemony in Europe.

With British destroyer forces in bad shape (the beatings taken in Norway, in the Atlantic convoy lanes, and in the Dunkirk evacuation had cut deeply into the Royal Navy list of escort ships), Prime Minister Winston Churchill appealed to the U.S. for aid. By the summer of 1940, President Roosevelt hit upon a solution to the problems respectively facing the U.S. and Britain. Accordingly, he and the Prime Minister reached the Destroyers for Bases Agreement; in exchange for transferring 50 World War I-era destroyers to the British, the U.S. would gain 99-year leases on strategic base sites in the Western Hemisphere.

As the summer of 1940 gave way to fall, Twiggs began preparation for her transfer to Britain. She arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia—the turnover point for the "50 ships that saved the world"—on 16 October 1940. The destroyer was decommissioned on 23 October, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 8 January 1941.

Royal Navy service
Turned over to the Royal Navy on 23 October 1940, the flush-decker became HMS Leamington, with the pennant number G 19, and Cdr. W. E. Banks, DSO, in command. She shifted to St. John's, Newfoundland, whence she departed on 4 November as part of the 4th "Town" Flotilla, bound for the British Isles. En route to Belfast, Northern Ireland, she and her sister ships passed through the scene of the action fought on 5 November 1940 by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay (F40), in defense of the homeward-bound Convoy HX 84, against the German pocket battleship GERMAN CRUISER Admiral Scheer. Jervis Bay's gallant delaying action enabled 32 of the 37 ships in the convoy to escape, although she herself was sunk in the action. Leamington searched for survivors but could find no signs of life.

Leamington arrived at Devonport Dockyard, on 15 November, where she was refitted for Royal Navy service. After workup and training, the destroyer was allocated to the 2nd Escort Group, Western Approaches Command, based at Londonderry Port. She conducted convoy escort missions across the Atlantic into 1941. On 28 April 1941, Leamington was one of three escorts detached from Convoy OB 314 to reinforce Convoy HX 121, under attack by German U-boats. When the corvette HMS Gladiolus (K34) detected a submarine on her sonar, Leamington and sister ship HMS Roxborough (I07) joined Gladiolus in attacking the contact. Although Gladiolus was credited with sinking the submarine, post-war analysis showed that the submarine, GS U-96 (1940) was undamaged. On 27 May 1941, Leamington was part of the escort of Convoy OB 325 when she collided with the Norwegian merchant ship SS Thyra (1920), which sank, killing five aboard the merchant ship. Leamington was under repair at Liverpool until July that year, when she rejoined the 2nd Escort Group, which moved to Iceland in September. On 11 September, the 2nd Escort Group, including Leamington was sent to reinforce Convoy SC 42 under heavy attack off the east coast of Greenland from the U-boats of the wolfpack Markgraf, which had sunk 15 ships from the convoy already. On the afternoon of 11 September, Leamington and the destroyer HMS Veteran (D72) were sent ahead of the convoy to investigate a sighting by an aircraft of a submarine ahead of the Convoy. The two destroyers spotted GS U-207 on the surface and carried out a series of depth charge attacks against the submarine, which was destroyed with no survivors.

On 23 March 1942, the fast troop convoy WS 17 set out from the United Kingdom to Freetown, Sierra Leone, with Leamington part of the convoy's escort. On 27 March 1942, the German submarine GS U-587 sighted the convoy, and radioed a sighting report with the hope that other U-boats could be directed to attack the convoy. The destroyer HMS Keppel (D84) picked up the transmission, and used High-frequency direction finding (HF/DF) to direct an attack against the German submarine by Leamington, HMS Grove (L77), HMS Aldenham (L22) and HMS Volunteer (D71). They attacked and sunk U-587 with depth charges, the first submarine sunk with the aid of shipboard HF/DF. On 27 June Convoy PQ 17 set out from Iceland for Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union, with Leamington joining the convoy's close escort on 30 June. On 4 July, believing that the German battleship GERMAN BATTLESHIP Tirpitz and other heavy ships had sortied against the convoy, the British First Sea Lord, Admiral Dudley Pound ordered that the convoy be scattered, with the escort, including Leamington, being withdrawn to the west. This exposed the lone, unescorted ships to continued unopposed attacks by German U-boats and aircraft. In total, PQ 17 lost 24 of 36 merchant ships, with 21 sunk after the order to scatter.

Leamington was refitted at Hartlepool, England, between July and November 1942. On 12 November, the Panamian registry merchantman SS Buchanan was torpedoed by GS U-224. Thirteen days later, Leamington—assisted by aircraft—located one of the freighter's four lifeboats and took aboard its 17 uninjured sailors.

Royal Canadian Navy service
In November 1942, the Royal Navy transferred Leamington to the Royal Canadian Navy, joining the Western Local Escort Force, escorting convoys from New York and Halifax, Nova Scotia to off Newfoundland, where the convoys were handed over to the Mid-Ocean Escort Force. She experienced extremely bad weather, with extensive icing conditions, while operating in the North Atlantic in late 1942 and early 1943. At one point, the ship reached Halifax after a severe gale on 22 January 1943, coated from bridge to forecastle deck with ice varying from 2 - 10 ft thick.

In April 1943, Leamington collided with the American minesweeper USS Albatross (AM-71) and was under repair at Halifax until 3 June. Later that month, she collided with the merchant ship Mortimer and was repaired at Norfolk, Virginia with work continuing until October 1943.

Soviet Navy service
Departing Halifax on 22 December, Leamington returned to the British Isles and reverted to Royal Navy control. After a period of service based at Rosyth, Scotland, Leamington was placed in reserve at the Tyne. However, on 16 June 1944, the British loaned the ship to the Russians, who renamed her Zhguchy (rus. Жгучий, "Fiery"). She served under the Russian flag through 1949 and was returned to Great Britain in 1950, when she starred in the Trevor Howard film Gift Horse as the fictional "HMS Ballantrae", (ex- "USS Whittier") which depicted the St Nazaire Raid. She was subsequently sold to John Cashmore Ltd and broken up for scrap at Newport, Wales on 26 July 1951.

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Loud Mine

Loud Mine was a gold mine in White County, Georgia north of Dahlonega; it was a famous mining site in the 19th century Georgia Gold Rush. The site is now owned by a private gold mining group, and permission is needed to go on the property.

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Sixes mine

The Sixes Mine is a group of former gold placer mines in the Georgia Gold Belt. They are near Sixes in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States, located off Bell's Ferry Road, south of Canton, Georgia.

History
The Sixes Mine was originally worked by the Cherokee and was located near the Cherokee town called Sixes. It may have been in operation as early as 1819 and would therefore predate the Georgia Gold Rush. The discovery of six gold mines was the reason why the Cherokee Nation was forced off their land. The Trail of Tears march began in Cherokee County approximately 2 mi from where Sixes Mine is located. After the Cherokee Nation was driven off their land, the Georgia Land Lottery of 1832 took place, which granted 40 acre plots of land to Georgia residents who were fortunate enough to win the lottery. One such winner was Mrs. Mary G. Franklin, founder of the Franklin-Creighton Mine.

The six mines that comprised the Sixes are the

 * Three Hundred and One,
 * Cherokee, Clarkston,
 * Downing Creek Placer Mine,
 * Macou Project,
 * Putnam Mine.

Current status
The Sixes mine and Downing Creek Placer mines were both located in what is now the BridgeMill planned community. The Downing Creek Placer mine is located on private property on Downing Creek Court.

The Three Hundred and One mine was located on county plat 301, 15th district.

The Cherokee Mine is located off Wooten Drive on Army Corps of Engineers property. Public access is difficult, and there is no easy approach. The mine can be accessed by boat on Allatoona Lake up Sixes Creek, or by foot into the Corps property tree line marked by red blazes on the trees across from the BridgeMill neighborhood swimming pool. Visiting and gold panning is allowed by the Corps, but only panning with shovels and pans in the stream bed.

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Talk:Atwood machine

Simple but effective picture (just to give some feedback). Maybe give the masses labels, to go with the text, but it might only add an unnecessary layer of complexity. I mean, how many parts are there to lose track of? Femto 14:14, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Gravity
If m2 is heavier than m1, shouldn't it be being pulled down by gravity? Meaning there should be a negative sign before the part of the m2 formula containing the gravity constant?

Or overall, shouldn't the first two formulas for the forces affecting m1 and m2 be switched?

Well, absolutely. But you must understand that our choice of which object is m1 and which object is m2 is arbitrary. Additionally, which object is accelerating upward is arbitrary as well. I will try to explain this with the concept of a sign convention.Carultch (talk) 02:49, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Demonstration
Ok, if this is a popular demonstration then it surely isn't right to describe it as involving inelastic strings and ideal pulleys. I'll fix this if I can. Theoh 19:11, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

 * It's not so much a demonstration as an ideal model. At least that's how I remember from my I took intro Physics.  It's used in labs, too, actually, and the non-ideal conditions are taken into account as experimental error. --Ttownfeen 00:04, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Can someone please expand the section for 'Equation for an Ideal Pulley'? We just went over the Atwood machine in a Lab and also just learned about angular mom./acc./vel. and moment of Inertia and I found this part to be a bit vague. It'd be nice to have how to account for the pulley in the experiment/machine demonstrated. The rest of the page is well done and makes sense. --Mike Benton (talk) 05:29, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but what about...
...a point of application, direction and sense for a vector "sigma F"? Tadeusz Malinowski (talk) 21:43, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Joke
Has anyone heard the joke about the Atwood machine? A medical student asked his physics professor, "why do we have to learn how to solve the Atwood machine? It seems so pointless.". The physics professor replied "So those who can't solve Atwood machine won't become doctors". Does anyone know the history of this joke..? Couldn't find it online. Danski14(talk) 02:23, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

error
This, from the section on elevators, is wrong, " it has to overcome only weight difference and inertia of the two masses." The basic principle of the Atwood Machine is that the inertia of both masses still has to be overcome. I would change it but have been topic banned in other areas and have found some editors to be rather nasty. I suggest you look into it.

Arydberg (talk) 13:55, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

undefined term "traction"
The section where pulley inertia and friction are included has no segue from the previous. Worse, the term "traction" is introduced without link or explanation of what it means. It cannot be expected that readers for whom the earlier section is new will have the background to make a connection here where the authors make none. Zoetropo (talk) 08:04, 5 September 2017 (UTC)

d
What is 'd' in the equation for deriving acceleration (and hence g) from timing of the movement? I presume it stands for 'distance' or 'difference', i.e. the distance moved by the weights in the observed time, but it should not be introduced without explanation. So far as I recall, the only standard meaning of 'd' in mathematics is 'differential' or 'derivative'. 'Distance' is usually expressed by 's', for 'space', as in v = s/t.2A00:23C8:7904:EE01:6CD9:BB5F:C966:A696 (talk) 16:51, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

 * Thanks for having noticed this. I have removed the claim, which wasn't even supported by the cited source, whiich wasn't even reliable. - DVdm (talk) 17:38, 16 July 2020 (UTC)

Old explanation
I found an explanation of the machine in an old textbook (Deschanel's 'Natural Philosophy') which I found intuitively clearer, if maybe less rigorous, than the one in the article. Suppose that initially there are equal weights, each with mass P, on both sides of the machine. They will balance each other so there will be no movement. Now add a small weight with mass p to one side, so that on one side the mass is P and on the other it is P + p. The extra weight p will set the machine in motion, with one side rising, and the other falling, with some velocity v (disregarding sign). The two weights P still balance each other, so the motion must be entirely attributed to the extra weight p. But that has to move the combined mass of (2P + p) instead of just its own mass p.  So if the effect of gravity on p alone would be g, the effect on the combined mass will be g [p/(2P + p)]. The result in substance is the same as in the article, but to me at least the explanation seems clearer.2A00:23C8:7904:EE01:3D91:74B2:BAAB:1F06 (talk) 12:00, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Pulley Inertia - edit required in explanation
The need to include the inertia of the pulley is currently described as follows: "For very small mass differences between m1 and m2, the rotational inertia I of the pulley of radius r cannot be neglected." This must be incorrect, as the inertia only appears in the part of equation that involves the sum of the masses.PhysicistQuery (talk) 01:35, 16 February 2021 (UTC)

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Church Knowle

Church Knowle is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in the south of England.

Church Knowle village is situated about 1 mi west of Corfe Castle, 4 mi south of Wareham and 6 mi west of Swanage. In the 2011 census the parish—which includes the settlements of East Creech and Furzebrook to the north—had 114 households and a population of 261.

The church is named Saint Peter's Church. Church Knowle Fete is held in the grounds of the Old Rectory every August.

Pike family
Buried in the Churchyard at Church Knowle are the two brothers who brought the first steam locomotive (Primus) to Purbeck in 1866 - The Pike Brothers - John William and William Joseph Pike (Purbeck Ball Clay Merchants). They are buried together with their relatives. John is buried with his mother-in-law Charlotte Bridges Mayer, who was the daughter of William Adams of London and wife of the potter Thomas Mayer. John lived at Westport House in Wareham, now the site of the home of Purbeck District Council. William Joseph lived in North Street Wareham. William Joseph's 7-year-old son was drowned in Studland Bay and is buried alongside his father. John and William Joseph's clay merchant father - William lived nearby at Bucknowle House and it was here that the Pike Brothers were born. William Pike's father-in-law was Jacob Warburton who founded the New Hall Pottery in Staffordshire and also leased Bucknowle Farm when he retired to be close to his daughters, Ann and Catherine. Catherine had married local land owner William Voss.

Warburton Pike was born at Church Knowle and was another son of William Pike. He was educated at University College London and went on to the Middle Temple where he was certified as a Special Pleader. In 1879 Pike published "Translations from Dante, Petrarch, Michael Angelo and Vittoria Colonna" and went on to be the first person to translate Dante's "Inferno" into English in 1881. Although he died in Highgate, he is buried alongside his family in St. Peter's graveyard.

1945 Air Disaster
On 15 June 1945 a Royal Air Force, Consolidated Liberator C Mk IX (JT985) crashed in the village of Kingston near Church Knowle while on a flight from RAF Holmsley South to Palam, Delhi India via RAF Castel Benito, Libya. The aircraft had low fuel pressure and attempted to return to RAF Holmsley in bad weather. All 27 onboard the aircraft died in the crash.

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Clifton Maybank

Clifton Maybank is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is located about a mile southwest of the village of Bradford Abbas. It is known for Clifton Maybank House, a country house with surviving Tudor fabric. Dorset County Council estimate that the population of the parish in 2013 was 40.

Clifton Maybank settlement
Clifton Maybank is recorded in the Domesday Book as Clistone, held by William Malbank, a tenant of Hugh, Earl of Chester in 1086, and it is from Malbank that the 'Maybank' suffix derives.

Writing in 1811, Samuel Lewis stated that the village had 60 inhabitants and that the church at Clifton Maybank had "been in ruins for a century".

Clifton Maybank GWR railway station
On 13 June 1864 a new line was opened from the GWR Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth line up to a new Clifton Maybank goods station located on the south side of the LSWR Yeovil Junction railway station. The GWR was, until 1874, a 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge line and broad and standard gauge wagons could be brought alongside each other at Clifton Maybank to allow goods to be transhipped between them.

The transfer shed used for transhipping goods and approximately ¼ mile of track along the Clifton Maybank spur are now part of the Yeovil Railway Centre, where steam trains named the Clifton Maybank Rambler are being run in 2019.

Clifton Maybank House
Once site of an ancient chapelry dependent of nearby Yetminster, the early history of the house of Clifton Maybank (sometimes named Clifton Maubank or Clifton House) is obscure. Remaining are several structures, some of which were formerly interconnected, and part of which (called by Rogers, a screen) was removed to nearby Montacute House.

The Horsey family of Horsey near Bridgwater in Somerset held properties in and around Clifton Maybank during the fifteenth century. When John Horsey (1479–1531) died, he was buried at Yetminster parish church, near Clifton Maybank. His son, Sir John Horsey substantially increased the family's wealth and power. Little is known of the Horsey family house at Clifton Maybank at this time, but it is known that the poet Sir Thomas Wyatt died while staying at the house in 1542. Sir John died four years later in 1546. Soon after this his oldest son, Sir John Horsey, made Clifton Maybank his principal residence and began a major and expensive rebuilding process on the house, using the local Ham stone. It has been described as "one of the most spectacular of the group of contemporary houses in the district, which included Barrington, Melbury, and Montacute." The Horsey family fortunes entered a period of slow decline, and in 1786 much of the house was dismantled and sold – one main front of the building being transferred to Montacute House and the early 17th century lodge was removed in 1800 to Hinton St George.

After decline in the 18th century the buildings became a working farm, but were then restored in the late 19th – early 20th century. The house itself was reconditioned in 1906-7 with additions on the north and east sides. The present house is thought to have been the east wing of the original building, of which the main block extended to the west from the middle of the existing wing. The south front of the present house is original and was formerly of two storeys with attics (as was the front transferred to Montacute). The door in the modern porch incorporates some late 16th-century woodwork. The west front may have been redesigned after the 1786 demolitions, but the central gable has a reset oriel window with Tudor roses and horses' heads (for Horsey). An early 16th-century detached building to the southeast has also been remodelled: it originally extended further northwards. No depiction of the original building is known. The house was the country home of the art historian Professor Michael Jaffé.

There is archaeological evidence of the pre-1650 landscape in the grounds of Clifton Maybank House.

Clifton Maybank House is Grade I listed and the gardens are also of note, although they are not listed on the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England.

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Georgia Gold Belt

The largest quantities of gold found in the eastern United States were found in the Georgia Gold Belt, extending from eastern Alabama to Rabun County, Georgia. The biggest concentration of gold was found in White, Lumpkin, and northern Cherokee counties in Georgia. The gold in the Georgia Gold Belt was close to 24 karat (100%) purity. Most of the gold was found in eroded rock (saprolite) and mixed in with quartz.

Besides placer deposits of gold, and gold bearing quartz in weathered rock, gold also occurs in quartz veins. The most profitable veins, in the Dahlonega District, occur in the contact zone between mica-schists and granite or diorite.

The discovery of gold in the Georgia Gold Belt in 1828 led to the Georgia Gold Rush. The historic cities of Auraria and Dahlonega were the primary beneficiaries of the gold discovery, and a branch mint of the United States Mint was operated in Dahlonega until 1861. The Georgia Gold Belt is part of a zone of gold deposits in the southeast United States that runs from Alabama to Virginia. Smaller gold deposits can be found farther north.

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Colehill

Colehill is a parish neighbouring Wimborne Minster, in Dorset, England. It had a population of 7,000 in 2001, which shrunk slightly to 6,927 people at the 2011 census.

History
The name Colehill originated in 1431 as Colhulle, becoming Colhill in 1518 and Collehill in 1547, later getting the simplified spelling of Colehill, but the origins of Colehill as a settlement predate this by a long way.

Six round barrows, which can still be seen, show that people lived here as early as 2000 BC. The River Stour would have been navigable; there is evidence that in about 500 BC, peoples from Continental Europe were populating the South West, bringing the culture of the early Iron Age. Fortifications at Hengistbury Head and more forts inland were established then.

Part of the tracks survive, running parallel to the river from the coastal fort through modern locations such as Parley and Stapehill to Badbury Rings. It is thought that the line of Middlehill Road derives from one of these very early tracks.

Later in Roman times Wimborne developed as an important trading centre on the River Stour, and as a junction for further tracks from Poole to Badbury Rings and on to Salisbury. Another track radiating eastward possibly set the line for what was to become in modern times the A31. Bridges replaced the fords (Canford) in about 100 AD.

There then followed the Saxon invasion and the formation of the Kingdom of Wessex. Agriculture became established and with it clearance of some small plots on the sunny heathland slopes around Colehill. Over the centuries farms grew until, with the impetus of the Inclosure Acts (1750 to 1860), they were consolidated into the estates that we know of today - Kingston Lacy, Hanham and Uddens estates.

Colehill today
There are two first schools in Colehill, (Colehill First School and Hayeswood First School ), a primary school (St Catherine's RC Primary School & Kindergarten), a middle school (St Michael's) and a foundation school (Beaucroft Foundation School (SEND) ).

There is also a private school (Dumpton's ). The main public hall is Colehill Memorial Hall, and nearby is the community library which was re-opened in February 2013. It is run by volunteers with some support from the then Dorset County Council and its successor council, Dorset Council. Colehill has a pharmacy, a hairdressers, and three post offices and convenience stores.

A parish plan for Colehill was published in 2008. Many of the planned actions have been implemented, including the community library mentioned above. A website was published in November 2008; it is updated regularly and all local organisations are encouraged to contribute. Colehill appears on Twitter and Facebook.

Traffic calming in Middlehill Road has been introduced and the major roundabout on the A31 at Canford Bottom has been re-engineered. A parish initiative succeeded in rebuilding the Reef as a youth and community centre for the people of Colehill and Wimborne. Over £500K was raised locally and assistance given by East Dorset District Council. The building was completed in 2016 and is fully in use with the activities continuing to expand.

There are a few houses in Colehill dating from the 1860s and rapid expansion took place in the 20th century. The population rose from 1786 in 1951 to 5370 in 1971. Several large estates of modern family homes were built and there is quite a lot of infill building. The Parish Church, Church of England, is St Michaels and All Angels.

It was designed by Caröe in 1893 and is a half brick and half timber construction in the Arts and Crafts style. Nearby and close to the war memorial at the centre of the village are the Triangle Woods which have village green status. There are areas of common land, a recreation ground at Oliver's Park, and a Local Nature Reserve at Leigh Common. The area is well wooded and the local Forestry Commission plantation at Cannon Hill is very popular for walking.

The District Council's Core Strategy, approved in 2013, placed over half of East Dorset's New Neighbourhood development in Colehill; it comprises 630 homes along the Cranborne Road and 350 south of the Leigh Road A31.

As of 2014 a significant part of Colehill (including the New Neighbourhoods) was designated as a parish ward of Wimborne. In part compensation areas of Stapehill, west of the Canford Bottom roundabout, were transferred from Ferndown to the Colehill parish ward.

Notable people

 * Tim Berners Lee - World Wide Web creator
 * Micheal Medwin- Actor
 * Roger Johnson- Footballer
 * Al Stewart- Musician

Politics
There are three electoral wards within the parish (Colehill East, Colehill Hayes & Colehill West). In the new unitary Dorset Council (May 2019) these wards were joined with the Wimborne Minster East electoral ward to form a two-member electoral division (Colehill & Wimborne Minster East).

Colehill became part of the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency at the 2010 general election.

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No. 14 Squadron RAF

No. 14 Squadron of the Royal Air Force currently operates the Beechcraft Shadow R1 (a modified Beechcraft Super King Air) in the Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) role from RAF Waddington.

World War I
No. 14 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps was formed on 3 February 1915 at Shoreham with Maurice Farman S.11 and B.E.2 aircraft. After a few months of training it departed for the Middle East in November of that same year for Army co-operation duties during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. In 1916 the squadron's B.E.2s were supplemented with a small number of D.H.1A two seat fighters for escort duties, with the type remaining in use until March 1917. Other fighters operated by the squadron's fighter flight included the Bristol Scout and Vickers FB.19, but the fighter flight left the squadron in August 1917 to form No. 111 Squadron. The squadron flew in support of British forces in the Third Battle of Gaza in late 1917. In November 1917 the squadron was equipped with Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8s, which were used to perform reconnaissance duties, attacking the Turkish Seventh Army as it retreated following the Battle of Nablus. It was recalled to the UK in January 1919 and disbanded the following month.

Squadron motto
The Squadron motto—I spread my wings and keep my promise—is believed by many, including the RAF, to be an extract from the Koran as suggested to the RAF by the Emir of Transjordan but in Arabic, this is not quite as depicted on the Squadron badge.

Between the wars
On 1 February 1920 the squadron was reformed in Ramleh by renumbering No. 111 Squadron. The squadron operated Bristol Fighters and used them for various duties including photo surveying and air policing. The squadron patrolled Trans-Jordan and Palestine for the next 20 years and it was during this period that the squadron gained its Arabic motto. Airco DH.9A bombers supplemented the squadron's Bristol fighters in June 1924, using them to attack and together with RAF-operated armoured cars help defeat a several-thousand strong raiding force of Ikhwan tribesmen at Umm el Amad, 12 mi south of Amman in Jordan in August that year. The squadron fully equipped with DH.9As in January 1926. Fairey IIIFs replaced the squadron's DH.9As in November 1929, using them on reconnaissance duties during civil unrest in Palestine. The Fairey Gordon, a radial engined derivative of the IIIF re-equipped the squadron in September 1932, being used for operations against Arab rioters during the 1933 Palestine riots. In March 1938, the squadron replaced its Gordons with Vickers Wellesley monoplane bombers.

World War II
When World War II broke out the squadron was transferred to Egypt but soon returned to Amman. In May 1940, with the likelihood of war between Britain and Italy increasing rapidly, 14 Squadron was ordered to move to Port Sudan to reinforce the weak RAF forces in East Africa facing Italian forces in Ethiopia and Eritrea. On 10 June, Italy declared war on Britain and France, and on the night of 11/12 June 14 Squadron flew its first offensive mission of the Second World War, when nine Wellesleys bombed fuel storage tanks and the airfield at Massawa. It lost its first Wellesley to Italian defences on 14 June during a second raid against Massawa. The squadron received a single Supermarine Walrus from 47 Squadron which was used for patrols over the Red Sea in July 1940, while the squadron's Wellesleys continued bombing missions against Italian targets. The Squadron started to receive twin-engined Bristol Blenheims in September that year, flying its first Blenheim mission on 20 September, and flying its final Wellesley sortie on 20 November. In March 1941 it carried out bombing raids in support of the assault on Keren.

In April 1941, following the liberation of Addis Ababa, the squadron was sent to Egypt for operations over the Western Desert. The squadron was deployed in support of Operation Brevity on 15–16 May 1941, an unsuccessful British offensive, and carried out attacks on German and Italian motor transport, with five Blenheims being shot down by Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters of III Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 27 while carrying out strafing attacks along the Tobruk–Capuzzo road on 21 May. The squadron flew attacks against Maleme Airfield on 25 and 27 May during the Battle of Crete, and in June, flew in support of Operation Battleaxe, another unsuccessful British offensive in the Western Desert. On 7 July 1941, the squadron withdrew from the Western Desert, being based in Palestine and Iraq until it returned to Egypt in November 1941.

On 17 August 1942, 14 Squadron was withdrawn from operations to convert to the Martin Marauder, the first RAF Squadron to operate this American bomber. The squadron flew its first operational mission with the Marauder, a maritime reconnaissance mission on 26 October 1942. The squadron used its Marauders for long-range maritime reconnaissance missions, minelaying and anti-shipping attack with torpedoes over the Aegean. The squadron's Marauders sank a tanker with torpedoes on 19 January 1943 and two more merchant ships on 21 February. In March 1943, it started performing anti-submarine missions and long-range maritime reconnaissance missions, finding targets to be attacked by other anti-shipping units, operating out of Blida and then Maison Blanche in Algeria. In May 1943 the squadron supplemented its Marauders by six ex-USAAF P-51A Mustangs on loan, which equipped an additional flight for offensive operations, but these were returned to the USAAF in July, the squadron continuing to operate the Marauder. It operated detachments in Italy and Sardinia, moving completely to Alghero in Sardinia in June 1944. In July 1944, the squadron began to operate maritime patrol operations in conjunction with the Bristol Beaufighters of 39 Squadron, with a Marauder cruising offshore and directing Beaufighters to attack any shipping spotted. The squadron flew its last Marauder mission on 21 September that year, leaving its equipment behind when it transferred back to the UK.

The squadron operated within RAF Coastal Command from 24 October 1944. On its return to the UK, the squadron was based at RAF Chivenor and carried out anti-submarine mission over the Western Approaches and the Bay of Biscay using Vickers Wellington Mk.XIVs. The squadron was again disbanded on 1 June 1945 but was reborn the same day, when 143 Squadron at Banff, equipped with the De Havilland Mosquito Mk.VI in the anti-shipping strike role, was renumbered. This incarnation of the squadron was short lived, being disbanded on 31 March 1946.

With RAF Germany
Disbandment did not last long however, the following day No.128 Squadron, operating Mosquito B.16s at RAF Wahn in Germany, was renumbered No.14 squadron and the squadron lived again. In December 1947 the Mosquito B.16s were replaced with the Mosquito B.35 variant. The squadron moved to RAF Celle in September 1949, but this was a short placement as they moved again in November 1950, this time to RAF Fassberg. In 1951 the squadron received Vampire FB.5s to replace the Mosquitos, while in 1953 the Vampires made place for Venom FB.1s. The squadron converted to the day-fighter role when it received Hunter F.4s in 1955 while based at RAF Oldenburg, where they stayed for two years before moving to RAF Ahlhorn. The squadron used the Hunters until 17 December 1962, when the unit was disbanded at RAF Gutersloh. The same day however No.88 Squadron was renumbered No.14 Squadron, flying Canberra B(I).8s from RAF Wildenrath.

On 30 June 1970 the squadron was reformed at RAF Bruggen and operated Phantom FGR.2s until April 1975, when they were replaced with the SEPECAT Jaguar. From 1976 their role at RAF Bruggen, assigned to SACEUR, was support of the army in a European land battle, first in a conventional role, and later in a nuclear delivery role should tactical nuclear weapons be used. The squadron's twelve Jaguars were expected by RAF planning staff to suffer attrition of one third their strength, leaving sufficient survivors to deliver their stockpile of eight WE.177 nuclear bombs. From 1986 the squadron's twelve Jaguars were exchanged for twelve Tornado GR.1s, for use in a similar role. Tornados were able to carry two WE.177 nuclear bombs, and the RAF staff expected that there would be enough survivors of the conventional war phase to deliver an increased stock of eighteen bombs. The squadron's role operating WE.177 nuclear bombs was programmed to remain in place until the mid 1990s.

In August 1990, the squadron was dispatched to Bahrain in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait as part of Operation Granby along with two other squadrons from Bruggen, no. 9 and no. 31 Squadrons.

Iraq and Afghanistan
The squadron returned to the UK from Germany in January 2001. It operated from RAF Lossiemouth, as the Tornado GR4 Force squadron specialising in Low Level TIALD, night electro-optical low level and operational low flying. It participated in Operation Resinate (South), flying sorties from Ali Al Salem AB, Kuwait until January 2003. The squadron returned to Ali Al Salem in August 2003 as part of Operation TELIC (phase 4). In September 2003, the 6 Tornado's took off from Ali Al Salem for the last time and started flying operational missions over Iraq and landing at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

Four crews from the squadron took part in the first detachment of Tornado GR Force personnel to Operation HERRICK in summer 2009. 14 Squadron carried out its only autonomous detachment to Kandahar between November 2010 and February 2011, flying day and night in support of ISAF forces across Afghanistan. The squadron mounted ground alert as well as flying numerous planned recce sorties using the RAPTOR pod, and CAS sorties equipped with Paveway IV 500 lb bombs and Dual Mode Seeker MBDA Brimstone missiles.

After its return to the UK in 2011, it was announced that the squadron would be disbanded as one of the two Tornado squadrons due to cease operations as part of the 2010 SDSR along with XIII Squadron based at RAF Marham.

The squadron ceased operations in March 2011, and, after a formal review by the Duke of York, was formally disbanded on 1 June 2011. Squadron Leader Eric Aldrovandi, a Burmese Python, who had served as the regimental mascot and had been with the squadron since its transition to the Tornado in 1985, took the opportunity to retire, and was transferred to Amazonia, a visitor attraction at Strathclyde Country Park.

Reformation
The Squadron was re-formed on 14 October 2011 at RAF Waddington operating the Beechcraft Shadow R1 in a Tactical ISR support role, an activity which had previously been operated as a Flight under V(AC) Squadron.

From September 2014, the squadron temporarily relocated to Coningsby along with V(AC) Squadron due to the resurfacing of RAF Waddington's runway which took over a year to complete. It was announced in 2017 that the Squadron's fleet of five Shadow R1 would be increased by three and further upgrades would be funded.

Aircraft operated
Aircraft operated included:

 * B.E.2c: 1915–1917
 * D.H.1A: 1916–1917 (for escort work with B.E.2)
 * R.E.8: 1917–1918
 * Bristol Fighter: 1920-1930s
 * De Havilland D.H.9A: 1924–1929
 * Fairey IIIF: 1929–1932
 * Fairey Gordon: 1932
 * Wellesley Mk.I: 1938–1940
 * Blenheim Mk.IV: 1940–1942
 * Marauder Mk.I: 1942–1944
 * P-51A Mustang
 * Wellington Mk.XIV: 1944–1945
 * Mosquito Mk.VI/B.16/B.35: 1945–1951
 * Vampire FB.5: 1951–1955
 * Venom FB.1: 1953–1955
 * Hunter F.4/F.6: 1955–1962
 * Canberra B(I).8: 1962–1970
 * Phantom FGR.2: 1970–1975
 * Sepecat Jaguar GR.1: 1975–1985
 * Tornado GR.1/GR.1A: 1985–2004
 * Tornado GR.4: 2004–2011
 * Shadow R1: 2011–present

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Salakta

Salakta is a small Tunisian village situated by the sea.

Salakta has been occupied or ruled by many civilisations, including the Phoenicians, Byzantines, Romans, and Muslim Oubéidines. The attractions include a beach, catacombs, an ancient cemetery and a museum. It is in Salakta that the mosaics "Lion" (with huge proportions, and which is displayed in the Bardo National Museum) was found.

Though not an established name in Tunisian tourism, Salakta is nevertheless one of the oldest historical sites in the country. Most of this is now under the sea, unfortunately. Its population swells from few hundreds to few thousands in summer when most of its people come back from Europe or from other Tunisian regions in order to spend summer.

Description
Salakta is a village in the Sahel, Tunisia located five kilometers from Ksour Essef. (35°24'N, 11°03'E) Its name is derived from the Latin Sullecthum ( "blessed place" ) because of the beauty of its beach.

The village is attached to the delegation of Ksour Essef in the Mahdia Governorate, it had a population of 3,477 in 2004.

History
The town was a port exporting wheat, and later of olive oils, and wines. The fishing port was successively occupied by the Phoenicians, the Byzantines, the Romans and then the Arabs. The village was a privileged place for the Byzantines under Justinian who used it as a strategic point for their conquests. Belisarius's invasion of Africa began during the Vandalic War in 533, not far from Salakta on the Caput Vada.

During the Second World War, both the French Army and the German Afrika Korps maintained a military base here.

Archaeological remains
Salakta is one of the oldest historical sites in the country. It features a small museum set within the site of the ancient site. However, the majority of the latter is under the sea.

One of the main mosaics of the Bardo National Museum, representing an African lion, was discovered in Salakta in 1958. In Roman times, Salakta was an important commercial port under the name of Syllectum or Sullectum. One of the offices of the Place des Corporations in Ostia bears the name of the navicularii of Syllectum, and oil amphorae with the original mark A SYLL have been found in Ostia and Salakta, Archaeological evidence of a trade of active oil between Salakta and Rome.

Tourism
The beaches, the catacombs, an ancient cemetery, as well as the archaeological museum founded in 1980, are worth visiting. The museum shows excavation finds from the surrounding area, in particular terracotta as well as a large mosaic of a Berberlöwen. The mosaic has a height of about 3 meters and dates from the 3rd century. There are necropolises of the megalithic culture in the surroundings.

Although Salakta is not particularly important for tourism from abroad, it is still one of the oldest historical sites in the country. Most of the ancient settlement is now below the sea level. The population of Salakta developed not least due to the tourism and attractiveness of the beaches of few hundred people to several thousand today.

Bishopric
Sullectum was the seat of a bishopric during the Roman Empire but this moved to near modern Mahdia in the Middle Ages. The ancient bishopric was re-established in name in the 20th century as a titular bishopric, with the current bishop being Ulrich Boom of Würzburg.

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Karan Thapar

Karan Thapar (born 5 November 1955) is an Indian journalist, news presenter and interviewer working with The Wire. Thapar was associated with CNN-IBN and hosted The Devil's Advocate and The Last Word. Some of the celebrities he has interviewed include Narendra Modi and Shah Rukh Khan. He was also associated with India Today, hosted the shows To the Point and Nothing But The Truth and is doing an exclusive series of Interviews with The Wire on his show Access Journalism.

Early life and education
Karan Thapar is the youngest child of former Chief of the Army Staff General Pran Nath Thapar and Bimla Thapar. The late journalist Romesh Thapar was his cousin and Thapar is also a cousin to historian Romila Thapar.

Thapar is also related distantly to the family of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru's niece, the writer Nayantara Sahgal, was married to Gautam Sahgal, brother of Bimla Thapar, his mother.

He is an alumnus of The Doon School in Dehradun and Stowe School in England. While at Doon, Thapar was the editor-in-chief of the school magazine The Doon School Weekly.

Thapar graduated with a degree in Economics and Political Philosophy from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1977. In the same year, he was also President of the Cambridge Union. He subsequently obtained a doctorate in International Relations from St Antony's College, Oxford.

Career
He began his career in journalism with The Times in Lagos, Nigeria and later worked as their Lead Writer on the Indian subcontinent till 1981. In 1982 he joined London Weekend Television in the United Kingdom where he worked for the next 11 years. In London he was one of the co-presenters of Eastern Eye magazine program for South Asian minorities in UK. He moved to India in 1991 and worked with The Hindustan Times Television Group, Home TV and United Television before setting up his own production house in August 2001, Infotainment Television, which makes programmes for amongst others BBC, Miroshka, Doordarshan and Channel News Asia.

Thapar is noted for his aggressive interviews with leading politicians and celebrities. A few of his shows which have been much watched are Eyewitness, Tonight at 10, In Focus with Karan, Line of Fire, War of Words Devil's Advocate and The Last Word. In 2004, Thapar famously interviewed late former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa. It ended with Jayalalithaa snapping at him and tossing the mic on the table, saying that "it wasn't a pleasure talking to you" and chose to leave with a "Namaste" not responding to his handshake. In 2007, Thapar also famously interviewed current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (then the Chief Minister of Gujarat). A few minutes after the interview started, Thapar asked a few questions regarding the Modi administrations' actions during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Modi abruptly stopped the interview just three minutes in while saying "dosti bani rahe" (Hindustani for "Let the friendship be intact") which became a popular internet meme. He later said that interviewing A. R. Rahman was the toughest in his career due to Rahman's shy nature.

In 2020–21, Thapar wrote a column As I see it in the daily newspaper The Asian Age. In August 2021, the management of The Asian Age objected to Thapar's regular column after he wrote about the '1947 Violence Against Jammu Muslims'. The violence against the Muslim residents of Jammu during the partition led to their mass displacement from the Jammu region. Thapar stopped writing for the column and said "The 1947 violence against Jammu's Muslims that unfolded over a period of three-four months in 1947 is well-documented and has been historically accounted for. It is something that no one can contest. So I gather that the owners are under enormous pressure, presumably from Mr. Modi and Mr. Shah."

As of 2021, he is doing the regular show The Interview with Karan Thapar after joining The Wire.

Awards and accolades

 * In 1995 Thapar won the Onida Pinnacle Award for Best Current Affairs Presenter for the programme, The Chat Show.
 * In December 2003, Thapar became the first person to win both awards in the current affairs category of the Asian Television Awards.
 * The Best Current Affairs Program for an interview with Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Khurshid Kasuri tilted Court Martial
 * Second award for 'The Best Current Affairs Presenter' for his popular long-running BBC series Face to Face.
 * 'Best Current Affairs Presenter' award for his interview with Ram Jethmalani on Devil's Advocate
 * In 2008 his show Devil's Advocate was conferred 'Best News/Current Affairs Show' by News Television Awards & Karan Thapar was presented the award for 'News Interviewer of the Year' at Indian News Broadcasting Awards.
 * In April 2009, Thapar was conferred with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award and was chosen the 'Journalist of the Year 2007 (Broadcast)'.
 * In August 2009 he was adjudged the "News Show Host of the Year" by Indian News Broadcasting Awards.
 * In March 2010 Devil's Advocate was accorded an award for being the "Best News Talk Show" by News Television Awards.
 * In December 2010 he was adjudged the 'Best Current Affairs Presenter' by Asian Television Awards.
 * In March 2011 Devil's Advocate was adjudged the "Best Current Affairs Programme" and Karan Thapar was declared the "TV News Anchor of the Year-English" by National Television Awards. In October 2013, Karan Thapar won journalism award.
 * In December 2013, Karan Thapar received the International Press Institute-India Award for excellence in the field of journalism.

Books

 * Face To Face India - Conversations With Karan Thapar, Penguin, ISBN 0-14-303344-1
 * Sunday Sentiments, Wisdom Tree, ISBN 81-8328-023-4
 * More Salt Than Pepper - Dropping Anchor With Karan Thapar, HarperCollins, ISBN 978-81-7223-776-9
 * Devil's Advocate: The Untold Story, HarperCollins, ISBN 978-93-5277-985-7
 * As I Like It, Wisdom Tree, ISBN 8-183-28466-3
 * Hardtalk India

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Compton Abbas

Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England. It lies 3 mi south of the town of Shaftesbury. It is sited on greensand strata on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, below the chalk downs of Cranborne Chase. On top of these hills is Compton Abbas Airfield. The A350 road between Wiltshire and the south coast passes through the village. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 216. The name Compton Abbas derives from the Saxon "cumb-ton", meaning 'village in a narrow valley', plus "abbas" which refers to Shaftesbury Abbey (the land was owned by the abbess). The church, St. Mary's, was built in 1866 to replace the older structure which was more remote from the village.

Places of interest
The tower of the Church of St Mary in East Compton is a Grade I listed building.

Politics
Compton Abbas is part of the North Dorset constituency for elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Compton Abbas is part of the Beacon ward for elections to Dorset Council.

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Gay anthem

A gay anthem is a popular song that has become widely popular among, or has become identified with, the gay community. Not all songs labelled as "gay anthems" were written intentionally to become gay anthems, but those that do are often marked by themes of perseverance, inner strength, acceptance, pride, and unity. Research in 2007 suggested that the song most commonly identified as a gay anthem is "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, and described the song as "a classic emblem of gay culture in the post-Stonewall and AIDS eras".

Other classic gay anthems include Village People's "Y.M.C.A.", The Weather Girls's "It's Raining Men",  Diana Ross's "I'm Coming Out", and ABBA's "Dancing Queen".

Themes
Although every song is individual, the criteria for what makes a gay anthem has shown a trend among the years. In the 2002 book Queer, the following ten main themes were listed that are common among many, if not all gay anthems:
 * Big-voiced divas: Rather than particular to the songs, this area of gay anthems is more akin to a cult of personality of a large gay male following for some particular diva-style pop music vocalists who are almost always black, female gay icons. For example, Gloria Gaynor.
 * Overcoming hardship in love: Usually a narrative of a wronged lover who comes back stronger than before. For example, "I Will Survive".
 * You are not alone: Songs about coming together as a community or reassurance to the lonely that there are others like them out there. For example, "We Are Family".
 * Throw your cares away: A carefree narrative about putting your troubles aside and partying. For example, "Holiday".
 * Hard-won self-esteem: The theme involves fighting through oppression, darkness, or fear to gain freedom, beauty, or self-esteem. "The Greatest Love of All" as sung by Whitney Houston.
 * Celebrating unashamed sexuality: The theme is of transcending cultural shame to celebrate one's sexual nature. For example, "It's Raining Men".
 * Search for acceptance: Songs about a welcoming promised land where the dream of acceptance and belonging and hope lives. For example, "Somewhere (There's a Place for Us)" from West Side Story.
 * Torch song for the world weary: A narrative about being used, abused, and surviving to tell the tale of lament. For example, "Maybe This Time".
 * Love conquers all: Tales of not giving up on love despite seemingly insurmountable odds.
 * No apologies: The theme revolves around defiantly living one's life despite what others may want. For example, "I'm Coming Out".

Sources of gay anthems
Madonna's "Vogue", George Michael's Fastlove, Mariah Carey's "Hero", Lisa Stansfield's The Real Thing, Ultra Naté's "Free", Janet Jackson's "Together Again", Cher's "Believe", Mylène Farmer's "Sans Contrefaçon" and "Libertine", Jessica Simpson's "I Think I'm in Love with You" and "A Public Affair", Kylie Minogue's "Spinning Around","Can't Get You Out of My Head" and "Padam Padam", Geri Halliwell's "It's Raining Men", Dannii Minogue's "I Begin to Wonder", Melanie C's "Never Be the Same Again" and "Think About It", Tamar Braxton's "Hot Sugar" and "My Man", Lady Gaga's "Born This Way", and Ariana Grande's "Break Free" are considered as gay anthems for the new generation.

Through the first decade of the 21st century, chart-topping popular songs became a "refuge of unambiguous support for gay rights" in a time when legal support for LGBT rights in the US was lagging (Don't Ask, Don't Tell would be repealed in 2011, and same-sex marriage would only be fully legalized in 2015). Even before its single release, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" was predicted by Elton John to replace Gloria Gaynor's classic gay anthem "I Will Survive". UK LGBT rights charity Stonewall named Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" the most empowering song of the 2000s decade for LGBT people.

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Acrimony
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 * Delete with alkimony -- just a dictdef. Geogre 17:31, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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Great Morava

The Great Morava (Велика Морава, ) is the final section of the Morava (Морава), a major river system in Serbia.

Etymology
According to Predrag Komatina from the Institute for Byzantine Studies in Belgrade, the Great Morava is named after the Merehani, an early Slavic tribe who were still unconquered by the Bulgars during the time of the Bavarian Geographer. However, after 845, the Bulgars added these Slavs to their societas (they are last mentioned in 853).

Length
The Great Morava begins at the confluence of the South Morava and the West Morava, located near the village of Stalać, a major railway junction in Central Serbia. From there to its confluence with the Danube northeast of the city of Smederevo, the Velika Morava is 185 km long. With its longer branch, the West Morava, it is 493 km long. The South Morava, which represents the natural headwaters of the Morava, used to be longer than the West Morava, but due to the regulations of river bed and melioration, it is shorter nowadays.

At one time (regulations were made on all three branches making them shorter) the Morava was over 600 km long. Today, the most distant water source in the Morava watershed is the source of the Ibar River, the right and longest tributary of the Zapadna Morava, originating in Montenegro, which gives the Ibar-West Morava-Great Morava river system a length of 550 km, which still makes it the longest waterway in the Balkan Peninsula.

Geography

The drainage basin of the Velika Morava is 6,126 km2, and of the whole Morava system is 38,207 km2 (of that, 1,237 km2 are in Bulgaria and 44 km2 are in the Republic of Macedonia). This drainage basin covers 42,38% the area of Serbia. Velika Morava flows through the most fertile and densely populated area of Central Serbia, called the Morava river valley or Pomoravlje. Pomoravlje was formed in a fossil bay of a vast, ancient Pannonian Sea which dried out 200,000 years ago. Through about half of its length it passes through beautiful Bagrdan gorge (Bagrdanska klisura). In past centuries, it was known for its seemingly endless forests, but there is almost nothing left today of those old woods. It flows into the Danube between the villages of Kulič & Dubravica, in the coal mining basin of Kostolac, one of two major mines in its drainage basin (the other one being Resava coal basin, in valley of the Velika Morava's right tributary Resava). The average discharge of the Velika Morava on its confluence with Danube is 255 m3/s (120 m3/s brought by Zapadna Morava, 100 m3/s by Južna Morava, and 35 m3/s amounted by the Velika Morava itself).

Tributaries
Tributaries of the Velika Morava are short, the longest one being the Jasenica (79 km) and others rarely exceeding 50 km. Right tributaries are: Jovanovačka reka, Crnica, Ravanica, Resava and Resavica (or Resavčina). Left tributaries are more numerous, including: Kalenićka reka, Lugomir, Belica River, Lepenica, Rača, and Jasenica. Many of them don't carry much water, but in rainy years, they are known for causing major floods, which has been a big problem for the entire Morava river system. Before it meets the Danube, the Velika Morava splits, creating a 47 km long arm called the Jezava, which flows into the Danube separately, in the town of Smederevo. It is joined by a longer (51 km) river, the Ralja, from the left.

Improvements
The Velika Morava represents a textbook example of a meandering river. It used to be 245 km long, but directly from its origin to the Danube, the distance is only 118 km; its meandering ratio is 118:245, one of the highest in Europe.

The riverbed is 80–200 m wide, and the depth as much as 10 m. Notorious for its flooding, the Morava has changed its course many times, and old river bends have become small lakes, known as moravište. Južna Morava, with extremely high erosion in its drainage basin, brings huge amounts of silt which is elevating Velika Morava's river bed, making floods even more frequent.

Beginning in 1966, huge works began on all three rivers to prevent future floodings. Series of reservoirs were made on tributaries (lakes Bovan, Ćelije, and others) and meanders were cut through, making river courses straightened, which made them shorter (in the case of the Velika Morava, from 245 to 185 km). It was projected that it would shorten by as much as 152 km, and that it would become navigable again.

The Morava and its tributaries still flood often, so its bed remains elevated, despite dozens of gravel-digging companies in cities and villages near the river's upper course (Lozovik, Lugavčina, Lučica, Velika Plana, etc.).

Navigation
Today, Velika Morava is navigable for only 3 km from its mouth. In the past it was navigable all the way to the city of Ćuprija, for about 3/4 of its length. But, as mentioned before, Velika Morava gets buried under the materials brought by the Južna Morava.

When the melioration program began in 1966, it was projected it would become navigable again, in the first phase to Ćuprija, and in the next all the way to Stalać, making it 100% navigable. None of this was accomplished. From time to time, the idea of digging a Morava-Vardar Canal is proposed, which would connect a Danube-Morava-Vardar-Aegean Sea route.

Technical problems of making this waterway would be enormous (neither the Morava nor the Vardar are navigable), the usefulness of its creation is debatable (whether the route would be used much), and the estimated costs are deemed prohibitive.

Settlements
Although Morava valley has always been the most populous part of Serbia, disastrous floodings prevented people from settling on the river banks itself. The only urban settlement on the river banks is Ćuprija, but it often suffers from floods (including several times in the 1990s).

Other urban settlements, built a little further away from the river itself, include: Paraćin, Jagodina, Batočina, Lapovo, Svilajnac, Velika Plana, Požarevac and Smederevo. Smaller places and villages include: Varvarin, Glogovac, Markovac, Veliko Orašje, Miloševac and Lozovik.

Tradition
The Romans called it Margus (in addition to that, the Zapadna Morava was named Brongus, and Južna Morava was Angrus). The modern-day city of Ćuprija existed in Roman times as Horreum Margi (meaning "The Granary of Margus").

In Serbian history, its valley became the cradle of the modern Serbian state in the beginning of the 19th century (so called "Moravian Serbia"; Moravska Srbija). Many songs were written in celebration of Morava and its fertility, but most of them also talked about casualties and damages done by the river during floods.

Songs are even made today about it; the most famous are: Oj Moravo ("Oh, Morava"), Moravo, tija reko ("Morava, you quiet river"), Uz Moravu vetar duva ("Wind blows up the Morava"), Na Moravi vodenica stara ("Old mill on Morava"), Moravac kolo ("Morava kolo"), etc.

Oj Moravo may be the most characteristic:

 * 'Oj Moravo, moje selo ravno,
 * Kad si ravno što si vodoplavno

 * Kiša pade, te Morava dođe,
 * Te poplavi moje selo ravno

 * A u selu Jovanove dvore,
 * I u dvoru Jovanovu ljubu'

 * Oh, Morava, my plain village,
 * If it's so plain, why do you flood it

 * Rains came, so Morava rose,
 * And flooded my plain village

 * And in the village it flooded Jovan's home,
 * And in it, his loving wife'

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Compton Valence

Compton Valence is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies approximately 7 mi west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited at the head of a narrow valley, formed by a small tributary of the River Frome, and is surrounded by the hills of the Dorset Downs, which has led to it having been described as "a pocket of habitation in the downs." Dorset County Council estimate that in 2013 the population of the parish was 50.

The parish church has a 15th-century tower, but the rest of the building was rebuilt in 1838–1839 by Benjamin Ferrey. The church is a Grade II* listed building.

The locality is known to geologists for the 'Compton Valence Dome', arising from the local upcoming of the chalk strata. The core of this geological structure has been eroded to reveal the older underlying Middle Jurassic mudstones. It lies astride the Wynford Fault and is thought to arise from a complex intersection of faults in the area.

Compton Valence is known locally for its display of snowdrops, which fill the road verges in late winter.

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Joliette (federal electoral district)

Joliette is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1935 and since 1968.

Geography
This electoral district, located northeast of Montreal in the Quebec region of Lanaudière, currently consists of:
 * the Regional County Municipality of Matawinie, including Communauté Atikamekw de Manawan indian reserve
 * the Regional County Municipality of Joliette.

It is bounded by the:
 * electoral district of Repentigny and Berthier—Maskinongé and the Saint Lawrence River to the south
 * electoral district of Saint-Maurice—Champlain to the east and north
 * Lac Nemiscachingue and the electoral districts of Rivière-du-Nord, Montcalm and Laurentides—Labelle to the west

Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census

Ethnic groups: 93.4% White, 3.8% Indigenous, 1.1% Black

Languages: 92.5% French, 2.1% English, 1.8% Atikamekw

Religions: 70.0% Christian (63.5% Catholic, 6.5% Other), 28.4% None

Median income: $37,200 (2020)

Average income: $45,280 (2020)

History
It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which preserved existing electoral districts in Lower Canada. In 1933, Joliette became part of the new electoral district of Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm.

It was created again in 1966 from Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière, Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm and Terrebonne ridings.

This riding lost territory to Berthier—Maskinongé during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, the riding will largely be replaced by Joliette—Manawan. It loses the municipalities of Saint-Donat and Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci to Laurentides—Labelle; loses Entrelacs and Chertsey to Les Pays-d'en-Haut; and gains the Domaine-Ouellet area from Repentigny.

Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

1867–1935

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 * Hilaire Neveu
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N.B. Mr. Guilbault elected by the casting vote of the Returning Officer.

Note: The change in Mr. Guilbault's popular vote is compared to his result in the 1882 general election.

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Ohne dich

"Ohne dich" ( "Without You") is a song by German Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. It was released on 22 November 2004 as the third single from their fourth studio album, Reise, Reise (2004).

Composition
"Ohne dich" can be seen as expressing mourning over the loss of a loved person. It follows a slow, even romantic ballad style. The central motif is "Without you, I cannot be..., With you, I am alone also...". This song also features how death is not just mourning but a bond between the people that are there at the funeral. It's not all about death, it's about the remembrance of this person and how they brought everyone closer.

The visuals play off what are called Heimatfilms and the reference to the birds no longer singing ("Und die Vögel singen nicht mehr") could refer also to the Wandervogel with a nostalgic feeling of loss of the freedom they embodied, which was manifested with ballads and nature wandering.

Live story
The song debuted live in its beta version in 2000, in a concert just for members of the fan club. After that, it was dropped during the 2001–02 Mutter tour. It returned to the setlists for the 2004–05 Reise, Reise tour, in which it was played in almost every concert, exceptions being festivals. Usually, sparks would rain over Till Lindemann during the final chorus. In those of the live shows that Apocalyptica was the support act, they played the cellos in the song. The song wasn't played in the Liebe ist für alle da tour, but it reappeared for the Made In Germany 1995–2011 tour, Download festival 2013 and the European Stadium Tour 2019.

Video
The video was filmed in the Kaun Valley and on the Großglockner in Austria. It shows the band climbing in the mountains when lead vocalist Till Lindemann falls and gets badly hurt. In the night, while the band sits in the tent, Lindemann looks longingly out of the tent up to the mountain's peak as gangrene eats away at his injured leg. The band members eat and rest while bassist Oliver Riedel engraves their names on a pan's lid to leave as a testimony of their presence on the mountain, as others have done. The next day, the band starts to climb the mountain again, carrying Lindemann. In the end, they reach the mountain peak; Lindemann takes a look around and dies satisfied.

Track listing

 * CD Maxi-Single

 * 1) Ohne dich (Album Edit) – 4:31
 * 2) Ohne dich (Mina Harker's Version) Remix by Laibach – 4:09
 * 3) Ohne dich (Sacred Mix) Remix by Sven Helbig – 4:34
 * 4) Ohne dich (Schiller Mix) – 5:22
 * 5) Ohne dich (Under Byen Remix) – 5:48
 * 6) Ohne dich (Beta Version) – 4:23

 * CD Single
 * 1) Ohne dich (Album Edit) – 4:31
 * 2) Ohne dich (Mina Harker's Version) Remix by Laibach – 4:09

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No. 15 Squadron RAF

Number 15 Squadron, sometimes written as No. XV Squadron, was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. It most recently operated the Panavia Tornado GR4 from RAF Lossiemouth as No. XV (Reserve) Squadron. It was the RAF's Operational Conversion Unit for the Tornado GR4 which taught pilots and Weapon Systems Officers (WSO) how to fly the aircraft and what tactics to use to best exploit the performance of their aircraft and its weapons.

World War I
No. 15 Squadron was first formed at Farnborough Airfield on 1 March 1915 as a Royal Flying Corps training unit, commanded by Major Philip Joubert de la Ferté. It was mainly equipped with Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2cs, supplemented with a few Bristol Scouts, and moved to France on 22 December 1915, undertaking a reconnaissance role in support of the Army. It operated in support of IV Corps during the Battle of the Somme in summer 1916, suffering heavy losses from both ground fire and German fighter aircraft. It was praised by Douglas Haig for its work in support of the Fifth Army in the Ancre salient in January 1917.

It was again heavily committed to action in support of the offensive at Arras in spring 1917. It re-equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 in June 1917, retaining the "Harry Tate" (a rhyming-slang term for the aircraft) until the end of the First World War. The squadron was based at La Gorgue in northern France from 7 July until 18 August 2017.

For the great tank attack at the Battle of Cambrai (November–December 2017), No.15 Squadron was specially tasked with checking the camouflaging of the troops, guns and dumps assembled before the attack.

The squadron moved back to the United Kingdom in February 1919, and was disbanded at Fowlmere on 31 December that year.

One of the officers who began his career in the squadron during this era was future Air Marshal Sir Charles Steele.

Interwar 1919–1939
It reformed on 20 March 1924 at Martlesham Heath as part of the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, mainly carrying out test flying of bomber aircraft. No. 15 was again reformed in 1934 at RAF Abingdon as a light bomber squadron equipped with the Hawker Hart. Its Commanding Officer of the day, Squadron Leader T W Elmhirst, DFC, instigated the squadron's tradition of writing its squadron number in Roman numerals. It received Hawker Hinds as a temporary replacement for the Harts before re-equipping with Fairey Battle monoplanes in 1938.

World War II
Still equipped with Fairey Battle light bombers, the squadron flew to France in September 1939 as part of No. 71 Wing, Advanced Air Striking Force. It departed from RAF Abingdon circa 2 September. After returning to the UK, the following year it re-equipped first with Bristol Blenheims and again with Vickers Wellingtons before becoming one of the first Short Stirling bomber squadrons. One famous Stirling was donated by Lady MacRobert in memory of her three sons killed in RAF service and named MacRobert's Reply.

In 1943, the squadron converted to Avro Lancasters and was based at RAF Mildenhall. In mid-1945 the squadron was involved in Operation mana dropping food to Dutch civilians and later in repatriation flights for returning allied POWs.

Cold War service
In 1947, the Lancasters were replaced with Avro Lincolns, before the squadron adopted the nuclear strike role with Boeing Washingtons in 1951.

No. XV Squadron re-equipped with the English Electric Canberra B.2 bomber in June 1953, whilst at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, later moving to RAF Cottesmore, Rutland and then to RAF Honington, Suffolk. The Canberra was used in combat in the Suez Crisis and dropped the most bombs in the eighteen days of conflict. The Squadron disbanded on 15 April 1957.

On 1 September 1958, it was reformed as the second Handley Page Victor squadron, stationed at RAF Cottesmore. In 1962, it was one of the many squadrons ready for action during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Deploying to RAF Tengah in 1963, it was on hand as a show of force to deter Indonesia during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. Following this, it was disbanded on 31 October 1964 upon withdrawal from overseas detachment. It was then intended to be reformed with the BAC TSR-2 and then the General Dynamics F-111K, but with both acquisitions cancelled, these plans were not carried out.

Service as a nuclear force
In 1970, the Squadron was finally reformed with the Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B at RAF Honington, shortly afterwards moving to RAF Laarbruch in Germany. From 1971 their task at RAF Laarbruch, assigned to SACEUR, was the support of the army in a European land battle, first in a conventional role, and later in a tactical nuclear delivery role, if required. RAF planning staff expected the squadron's twelve Buccaneer S2B aircraft to suffer attrition of one third their strength, leaving sufficient survivors, with those held back in reserve from the conventional phase, to deliver the squadron's allocation of eighteen WE.177 nuclear bombs.

In 1983, the squadron exchanged their twelve Buccaneer S2s for the same number of Tornado GR.1s, for use in a similar role from early 1984. Because of the UK's commitment to SACEUR, this involved the use of the "Designate" process whereby a Tornado squadron was formed and worked up at Honington and once operational moved to Laarbruch and assumed the No.15 Squadron identity from the Buccaneer unit. This made the squadron the first Tornado unit in Germany - a force that would grow to eight squadrons - and remained in the nuclear delivery role for SACEUR with an increased allocation of 18 weapons owing to the Tornado's ability to carry two bombs. The squadron's nuclear delivery role assigned to SACEUR continued at this strength until 1991, when it disbanded.

Desert Storm onwards
Deployed to Bahrain during the build-up to Operation Desert Storm, the Squadron was given the specific brief to knock out Iraqi Air Force bases by bombing the runways. On its second mission, an ultra-low-level daylight mission against Ar Rumaylah airfield with Squadron Leader Pablo Mason leading a flight of four Tornados, his number two crew of John Peters and navigator John Nichol were shot down and became POWs. Mason (along with many other RAF tornado crews) flew a total of 24 bombing missions in Desert Storm, from ultra-low-level daylight, medium-level night bombing and, on 2 February 1991, the first-ever Buccaneer/Tornado attack using laser-guided bombs. During the conflict (14 February), another aircraft crewed by XV Squadron personnel was shot down, resulting in the loss of Flt Lt Stephen Hicks and the capture of Flt Lt Rupert Clark.

In 1992 No.45 (Reserve) Squadron, the Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit based at RAF Honington changed its "shadow" identity to No.15 (Reserve) Squadron, remaining at RAF Honington until 1993 assigned to SACEUR in the role it had performed when based at RAF Laarbruch. The squadron's equipment of twenty-six aircraft and thirty-nine WE.177 nuclear bombs was unusually large. Relocation to RAF Lossiemouth in 1994 brought reassignment to SACLANT in the maritime strike role, armed with a variety of conventional weapons and eighteen WE.177 nuclear bombs. After the closure of the Cottesmore-based Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment (TTTE) in 1999, 15(R) Squadron assumed responsibility for both conversion to the Tornado and weapons training.

The squadron disbanded on 31 March 2017 in preparation for the retirement of the Tornado GR4 in 2019. The squadron aircraft and crews will be absorbed into front-line squadrons at RAF Marham who will carry out refresher training when required. The squadron completed its final operational flying on 17 March 2017.

Aircraft operated
List of aircraft operated by No. 15 Squadron.
 * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c (1915–1917)
 * Bristol Scout (1916)
 * Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2d/e (1916–1917)
 * Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 (1917–1919)
 * Airco DH.9A (1924–1926)
 * Hawker Horsley (1926–1934)
 * Various types for testing (1924–1934)
 * Hawker Hart (1934–1936)
 * Hawker Hind (1936–1938)
 * Fairey Battle (June 1938 – December 1939)
 * Bristol Blenheim Mk IV (December 1939 – November 1940)
 * Vickers Wellington Mk IC (November 1940 – May 1941)
 * Short Stirling Mk I/ Mk III (April 1941 – December 1943)
 * Avro Lancaster B.I/B.I(Special)/B.III (December 1943 – 1947)
 * Avro Lincoln (1947–1950)
 * Boeing Washington B.1 (1951–1953)
 * English Electric Canberra B.2 (1953–1957)
 * Handley Page Victor B.1 (1958–1964)
 * Blackburn Buccaneer S.2B (1970–1983)
 * Panavia Tornado GR1 (1983–2002)
 * Panavia Tornado GR4 (2001–2017)

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Coombe Keynes

Coombe Keynes is a hamlet, civil parish and depopulated village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. The village is about 2 mi south of Wool and about 5 mi west-south-west of Wareham.

In 2013 the population of the civil parish was estimated to be 80. There are 22 houses in the hamlet and 37 properties in the parish as a whole.

History
Coombe Keynes was part of Winfrith Hundred. The Domesday Book of 1086 records it as Cume, held by Gilbert de Magminot, Bishop of Lisieux. The name Keynes derives from the later Lords of the Manor, the de Cahaignes family, who also held Tarrant Keyneston.

Later Coombe Keynes' population declined until it is now only a hamlet. The lost part of the settlement was immediately east of the parish church. The area is now a field what appear to be platforms where cottages stood and a hollow way that would have been a lane. This depopulated area is now a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

The Church of England parish church of the Holy Rood was formerly the centre of a large parish that included the village of Wool. In 1844 Wool was made into a separate parish. The two ecclesiastical parishes were recombined in 1967.

The chancel arch and west tower of Holy Rood church is 13th-century. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1860–61 to designs by Thomas Hicks. It is a Gothic Revival building with nave, chancel and north porch. It was deconsecrated in 1974 and is now used as a secular function room managed by the Coombe Keynes Trust.

The Coombe Keynes Chalice, a rare pre-Reformation chalice with an octagonal foot with embellished angles on the stem, is now kept in the Dorset Museum.

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USS DeLong (DD-129)

USS DeLong (DD-129) was a Wickes-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War I.

Description
The Wickes class was an improved and faster version of the preceding Caldwell-class destroyer. Two different designs were prepared to the same specification that mainly differed in the turbines and boilers used. The ships built to the Bethlehem Steel design, built in the Fore River and Union Iron Works shipyards, mostly used Yarrow boilers that deteriorated badly during service and were mostly scrapped during the 1930s. The ships displaced 1202 - 1208 LT at standard load and 1295 - 1322 LT at deep load. They had an overall length of 314 ft, a beam of 30 ft and a draught of 9 ft. They had a crew of 6 officers and 108 enlisted men.

Performance differed radically between the ships of the class, often due to poor workmanship. The Wickes class was powered by two steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce a total of 27000 shp intended to reach a speed of 35 kn. The ships carried 225 LT of fuel oil which was intended gave them a range of 2500 nmi at 20 kn.

The ships were armed with four 4-inch (102 mm) guns in single mounts and were fitted with two 1-pounder guns for anti-aircraft defense. Their primary weapon, though, was their torpedo battery of a dozen 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in four triple mounts. In many ships a shortage of 1-pounders caused them to be replaced by 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft (AA) guns. They also carried a pair of depth charge rails. A "Y-gun" depth charge thrower was added to many ships.

Construction and career
DeLong, named for Lieutenant Commander George W. DeLong (1844–1881), an Arctic explorer, was launched 29 October 1918 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey; sponsored by Miss E. DeL. Mills, granddaughter of Lt. Cmdr. DeLong; and commissioned 20 September 1919. DeLong sailed from New York 3 November 1919, and after joining in exercises at Guantanamo Bay, and patrolling off Honduras arrived at San Diego 24 December. She sailed in maneuvers and torpedo practice off Coronado Roads until placed in reserve 20 June 1920. After extended overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard, she returned to San Diego 26 June 1921 and began operating from that port 21 October with 50 percent of her complement. On 1 December 1921 she went aground in a heavy fog at Half Moon Bay. A tug and two destroyers, Badger (DD-126) and Ballard (DD-267), stood by to assist. On 17 December she was salvaged and towed to Mare Island Navy Yard. DeLong was decommissioned 18 March 1922 and her hulk sold 25 September 1922.

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User talk:Cecropia/Archive 7

I am now a sysop !? :-)
Thank you for letting me know that I am now a sysop. And thank you for the tips. I'll exercise my new WikiJanitorial Powers cautiously. :-) -- PFHLai 07:15, 2004 Aug 29 (UTC)

 * As will I. Thank you for the introduction. :-) Mike H 02:30, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)

RfC on Axis of evil / Asses of evil filed
See RfC here regarding this:

Axis of evil Should "AssesOfEvil.png" (see image on this page) be included in the article under guise of "parody"?

Your comments are appreciated.

05:36, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Laws of war
Please see: Talk:Laws_of_war – Philip Baird Shearer 19:10, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

When you get back see Talk:Laws_of_war: Philip Baird Shearer 15:38, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

"lower threshold for consideration of promotion"
Out of curiosity, what is the "lower threshold for consideration of promotion" to adminship? Is it 80%? Jayjg 22:26, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the quick response. Jayjg 00:43, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

George W. Bush military service controversy
Yeah, too bad it wasn't actually protected. I thought it might work. ;) But they did stop the edit war for the moment, and went to bed, and that's a contribution, right? ;) -Joseph (Talk) 11:08, 2004 Sep 17 (UTC)

I'm a Sysop!
Brilliant, thanks! :)  – Andre ( talk )  17:54, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Vote
See Votes for deletion/Occupation of Palestine

Offensive "Wiki(Nazi)" "logo"
Please review the offensive created by User:Guanabot. Thank you for looking into this as it casts Wikipedia in a terrible light. IZAK 11:04, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Going over the line
I've been ignoring a series of increasingly personal attacks against me by User:Irate on the Votes_for_deletion/Occupation_of_Palestine page. However, User:Irate has now listed my user page as a Vfd candidate for deletion. Any suggestions on how to proceed? Jayjg 21:58, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks. Jayjg 02:03, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Army
Long overdue answer to your question at abu ghraib talk:

 * I have to ask a question about your military experience, because it is oddly out of my experience--even given that there were 15-20 years between our service experiences. First, why were you in service only two years the first time--enlistment is three years minimum unless you're drafted. Second, when you reenlisted, why did you go through basic training AGAIN. That's extraordinary. Third, what was you MOS and AIT training?

 * I honestly don't understand why you would have a problem with possible moral issues. John Kerry's 1971 charges aside, a lot of highly moral people have served in the U.S. armed forces and been able to deal with possible moral ambiguities, such as the helicopter pilot who brought the My Lai Massacre to an end.

 * Since you appear to have been on an officer track (I was just a buck sergeant) surely you must have had some concept of what the Army was about, especially to re-enlist after a break.

In 1982 you could enlist for a 2-year term. So I did.

I had to do basic again, because there was a long gap between Dec 1983 when I got out (ETSed) and Feb 1986 when I enlisted again. Besides, I was out of shape.

My MOS the first time was 63B Light Wheel Vehicle and Power Generator Mechanic. Did basic and AIT at Fort Dix. Second time I was 11B, but after doing a combined basic/AIT course at Ft. Benning, I was steered upon arrival at Fort Campbell, KY, into clerical work (I could type, so they let me loose an a Lanier No Problem Typewriter, then worked my way up to Lotus 1-2-3 and Ashton Tate "Multimate III" for DOS -- very high-tech for those days!)

While at Benning I came across some Training Manuals on army ethics. They covered the My Lai thing. I learned that the pressures were so hard on this Warrant Officer (the pilot) that he didn't tell anyone - not a chaplain, not his congressman - but kept his mouth shut until he was discharged. And even then, it took him several months before he could say anything. And it was only then that the investigation began. I took this to mean that reporting atrocities isn't as easy as one might think. Oh, sure, he told the guys to stop and thereby kept them from murdering the ENTIRE village, but that wasn't the hard part.

Eventually I found out more things and decided I was being naive about the army, so I got out. And now you know much more than you ever wanted to! Cheers... --Uncle Ed 00:36, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the message. Question, though... erm... where are my sysoppy powers hidden? Oh, wait, I see, way up there at the top. Swanky. What about the special quick revert button, though? I see "block" in my Watchlist for IPs now, .. oh, hm. "Rollback". I'm guessing that rolls back the page to that version in the diff. Okay then. Anyway, I could just delete this and claim that I knew all this from the beginning, but it's funny, so I'm keeping it. Thanks again. :) --Golbez 21:24, Sep 29, 2004 (UTC)

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Crossways, Dorset

Crossways is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies 6 mi east of the county town Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 2,267.

In the early 1930s Crossways was a hamlet of scattered bungalows and cottages. At that time the Air Ministry acquired local heath and farmland to build an airfield. This airfield was completed in 1937 and was known briefly as RAF Woodsford, although it was renamed RAF Warmwell a year later. RAF Warmwell played an important part in World War II, being a major fighter station during the Battle of Britain, and offering fighter protection for Portland Naval Base and other important south coast areas. The village has been used for filming on many occasions.

During the following years, the runways and operational areas disappeared as a result of the extraction of valuable sand and gravel by mineral companies, however the influence of the airfield can still be seen today. The village hall used to have a multi-functional role, being used by the airmen for recreational use - cinema, gymnasium and NAAFI - but also was used on occasions as a morgue. It is in use constantly to this day. Much of the present village of Crossways is built on the eastern part of the former airfield site.

In the early 1970s the local government authority for the area decided to build blocks of flats, houses and bungalows at Crossways to provide much-needed accommodation for displaced families in the area, and to fulfill a growing need for housing at the time. This resulted in a very rapid expansion in the size of the community. There is a thriving business park nearby and a new school opened in September 2006.

title: Crossways, Dorset