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Jörg Müller

Jörg Müller (, ; born 3 September 1969) is a Dutch-born German BMW factory driver.

Racing career
Born in Kerkrade, Netherlands, Müller won the titles in 1989 German Formula Opel Lotus Challenge and in 1989 European Formula Ford 1600.

The 1994, German Formula Three Champion won a Supertouring car race for BMW in 1995 and the 1995-1996 Spa 24 Hours as well as the 1996 Formula 3000 Championship for team RSM Helmut Marko Lola-Zytek. He also won the prestigious Macau Grand Prix in 1993.

From 1997 to 1998, Müller was a Formula One testdriver for Arrows and Sauber-Petronas, before joining the BMW-WilliamsF1 project to do tests for engines and Michelin tyres from 1999 to 2001. He never managed to race in Formula One though, and was the first F3000 champion since the series' inception to fail to make the step up.

From 1997 to 2000 he was also busy in sportscar racing, with drives for Nissan (and Porsche in the FIA GT Championship, 1998). He was part of the team that was winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche 911 GT1 and leading the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans for 18 hours in a BMW V12 LMR.

In 2000 (BMW V12 LMR) and 2001 (BMW M3 GTR V8), Müller was successful in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) for BMW and Schnitzer Motorsport, having won the 2001 ALMS GT title.

From the 2002 to 2005 season, Müller drove BMW 3 Series (E46) touring cars for the Schnitzer-operated works squad BMW Team Deutschland (also called BMW Team Germany) in the FIA European Touring Car Championship (now WTCC), and used BMW 3 Series (E90) touring cars in seasons after 2005. From 2002, he and Dirk Müller participated in the ETCC and WTCC until the latter left for the ALMS after 2006.

The 2004 24 Hours Nürburgring was won by both Müllers (and Hans-Joachim Stuck) with the BMW M3 GTR V8 that had been raced successfully in the 2001 ALMS. In 2005, the Müllers finished 2nd behind their sister car.

In 2006 Müller finished second in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The following year, in Dirk Müller's absence, Augusto Farfus - joining fresh from Alfa Romeo - became Müller's new teammate for the 2007-09 seasons. Müller finished seventh in the 2007 championship, seventh again in 2008, and sixth in 2009.

For 2010 BMW reduced its WTCC squad down to two cars. Müller left the WTCC and became part of BMW's Le Mans Series team. This move brought immediate success in the form of an overall win for Müller at the 24 Hours Nürburgring in an M3 GT2. This victory was shared with Augusto Farfus, Pedro Lamy, and Uwe Alzen. In November Müller teamed up with Dirk Werner at the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the pair won the 1000km of Zhuhai for BMW Team Schnitzer.

During the 2011 ILMC season, Müller repeated his victory in Zhuhai, finishing 1st in class in the 6 Hours of Zhuhai. He shared this victory with Augusto Farfus. Also, in the same year, Müller participated in that year's Nürburgring 24 Hour Race as defending champion in the BMW M3 GT, with exactly the same lineup from 2010 entered by BMW Team Schnitzer with (Farfus, Alzen, Lamy). The team placed 2nd at the end of the race.

With BMW's factory effort entirely on the DTM for the 2012 programme, and their indefinite suspension of Le Mans efforts, Müller returned to the American Le Mans Series sharing a BMW with Bill Auberlen. He claimed a win and three podiums, plus two 4th-place finishes, and finished 6th overall.

For 2013, Müller joined Schubert Motorsport for a season in the ADAC GT Masters. He finished 17th overall, claiming a podium at Nürburgring, and given an accident he had at Spa-Francorchamps. Because of this accident, however, he was unable to attend that year's running of the Nürburgring 24 Hours. Claudia Hürtgen took his place. Müller also made a guest appearance at that year's Suzuka 1000 km, helping GSR & Studie to a 2nd-place finish, but was later disqualified during the post-race inspection. That year, it was revealed BMW Motorsport had not retained Müller with a factory contract; but as he was unable to find a new employer, BMW subsequently provided the veteran with a new contract. This ensured Müller would continue his career as a works driver.

In 2014, Müller joined BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie for a full season of the Super GT Championship, racing a BMW Z4 GT3. While Müller and teammate Seiji Ara were unable to pull off a single victory in the season, despite several close battles for P1 on some occasions, their efforts were enough to land them in 3rd place in the overall standings. Augusto Farfus helped Müller and Ara secure a podium at the 1000 km race in Suzuka. Müller also made appearances with BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS at the Nürburgring 24 Hour Race and the Spa 24 Hours.

Müller's 2015 season started shortly at the turn of the year, driving for the MPB Racing Team's BMW M235i Racing in the Dubai 24 Hour as a BMW works driver. However, a braking problem with the car resulting in a repair lasting at least two hours cost the team any chance of a class victory. Nevertheless, the MPB Racing Team's BMW still set the fastest lap in class. In addition to his outings with BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie, he joined BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS again for another running at the 24 Hours Nürburgring. However, a pit fire with his car cost the team 7 minutes, and by the end of the race Müller finished in an impressive 4th place (the sister car finished 2nd), with fellow works drivers Augusto Farfus, Nicky Catsburg, and Dirk Adorf. On February 5, 2015, Müller was given the honour of driving the BMW M6 GT3 on first roll-out at the BMW factory in Dingolfing, in addition to providing crucial support in the development stage of the car. The BMW M6 GT3 being the successor to the Z4 GT3.

In 2016, Müller continued participating in what would be his third season in the Super GT Championship, alongside BMW Team Studie (renamed from BMW Sports Trophy Team Studie). As usual, he appeared at the 24 Hours Nürburgring; rejoining Schubert Motorsport in a BMW M6 GT3. On May 14, Müller, alongside DTM champion Marco Wittmann and BMW Motorsport Junior Jesse Krohn, recorded the BMW M6 GT3's first ever win, finishing first overall in a VLN 4-hour race. During the 24-hour race with Wittmann, Krohn, and Augusto Farfus, Müller was leading the field until his M6 GT3 suffered from a broken powertrain. The car was subsequently sent to the Schubert garage for extensive repairs lasting over twelve hours and by the end of the race finished 120th overall. For the remainder of the 2016 season, in addition to Super GT, Müller continued to participate in the VLN. There, he - with Jesse Krohn and Victor Bouveng - recorded three podium finishes (two 3rd place finishes, one 2nd place) and a 5th place finish in a Walkenhorst Motorsport M6 GT3, and a 2nd place finish in a BMW Team RBM-operated M6 GT3 in the last race.

The start of the 2017 season saw Müller join Schubert Motorsport again for an outing at the Dubai 24 Hour in a still-developing BMW M4 GT4. For BMW Motorsport's purposes, the race was treated as a test and development session for the new car with Müller, fellow works driver Jens Klingmann, and BMW Motorsport Junior Ricky Collard at the wheel. The result was a flawless race for the team with the BMW M4 GT4 finishing 25th place overall (5th in the SPX class) having started from 49th on the grid. The following month saw Müller join BMW Motorsport Juniors Ricky Collard, Nico Menzel, and Joel Eriksson as a mentor in a BMW M6 GT3 with Walkenhorst Motorsport for the Bathurst 12 Hour, but unfortunately was unable to participate in the race itself as the car crashed during qualifying. The month after, it was announced Müller would rejoin BMW Team Studie again for a fourth season in the Super GT Championship. At the 24 Hours Nürburgring, he was responsible for driving both of the Schubert-entered M6 GT3 and finished 11th and 12th overall. As well, he continued participating in the VLN picking up a win for Falken Motorsports in an M6 GT3.

Family
Müller is the son of former European Karting-champion Ewald Müller. He is not related to former team-mate Dirk Müller or to French driver Yvan Muller.

Müller currently resides in Monaco. He has a younger brother, Rainer, and an older sister, Marion.

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Postbank

Postbank or Post bank may refer to:

Postal savings systems
(alphabetical by country)
 * Bulgarian Postbank, a Bulgarian retail bank
 * Chunghwa Post, a Taiwanese postal service that provides savings account services
 * Deutsche Postbank, a German retail bank
 * India Post Payments Bank, a financial services provider owned 100% by the Government of India
 * Japan Post Bank, a Japanese bank headquartered in Tokyo
 * Kenya Post Office Savings Bank, s Kenyan bank headquartered in Nairobi
 * La Banque postale, a French bank created in 2006 as a subsidiary of La Poste, the national postal service
 * Postal Savings Bank of China, a Chinese retail bank
 * Post Bank (Russia), a Russian bank created in 2016 as a joint venture between the VTB Group and Russian Post
 * Post Bank of Iran, a bank in Iran established in 2006.
 * Philippine Postal Savings Bank, a savings bank in the Philippines.
 * Postbank (South Africa), a savings financial institution in South Africa; a division of the South African Post Office
 * PostBank Uganda, a financial services provider owned 100% by the Government of Uganda
 * Tanzania Postal Bank, a Tanzanian bank headquartered in Dar es Salaam

Other uses

 * Postbank N.V., a former Dutch bank, now part of the ING Group
 * TT Hellenic Postbank, Greece; 1900-2013
 * New TT Hellenic Postbank, Greece; founded 2013
 * PostBank, a former New Zealand bank, now part of ANZ bank
 * Postbank Ireland Limited, a joint venture of An Post and Fortis
 * Austrian Postal Savings Bank, a modernist building in Vienna

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Ronald Clark O'Bryan

Ronald Clark O'Bryan (October 19, 1944 – March 31, 1984), nicknamed The Candy Man and The Man Who Killed Halloween, was an American man convicted of killing his eight-year-old son Timothy (April 5, 1966 – October 31, 1974) on Halloween 1974 with a potassium cyanide-laced Pixy Stix that was ostensibly collected during a trick or treat outing. O'Bryan poisoned his son in order to claim life insurance money to ease his own financial troubles, as he was $100,000 in debt. O'Bryan also distributed poisoned candy to his daughter and three other children in an attempt to cover up his crime; however, neither his daughter nor the other children ate the poisoned candy. He was convicted of capital murder in June 1975 and sentenced to death. He was executed by lethal injection in March 1984.

Background
O'Bryan lived with his wife, Daynene, in Deer Park, Texas, with their son Timothy and daughter Elizabeth (born 1969). O'Bryan worked as an optician at Texas State Optical in Sharpstown, Houston. He was a deacon at the Second Baptist Church, where he sang in the choir and ran a local bus program.

Death of Timothy O'Bryan
On October 31, 1974, O'Bryan took his two children trick-or-treating in a Pasadena, Texas, neighborhood. O'Bryan's neighbor and his two children accompanied them. After visiting a home where the occupant failed to answer the door, the children grew impatient and ran ahead to the next home while O'Bryan stayed behind. He eventually caught up with the group and produced five 21 in Pixy Stix, which he would later claim he was given from the occupant of the house that had not answered the door. At the end of the evening, O'Bryan gave each of his neighbor's two children a Pixy Stix and one each to Timothy and Elizabeth. Upon returning home, O'Bryan gave the fifth Pixy Stix to a 10-year-old boy whom he recognized from his church.

Before bed, Timothy asked to eat some of the candy he collected, and according to O'Bryan, he chose the Pixy Stix. Timothy had trouble getting the powdered candy out of the straw so O'Bryan helped him loosen the powder. After tasting the candy, Timothy complained that it tasted bitter. O'Bryan then gave his son Kool-Aid to wash away the taste. Timothy immediately began to complain that his stomach hurt and ran to the bathroom where he began vomiting and convulsing. O'Bryan later claimed he held Timothy while he was vomiting and the child went limp in his arms. Timothy O'Bryan died en route to the hospital less than an hour after consuming the candy.

Timothy's death from poisoned Halloween candy raised fear in the community. Numerous parents in Deer Park and the surrounding area turned in candy their children got from trick or treating to the police, fearing it was laced with poison. The police did not initially suspect O'Bryan of any wrongdoing until Timothy's autopsy revealed that the Pixy Stix he had consumed was laced with a fatal dose of potassium cyanide. Four of the five Pixy Stix O'Bryan claimed to have received were recovered by authorities from the other children, none of whom had consumed the candy. The parents of the fifth child became hysterical when they could not locate the candy after being notified by the police. The parents rushed upstairs to find their son asleep, holding the unconsumed candy. The boy had been unable to open the staples that sealed the wrapper shut. All five of the Pixy Stix had been opened, with the top 2 in refilled with cyanide powder and resealed with a staple. According to a pathologist who tested the Pixy Stix, the candy consumed by Timothy contained enough cyanide to kill two adults, while the other four candies contained enough to kill three to four adults.

O'Bryan initially told police that he could not remember which house he got the Pixy Stix from. Police became suspicious because O'Bryan and his neighbor had only taken their children to homes on two streets because it had been raining. Their suspicions increased after learning that none of the homes they visited had given out Pixy Stix. After walking the neighborhood with police three times, O'Bryan led them to the home where no one had answered the door. O'Bryan claimed that he went back there before catching up with the group. He said the owner of the home did not turn the lights on, but did crack the door open and hand him five Pixy Stix. He claimed to have only seen the man's arm, which he described as "hairy". The home was owned by a man named Courtney Melvin. Melvin was an air traffic controller at William P. Hobby Airport and did not get home from work until 11 p.m. on Halloween night. Police ruled Melvin out as a suspect when over 200 people confirmed that he had been at work.

As their investigation progressed, police learned that Ronald O'Bryan was over US$100000 1974 in debt and had a history of being unable to hold a job. In the ten years preceding the crime, O'Bryan had held 21 jobs. At the time of his arrest, he was suspected of theft at his job at Texas State Optical and was close to being fired. His car was about to be repossessed, he had defaulted on several bank loans, and the family home had been foreclosed on. Police discovered that O'Bryan had taken out life insurance policies on his children in the months preceding Timothy's death. In January 1974, he had taken out US$10000 1974 life insurance policies on both of his children. One month before Timothy's death, O'Bryan took out additional US$20000 1974 policies on both children, despite the objections of his life insurance agency. In the days preceding Timothy's death, O'Bryan had taken out yet another $20,000 policy on each child. The various policies totaled approximately US$60000 1974. O'Bryan's wife maintained that she did not know about the insurance policies on her children's lives. Police also learned that on the morning after Timothy's death, O'Bryan had called his insurance company to inquire about collecting the policies he had taken out on his son.

After learning that O'Bryan had visited a chemical supply store in Houston to buy cyanide shortly before Halloween 1974 (he left without purchasing anything after learning the smallest amount available to purchase was five pounds), police began to suspect that Ronald O'Bryan had laced the candies with poison in an effort to kill his children to collect on their life insurance policies. They believed he gave the other children poisoned candy in an effort to cover up his crime. Police repeatedly questioned O'Bryan but he maintained his innocence.

Trial and conviction
Although police never discovered when or where O'Bryan bought the poison, he was arrested for Timothy's murder on November 5, 1974. He was indicted on one count of capital murder and four counts of attempted murder. O'Bryan entered a plea of not guilty to all five counts. O'Bryan's trial began in Houston on May 5, 1975. During the trial, a chemist who was acquainted with O'Bryan testified that in summer 1973, O'Bryan contacted him asking about cyanide and how much would be fatal. A chemical supply salesman also testified that O'Bryan had asked him how to purchase cyanide. Friends and co-workers testified that in the months before Timothy's death, O'Bryan showed an "unusual interest" in cyanide and spoke about how much it would take to kill a person. O'Bryan's sister-in-law and brother-in-law testified that on the day of Timothy's funeral, he spoke of using the money from Timothy's insurance policy to take a long vacation and buy other items. As well, his wife rejected the claim that Timothy chose the Pixy Stix, stating that O'Bryan had, in fact, forced him to choose the Stix. O'Bryan continued to maintain his innocence. His defense mainly drew upon the decades-old urban legend concerning a "mad poisoner" who hands out Halloween candy laced with poison or needles or candy apples with razor blades inserted. These stories have persisted despite the fact that there are no documented instances of strangers poisoning Halloween candy.

The case and subsequent trial garnered national attention and the press dubbed O'Bryan "The Candyman".

On June 3, 1975, a jury took 46 minutes to find O'Bryan guilty of capital murder and four counts of attempted murder. The jury took 71 minutes to sentence him to death by electrocution. Shortly after he was convicted, his wife filed for divorce. She later remarried and her new husband adopted her daughter Elizabeth.

Execution
At the time, men sentenced to death under Texas law were confined to the Ellis I Unit near Huntsville, Texas. According to Reverend Carroll Pickett, a former chaplain who worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, O'Bryan was shunned and despised by his fellow death row inmates for killing his child and was "absolutely friendless". The inmates reportedly petitioned to hold an organized demonstration on O'Bryan's execution date to express their hatred of him.

O'Bryan's first execution date was set for August 8, 1980. His attorney successfully petitioned for a stay of execution. A second date was scheduled for May 25, 1982. That date was also postponed. Judge Michael McSpadden scheduled a third execution date for October 31, 1982, the eighth anniversary of the crime, and he offered to personally drive O'Bryan to the death chamber. It was to have been the first time Texas executed an inmate by lethal injection (this title would later go to Charles Brooks Jr.). The Supreme Court delayed the date yet again to give O'Bryan a chance to pursue an appeal to seek a new trial. A fourth date was scheduled for March 31, 1984. O'Bryan's lawyer sought a fourth stay on the basis that lethal injection was a "cruel and unusual punishment". On March 28, a federal judge rejected the request. On March 31, 1984, shortly after midnight, O'Bryan was executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit. His last meal consisted of T-bone steak (medium to well done), French fries and ketchup, whole kernel corn, sweet peas, lettuce and tomato salad with egg and French dressing, iced tea, sweetener, saltines, Boston cream pie, and rolls.

O'Bryan's last words were, "What is about to transpire in a few moments is wrong! However, we as human beings do make mistakes and errors. This execution is one of those wrongs yet doesn’t mean our whole system of justice is wrong. Therefore, I would forgive all who have taken part in any way in my death. Also, to anyone I have offended in any way during my 39 years, I pray and ask your forgiveness, just as I forgive anyone who offended me in any way. And I pray and ask God's forgiveness for all of us respectively as human beings. To my loved ones, I extend my undying love. To those close to me, know in your hearts I love you one and all. God bless you all and may God’s best blessings be always yours. Ronald C. O'Bryan P.S. During my time here, I have been treated well by all T.D.C. personnel." During the execution, a crowd of 300 demonstrators gathered outside the prison cheered while some yelled, "Trick or treat!". Others showered anti-death penalty demonstrators with candy.

Ronald O'Bryan is buried in Forest Park East Cemetery in Webster, Texas. Timothy is buried in Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery in Houston.

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RRS Charles Darwin

The RRS Charles Darwin was a Royal Research Ship belonging to the British Natural Environment Research Council. Since 2006, she has been the geophysical survey vessel, RV Ocean Researcher,

History
RRS Charles Darwin was built in 1985 by Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon. Named after the eminent English naturalist, she was used primarily for research in oceanography, geology, and geophysics. After 21 years of service, Charles Darwin was retired in June 2006, and replaced by the RRS James Cook.

Purchased by Gardline Marine Sciences Limited of Great Yarmouth, she was renamed RV Ocean Researcher, and now conducts geophysical surveys.

Science cruises
RRS Charles Darwin carried out 180 research cruises, worldwide, in her 21 years as a Natural Environment Research Council ship. The first cruise, in 1985, in the Northeast Atlantic, was led by Professor John Gould. Researchers from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, studying climate change, have used RRS Charles Darwin to investigate the slowing of the Gulf Stream. Her final cruise was a geophysical survey for the British Geological Survey.

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Lopes

Lopes is Portuguese and Galician surname. Origin: Germanic patronymic for son of Lopo, itself being derived from Latin lupus wolf. This surname occurs in other Romance variants, such as Spanish López, Italian Lupo, French Loup, and Romanian Lupu or Lupescu.

Notable people with the surname include:

 * Álvaro Lopes Cançado (1912–1984), Brazilian
 * Adelino Lopes (born 1976), Guinea-Bissaun
 * Adriane Lopes (born 1976), Brazilian politician
 * Alexandre Paes Lopes (born 1974), Brazilian footballer
 * Almir Lopes de Luna (born 1982), Brazilian
 * Américo Lopes (born 1933), Portuguese footballer
 * Amílcar Lopes Cabral (1924–1973), Capeverdian and Guinea-Bissau Statesman.
 * Ana Paula Lopes (born 1979), Brazilian singer
 * Aniceto Guterres Lopes (born 1967), East Timorese
 * Anthony Lopes (born 1990), Portuguese footballer
 * António Bastos Lopes (born 1953), Portuguese
 * António Lopes Ribeiro (1908–1995), Portuguese
 * Antônio Lopes (born 1941), Brazilian
 * Astolpho Junio Lopes (born 1983), Brazilian
 * Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907–1989), Capeverdian
 * Brian Lopes (born 1971), United States
 * Carlos Eduardo Lopes (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
 * Carlos Lopes (born 1947), Portuguese long-distance athlete
 * Carlos Michel Lopes Vargas (born 1982), Brazilian
 * Cecilio Lopes (born 1979), Dutch
 * Christian Lopes (born 1992), American
 * Cristóvão Lopes (c.1516–1594), Portuguese painter
 * Daniel Lopes (born 1976), German singer
 * Danny Lopes (born 1982), United States
 * Davey Lopes (born 1945), United States baseball player and manager
 * Demetrius Klee Lopes (born 1970), Brazilian-American cerebrovascular neurosurgeon
 * Dirceu Lopes (born 1946), Brazilian
 * Ephraim Lópes Pereira d'Aguilar, 2nd Baron d'Aguilar (1709–1832), British
 * Ernando Rodrigues Lopes (born 1988), Brazilian
 * Everton Lopes (born 1988), Brazilian
 * Felipe Aliste Lopes (born 1987), Brazilian
 * Fernando Lopes (1935–2012), Portuguese filmmaker
 * Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906–1994), Portuguese
 * Fernão Lopes (c.1380–1459), Portuguese royal chronicler
 * Fernão Lopes (died 1545), Portuguese sailor and first inhabitant of the island of Saint Helena
 * Francisco Craveiro Lopes (1894–1960), Portuguese politician and military
 * Fábio Deivison Lopes Maciel (born 1980), Brazilian
 * Fábio Lopes Alcântara (born 1977), Brazilian
 * Fátima Lopes (born 1965), Portuguese
 * Giulio Lopes (born 1959), Brazilian actor
 * Gregório Lopes (c.1490–1550), Portuguese painter
 * Henrique Lopes de Mendonça (1856–1931), Portuguese
 * Henry Lopes, 1st Baron Roborough (1859–1938), British Member of Parliament
 * Isabel Mendes Lopes (born 1982), Portuguese politician
 * Joao Abel Pecas Lopes, Portuguese engineer
 * John Reginald Lopes Yarde-Buller, 3rd Baron Churston (1873–1930), British
 * João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916), Brazilian
 * Júlio Lópes (born 1967), Brazilian swimmer
 * Laura Lopes (born 1978), daughter of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Andrew Parker Bowles, OBE
 * Leandro Lopes (born 1984), Brazilian
 * Leila Lopes (born 1986), Angolan Miss Universe 2011 winner.
 * Lisa Lopes (1971–2002), United States
 * Lopes Gonçalves, Portuguese explorer
 * Luciano Lopes de Souza (born 1974), Brazilian
 * Luís Carlos Melo Lopes (1954–2016), Brazilian footballer
 * Manuel Lopes (barber) (before 1850–after 1870), United States barber and first Black resident of Seattle
 * Manuel Lopes (1907–2005), Capeverdian writer
 * Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes (born 1966), Brazilian footballer
 * Marcelo Lopes de Faria (born 1976), Brazilian
 * Maria Lopes, American politician from Rhode Island
 * Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes (1890–2005) Portuguese supercentenarian
 * Martinho da Costa Lopes (1918–1991), East Timorese religious and political leader
 * Massey Lopes, 2nd Baron Roborough (1903–1992), British peer and officer of the British Army
 * Mateus Lopes (born 1972), Capeverdian
 * Matheus Henrique do Carmo Lopes (born 1985), Brazilian
 * Mécia Lopes de Haro (died 1270), Portuguese
 * Nei Lopes (born 1942), Brazilian musician
 * Neylor Lopes Gonçalves (born 1987), Brazilian
 * Olga Lopes-Seale (1918–2011), Barbadian
 * Oscar Lino Lopes Fernandes Braga (1931–2020), Angolan
 * Osvaldo Lopes (born 1980), French
 * Patrick Fabíonn Lopes (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
 * Paulo José Lopes de Figueiredo (born 1972), Angolan
 * Pedro Santana Lopes (born 1956), Portuguese
 * Rinaldo Lopes Costa (born 1968), Brazilian
 * Roberto Lopes (born 1966), Brazilian
 * Roberto Lopes Nascimento (born 1983), Brazilian
 * Rosaly Lopes (born 1957), Brazilian earth-scientist
 * Santinho Lopes Monteiro (born 1979), Dutch
 * Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet (1755–1831), British Member of Parliament
 * Sir Massey Lopes, 3rd Baronet (born "Massey Franco" 1818–1908), British Member of Parliament
 * Sir Ralph Lopes, 2nd Baronet (born "Ralph Franco" 1788–1854), British Member of Parliament
 * Steven J. Lopes (born 1975), Portuguese American Roman Catholic Bishop of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter
 * Sufrim Lopes (born 1981), Guinea-Bissaun
 * Tiago André Coelho Lopes (born 1989), Portuguese
 * Tim Lopes (1950–2002), Brazilian
 * Elvira Tânia Lopes Martins (born 1957), Brazilian
 * Valmiro Lopes Rocha (born 1981), Spanish
 * Wagner Lopes (born 1969); Japanese footballer
 * Welington Nogueira Lopes (born 1979), Brazilian footballer
 * Wesley Lopes Beltrame (born 1987), Brazilian
 * Wesley Lopes da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian

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Talk:Synanceia verrucosa

hmm... there should be a picture they sell the in resteraunts and on tv

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At a fish aquarium in london England,flash photography is not allowed, is this because stonefish would be blind or perhaps a totally differnt reason? -- Allix- Wednesday, 16 august 2006 23:00 GMT

I have always wondered about the evolution of the stonefish's defence mechanism. What does it defend itself against, apart from unsuspecting humans? In an almost weightless environment, what could settle so heavily on a disguised rock that it results in the evolution of venom so toxic? Mark, 20 November 2006.

Stonefish are feed upon by rays and sharks. Their defense is in response to these animals. Arzel 02:31, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

 * You should also remember that although humans can't see it, many sharks and rays which are sensitive to electrical fields can sense it, and it is to these the venom acts as a second measure of defense.Kare Kare 14:28, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

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hello my names lisa and im doing a projct on stonefish, i was woundering if stonefish a endothermic are exothermic cold blooded or warm blooded .. please help

Merge?
No, one article is about the genera in the family, & the other is only about one of the species (hopefully there will be others). GrahamBould 07:01, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Strong Oppose As per above. The stonefishes are a family with more than one genera and species. The only time a family and species article should link to the same page is when the family only has a single species within it (eg Dinolestidae). Kare Kare 14:22, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * By the way Graham... why did you propose a merge and subsequently oppose it yourself? Are you feeling Ok? Kare Kare 14:31, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Strong oppose for the same reason - there are many stonefishes but only one stonefish... Photo2222 22:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

cold blooded —Preceding unsigned comment added by Apollo81001 (talk • contribs) 21:04, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

First aid
Advice contradicts several sources e.g. http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/the-great-barrier-reef/stonefish.htm Suggest medical expert reviews latest treatment protocols -especially due to potential fatalities of this Family. 58.175.49.14 (talk) 23:10, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

More detailed
Hi im finding out about stonefishes.I would like to know how they use their camouflage to catch their prey

Hi there,

Sorry the article isn't very detailed. I suggest doing a google search on stonefish. Start here:, it describes how they remain camouflaged to catch prey. I'm sure you can find much more using google Kare Kare (talk) 14:26, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi,

Nobody has posted here in a while, but does anybody have any info on the reproduction of stonefishes?

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was DELETE. — J I P | Talk 18:14, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Faran-web
Non-notable web site that, according to the article is still under construction. A Google search returns 95 hits. Rob Church Talk 13:44, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. Notability is not asserted. Delete, not notable. See comment below. --Ashenai (talk) 14:55, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Unless there was a change in CSD that I missed, not-assertion of notability is only permitted for people. I hope there was a change in CSD that I missed, but barring that, delete as a non-notable webpage. Lord Bob 14:45, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Blargh. I can't believe website articles don't have to assert notability. I feel this is an oversight, but criteria are criteria. I'll go remove the speedy template. Thank you! --Ashenai (talk) 14:55, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to agree with you, it is a bit weird, especially considering all the webcruft articles we get these days. But expanding CSD is a tricky thing to do, and perhaps that's best. Lord Bob 17:07, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Everything has to assert notability, even if that assertion is merely a part of its nature. (What constitutes notability varies from editor to editor, of course.) It's just that the rules for speedy deletion are very narrow, to cover only the most obvious cases, to keep legitimate articles from accidentally being speedied. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 17:49, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete as a website of no significance or importance. - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 17:49, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
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Jean-Claude Schmitt

Jean-Claude Schmitt (born 4 March 1946 in Colmar) is a prominent French medievalist, the former student of Jacques Le Goff, associated with the work of the Annales School. He studies the socio-cultural aspects of medieval history in Western Europe and has made important contributions in his use of anthropological and art historical methods to interpret history. His most significant work has dealt with the relationships among elites and laymen in medieval life, particularly in the realm of religious culture, where he has focused on ideas and topics such as superstition, the occult and heresy in order to flesh out the differing world-views of the lay peasantry and the clerical elites who attempted to define religious practice. He has contributed numerous books, articles and encyclopedia entries on these and related topics. He has also written widely on the cult of saints, the idea of adolescence, visions and dreams, and preaching.

Among Schmitt's best known works translated in English are The Holy Greyhound (1983), about the strange cult of a holy dog in medieval France, and Ghosts in the Middle Ages (1998) about notions of death, the afterlife and paranormal visions in medieval culture. Both works are considered important examples of "historical anthropology," or the use of methods and approaches borrowed from anthropology and other social sciences to investigate the past. Schmitt has argued that this has helped correct for the tendency among medievalists in the past to focus on elites, political institutions and narrative history to the exclusion of the lower classes and their less well-documented experiences of life.

Until 2014 Schmitt was Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and directed the society of professional historians, Groupe d'Anthropologie Historique de l'Occident Médiéval.

Select bibliography

 * Le Saint Lévrier. Guinefort, guérisseur d’enfants depuis le XIIIe siècle (Flammarion, 1979)
 * La Raison des gestes dans l’Occident médiéval (Gallimard, 1990)
 * Les Revenants: les vivants et les morts dans la société médiévale (Gallimard, 1994)
 * (Editor) L’Histoire des jeunes en Occident (Seuil, 1996)
 * Le corps, les rites, les rêves, le temps : Essais d’anthropologie médiévale (Gallimard, 2001).
 * (Contributing editor) Dictionnaire raisonné de l'Occident médiéval
 * La Conversion d’Hermann le juif : Autobiographie, histoire et fiction 2004

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ASCOD

The ASCOD (Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development) armoured fighting vehicle family is the product of a cooperation agreement between Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG and Spanish General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas. Both companies are now divisions of a unit of General Dynamics. The ASCOD family includes the LT 105 light tank equipped with a 105 mm gun, a surface-to-air missile launcher, an anti-tank guided missile launcher, mortar carrier, R&R vehicle, command-and-control vehicle, ambulance, artillery observer, and the AIFV model.

In Spanish service, the vehicle is called "Pizarro". The Austrian version is called "Ulan".

History
The ASCOD was designed to replace the older light armoured fighting vehicles of the Austrian and Spanish armies, such as the M113 armored personnel carrier and the Saurer APC. The Ulan, the Austrian version of the Pizarro, would provide a flexible complement to their heavy Leopard 2A4. The Ulan would allow the Austrian army to deploy rapidly and effectively over longer distances, especially for foreseeable future operations—such as trouble-spots for UN operations.

In 1982, Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug initiated the conception phase for the development of a new infantry fighting vehicle. This was followed by initial talks with the militaries of Greece, Norway and Switzerland to find the desired requirements for a new IFV. In 1985, the decision to develop a new IFV was made following the Bundesheer announcement of the military requirement for the Kampfschützenpanzer 90 (combat infantry fighting vehicle 90). Based on this, Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug started the conception of the vehicle. However, it was clear that Austria would not order new IFVs in the next years and that the development costs exceeded Steyr's budget.

Therefore, in 1988, a cooperation with the Spanish company Empresa National Santa Barbara S. A. was signed, which resulted in the development being renamed to ASCOD (Austrian Spanish Cooperative Development). Following this, the development of the ASCOD started. The hulls were manufactured in Spain. The ASCOD turrets were made by Steyr in Austria, based on the SP-30 turret design used on the scout version of the Pandur. In 1991, the first prototype was presented in 1991 in Sevilla. It was tested in 1992. Production began in 1996.

Initially, the design was a cooperation between Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG and the Hellenic ELVO, formerly Steyr Hellas, after signing the contract for the domestically contracted Leonidas 2 APC. The contract, activated in 1988, required Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG to follow Hellenic instructions, and to include parts already produced in Greece, such as the wheels, tracks, and smoke-grenade launchers based on those of the Leopard 1 tank. Also, the secondary MG-3 gun — a variant of the Mauser 30F — was constructed in Greece. Greece withdrew from the program in 1991 after a change of government, requiring Steyr-Daimler-Puch to find a new partner. The IFV in Hellenic service would have the name Alexander the Great. Greece donated its design rights to Steyr-Daimler-Puch as compensation for the 450 IFVs cancelled.

Following the numerous changed requirements during the ASCOD's conception and development phases, the weight increased from the original 18.8   t to 25.2t and finally 29.0 tonnes. The first prototype was trialled in Norway in 1993/94, but Norway decided to purchase the Swedish CV9030 instead. Following these trials, a slightly updated third prototype was built, essentially equalling the version offered as ASCOD to Austria, Spain and other countries. In 1994, Spain decided to order four pre-series vehicles after successful trials of the prototype. In 1996, Spain ordered 144 vehicles with the designation "Pizarro".

Austria's order for the first 112 ASCOD vehicles, "Ulan" in Austria, was delayed for financial reasons until May 1999. Four pre-series Ulan vehicles were given to the Austrian Bundesheer in April 2001 for the final qualification. The official handover happened in May 2001. In 2002, 28 Ulans were delivered. The next batch of 36 was delivered in 2003. In 2004 the order was completed. In contrast to the original prototypes, the Ulan was completely manufactured in Austria.

The ASCOD effectively brought Austrian and Spanish armour up to date. The Pizarro project was part of the greater Project CORAZA (Project Armour) to replace Spain's M113 APCs, M60A3s, and M110 artillery pieces. By 2005, the Austrian army was equipped with 112 Ulan vehicles and Spain with 144 (123 IFV and 21 C2V).

In 2004, the Spanish Ministry of Defence ordered another 212 Pizarros (170 IFV, 5 C2V, 28 artillery observation, 8 recovery, 1 engineering vehicle) for €707.5 million Euros, with up to 356 units total planned. By 2010 the cost of this second batch had increased to €845m.

The improved ASCOD 2 vehicle was chosen by the UK MoD in March 2010 as the common base platform for the Scout Specialist Vehicle, later renamed Ajax. This selection was the result of the UK's Specialist Vehicle Programme. Around 300 British engineers at General Dynamics UK's Oakdale facility began developing the Ajax from the ASCOD 2 after being awarded the contract in 2010. The ASCOD 2 Scout SV was to replace the CVR(T) family of vehicles, including the FV107 Scimitar, the FV103 Spartan and the FV106 Samson armoured recovery vehicle.

General Dynamics offered the ASCOD 2 in an APC configuration in the competition for the Danish M113 replacement. The ASCOD 2 was not chosen. The Danish army preferred the wheeled Piranha 5.

Deployment history
ASCOD entered service with the Spanish and Austrian armies in 2002. The British Army received its first ASCOD SV in 2020. Despite being part of ISAF, Spain did not deploy the Pizarro IFV owing to its lack of a mine-protection kit.

Design
The primary version of the ASCOD is the tracked infantry-fighting vehicle. It follows a conventional layout, featuring a front-mounted engine and a rear compartment for the dismounts. The driver's seat is located at the left hull front. The commander and gunner sit in the slightly off-center–mounted two-man turret. The rear compartment has two hatches on the roof. The Ulan can carry eight dismounts. The Pizarro carries seven.

Armament

The ASCOD mounts a 30 mm Mauser MK-30/2 autocannon in a fully traversable electro-mechanical turret. The dual belt-fed 30 mm cannon, electrically stabilized on two planes, is able to fire at a rate of up to 770 rounds per minute and accurately engage targets on the move. As secondary armament, the ASCOD carries a 7.62 mm machine gun. The Spanish Pizarro is fitted with an MG-3 machine gun. The Ulan is fitted with an FN MAG. The Ulan carries 200 rounds of 30 mm and 600 rounds of 7.62 mm in the turret. A further 205 rounds for the 30 mm gun and up to 1,290 for the 7.62 mm machine gun are stored inside the hull. The Pizarro carries 300 rounds of main-gun ammunition. This armament is comparable to that of the M2 Bradley and the CV90, and performed well in a Norwegian vehicles trial, although it ultimately lost to the Swedish CV90.

Optics and fire control system
The Ulan is fitted with a digital fire-control system built by Kollsman, utilising some components of the Kürassier A2's fire control system. The gunner's sight is manufactured by Elbit and provides 8× magnification in the day channel. The integrated thermal imager, featuring 2.8× and 8.4× magnification, can be accessed by both the gunner and the commander. The commander has a fixed day-sight with 8× magnification. The Pizarro uses the Mk-10 fire control system from Indra, featuring a full-solution digital ballistic computer, day channel, thermal channel and laser rangefinder. Future versions of the Mk-10 will be fitted with a new VC2 thermal imager.

Protection

The ASCOD is constructed of several rolled steel armour plates. The armour provides protection against 14.5 mm armour-piercing ammunition fired from distances of 500 meters or more along the frontal 60° arc, with all-round protection against 7.62 mm ammunition. The turret is fitted with two banks of 76 mm Wegmann multi-purpose grenade launchers. These can fire smoke grenades for self-protection, or high-explosive grenades with fragmentation warhead to a maximum range of 50 m.

The Pizarro is additionally fitted with limited amounts of SABBLIR explosive reactive armour along the frontal arc and might be upgraded with more later. The SABBLIR reactive armour increases protection against shaped-charge warheads as used on rocket-propelled grenades. The Ulan has been fitted with MEXAS composite armour, which increases ballistic protection against up to 30 mm APFSDS rounds fired from a 1,000 m range over the forward 30° arc, and all-round protection against 14.5 mm armour piercing incendiary (API) rounds from a range of 500 m. The Ulan is fitted with spall-liners to minimise casualties in case of armour penetration.

Mobility
In terms of mobility, the Spanish Pizarro is fitted with a 600 hp MTU SV-183 TE22 engine, while the Austrian Ulan includes a 720 hp MTU 8V-199-TE20 engine. These have power-to-weight ratios of 21 and 25, respectively, offering both vehicles excellent mobility. Both versions use a Renk HSWL 106C hydro-mechanical transmission, and suspension — based on torsion bars and rotary dampers — designed and manufactured by "Piedrafita".

The ASCOD uses Diehl type-129 tracks. The Pizarro has a maximum speed of 70 km/h, and a maximum reverse speed of 35 km/h. The ASCOD has a ground-clearance of 450 mm. The Ulan can accelerate from 0 to 50 km/h in 14 seconds. It can cross ditches of 2.3 m, climb walls of 950 mm and ford rivers of 1.2 m depth. It is able to drive at 75% gradient and 40% side slope.

Variants and derivatives

The ASCOD chassis has been used for a number of vehicles in Spanish service and numerous private ventures developed for the export market. Aside from the IFV version, the ASCOD has been offered as light tank and scout vehicle. The ASCOD Direct Fire light tank can mount a number of different commercial turrets with 105 or 120 mm tank guns. It is expected to weigh about 30 tonnes.

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge has developed an improved version called Ulan 2. This was never ordered by the Austrian government.

An improved version of the ASCOD, called ASCOD 2, has been developed by General Dynamics and was presented in 2004. The ASCOD 2 uses the more powerful MTU 8V 199T21 engine, which provides a 600 kW output, together with a Renk HSWL 256 B transmission and Diehl 1028 tracks. It has an increased gross vehicle weight of 38 tons, with a growth potential to 42 tons. The ASCOD 2 has been presented as an IFV (with the SP-30 turret of the original ASCOD), as an APC with a raised roof and armed with an M2 machine gun (in a BAE Lemur remote weapon station) and as a specialized APC for urban combat (designated the ASCOD PSO).

In June 2008, GDELS, in conjunction with KMW, announced Donar, a medium-weight 155 mm self-propelled artillery system based on the KMW Artillery Gun Module (AGM) autonomous artillery system, integrated with the ASCOD 2 chassis. A prototype has begun mobility and firing trials in Germany.

In March 2010, the UK MoD announced that ASCOD 2 will be used as the base for the Scout Specialist Vehicle of the FRES program, which was later renamed to "Ajax".

At Eurosatory 2018, General Dynamics European Land Systems presented a new variant of the ASCOD 2. The ASCOD medium main battle tank (MMBT), with a gross vehicle weight of 42 tonnes, is fitted with the Italian Leonardo Defence Systems HITFACT 120mm turret. This is armed with a 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, a 7.62mm pintle-mounted gun and a 12.7mm remote weapon station on the roof. The 120mm smoothbore gun is coupled to a computerised fire control system, with the commander and gunner having stabilised day/thermal sights incorporating a laser rangefinder.

 * ASCOD IFV
 * Driver training vehicle – ASCOD hull fitted with a fixed superstructure instead of turret.
 * ASCOD Scout/Recce – ASCOD fitted with extensive ISTAR equipment and a three-man crew.
 * LT-105 Light Tank (ASCOD Direct Fire) – A light tank, designed for the export market, with a 105 mm or 120 mm gun. There are multiple turret options available, made by a different manufacturers: Oto Melara, Cockerill, General Dynamics, and Denel Land Systems (formerly known as LIW).
 * ASCOD 2 APC – ASCOD 2 hull with a raised roof and a remote weapon station. Offered to Denmark as an M113 replacement.
 * ASCOD 2 PSO – ASCOD 2 APC with improved armor protection.
 * Donar – Medium-weight 155 mm self-propelled howitzer based on the KMW AGM
 * ASCOD 2 MMBT – As the name suggests, it is intended as a medium main battle tank armed with either a 120mm or 105mm HITFACT turret.

Ajax

The ASCOD vehicle was chosen by the UK MoD as the common base platform on which the Ajax would be developed. This selection was the result of the UK's Specialist Vehicle Programme. Around 300 British engineers at General Dynamics UK's Oakdale facility began developing the Scout from the ASCOD after being awarded the contract in 2010.

These vehicles are the replacements for the CVR(T) family vehicles: FV107 Scimitar (armoured reconnaissance), FV103 Spartan (specialist personnel carrier) and FV106 Samson (recovery vehicle).

Recce Block 2 is expected to include ambulance, engineer reconnaissance and command & control replacements for the CVR(T) FV104 Samaritan (armoured ambulance) and FV105 Sultan (command vehicle).

The Ajax is planned to include the following upgrades:
 * The main weapon will be a 40mm autocannon with "telescoped ammunition" (CT40 cannon).
 * The armour will provide basic ballistic and mine protection, with upgrade add-on packages for improved protection when needed.
 * The chassis will be upgraded with enhanced suspension combining torsion bars and hydraulic dampers.
 * An enhanced powertrain comprising a 600 kW (805 bhp) MTU V8 199 diesel engine and Renk 256B fully automatic transmission.
 * The welded turret will be built by Lockheed Martin UK.
 * Assembly and testing will take place in the UK

The vehicle's normal combat weight is 34 tonnes.

Pizarro
ASCOD Pizarro is built by Santa Bárbara Sistemas. It has multiple variants: This variant is operated by Spain.
 * VCI/C – Infantry/Cavalry Vehicle; the basic ASCOD Pizarro.
 * VCPC – Command Vehicle
 * VCOAV – (Vehículo de Observación Avanzada) Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle
 * VCREC – Recovery Vehicle
 * VCZ Castor – (Vehículo de Combate de Zapadores) Sappers Combat Vehicle
 * VCE – Combat Engineer Vehicle (under development as of December 2018)

Sabrah light tank
The Sabrah light tank's tracked version is a new variant developed and offered by Elbit Systems for the Philippine Army's Light Tank Acquisition Project. It uses the ASCOD 2 platform with a new turret, armed with 105 mm gun developed by Elbit in partnership with Denel Land Systems. The Notice of Award (NOA) for the project was issued to Elbit Systems Land by the Department of National Defense in September 2020.

Ulan
ASCOD Ulan is built by Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge. It includes a more powerful 530 kW engine, and a different fire control system built by Kollsman.

In February 2023, an modernisation of the 112 IFVs was announced. It focuses mostly on the electronic, providing new observation equipment, a digital panel for the driver. For the rest, a renewed electrical turret drive, other revisions to the electrical system and the drivetrain.

Current operators

 * 🇦🇹 Austria (112)
 * Delivered between 2001 and 2005
 * 112 Ulan (IFV)

 * 🇵🇭 Philippines (20)
 * Ten (10) units in light tank configuration and one Command Post Vehice unit were formally received and inducted into service as of 5 March 2024. The total order are as follows:
 * 18 Sabrah light tanks
 * 1 Command vehicle
 * 1 recovery vehicle

 * 🇪🇸 Spain (261)

 * In service:
 * 204 VCI/C – infantry fighting vehicles
 * 21 VCPC – command and communications vehicles
 * 36 VCZ – sapper combat vehicles
 * Details of the orders:
 * Initial order of 144 Pizarro in 1996, delivery by 2002:
 * 123 VCI/C – infantry fighting vehicles
 * 21 VCPC – command and communications vehicles
 * Second order reduced to 117 Pizarro in 2004 after several cuts, the initial order was for 212 Pizarro, delivered between 2011 and 2015:
 * 81 VCI/C (170 planned initially)
 * 36 VCZ – sapper combat vehicles, only 1 was planned initially
 * Cancelled variants with that order:
 * VCPC, 5 were planned initially
 * VCOAV – forward artillery observer vehicles, 28 were planned initially
 * VCREC – armoured recovery vehicles, 8 were planned initially

 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (589)
 * The Ajax won the competition FRES in 2010, and the following variants were ordered.
 * 245 Ajax
 * 93 Ares
 * 112 Athena
 * 50 Apollo
 * 38 Atlas
 * 51 Argus

 * 🇺🇸 United States (96 ordered, 504 planned)
 * The M10 Booker, a light tank based on the Griffin II platform, derived from the ASCOD 2, was selected in June 2022 as the winner of the US Army's Mobile Protected Firepower program.
 * 96 M10 for $1.14 billion The initial contract is for 96 vehicles with first delivery by the end of 2023. The first units are expected to be equipped with it by Q4FY25.
 * Army Acquisition Objective (AAO) of 504 M10 in total
 * First delivery, January 2024

Future operators

 * ASCOD at NATO Days 2016.jpg🇪🇸 Spain (394)
 * The Spanish Army signed a contract with TESS Defence for the purchase of the VAC "Vehículo de Apoyo de Cadenas" in December 2023 for around €2 billion. It is planned to succeed to the TOA M-113.
 * Variants planned:
 * Combat support
 * armoured personnel carriers
 * anti-tank defence
 * command post
 * forward observer
 * 120 mm mortar carrier (potentially the ASCOD equipped with the Escribano GMOS mortar turret)
 * sapper (VCZ Castor)
 * Logistics
 * ambulance
 * cargo
 * recovery versions

Potential operators

 * 🇱🇻 Latvia
 * The army is looking for a successor to its CVR(T). Among the expected competitors are the CV90, the K21, the Tulpar.

 * 🇷🇴 Romania
 * Romania has a budget of $3.3 billion for 298 infantry fighting vehicles. According to local observers and public information, the potential candidates are the ASCOD 2, the Hanwha AS-21 Redback, and the Rheinmetall KF-41 Lynx. The award procedure is ongoing, a winner will be selected in 2024, and the contract should also be signed in 2024.

 * 🇪🇸 Spain (109)
 * The Spanish Army is looking for a successor to the M109A5. The total desired is of 36 wheeled self-propelled howitzers, and 109 tracked howitzers. GDELS-SBS is offering the Piranha Advanced Artillery Carrier (Piranha IV) and the ASCOD 2 platforms on which the RCH-155 modules would be installed.

 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine
 * GDELS SBS presented a plan in June 2024 to manufacture 50 ASCOD infantry fighting vehicles per year for the Ukrainian Army.
 * This plan follows a meeting between industry representatives and the Spanish state. In May 2024 a defence agreement between Spain and Ukraine led to this offer.
 * Also, in September 2023, an agreement was made between GDELS and LLC Ukrainian Armored Vehicles for a potential licence production of the ASCOD in Ukraine, after having visited the production facilities in Spain and tested the ASCOD.

 * 🇺🇸 United States
 * A separate program to MPF, the US Army is looking for a successor to the M2 / M3 Bradley. The program for its replacement is the XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle.  The Griffin platform from General Dynamics was selected as one of 2 finalists, against the KF-41 Lynx of Rheinmetall. The Pentagon signed a contract for the detailed design of both vehicles, expecting the manufacturing of 7 to 11 prototypes to start in 2025 for the trials. The winner will be chosen in 2027, and would be expected to enter service in 2029. The procurement is expected to reach $45 billion.

Failed bids

 * 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
 * General Dynamics European Land Systems offered the ASCOD to replace aging BMP-2s. GDELS announced in May 2017 that it had formed partnerships with 5 Czech companies to underpin its bid. In December 2018, ASCOD was shortlisted together with the Puma, CV90 and Lynx. In July 2022, the Czech Government began negotiations with the Swedish Government for the procurement of CV90MkIV infantry fighting vehicles. The negotiations for the new infantry fighting vehicles will be coordinated with Slovakia who had also recently selected the CV90 MkIV.

 * 🇩🇰 Denmark
 * In 2014 the Royal Danish Army trialled the G5 as a replacement for is ageing fleet of M113-based vehicles, in a competition against the Nexter VBCI 8x8, BAE Systems-Hägglunds CV90 Armadillo, General Dynamics European Land Systems(GDELS) Santa Bárbara Sistemas ASCOD 2 and the GDELS-Mowag Piranha 5s 8x8. In May 2015 the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistic Organisation announced the Piranha 5s as the successful candidate.

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Soz

Soz may refer to:

 * Sozh River
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 * Saifuddin Soz, Indian professor and politician
 * Sonjo language of Tanzania, ISO639 code

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These writers are either Cebuanos.

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Talk:Peter Torry

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" Bloehm and Voss AG", it is Blohm&Voss (without e)...87.145.86.211 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:21, 27 June 2016 (UTC)

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Kaufungen

Kaufungen is a municipality in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated in the narrow valley of the river Losse, surrounded by the steep, wooded hills of the Kaufunger Wald, approx. 10 kilometres east of Kassel.

Division of the municipality
The town is centred upon the historic villages of Oberkaufungen and Niederkaufungen, which are joined by modern housing developments to form a significant conurbation. The municipality of Kaufungen also includes Kaufungen-Papierfabrik, a largely industrial area on the eastern fringes of Kassel.

History
The first historical reference to Coufunga was in 1011, when it was in use as a royal court. However, the extant St. Georgskapelle (St George's Chapel) is believed to be rather older, probably dating from the 10th century.

In 1017 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor and his queen Cunigunde of Luxemburg founded Kaufungen Abbey, a Benedictine convent, perched on the steep edge of the Losse valley above what is now the centre of Oberkaufungen. Upon the death of her husband, Cunigunde entered the convent, and lived there until her death in 1033 or 1039. The Reformation brought the closure of the convent in 1527, but the large church (the Stiftskirche) is still standing and in use as a parish church today. At various points in its history, Kaufungen has been a local centre for mining, glass-making, charcoal burning, forestry and paper manufacture.

The farming settlement of Niederkaufungen, situated slightly downriver where the narrow Losse valley begins to open out into the wide, flat plain of the Fulda, is of more recent origin. In 1970 the villages of Nieder- and Oberkaufungen formally merged to form the present municipality. Since 1974, the Stiftskirche has played host to the Kaufunger Konzerte series of classical music concerts.

Points of interest
Both Nieder- and Oberkaufungen have historic village centres, with well-preserved half-timbered houses. The main attraction in Oberkaufungen is the early eleventh century Stiftskirche church which hosts regular classical music concerts. Just behind it lies in the smaller but older St George's Chapel, which is believed to date from the tenth century. Oberkaufungen also has two museums: the Alte Schule (Old School) museum documents the history of the town from the Middle Ages until the present day, while the Roßgang mining museum features reconstructions of historical mining scenes. Niederkaufungen is the site of the Kommune Niederkaufungen, one of Germany's largest intentional communities. Located within Oberkaufungen, there is an authentic Italian Ice shop, Eis Cafe Cortina.

Transport
The A7 Autobahn forms the border between Kaufungen-Papierfabrik and the city of Kassel. The B7 trunk road skirts the town on its way to Eisenach, and provides easy access to Nieder- and Oberkaufungen.

Kaufungen no longer has a passenger railway service, but instead is connected to Kassel's tram network. The frequent number 4 service runs directly to the city centre and onwards to the mainline railway station at Wilhelmshöhe. In the other direction, the tram line continues up the Losse valley through Helsa to its end in Hessisch Lichtenau. Through the centre of Niederkaufungen the railway and tram lines run together in an unusual six-rail gauntlet track configuration, which allows a narrow tram-train to reach the platform, but still allows space for mainline freight trains down the centre.

Kaufungen is situated on the Märchenlandweg (literally: fairy tale way), a long distance footpath and riding and cycle way.

Twin towns

 * [[Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|25px]] Ale (Sweden), since 1992
 * [[Image:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]] Bertinoro (Italy), since 1997
 * [[Image:Flag of Moldova.svg|25px]] Budești (Moldova), since 2004

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Hi Dab. The sentence about Witzel not having read a copy of Talageri's book is based on the 9th chapter of Talageri's Rig Veda book, please see this link for details:. There may be additional information that supports this, e.g. that Witzel (AFAIK) didn't refute this claim in his review of Talageri's book.

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Talk:Project Excelsior

Query on speed, moved from article page
Article says:

 * in later interviews, Kittinger put his top speed at 714 mph (1,149 km/h)

Query was:

 * was actual statement 620 knots? if so, state it and round appropriately in conversions

Quote from this interview with Joseph Kittinger:

 * At about 90,000 feet, I reached 714 mph. The altimeter on my wrist was unwinding very rapidly. But there was no sense of speed.

Gandalf61 13:53, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Please refer to discussion tab of Joseph Kittinger, or http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1114 and http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/aerodynamics/q0243.shtml for speed numbers.--Shimada22 (talk) 00:46, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

 * That's about what I remember, Gandalf61, from reading Kittinger's book, The Long Lonely Leap in the 1960s. If correct, that means he broke the speed of sound during his jump, and Felix_Baumgartner is chasing a ghost with his planned jump in mid-year 2010, because it's already been done.—QuicksilverT @ 16:45, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

What about...
What happened to the balloons? Wasn't someone recently trying to break this record? Rmhermen 18:22, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Flat spin?
The articles says a body in free-fall will go into a "flat spin". Is this a correct use of the term? In aerodynamics, a spin describes a very specific stable configuration where both wings are stalled and the aircraft is autorotating. Is this an accurate portrayal of what's going on in this situation? -- RoySmith (talk) 23:02, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

 * It's describing a condition in which the falling human body is in a more-or-less horizontal attitude, spinning about its center of gravity in a horizontal plane.—QuicksilverT @ 16:45, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

 * In any case, the link points to the aerodynamic definition of "spin", which of course does not reflect the effect that happens on high-altitude parachuting. Using the term "spin" instead of "flat spin" would certainly help towards a better understanding of the phenomena. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.220.19.114 (talk) 17:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Confusion over records
There seems to be some confusion over the records. Victor Prather and Malcolm Ross (balloonist) still hold the record for the highest balloon ascent (approx 113,000 feet), which is higher than Kissinger's ascent, but Kissinger still holds the record for the highest parachute deployment, as he opened his parachute at 17,000 feet, rather than the 10,000 feet for Prather and Ross. At least that is, I think, what is causing the confusion. Can someone check this and tidy up the Prather, Ross, Kissinger and Excelsior articles so they are consistent? Carcharoth 14:52, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

 * This is a question but i belive he holds the record for highest SOLO balloon assent. is this correct? thank you to anyone who responds. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.195.131.189 (talk) 02:28, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

 * When you only say "world record", confusions are invited. The current standard aerospace world record repository is at FAI.  National aerospace records are kept at each National Aero Club.  Kittinger (I believe it is not about Kissinger)'s all FAI world records are listed here.  He made FAI records only in ballooning distance.  It helps if somebody can cite USAF records or parachuting association records, etc.--Shimada22 (talk) 00:57, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

 * Apparently Ross and Prather still hold the record for the highest balloon flight at 113,740 feet (34.67 km). Nicholas Piantanida, while attempting to set a new skydiving jump record, is claimed to have reached 123,800 feet (37.73 km) on February 2, 1966. Piantanida was unable to disconnect his breathing apparatus from the gondola, so the ground crew jettisoned the balloon at the flight ceiling. In ballooning, as in mountain climbing, an orderly descent apparently counts for something. Piantanida's ascent did not set a flight altitude record because Piantanida descended without the balloon. Piantanida died not too long after a later flight in which his suit or gondola apparently suffered a catastrophic decompression at altitude.Catrachos (talk) 00:13, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

His hand
Article should state what caused the severe pain in his hand exactly and what were the lasting effects, if any. Tempshill (talk) 03:16, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

 * As I recall from reading Kittinger's book, The Long Lonely Leap, a long time ago, in the mid- to late 1960s, the pain was primarily caused by encroaching frostbite: It's damn cold in the stratosphere and the escaping air at the glove joint would have caused an additional chilling effect.  I made an edit to that effect.  I'd re-read the book for the sake of improving the article, but it's long out of print, although it may still be in some library collections.  (The Long Lonely Leap, by Captain Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr., USAF, with Martin Caidin. E.P. Dutton & Co. Inc. New York 1961)  Copies on the used book market are reportedly selling in the range of US$350-US$600. —QuicksilverT @ 16:23, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Height
112,000 feet doesn't necessarily mean that much (it's too big to really comprehend) - can the heights also be given in miles and kilometres? Neıl ☎  19:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

How good a vacuum?
I could find no mention in the article of just how low the air pressure was on these flights - the article on the Barometric formula has a table which gives a value for 32,000 meters of 868Pa, which is just under 0.86% of sea level pressure. The density, on the other hand, is a little more than 1% of that at sea level, because of the low temperature. So, from the physiological point of view, this was space - without a pressure suit, he would have survived as long at this altitude as he would have done in orbit. Plus the balloon is floating in unspeakably thin air. Just what size has the envelope expanded to at peak altitude?Moletrouser (talk) 09:38, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

 * Some sources give the maximum balloon inflation at around 172 feet (52 meters) diameter for the earlier Project Man High flights. The Project Excelsior flights went to a higher altitude, so the maximum diameter might have been a bit larger, assuming the payload weight was the same.  The balloons were designed for a maximum inflation diameter of 200 feet. —QuicksilverT @ 17:27, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Gondola
What happened to the platform after he made his jump? I assume, although the article does not say, it must have come down to earth otherwise how did retrieve the picture of the record-breaking jump? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.156.29.177 (talk) 13:04, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Accompanied in the balloon ?
So the feature photo today is of Kittinger jumping out of the balloon,  taken by photographer called Wentzel. Was he accompanied in the balloon/capsule by Wentzel,  or did Wentzel rig up for the photo to be taken automatically ?Eregli bob (talk) 14:10, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Unconscious and spin in 1st jump
Joseph Kittinger article says he was unconscious during 1st jump and went into fast spin (not clear which first) hence? 3rd jump deployed a small drougue chute after only 6,000 feet - hence rest of 3rd descent not strictly free fall. - Rod57 (talk) 01:51, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

...(then Captain)?
Was he disrated???

46.115.94.215 (talk) 23:27, 16 August 2013 (UTC)

Reason for pressurized suit???
The article currently states:

"As the gondola was unpressurized, Kittinger had to wear a full pressure suit during these tests, plus additional layers of clothing to protect him from the extreme cold at high altitude."

But regardless of whether the gondola was pressurized or not, he would still need the suit for the descent anyway, which would seem to be the real reason for the suit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acm acm (talk • contribs) 22:28, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

 * The sentence made sense as they could have used a pressurized and insulated gondola. Kittinger would have locked on the helmet and gloves prior to releasing the air pressure and opening the hatch to exit. Kittinger would not have needed that much insulation as he would have been exposed to the elements for about five minutes (a minute inside the gondola and four minutes in free fall.) --Marc Kupper|talk 07:34, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

Kittinger still holds records?
The article says "Kittinger does, however, still hold the records for longest drogue fall and longest freefall." The freefall was for 85,300 feet from 102,800 feet to 17,500 feet. The drogue chute deployed at 96,000 feet meaning 78,500 feet of freefall with the drogue.

Oddly, the article does not mention Alan Eustace who:
 * Jumped from 135,889 feet
 * Free fall of 123,334 feet with some or all of that using a drogue.

According to this source says he jumped from 135,890 feet and that there was a 123,414 foot freefall using a drogue chute the entire way.

I've added Alan Eustace to the "See also" section. --Marc Kupper|talk 07:29, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

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Another Late Night: Kid Loco

Another Late Night: Kid Loco is a DJ mix album, mixed by Kid Loco. It is the seventh in the Another Late Night / Late Night Tales series. It was released on 10 February 2003 on Late Night Tales in the UK (catalogue no. ALNCD07).

Track listing

 * 1) Mizrab - Gábor Szabó
 * 2) Hard Stuff - The Herbaliser
 * 3) Ancoats 2 Zambia (Geoff Barrow mix) - The Baby Namboos
 * 4) Religion I - Public Image Ltd.
 * 5) Uplink - Stratus
 * 6) Barcelone - Tommy Hools
 * 7) Cold Spin - Zero Theory
 * 8) Fall Break - Aim
 * 9) Nana Reprise - Frankie Valentine
 * 10) Tubular Belgian In My Goldfield - Departure Lounge
 * 11) Summer Love (Beyond There Mix) - Billy Wright
 * 12) So Blue It's Black (Heavy Manners Mix) - The Underwolves
 * 13) 183 (Head Nod) - DJ Crystl
 * 14) Top Dog (New version) - Markus Kienzl
 * 15) Wade In Water - Harvey Mandel
 * 16) Lilly Hall - Kraze One & Aniis Le Neve
 * 17) The Domino Boys - Up, Bustle & Out
 * 18) Street Preacher - Troublemakers
 * 19) Spooked - Flevans
 * 20) Paralysed - Kid Loco
 * 21) Attitude - Marie et Les Garcons
 * 22) Rashida - Jon Lucien
 * 23) Peepshow - written by Nick Walker, read by Sir Patrick Moore

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Schempp-Hirth Janus

The Schempp-Hirth Janus is a high performance two-seat glider that was built by Schempp-Hirth GmbH. It was the first high-performance two-seater.

Design and development
The design was by Dipl-Ing Klaus Holighaus and the prototype first flew in May 1974. The production examples incorporated several improvements in January 1975. The Janus has a glass-fibre monocoque fuselage similar to that of the Nimbus-2 but the cockpit section is lengthened to accommodate the two pilots in tandem with dual controls under a right-hand side-hinged one-piece canopy. Landing gear consists of either a non-retractable main wheel (Janus A, B & C) or a retractable main wheel (later models of Janus C and all Ce's) with a drum or disc brake, and a nose-wheel. The two-piece wings have 2° forward sweep on the leading edge, and have camber-changing flaps which are operated between +12° and -7°. The Janus has upper-surface airbrakes, and although uncommon the Janus C could also be fitted with a tail parachute.

The Janus was superseded by the unflapped Duo Discus which first flew in 1993; and the flapped Arcus which first flew in 2009.

Production
100 Januses were built by early 1980 plus three motorised Janus CMs. It is particularly suitable for instruction in cross-country flying in gliders with wing flaps.

Variants

 * Janus A:
 * Janus B:The Janus B was produced from March 1978. It has a fixed-incidence tailplane instead of the all-moving type previously fitted.
 * Janus C:The Janus C has carbon-fibre wings of 20 m span and a carbon-fibre tailplane.
 * Janus Ce:The Janus Ce was certified in 1991 and incorporated modifications to the cockpit and fin.
 * Janus CM:motorised version with Rotax 535C engine
 * Janus CT:motorised version with Solo 2350 engine
 * Janus M :a motorised version with a Rotax engine mounted on a pylon aft of the cockpit and retracting into the fuselage. The prototype first flew in 1978.
 * SCAP–Lanaverre SL-2:The French developed the Janus as the SCAP–Lanaverre SL-2. (SCAP - Société de Commercialisation Aéronautique du Plessis SàRL) with Lanaverre Industries, It first flew in 1977. The main differences from the Janus A are the provision for water ballast in the wings, a fixed tailplane with elevators, and a more comfortable cockpit.

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Talk:Toño Rosario

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I do agree with the Speedy deletion. However, I would suggest looking upon User:69.119.186.78. I have checked his history and he has been adding the spam link everywhere. I have been reverting since yesterday his changes. -- ReyBrujo 13:56, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I spotted the linkspam myself, and it's now reported on WP:AIV - I've reverted some of it myself. He's crossed the threshold now, so will be banned soon enough. Rob Church Talk 14:01, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Is there a voting going on for deleting/keeping this article? I suggest to keep it. I'm from Puerto Rico and Rosario is well known here in the Dominican Republic, Latin America... and even in the Latin market in the US (New York, Miami, etc.) I can work with it perhaps in a few days. Thief12 02:46, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

 * It is done. Check it out. Thief12 00:14, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

70.111.34.53
Some low-life edited the page with biased, un-sourced material. His/her comments have been deleted. The IP address is aformentioned. I am not sure how to report the user, but if anyone can assist, it would be much appreciated. Polancox (talk) 03:11, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Who has made all these false edits?
This article has been expanded with false statements. I am perhaps Toño Rosario's biggest fan, but to made ludicrous claims is demeaning to the Wikipedia audience and the artist himself.

Whoever it is, please stop.

Someone wrote he has won 5 GRAMMYs. Although yes, he should have, unfortunately he has not and to write so is unjust. He has been nominated 3 times, but because at the time Dominicans didn't have a large stake in the Academy, he wasn't awarded with any. Extremely sad, but a harsh reality. Being nominated 3 times is honor enough. I can't think of any other artist who began in 1978 who after 4 decades of singing was nominated for 3 GRAMMYs.

Things must remain factual!!!

I will find the most "solid" version of this article and revert it back.

Please keep the article in that manner. It can be expanded, but only with facts! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polancox (talk • contribs) 08:51, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

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Radio Brunel
Hi Jacqui, if you are going to restore this page can you please add some references, it doesn't warrant its own article in the current unreferenced state. If it has such rich history then there must be good sources somewhere.Aloneinthewild (talk) 13:26, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

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André Parmentier (landscape architect)

André Joseph Ghislain Parmentier, also known as Andrew Parmentier (3 July 1780 in Enghien, Austrian Netherlands – 27 November 1830 in Brooklyn) is one of a generation of American landscape designers who arrived from Europe in the early years after Independence (not to be confused with the French pharmacist and promoter of the potato, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier). Many of these designers, including William Russell Birch and George Isham Parkyns, also practiced landscape depiction, reinforcing the picturesque connection of landscape art as both making and representing places.

He married Sylvie Parmentier (1793–1882) on 3 May 1813 at Tubize, France (now in Belgium).

After some bad business ventures in Belgium, and with the help of his brothers, André Parmentier moved to the United States in 1821. He lived in Brooklyn, where he was active in horticulture with a lot of success. One of his creations is a garden of 120.000 m2.

In 1828 he published his "Periodical catalogue of fruit & ornamental trees and shrubs, green-house plants, etc.. Cultivated and for sale at The Horticultural and Botanic Garden of Brooklyn, corner of the Jamaica and Flatbush roads, about 2 miles from the city of New-York" With, a.o., a plan and description of the garden.

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Talk:Michael Coats

Update needed
I think some update is needed: —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hektor (talk • contribs) 5 October 2005 13:58 (UTC)
 * I doubt his hair is still brown.
 * Last year I read an article in Denver newspaper that he had a major cardiac problem.
 * He is now with Lockheed
 * He is rumoured to be next NASA JSC Center Director.

 * His hair is grey in recent photos I've seen, but none of them were explicitly GFDL friendly.
 * I didn't find anything obvious in a Denver Post archives search, but there is one 2004 Post article mentioning him by name you're welcome to look up: "An all-new space race", Greg Griffin, January 26, 2004, page C-01.
 * I've added sourced information about his career with Lockheed and being chosen as the JSC Director.
 * --Oddharmonic 05:11, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

 * NASA has an updated picture on their website . I'm pretty new at working on these articles, so I'll let someone else do this unless I get around to figuring everything out pretty soon...
 * I'm not exactly how we should approach this, since the article currently treats Mike Coats primarily as an astronaut with less information about his career/activity within NASA organizational structure. We should probably approach this article more like John Glenn, with the astronaut information being secondary.

Request info re Shuttle Discovery
I am attempting to get information regarding the above.

RE: Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-29 March 13, 1989 to March 18, 1989 commanded by Commander Michael L. Coats, which landed in Edwards Airforce Base, California. The mission used an IMAX 70 mm camera to film scenes of the earth (effects of fires, floods, volcanos etc).

After the mission Discovery crew or administrators presented IMAX with a flag from the state of New Mexico. I am try to learn the significance, or connection of the NM flag. And hopefully, learn exactly who presented it.

Any information you can provide me would be very greatly appreciated. Thank you. Brenda Wood, NC brenda@gerrywoodauto.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.182.184 (talk • contribs) 9 February 2006 23:21 (UTC)

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