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[edit] The Still Life (Feature Film)
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[edit] Alex Milanovic
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[edit] The Fifth Demension -- Tesseracts
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[edit] Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service (United Kingdom)
The Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service (RAFMRS) provides land rescue over the mountain areas of the United Kingdom. RAF Mountain rescue teams (MRTs) were first organized during World War II to rescue aircrew from the large number of aircraft crashes then occurring on high ground (1). The practice at the time was to organize ad-hoc rescue parties from station medical sections and other ground personnel. Experience demonstrated that this could be dangerous. While the mountains of the United Kingdom are not very tall, they contain much formerly glaciated terrain with steep cliffs, talus slopes, high peaks and cirque basins, and generally experience a sub-arctic climate at relatively low altitudes. Snow, and high winds, sometimes in excess of 100 miles per hour, are posssible any month of the year. Rescue operations in these conditions require personnel with specialized mountaineering training and equipment.
[edit] Founding of the Service
An RAF medical officer, Flight Lieutenant George Graham, is credited with creating the first organized team at RAF Landwrog in North Wales in 1943. Graham's team rescued dozens of allied airmen from Snowdonia before Graham was posted to Burma, where he took part in an early pararescue operation (strikingly similar to one generally credited as the beginning of United States Air Force Pararescue), saving the life of a Royal Canadian Air Force navigator, Flying Officer W. Prosser (1). Shortly after the war the fledgling service was reorganized and retrained along professional grounds through an influx of trained mountaineers, particularly Sergeant J.R. Lees, whose involvement with the service is recounted by author and mountain guide Gwen Moffat in her 1964 book about the early days of the service, Two Star Red (Hodder & Stoughton) (2). Other notable early team leaders include Austrian guide Hans Pick, Colin Pibworth, and John Hinde (1).
[edit] Early History
A mountain rescue operation is known as a "call-out." Particularly noteworthy call-outs include the extended search for the remains of the crew of Lancaster TX 264 of 120 Squadron (RAF), which crashed into Scotland's 3313-foot Beinn Eighe on March 14th, 1951. Recovering all the remains took several months, and led to public criticism of the fledgling service from mountaineering groups, which helped prod the RAF to provide specialized personnel, better training, and proper equipment. Less than a year later, an Aer Lingus Dakota crashed into a mountain near Porthmadog in Snowdonia with 23 people on board, and RAFMRS personnel recovered the remains. Over the 1950s, the service became more professional and better coordinated with civilian authorities. Many noteworthy civilian volunteer mountain rescue teams in the UK began as RAFMRS "sub-units." Two air crashes high in the mountains of Turkey during the 1950s provided call-outs for the first of several overseas teams of the RAFMRS, based at RAF Nicosia in Cypress. Both crashes had a sense of Cold War espionage, involving secret nuclear papers and equipment. To this day the service's historians feel they lack all the details. Other overseas teams were based in Aden, Yemen, Dubai, and Hong Kong (1). The RAF allowed women team members for the first time in 1988. Since their formation the teams have rescued thousands of civilian walkers and climbers and responded to hundreds of aircraft crashes. Perhaps the most famous call-out of all was for the crash of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. This terrorist incident resulted in the scattering of human remains over a wide swath of southern Scotland. The call-out involved four of the six teams then in existence and stretched the personnel involved to the limits (1).
[edit] Training
All RAF MRT members are volunteers. For reasons lost to history, RAFMRS team members are known as "M.R. troops" or just "troops." Traditionally, team membership is reserved for enlisted men and women; although officers may serve as officers i/c (in charge), this is not at all the same thing as being the team leader. That position is reserved for a senior NCO, generally a grizzled veteran. For some, service on a team is a primary duty. For others it's a part-time activity for which they are granted relief from other normal secondary duties, such as guard duty. Most training is done "on the hill," the term for mountaineering training days. Only a minority pass the three-week trial period required to join. Once accepted, new troops are considered "novices." A "badge test" after the first year is the mark of a trained troop, and permits the wearing of the mountain rescue badge on dress uniform. Walking, mountain navigation, high-angle rescue techniques, rock climbing, and winter mountaineering are the primary training activities, which are carried out in all weathers. A minority of troops practise fell running, a traditional country sport in northern England, and excellent training. A regular troop can expect to spend upwards of a hundred days a year on the hill, which makes the most seasoned RAFMRS personnel some of the fittest mountaineers in the world. Many Himalayan expeditions have been mounted, or troops and ex-troops have participated in other organizations' expeditions. In 1970, ex-troop Ian Clough died when a serac collapsed on him while descending Annapurna on an expedition with Chris Bonnington. Other sites for expeditions have included Alaska's Denali, Mt. Everest, and Antarctica, where troops have volunteered for British Antarctic Survey duties. Each year for several decades, the service has run seperate summer and winter mountaineering courses. The focus is on training lead climbers. USAF pararescue personnel from American air bases in England generally attend. A special course is held when needed every few years to train team leaders. (3)
[edit] Current Organization and Deployment
Today the RAFMRS comprises four teams, based at RAF stations Valley in North Wales, Leuchars and Kinloss in Scotland, and Leeming in England. There is now a central headquarters administration, previously lacking, associated with the MRT at RAF Valley.The history of the service was first comprehensively detailed in Frank Card’s Whensoever, published by The Earnest Press, in 1993, from which this wikipedia article is largely drawn.
[edit] Decorations
The following decorations have been awarded to past and serving members of the RAFMRS:
George Medal: Flt. Sgt. J.R. Lees, for Amphitheatre Buttress rescue, 1958.
Member of the British Empire: Flt. Lt. G. Graham, for services to mountain rescue, 1943. Flt. Lt. D. Chrichton, for services to mountain rescue, 1946. Flt. Lt. R. Robertson, for Mt. Suphan (Turkey) call-out, 1959. Sqn. Ldr. J Sims, for services to mountain rescue, 1967. Sqn. Ldr. G. Blackburn, for services to mountain rescue, 1984. Sqn. Ldr. W. Gault, for Lockerbie Air Disaster, 1989.
British Empire Medal Cpl. G. McTigue, for services to mountain rescue, 1943. SAC. M. Brown, for Beinn Eighe call-out, 1952. Sgt. J. Mooring, for services to mountain rescue, 1958. Flt. Sgt. H. Appleby, for Mt. Suphan (Turkey) call-out, 1959. Sgt. J. Emmerson, for Mt. Suphan (Turkey) call-out, 1959. SAC. G. Murphy, for Mt. Suphan (Turkey) call-out, 1959. Sgt. J. Steed, for services to mountain rescue, 1960. Flt. Sgt. J.R. Lees, for services to mountain rescue, 1962. Flt. Sgt. W. Brankin, for services to mountain rescue, 1963. Sgt. G. Patterson, for Wadi Mukeiras call-out, 1959. Ch. Tech. J. Hinde, for services to mountain rescue, 1964. Sgt. P. McGowan, for services to mountain rescue, 1971. Cpl. C. Pibworth, for services to mountain rescue and desert rescue, 1972. Flt. Sgt. J. Tunnah, for services to mountain rescue, 1972. Flt. Sgt. G. Bruce, for services to mountain rescue and Elephant Island Expedition, 1973. Flt. Sgt. H. Oldham, for services to mountain rescue, 1976. Flt. Sgt. R. Sefton, for services to mountain rescue, 1977. Flt. Sgt. J. Baines, for services to mountain rescue, 1979. Ch. Tech. J. Craig, for services to mountain rescue, 1979. Flt. Sgt. A. Haveron, for services to mountain rescue, 1984. Flt. Sgt. D. Shanks, for services to mountain rescue, 1986. Flt. Sgt. K. Taylor, for services to mountain rescue, 1987. Flt. Sgt. P. Weatherill, for services to mountain rescue, 1987. Flt. Sgt. D. Whalley, for services to mountain rescue, 1992. Flt. Sgt. P. Kirkpatrick, for services to mountain rescue, 1993.
Queen's Commendation for Bravery SAC. G. Hercod, for for Mt. Suphan (Turkey) call-out, 1959. Flt. Sgt. G. Bruce, call out for missing school party on Cairngorms, 1971. Sgt. W. Batson, for Lockerbie Air Disaster, 1989. Sgt. P. Winn, for Lockerbie Air Disaster, 1989. Flt. Sgt. D. Whalley, for Lockerbie Air Disaster, 1989.
This list as presented in "Whensoever" by Frank Card, 1993. The list needs to be updated for awards made between 2003 and the present.
[edit] Sources
1) Card, Frank, 1993, "Whensoever: Fifty Years of the Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service," The Earnest Press, UK
2) Moffat, Gwen, 1964, "Two Star Red," Hodder & Stoughton, UK
3) Ministry of Defence (UK), Pam (Air) 299, Training Handbook for RAF Mountain Rescue Teams
Mwomersley 15:28, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Kieran
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[edit] Dan Wardell
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[edit] The ToO Two Year Anniversary
The ToO (Town of Odyssey) Was started on the first of April of 2005. The two year anniversary would be on the first of April, 2007.
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69.19.14.18 18:07, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Please redirect Alexander Waverly to The Man From U.N.C.L.E., he was a main character on the show (this is already in the article).
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72.144.221.238 18:34, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Dan Wardell
Dan Wardell is a notable children's television host on Iowa Public Television. He is also a radio disk jockey. He hosts the Kid's block in the morning. In between shows, Mr. Wardell sometimes has his "Healthy Minutes" segment, which encourages viewers to make healthy decisions, such as getting active and eating more fruits and vegetables.
Dan Wardell also appears as a host for the IPTV Festival, trying to raise money for the station.
Mr. Wardell also has a Children's radio show on KDPS from Davenport, Iowa, called Crazy Dave's Kid Show, which airs every saturday morning at 10 AM and recieves calls from all over the world, including Sweden, Australia, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and California. Podcasts of his show are available on iTunes and from [www.crazydaveradio.com]. Crazy Dave's Kid Show has aired every Saturday since the first weekend of August, 2001.
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[edit] Matthew Scalia
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[edit] Cineforum
The Cineforum is a Toronto landmark. A small movie house on bathurst street. For over 15 years Reg Hart has been showing films out of his living room and making inspirational speeches to young artists.
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http://thecineforum.tripod.com/index.htm http://upcoming.org/venue/3611/ http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_02.02.95/FILM/rl0202.php
67.68.58.125 19:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Brittney Nickles
Brittney Nickles born on September 17, 1987 is the world youngest entrepuener.
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[edit] Anglar Fish
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[edit] Key West Literary Seminar
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[edit] Alessio Guarino
Alessio Guarino is an Italian physicist, born in Florence. He works on the domain of nonlinear physics such as liquid crystals, fracture, convection and granular matter. With Sergio Ciliberto and Riccardo Scorretti, he introduced a new numerical technique to study the effect of thermal fluctuations in heterogeneous systems. He is now with the University of French Polynesia in Tahiti. He was previously at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. Currently, with colleagues Duccio Fanelli of the University of Florence (Italy) and Timoteo Carletti from Notre Dame de la Paix university in Namur, Belgium, is working on a new non-invasive technique to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in early stage.
Source : Who's who 2006.
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[edit] Holgate York
Holgate: 'a residents dream'
Holgate is a residential area in North York England. Post Code: yo24 4jh
[edit] Established Scout Troop
Holgate is an area of York well known for it's established scout group of over 120 members 1
[edit] Nuclear bunker
Holgate is also well known for it's top secret semi-submerged nuclear bunker . The bunker was recently acquired buy the 'English Heritage' Organisation.2 The Holgate scouts frequently use the bunker as a 'jamboree' hall to hold top secret meetings.
[edit] Hauntings
Holgate is also rumored to be haunted - this is reported by several online sources 3, it's famous hanted pub: The Cock and Bottle is quite infamous, A very well known nobleman of the 17th Century called George Villiers, (2nd Duke of Buckingham) was a practicing alchemist and The Cock and Bottle was the site of his laboratory. It is alleged that he had a real passion for the ladies. There have been numerous reports of his dandified appearance in the ladies toilets and his penchant for pinching bottoms! He has been identified after materialising in an armchair by the fire in one of his quieter moments.
1 http://www.communigate.co.uk/york/1stholgatescoutgroup/
2 http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.6027
3 http://www.ghostfindergeneral.co.uk/Hauntings.htm
86.141.37.241 23:49, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Krugenkliegel Day (May 9th)
As the story goes - on May 9, 1469, after numerous years of unforgiving winters, Gerhardt Helmut Krugenkliegel set out into the forests of the Alps with his walking stick in his hand and a mission on his mind.
He began to wrap the trees of the forest with his staff, thus frightening the evil spirits away and ushering in a glorious and prosperous spring growing season. Gerhardt continued the ritual for almost seventy years, until his death at the age of ninety-two.
Krugenkliegel Day is a heritage-based holiday originating somewhere in Alpine Europe. Over the years, the holiday has almost completely ceased to exist primarily due to the renaissance, the church and the geographical ambiguity of the holiday’s origins.
In the mid-1400s Europe had many newly forming and overlapping areas of power. For instance, the area that Gerhardt Krugenkliegel hailed from was known of as the “Small States” but, portions of the Small States were now under the control of the Duke of Burgundy, the Duke of Milan or Austria. It is quite difficult to actually determine where and under which rule exactly Herr Krugenkliegel lived.
Another fundamentally important thing to recognize about Krugenkliegel Day is that it originated at the onset of the Renaissance Period. Many people were beginning to recognize the importance of education and learning. As an example of this changing of the times Matteo Palmieri wrote in the 1430s: 'Now indeed may every thoughtful spirit thank God that it has been permitted to him to be born in a new age.' The renaissance was now born, and it would be a brand new age where a focus on education would prove to be essential.
Many people in Gerhardt’s village believed that he was directly responsible for chasing away the bad spirits that corrupted their previous Spring harvest and planting season. Unfortunately, when word of his heroism spread to those outside of the village (and newly educated as a result of the renaissance), it was quickly learned that he, in fact, probably had nothing to do with the change in luck for the villagers. This is probably the leading reason why Krugenkliegel Day is largely unknown by so many today.
An interest in the man behind the holiday has prompted a slow and steady resurgence in interest. Today, Krugenkliegel Day is celebrated all over the world, with celebrations taking place predominantly in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland , Luxembourg, The United States, Brasil and Argentina.
In retrospect, Gerhardt Krugenkliegel truly believed that there were demons and evil spirits in the ground that could access the world through the trees; he also knew that his village’s livelihood depended heavily on a strong first harvest. Herr Krugenkliegel felt that it would be better to take the wrong action than to take no action at all – so he set out to change the course of the future.
The important thing to recognize is that was a man who faced the darkest fear he could imagine – completely alone – for the benefit of his whole village – with no guarantee that he would ever return. Krugenkliegel Day (May 9th) continues to gain momentum to this day as a celebration (and arguably a reminder) of the bravery that is within us all that we refuse to tap into due to its inconvenience. It is a reminder of our place in society and that sometimes we need to put the greater good ahead of our own personal comfort. It is mostly celebrated because it is an excuse to enjoy enormous quantities of good food and great beer!
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KrugenkleigelSocietyUS/?tab=s
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Regional/Countries/Switzerland/Cultures___Community/Groups?st=10
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/20699579/favourites
63.162.143.21 00:06, 18 March 2007 (UTC)