USAT Dorchester was a United States Army Transport ship that was sunk when it was part of a naval convoy during World War II.
In February 1943, Convoy SG-19 left St. John’s, Newfoundland, bound for the Army Command Base at Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland. SG-19 consisted of six ships: Dorchester, two merchant ships (SS Lutz and SS Biscaya) that were leased by the United States from the Norwegian government-in-exile, and their escorts, the small United States Coast Guard cutters Comanche, Escanaba (both 165 feet), and Tampa (240 feet).
United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Escanaba (WPG-77) rescues survivors of USAT Dorchester in the North Atlantic in the predawn darkness of 3 February 1943.
On the night of 3 February 1943, Dorchester was torpedoed by German U-boat U-223. The damage was severe, boiler power was lost, there was inadequate steam to sound the full 6-whistle signal to abandon ship, and Dorchestersank by the bow in about 20 minutes. Loss of power prevented the crew from sending a radio distress signal, and no rockets or flares were launched to alert the escorts. A severe list prevented launch of some port side lifeboats, and some lifeboats capsized through overcrowding. Survivors in the water were so stiff from cold they could not even grasp the cargo nets on rescue vessels. The crew of the Escanaba employed a new “retriever” rescue technique whereby swimmers clad in wet suits swam to victims in the water and secured a line to them so they could be hauled onto the ship. By this method, Escanabasaved 133 men (one died later) and Comanche saved 97 men of the 904 aboard Dorchester.
Life jackets offered little protection from hypothermia, which killed most men in the water. Water temperature was 34 °F (1 °C) and air temperature was 36 °F (2 °C). When additional rescue ships arrived on 4 February “hundreds of dead bodies were seen floating on the water, kept up by their life jackets.”
The American writer Jack Kerouac served on theDorchester, where he befriended an African-American cook named Old Glory. He would have been on the sinking ship but for a telegram he received from coach Lou Little, asking him to return to Columbia University to play football.
Dorchester is best remembered today for the Four Chaplains who went down with her. In 1948 the US Postal Service issued a stamp to commemorate the sinking.
References
^“USAT Dorchester Files”. World War II U.S. Navy Armed Guard. http://www.armed-guard.com/dork.html. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^“Top Ten Coast Guard Rescues”. U.S. Coast Guard. http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/786/166402/. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
^Morison, Samuel Eliot (1975). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume I The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-1943. Little, Brown and Company.
^Julian Guthrie (2009-08-15). “Kerouac’s unintended legacy? A legal limbo”. San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/15/DD8J193T9B.DTL&tsp=1.
George L. Fox • Alexander D. Goode • Clark V. Poling • John P. Washington
Chaplain’s Medal for Heroism • USAT Dorchester
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Friends of Vinh Son Montagnard Orphanage (VSO) - non profit organization coordinating efforts to raise resources for Vinh Son Montagnard Orphanage in Kontum province, Vietnam. Established and registered in the United States. The orphanage is governed by the Sisters of the Miraculous Medal, who provide primary and secondary education, teach life skills to ensure the children become self sufficient, give safe environment, food, clothing, shelter and medical care.
There are 4 or 5 facilities that compose the Vinh Son orphanages in and around the city of Kontum. About 450 children resides in these sites(2008).
By the VSO information, $12 is enough for feeding, giving shelter, and educating one child for a month.
The declared purposes
Successful integration of the orphans into the Vietnamese society being mindful of the political and cultural realities;
Focus from a humanitarian perspective;
Funds and in-kind gifts only benefit the orphans and their caregivers;
Executive Board Members, Board of Directors members, and Members at Large endeavor to expand membership and increase funding;
Distribution of funds at the direction of the Executive Board and Board of Directors.
References
^ Sap-Vn Directory
^ Colour4kids
External links
VSO Home Page
Vinh Son Orphanage on Youtube
This article is related to the List of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam.
Artist’s rendition of a Haast’s Eagle
attacking moa.
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
†Harpagornis
Species:
†H. moorei
Binomial name
Harpagornis moorei
Haast, 1872
Haast’s Eagle (Harpagornis moorei), was a massive, now-extinct eagle that once lived on the South Island of New Zealand. It is the largest eagle known to have existed, and is sometimes known as the Giant Eagle. Its prey mainly consisted of flightless birds unable to defend themselves from its striking force and speed, which at times reached 80 km/h (50 mph). The Haast’s Eagle was forced into extinction by about 1400 CE, its food sources depleted by local hunting.
Contents
1Name
2Size and habits
3Extinction
4Classification
5In art
6In popular culture
7See also
8References
9External links
Name
It is believed that these birds are referenced in many legends of the M?ori, under the names Pouakai, Hokioi or Hakawai. A different theory posits that the “Hokioi” legends may refer to the New Zealand Snipe – specifically, the extinct South Island subspecies. According to an account given to Sir George Gray, an early governor of New Zealand, Hokioi was a huge black-and-white predator with a red crest and yellow-green tinged wingtips. In some M?ori legends, Hokioi kill humans, which scientists believe was possible given the massive size and strength of the bird.
Size and habits
A model on display at Te Papa of a Haast’s Eagle attacking a moa with its large talons
Haast’s Eagles were the largest true raptors, outsizing even the largest living vultures. Females are believed to have weighed 10–15 kg (22–33 lb) and males 9–12 kg (20–26 lb). They had a relatively short wingspan of roughly 2.6–3 m (8 ft 6 in–9 ft 10 in). This wingspan was similar to that of some surviving eagles (the largest Golden Eagles and Steller’s Sea Eagles), though even the largest extant eagles are about 40% smaller in body size. Short wings may have aided Haast’s Eagle when hunting in the dense scrubland and forests of New Zealand. Haast’s Eagle is sometimes portrayed as having evolved towards flightlessness, but this is not so; rather, it represents a departure from its ancestors’ mode of soaring flight toward higher wing loading and increased maneuverability. The strong legs and massive flight muscles would have enabled the birds to take off with a jumping start from the ground, despite their great weight. The tail was almost certainly long (up to 50 cm (20 inches), in female specimens) and very broad, further increasing maneuverability and compensating for the reduction in wing area by providing additional lift. Total length was perhaps up to 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in) in females, with a standing height of around 90 cm (2 ft 11 in) tall or even slightly more.
Haast’s Eagle preyed on large, flightless bird species, including the moa, which was up to 15 times its weight. It attacked at speeds up to 80 km/h (50 mph), often seizing its prey’s pelvis with the talons of one foot and killing with a blow to the head or neck with the other. Its size and weight indicate a bodily striking force equivalent to a cinder block landing on a target from a height of 25 m (82 ft). Its large beak was used to rip into the internal organs and death was induced by blood loss. In the absence of other large predators or scavengers, a Haast’s Eagle could have easily monopolised a single large kill over a number of days.
Extinction
Early human settlers in New Zealand (the M?ori arrived about 1,000 years ago) also preyed heavily on large flightless birds, including all moa species, eventually hunting them to extinction. This caused the Haast’s Eagle to become extinct around 1400 CE when the last of its food sources were depleted. It may also itself have been hunted by humans.
Comparative morphology of Haast’s Eagle with its closest living relative, the Little Eagle.
A noted explorer, Charles Douglas, claims in his journals that he had an encounter with two raptors of immense size in Landsborough River valley (probably in the 1870s), and shot and ate them. These birds might have been a last remnant of the species, but this is very unlikely; there had not been suitable prey for a population of Haast’s Eagle to maintain itself for about half a millennium, and 19th century M?ori lore was adamant that the pouakai was a bird not seen in living memory. Still, Douglas’ observations on wildlife are generally trustworthy; a more probable explanation, given that the alleged three-metre wingspan of Douglas’ birds is unlikely to have been more than a rough estimate, is that the birds were Eyles’ Harriers. This was the largest known harrier (the size of a small eagle) — and a generalist predator — and although it is also assumed to have become extinct in prehistoric times, its dietary habits alone make it a more likely candidate for late survival.
Until recent human colonisation, the only terrestrial mammals found on New Zealand were three species of bat, one of which has recently become extinct. Free from mammalian competition and predatory threat, birds occupied or dominated all major niches in the New Zealand animal ecology. Moa were grazers — functionally similar to deer or cattle elsewhere — and Haast’s Eagle hunters, filling the same niche as top-niche mammalian predators such as tigers or lions.
Classification
DNA analysis has shown that this raptor is most closely related to the much smaller Little Eagle as well as the Booted Eagle (both recently reclassified as belonging to the genus Aquila) and not, as previously thought, to the large Wedge-tailed Eagle Thus, Harpagornis moorei may be reclassified as Aquila moorei, pending confirmation. H. moorei may have diverged from these smaller eagles as recently as 700,000 to 1.8 million years ago. Its increase in weight by 10 to 15 times over that period is the greatest and fastest evolutionary increase in weight of any known vertebrate. This was made possible in part by the presence of large prey and the absence of competition from other large predators.
Haast’s Eagle was first classified by Julius von Haast in the 1870s, who named it Harpagornis moorei after George Henry Moore, the owner of the Glenmark Estate where bones of the bird had been found.
In art
An artwork depicting Haast’s Eagle can now be viewed at OceanaGold’s Heritage & Art Park at Macraes, Otago, New Zealand. The sculpture weighing in at approximately 750kgs, standing 7.5 metres tall and with a wingspan of 11.5 metres is constructed from stainless steel tube and sheet and was designed and constructed by Mark Hill, a sculptor from Arrowtown, New Zealand.
In popular culture
The Haast’s Eagle is featured in the BBC series; Monsters We Met. The incident takes place in New Zealand, as humans are just starting to arrive on the island. Here it is seen targeting two people, a woman and a child, walking on a grass field beneath. It attacks the woman, killing her instantly. The eagle then starts to consume her, whilst it is described by the narrator that it will stay by its kill for days, eventually bringing even human beings as food to her young.
See also
Paleontology portal
Island gigantism
Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
References
^ abcRodgers, Paul (14 September 2009). “Maori legend of man-eating bird is true”. The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/maori-legend-of-maneating-bird-is-true-1786867.html. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
^Miskelly, C. M. (1987). “The identity of the hakawai”. Notornis34 (2): 95–116. http://www.notornis.org.nz/free_issues/Notornis_34-1987/Notornis_34_2.pdf.
^ abBrathwaite, D. H. (12 1992). “Notes on the weight, flying ability, habitat, and prey of Haast’s Eagle (Harpagornis moorei)”. Notornis39 (4): 239–247. http://www.notornis.org.nz/free_issues/Notornis_39-1992/Notornis_39_4_239.pdf. “Ornithology of the Southern Pacific”.
^Tennyson, A.; Martinson, P. (2006). Extinct Birds of New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-0-909010-21-8.
^Worthy, T. H.; R. N. Holdaway (2002). The lost world of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34034-9.
^Lerner, H. R. L.; D. P. Mindell (2005). “Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution37 (2): 327–346. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010. PMID 15925523. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hlerner/LernerMindell2005Proofs.pdf.
^Bunce, M.; et al. (2005). “Ancient DNA Provides New Insights into the Evolutionary History of New Zealand’s Extinct Giant Eagle”. PLoS Biology3 (1): e9. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0030009.
^“Giant art sculptures pop up in Otago”. New Zealand: 3 News. 2008-12-20. http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Giant-art-sculptures-pop-up-in-Otago/tabid/372/articleID/85193/cat/58/Default.aspx#video. “Lifestyle - Video On Demand” text version
External links
Wikispecies has information related to: Harpagornis moorei
Martinson, Paul (2006). “Haast’s Eagle. Harpagornis moorei”. Wellington: Te Papa Press. http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/objectdetails.aspx?oid=710939&coltype=art®no=2006-0010-1/%2037. “Artwork produced for the book Extinct Birds of New Zealand by Alan Tennyson”
“Haast Eagle”. New Zealand Birds Limited. http://www.nzbirds.com/birds/haasteagle.html.
African Hawk-eagle • New Guinea Hawk-eagle • Ayres’s Hawk-eagle
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This cemetery in section 29 is the burial place of many of the Irish who had once worked on the railroads and had later worshiped at the Catholic Church at Marshfield. The cemetery contains forty two marked graves. By far the oldest are those of the Trimble family and the beautiful arch erected over Will and Carley’s graves is one of the outstanding monuments of the area.
As in all cemeteries, pictures of tragedy are painted by the inscriptions. One stone marks the graves of Gus and Bridget Shaughnessy, one five, the other seven, who died just ten days apart. Here are the markers of Caty and Ellen Moriarty, born in the Parish of Glenbright, County Kerry, Ireland. They survived the long, dangerous journey with their parents to the new land, only to die, both on the 15th day of May, 1864. Not far away is the grave of Thomas Carroll who lived to the remarkable age of 110 years.
And so they sleep, the sons and daughters of “the Auld Sod”, never dreaming one of their countrymen would one day be president of these United States. Hundreds more of the Irish are buried in unmarked graves along the sides of the old Wabash and Erie Canal.
For all of them and all the pioneers who sleep, some in cemeteries and some in nameless graves across our country, (and for that matter, perhaps for all of us too) the epitaph on the grave of James Tolbert seems to speak:
“When I am gone, forever gone
I’d be remembered yet.
Oh think of me at times, dear one
And never quite forget.”
– Grover C. Williams, A History of Warren County, Indiana
Jordan
Locust Grove
Lyons
This cemetery is located in the southeast part of the township, hidden far back in the woods. It is an old cemetery and many of the people shown on the map of first land owners are buried here. There are close to one hundred marked graves, with a good many more unmarked. Family names found there are Alburn, Allison, Beever, Black, Clem, Conner, Curtis, DeMoss, Funk, Garrison, Gee, Guinn, Hall, Hanthorn, Long, Lyons, McClellan, Miller, Ritchey, Salts, Seymour, Stephenson, Stingley, Thaney, Verden and Wagner. Many beautiful epitaphs are written on these old stones which would make an interesting chapter in themselves. Although we have gained much of durability in our modern granite markers, we have lost much of the beauty of the old marble ones. These epitaphs speak again and again of our forefathers’ faith in God, without which they would hardly have been able to face the hardships necessary to turn the wilderness into the fruitful land we enjoy today.
– Grover C. Williams, A History of Warren County, Indiana
Masonic
Mound
Mound (Round) Cemetery is a unique landmark in Adams township with much speculation that the large perfectly-shaped mound which rises about 30 feet (9.1 m) was an Indian mound. It is encircled by a road about one-fourth mile in length, forming a circle at the crossroads. The large portion, three-fourths, of the mound was donated for a cemetery by the Martindale family; the remaining one-fourth was purchased from the Little family. Many of the early settlers of Adams Township are buried there.
– Mrs. Leo S. Mann, A History of Warren County, Indiana
Old Gopher Hill / Butterfield
Pine Village
Pond Grove
Quaker
Redwood
Redwood Cemetery, located on State Route 28, is well kept. It contains over two hundred marked graves. Family names found there are Abolt, Armstrong, Barwick, Bell, Burton, Berry, Bowers, Compton, Chavers, Covalt, Calflin, Eneix, Ford, Foster, Farrington, Hanes, Harris, Hanson, Hill, High, Hunt, Hurt, Jordan, Johnson, Leak, Mong, Miller, McCoskey, Mains, Musgrave, McClellan, Myers, McLaughlin, Nelson, Potter, Powell, Pearson, Ritter, Reed, Rosebrough, Siddens, Sale, Swank, Smith, Stufflebeam, Swarner, Swisher, Shields, Spacy, Sikes, Smart, Tharp, Vannatter, Vanpelt, Wallace, Wilson, Winks, West, Yoakem, and Zimmerman. The monument for Amaziah High is shaped as the trunk of a tree entwined with ivy and an axe and dove. It takes on added meaning when one knows that Amaziah lost his life crushed under a tree he had been cutting down.
– Grover C. Williams, A History of Warren County, Indiana
Robb / Baumgartner
Rodgers
Shanklin Hill
Sisson
Holden Sisson, another pioneer in Warren County, made his cemetery on the waters of ‘Possum Run in section 30. An Indian village once existed near by and several Indians are also buried here. The Sisson Cemetery adjoined this Indian burying ground, and was probably the one most used in this area of the township in the early days.
Among those known to be buried there are some of the Sisson family, Daniel Fosher, Silas Garrison and family, Gabriel Shoaff, John Musgrave and family, a daughter of Daniel Starry, Henry Thaney, some of Solomon Long’s family, some of the Stingleys, the Rooneys, the Spiggards, perhaps Jacob Baugh, and many others. Tradition is that a Revolutionary soldier is buried here. All that remains today is one Rooney tombstone, some fragments, and an iron fence marking the Spiggard lot.
– Grover C. Williams, A History of Warren County, Indiana
Tomlinson
A short way from the old Sisson Graveyard and to the east of Opossum Run is the Tomlinson burying ground. Jesse Tomlinson of Chillocothe, Ohio came west in 1827 to seek a new home, and purchased an eighty-acre tract of land from the Sissons, on which was the old cemetery. Jesse soon increased his acreage to over 1,900 acres (7.7 km2), and in 1843 and 44 built for himself and family a fine brick house. The bricks were made and burned southeast of the house. This fine old home stood for many years, but was finally torn down.
Jesse and Mary (McFarland) Tomlinson had a large family and Mary’s sister Jane also lived with them. Since the cemeteries at West Lebanon and Baltimore seemed too distant, and since Mrs. Tomlinson did not care for the location of the Sisson Cemetery, they decided to make one of their own. There is a tradition that the first grave was that of a little child who died in the spring while Opossum Run was at flood stage. It being impossible to cross to Sisson, the burial was made at the new site. Jesse Tomlinson deeded this acre to himself as “a sacred burial ground” for him and his family. Most of the family were buried here and the cemetery remains today.
– Grover C. Williams, A History of Warren County, Indiana
Union-Harman
Upper Mound
West Lebanon
References
A History of Warren County, Indiana. Warren County Historical Society. 1966.
A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition). Warren County Historical Society. 2002.
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Chascomús is an eastern partido and city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Located south of the city of Buenos Aires, the district has a population of about 39,000 in total. 35,400 live in Chascomús city, the capital of the district.
Contents
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2Economy
3Settlements
4External links
History
The partido was founded in 1801 by Pedro Nicolás Escribano.
Economy
As in most of Buenos Aires province, Chascomús has cattle and dairy farms. Agricultural products from the area include Maize, wheat, barley, oats, soya beans and sorghum.
Apiculture also has a role to play in the economy of Chascomús.
Chascomús also has a strong industrial sector, producing dairy products, textiles and agricultural machinery.
The tourist industry in Chascomús is mainly dominated by the weekend tourism from Gran Buenos Aires.
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The Great Warming
Directed by
Michael Taylor
Narrated by
Alanis Morissette
Keanu Reeves
Release date(s)
2006
Running time
85 min.
Country
U.S. / Canada
Language
English
The Great Warming is a 2006 documentary film directed by Michael Taylor. The film was hosted by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves and even before its November 3, 2006 première helped establish an alliance between Democrats and Evangelicals trying to shake the administration out of its inertia on climate change. It is also the anchor for a broad, pro-active coalition ranging from Friends of the Earth to Union of Concerned Scientists to Churches of Christ.
Theatre giant Regal Cinemas released the film in its top 50 markets on the weekend of November 4 to November 5, 2006, which makes the launch three times larger than for any other film of its kind, and highlights the growing currency of the climate change issues in the mainstream.
Featuring elements of the 2005 Public Broadcasting Service special Global Warming: the Signs and the Science, The Great Warming talks to key researchersand reports on social justice and day-to-day impacts as well as emission statistics. It’s also populated with everyday people from all over the United States and the planet who are feeling the brunt of global warming, and/or finding innovative ways to tackle it.
While making the movie, producer Karen Coshof was determined not to lose sight of her most important advocate, the person on the street to make the issue of global warming resonate in every household around the globe. Every person should “feel empowered to act.”
Coshof told that the film has already attracted an unprecedented coalition of leaders in science, religion, business, environmental activism and education. They have built bridges of historic gaps to support the message of this film to believe in the individual and collective moral responsibility to reverse the growing threats to the environment, and to the health and quality of life.
The effort goes beyond the documentary: with a release timed just before the United States House elections, 2006, the website featured a Questions for Candidates link where voters could send a questionnaire on energy, environment, and taxation to their federal and state candidates. The campaign also includes a Call to Action signed by leaders from every arena of public life, and which can be signed online by anyone who chooses. Advance DVD screenings at schools, churches, and town halls across the country have already mobilized thousands of people to change personal habits and demand action, and coalition members are working to track the effort.
See also
An Inconvenient Truth
External links
Official site
The Great Warming at the Internet Movie Database
v•d•e
Alanis Morissette
Studio albums
Alanis (1991) • Now Is the Time (1992) • Jagged Little Pill (1995) • Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998) • Under Rug Swept (2002) • So-Called Chaos (2004) • Flavors of Entanglement (2008)
Other releases
Space Cakes • MTV Unplugged • Feast on Scraps • iTunes Originals • Jagged Little Pill Acoustic • The Collection
Full singles
“Too Hot” • “Walk Away” • “Feel Your Love” • “Plastic” • “An Emotion Away” • “No Apologies” • “Real World” • “You Oughta Know” • “Hand in My Pocket” • “Ironic” • “You Learn” • “Head over Feet” • “Thank U” • “Unsent” • “So Pure” • “Hands Clean” • “Precious Illusions” • “Everything” • “Out Is Through” • “Eight Easy Steps” • “Hand in My Pocket” (acoustic) • “Crazy” • “Underneath” • “Not as We’”
Other singles
“Fate Stay With Me” • “All I Really Want” • “Joining You” • “That I Would Be Good” • “King of Pain” • “You Learn” (MTV unplugged) • “In Praise of the Vulnerable Man”
Promo/Radio singles
“(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time” • “Flinch” • “21 Things I Want in a Lover” • “Surrendering” • “Uninvited” • “Simple Together” • “Utopia” • “So Unsexy” • “Offer” • “Wunderkind” • “The Guy Who Leaves” • “Madness”
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The club was renamed Tevalte Tallinn at the start of the 1993-94 season. In its first season under the new name, the club had all but almost secured the Meistriliiga title, when the Estonian FA disqualified the team on match-fixing allegations. The title was then decided in a championship playoff, since Norma and Flora finished level on points. But, as a protest against the disqualification of Tevalte, Norma Tallinn decided to field their youth squad and lost the game 2-5. The match-fixing allegations were never proven and the club’s Meistriliiga status was restored for the 1995-96 season, by FIFA decision. The history of the original Vigri, however, ended the same year, when the club was acquired by AS Marlekor, the same company that privatized “Tallinn’s furniture and wood veneer factory” (abbreviated simply as TVMK in Estonian). Marlekor renamed the club, “Tevalte-Marlekor”. The “Tevalte” part was dropped from the name a year later.
The club was resurrected in 1996 in the Estonian III liiga, under the name Vigri. KSK Vigri enjoyed two successive promotions and even played in the Meistriliiga promotion playoff in 1998, where they were beaten by Eesti Põlevkivi Jõhvi with a 0-2 aggreagate scoreline.
In 2000, the new owners moved the club to Maardu, a small industrial town near Tallinn, and renamed it FK Maardu, putting an end to the history of Vigri.
Name history
Vigri Tallinn (1980 -198?)
Vigri-Marat Tallinn (198? - 1991)
Vigri Tallinn (1991-1993)
Tevalte Tallinn (1993-1995)
Vigri Tallinn (1996-1999)
Notable former players
Andrei Krõlov
Maksim Gruznov
Artur Kotenko
External links
Official website
References
^ KSK Vigri Official page
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Estonian Cup · Estonian SuperCup · Small Cup
Footballer of the Year ·List of clubs · List of venues
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Hermiston is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, near the junction of I-82 and I-84. U.S. Route 395 also goes through the center of the city. Hermiston is seven miles south of the Columbia River, Lake Wallula, and the McNary Dam. The Umatilla Chemical Depot and the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility are five miles west of the city, northeast of the intersection of I-84 and I-82. As of 2006, the estimated population is 15,410 residents.
Hermiston is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Pendleton-Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Morrow and Umatilla counties and had a combined population of 81,544 at the 2000 census.
Contents
1Economy
2Geography
3Demographics
4Education
5Transportation
6Media
6.1Radio
6.2Newspapers
7Annual events
8Trivia
9See also
10References
11External links
Economy
Hermiston’s largest employers and approximate number of employees:
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.5 square miles (16.7 km²) and has no surface water.
Distance to major cities:
Tri-Cities, Washington - 30 to 45 miles
Portland, Oregon - 181 miles
Seattle, Washington - 259 miles
Spokane, Washington - 204 miles
Boise, Idaho - 259 miles
Salt Lake City, Utah - 587 miles
Missoula, Montana - 367 miles
SISTER CITYS
Umatilla
McNary
Power City
Hermiston’s recent population growth is due to its proximity to large cities in the Pacific Northwest and its location along two major freeways.
Demographics
Historical populations
Census
Pop.
%±
1920
647
—
1930
608
?6.0%
1940
803
32.1%
1950
3,804
373.7%
1960
4,402
15.7%
1970
4,893
11.2%
1980
9,408
92.3%
1990
10,040
6.7%
2000
13,154
31.0%
Est. 2007
14,953
13.7%
source:
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,154 people, 4,964 households, and 3,360 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,035.4 people per square mile (786.2/km²). There were 5,383 housing units at an average density of 832.9/sq mi (321.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 78.9% White, 0.9% African American, 0.90% Native American, 1.58% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 15.07% from other races, and 2.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 24.08% of the population.
There were 4,964 households out of which 37.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.0% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.18.
In the city the population was spread out with 29.9% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 27.9% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $35,354, and the median income for a family was $42,881. Males had a median income of $32,100 versus $20,951 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,075. About 11.9% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.7% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Hermiston School District is composed of one high school, two middle schools, and five elementary schools.
Transportation
Highways serving Hermiston include Interstate 84 and U.S. 30 running east-west
Hermiston is on the La Grande Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad, constructed originally through the area in the 1870s as the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company The railroad’s presence in the area includes Hinkle Locomotive Service and Repair Facility and hump yard located just outside the city
Hermiston Municipal Airport
Media
Radio
KOHU 1360 AM (Country)
KQFM 100.5 FM (AC)
KLKY 96.1 FM (Classic Rock)
Newspapers
Hermiston Herald (published Wednesday and Saturday)
East Oregonian (Pendleton paper with coverage of Hermiston, published Tuesday through Sunday)
Annual events
Columbia Motor Speedway, quarter mile circle track, races every year.
Farm City Pro Rodeo, annual rodeo held in August
Umatilla County Fair
Trivia
Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (October 2007)
The first Shari’s restaurant, built in 1978, is located on Highway 395 in Hermiston.
It is the location where former Laker forward and NBA All-Star A. C. Green converted to Christianity.
The world’s largest Wi-Fi cloud is located in Hermiston.
Hermiston is well-known for the watermelons grown there.
Each year, a truckload of watermelons and other local produce are distributed free of charge in Portland, Oregon’s Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Boise State University quarterback and 2007 Fiesta Bowl Most Valuable Player Jared Zabransky is from Hermiston.
See also
Hat Rock State Park
Oregon Route 207
Umatilla Chemical Depot
References
^Lewis, Meriweather & William Clark (1805, tr. 2003). “October 19, 1805″. The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online. University of Nebraska Lincoln. http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/examples/servlet/transform/tamino/Library/lewisandclarkjournals?&_xmlsrc=http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/lewisandclark/files/xml/1805-10-19.xml&_xslsrc=http://libtextcenter.unl.edu/lewisandclark/LCstyles.xsl. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
^“Population Trends”. City of Hermiston (Official Website). City of Hermiston. 2006. http://www.hermiston.or.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B915F09C5-C53D-4BBD-88B4-44287549123D%7D. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
^ abc“American FactFinder”. United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^“US Board on Geographic Names”. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ Population Research Center: 2006 Estimates. Portland State University. Retrieved October 21, 2007.
^ MICROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS AND COMPONENTS, Office of Management and Budget, 2007-05-11. Accessed 2008-07-27.
^“Major Employers”. City of Hermiston. http://expandrelocate.com/hermiston/najoremployers.html. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
^Hutchinson-Talaski, Karen (November 24, 2006). “Hermiston growth leads the way”. Hermiston Herald (Online) (Hermiston, Oregon: Western Communications). http://www.hermistonherald.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=2776. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
^“Population Trends”. City of Hermiston (Official Website). City of Hermiston. 2006. http://www.hermiston.or.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B915F09C5-C53D-4BBD-88B4-44287549123D%7D. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
^ Moffatt, Riley. Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850-1990. Lanham: Scarecrow, 1996, 210.
^“Subcounty population estimates: Oregon 2000-2007″ (CSV). United States Census Bureau, Population Division. 2009-03-18. http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-41.csv. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
^ http://www.columbiamotorspeedway.com
^ FarmCityEntry
^“AC Green, Main Man of the Month”. Sacred Hoops. SacredHoops.com. 2006. http://www.sacredhoops.com/ac_green.html. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
^West, Gary L. (August 22, 2006). “Watermelon worth the price”. Blogiculture. Capital Press Agriculture Weekly, Press Publishing. http://capitalpress.blogspot.com/2006/08/watermelon-worth-price.html. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
^Hudson, Terry (August 16, 1997). “Hermiston melons, seeds hit in Portland”. Tri-City Herald (Online) (Kennewick, Washington: Tri-City Herald). http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/oldnews/1997/0816.html#anchor596414. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
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Corley services is a motorway service station, between junctions 3 and 4 of the M6 motorway in the English county of Warwickshire. It is close to the village of Corley, with the nearest city being Coventry. A footbridge, originally made of concrete but now clad in orange fibreglass panelling, spans the motorway to link services on either side.
Corley was opened in 1972, and was originally operated by Forte. Currently it is operated by Welcome Break and receives approximately 2 million visitors per year.
In December 2003, Corley became the first motorway service station to have a permanent Police Community Support Officer, jointly funded by Welcome Break and Warwickshire Police .
Facilities
Corley Services has a KFC, Burger King, Eat In, W H Smith and Starbucks Coffee, The Starbucks franchise opened in May 2006, as a tester store, but still remains the only Starbucks store on the motorway. In a recent audit, the Starbucks at Corley services received the highest percentage achieved from any Starbucks store in the UK. It can also seat over 100 people at any given time.
In June 2008, Welcome Break opened a new hotel at the Corley site. The hotel consists of 50 rooms and operates as a franchise under the Days Inn flag.
Incident at Oglala is a 1992 documentary by Michael Apted, narrated by Robert Redford. The film documents the killings of two Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, Coler and Williams, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in 1975, and the legal case surrounding the subsequent trials of Robert Robideau, Darrell Butler, and Leonard Peltier. Peltier was convicted of murder, but many, including the International Indian Treaty Council, believe Peltier is innocent of the crimes. Apted was nominated for the Critics Award in 1992 for this film.
See also
Thunderheart, also directed by Michael Apted.
References
Incident at Oglala at The Internet Movie Database
Written Statement from the International Indian Treaty Council to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, January 2002
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980) •Continental Divide (1981) •Gorky Park (1983) •Firstborn (1984) •Bring on the Night (1985) •Critical Condition (1987) •Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
1990s
Class Action (1991) •Thunderheart (1992) •Incident at Oglala (1992) •Blink (1994) •Moving the Mountain (1994) •Nell (1994) •Extreme Measures (1996) •Inspirations (1997) •Me & Isaac Newton (1999) •The World Is Not Enough (1999)
2000s
Enigma (2001) •Enough (2002) •Amazing Grace (2006) •The Power of the Game (2007)
2010s
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
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