2017 to 2019 world oil market chronology

2017
Despite the promises of lower output from other countries, no evidence of changes was seen. U.S. output was higher. Also, China's economic problems caused concern. Brent fell 3% in the second week of the year to $55.45. WTI fell to $52.37 for a nearly 3% loss. On January 18, with a strong dollar and expectations of higher U.S. production, Brent fell to $53.92 and WTI to $51.08. With U.S. production and inventories up, even a lower dollar and decreased production by OPEC nations did not cause oil prices to rise as much as they could have. WTI reached $53.07 and Brent $55.44 on January 26.

On February 8, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the second-largest increase in oil supplies, the day after WTI reached $52.17 and Brent reached $55.05, the lowest in three weeks for both, thanks to a strong dollar. Still, prices moved higher on February 8. With the increase in U.S. supplies and OPEC's plan to keep cutting production, oil ended the next week down, with WTI at $53.40 and Brent crude at $55.81.

On February 22, Qatar oil minister Mohammed Saleh Al Sada said countries not in OPEC were not cutting production as much as expected, and oil fell as a result. Continued increases in U.S. crude inventories also contributed to a decline, with WTI at $53.59 and Brent at $55.76.

After U.S. inventories reached a record at the end of February, oil fell for three straight days and closed at its lowest level in nearly a month, with WTI at $52.61 and Brent at $55.08. Oil continued to fall, with Brent crude reaching $51.50, the lowest since November 30, on March 9, a day after a 5% drop, the most it had moved in a day all year. WTI fell more than 5% March 8 and closed at $49.28 the next day, the lowest since November. WTI fell to $47.36 on March 14, while Brent crude reached $50.25, before lower inventories resulted in higher prices.
 Crude inventories set a record but gasoline inventories went down more than expected and summer gasoline demand was expected to increase, so while WTI fell to just over $47 on March 22, it finished the day at $48.04. Brent crude fell below $50 but recovered to $50.64. On March 30 with Kuwait's support for continuing OPEC production cuts, U.S. crude rose above $50 for the first time in three weeks, with Brent crude reached $52.92. Despite high U.S. crude inventories while gasoline inventories moved lower, prices continued to rise, reaching their highest point since March 8 on April 6, with WTI reaching $51.70 and Brent crude $54.89. After Saudi Arabia announced plans to continue lower production beyond the first half of 2017, on April 12, WTI reached $53.36 and Brent crude reached $56.40. On April 14, gas was $2.41, up 33 cents from a year earlier.

On April 19, oil fell 3.8% with the news of an unexpected increase in U.S. gasoline supplies and the news that U.S. crude supplies fell less than they should have with production at its highest since August 2015. WTI still remained above $50 while Brent crude closed just under $53. On April 24, WTI fell below $50 and Brent crude closed at $51.60 due to doubts about OPEC extending production cuts and a statement by Russia that it would increase production.

Despite plans to extend production cuts, on May 4, oil fell to its lowest level since November, with WTI falling to $45.52 and Brent crude reaching $48.26. But with the news that Saudi supplies to Asia were less than expected, and with U.S. inventories down the most since December, and despite higher production from non-OPEC nations reducing demand for OPEC oil, Brent crude finished at $50.72 on May 11 and U.S. light crude rose more than 1% to $47.83.

With expectations production cuts would continue, Brent crude was up for the second week and WTI finished May 18 at $49.35, its highest close since April 26. On May 25, all countries agreed to continue cuts but Brent crude still fell 4%. And despite a sharp drop in U.S. inventories, oil fell another 1% on June 2, with Brent crude reaching $50.25 and WTI down to $47.91.

By June 9, Brent crude was at $47.67, down 12% from May 25, and WTI was at $45.44, down 11%, with limits on production not having the expected effect as supplies continued to rise. OPEC actually increased production and on June 14, Brent crude fell to $48.25 and WTI to $45.94. Excessive worldwide supplies and high U.S. production led to the fourth straight down week as Brent crude finished June 16 at $47.37 and WTI rose to $44.74, a day after oil reached its lowest level in six months. Prices rose slightly with news that although American producers added rigs for a record 22 weeks, the rate of increase was slowing, and that some countries were starting to export less.

With production increasing in Nigeria and Libya, even though U.S. supplies of oil and gasoline were down, Brent crude rose slightly to $44.91 after reaching its lowest point since November, and WTI reached $42.53, its lowest since August, on June 21. With U.S. inventories again continuing to increase and gasoline supplies up despite increased demand, Brent crude fell to $46.32 and WTI reached $43.86 on June 28.

After eight days of gains due to an expected end in a rise in U.S. production, Brent crude fell to $49.43 and WTI to $46.85 on July 4. On July 7, even though U.S. oil and gasoline inventories fell late in June, with both OPEC and U.S. production up, Brent crude fell to $47.53 and WTI to $44.95. The next week, Brent crude rose 3.5% to $48.24 and WTI 4% to $45.98 as U.S. inventories continued to fall and U.S. production forecasts were cut, though oil inventories were still high, reducing gains from earlier in the week; Sanford C. Bernstein speculated OPEC nations may not have made the cuts intended. On July 31, Brent crude reached $52.93, its highest point since May. With record demand reported in the United States and lower inventories along with good news on U.S. jobs but continued high production from OPEC nations, on August 4, WTI ended the week at $49.58 and Brent crude reached $52.42 after almost reaching a 10-week high earlier in the week. Both were down less than 1% for the week.

Oil reached its highest level in two and a half months on August 9 but OPEC and exempt nations Nigeria and Libya reported increased output, and oil fell 1.5%, with WTI back below $50 at $48.62 and Brent crude at $51.91 early the next day.

Oil fell 2.5%, more than expected, on August 14. Early the next day WTI was $47.65 and Brent crude was $50.79, both up slightly. Lower production by Libya and China were reported, and a stronger dollar resulted from North Korea delaying a decision to fire a missile toward Guam.

On August 23, oil fell slightly due to higher Libya output, while U.S. gasoline supplies higher than expected even though crude inventories fell, with WTI at $47.63 and Brent crude at $51.61. However, Hurricane Harvey led to higher gas prices and to a reduction of nearly 25% in refinery capacity and 15% in U.S. production. Brent crude fell slightly to $50.93 on August 29, but the difference between Brent and U.S. CLc1 reached the highest level in over two years before declining to $4.92. While Harvey has had little effect on crude prices, the price of gas reached $2.59 on September 2, up 17.5 cents since August 23 and 16.7% higher than 2016, with more dramatic increases in states dependent on the Colonial Pipeline, which closed until inspection was complete.
As of September 11, the price of gas was $2.67.

Brent crude rose 40% from June to October as oil producers were expected to continue lower production, with an increase of 20% in the third quarter, the most for the quarter since 2004, and reaching $59.49 during the final week of September. The increase that week resulted from a threat by Turkey to close a pipeline as a result of the Kurdistan vote for independence. Turkey did not act and oil fell 6% to $56.00 (including a 2.5% drop on October 1) as a result of investors taking advantage of higher prices and forecasts for increased U.S. tight oil (shale oil) production. U.S. CLc1 fell only slightly to $50.42.

On October 12, with U.S. supplies up, WTI was $51.01 and Brent crude $56.65. After four days of higher prices, oil dropped significantly October 19 and rose slightly the next day, with WTI reaching $51.41 and Brent at $57.31. U.S. oil inventories were down 15% since March and lower than in 2016 due to higher exports resulting from WTI being significantly lower than Brent. However, threats to oil supplies due to fighting in Kurdistan were less than feared.

On November 1, WTI reached the highest level since 2015 before settling at $54.30. The next week, WTI reached $57.92, highest since July 2015, and Brent crude $64.65, highest since June 2015. Demand was high, and OPEC cuts and "rising political tensions" were other reasons.

On November 24, WTI reached $59.05, the highest in two years, due to the Keystone Pipeline closing, and optimism about the OPEC deal extension. Gas was $2.52. On November 27, U.S. CLc1 fell 1.4%, finishing the next day at $57.99, with Brent crude at $63.61. Crude supplies had risen the previous week after forecasts for an increase. There was concern about a November 30 meeting to extend OPEC production cuts, while Russia was expected to increase production.

A strong dollar caused prices to fall slightly December 8, with WTI at $56.64 and Brent crude at $62.09. With an outage on the Forties crude pipeline in Great Britain, prices were staying high. Oil fell slightly on December 11 with WTI at $57.10 and Brent crude $63.08 as U.S. production reached levels not seen since the 1970s and the number of rigs continued to increase.

During the last week of 2017, WTI went over $60 for the first time since June 2015 before falling back to $59.69, while Brent crude passed $67 for the first time since May 2015 before falling to $66.50. Pipeline problems in Libya and the North Sea added to production cuts by OPEC and Russia.

2018
Both WTI and Brent began the year above $60 for the first time since 2014. Later in the week WTI reached $62.21 and Brent $68.27, both the highest since May 2015. Protests in Iran added to other factors that were keeping prices high. With U.S. inventories the lowest in three years, and cold weather decreasing U.S. production, oil reached its highest price since December 2014 in mid-January. On January 15, Brent reached $70.37, and the next day, WTI hit $64.89. U.S. production increased and demand was predicted to go down when winter was over, so prices went down. With U.S. crude supplies up for the first time in 11 weeks, WTI ended January at $64.73 after falling for two straight days for the second time in the month.

In February, with U.S. crude supplies up, WTI fell to $61.79, the lowest level in a month, and Brent fell below $66 for the first time in 2018.

With both crude oil stocks and gasoline inventories up, and U.S. production at a high, WTI finished February down 4.8%, the first loss for a month since August, and Brent finished down 4.7%. With reports of higher U.S. crude inventories, a stronger dollar and the stock market down (partly the result of the resignation of Gary Cohn), oil fell 2% March 7, with WTI reaching $61.21 and Brent $64.34. Crude oil supplies continued to rise and oil fell 1.2% early in the week of March 12, with WTI reaching $61.14 and Brent reaching $64.97 early March 15. Then crude supplies fell and WTI ended March 21 at $65.41 while Brent reached $69.47, both the highest since early February. WTI ended March at $64.94, up 5.6% for the month and 7.7% for the first quarter. Brent finished at $70.27 for an increase of 8.6% for the month and 6.3% for the quarter. One reason was concern over the United States putting sanctions on Iran once again. Also, OPEC wanted prices higher and intended to set targets for crude stocks accordingly. Production in Venezuela was down as well.

On April 11, with the United States planning a response to the Douma chemical attack in the Syrian Civil War, WTI ended the day at $66.82, with Brent at $72.04, both the highest since December 2014.

WTI fell from $69.56 and Brent from $74.74, both the highest since November 2014, on a week when U.S. inventories were lower and gasoline demand was higher.

WTI ended May 18 down slightly at $71.28 but still higher for the third week after reaching its highest level in three and half years twice. Brent rose for the sixth week in a row, the most since 2011, finishing at $78.51 after going over $80 for the first time since November 2014 the previous day. The threat of more sanctions on Iran, the lowest OPEC petroleum stocks in three years, and supply problems in Venezuela were reasons.

Prior to Memorial Day, the number of active U.S. oil rigs increased and WTI fell 4% to $67.88, while Brent fell 3% to $76.44, the lowest since May 8. Media reports indicate OPEC will increase production. Gas was $2.97, the highest of the year.

With OPEC's announcement that it would keep production low through the rest of 2018, WTI rose from its lowest close since April 17 to finish May 30 at $68.21 after five straight days of decline, the longest streak since February. Brent finished at $77.50. The difference between WTI and Brent was increasing, possibly due to tight oil (shale oil).

On June 14, WTI reached $66.89, its highest settlement in two weeks as a result of the largest U.S. supply drop since March, though not as high as it could have been due to record U.S. production for the week. Brent fell to $75.94 due to expectations of higher production from OPEC.

On June 22, WTI finished at $68.58, up 4.6%, and Brent was up 3.4% to $75.55, after OPEC said it would cut production, and U.S. supplies fell with the first reduction in the number of rigs in three months.

WTI ended the first half of 2018 up about 23% to $74.15, the highest since November 2014, up 14% for the second quarter and 11% for the month. Brent was $79.44, the highest since May. Factors included threats to supplies from Libya and proposed sanctions on countries importing oil from Iran. With expectations of increased production worldwide, Brent dropped more than 2% on July 2 to $77.30, while WTI fell slightly to $73.94 due to lower U.S. supplies and Libya exports. For the week ending July 13, WTI fell 3.8% to $71.01 after falling below $70 on July 12. Brent fell 2.3% to $75.33 after reaching $73.40 on July 11, a day when the return of oil from Libya and a change in attitudes toward Iran sanctions led to a nearly 7% drop. Lower U.S. supplies were less of a factor.

WTI rose to $69.46 on July 19 with the announcement that Saudi Arabia exports were expected to fall to prevent oversupply and news of lower than expected U.S. gasoline supplies, but Brent fell to $72.58 with the end of a strike by Norwegian oil workers.

The biggest one-day decline in oil prices in three weeks happened August 8 as crude supplies fell less than expected and demand in China also fell. WTI fell 3.2% from $69.17, the highest since July 30, to $66.91, the lowest since June 21. Brent also fell by 3.2%, to $72.28, the lowest since July 17. WTI fell 3% on August 15 to $65.01 for its lowest close since June 6, while Brent fell 2.4% to $70.76, the lowest since April 9. Crude inventories were rising despite a forecast they would fall. Then oil rose for five straight days, with WTI reaching $67.86, the highest in two weeks, and Brent reached $74.78, the highest since July 30, as U.S. crude supplies fell more than expected. Possible sanctions on Iran have also contributed. On August 28, WTI fell slightly to $68.53 from its highest finish since August 7; there had been increases seven of the previous nine days. Brent was also down a few cents to $75.95 after the highest finish since July 10. sanctions on Iran and problems in Libya and Venezuela kept prices high. Gas was $2.24.

Despite lower U.S. crude supplies, a number of factors including lower expected demand, problems between the U.S. and China, higher U.S. gasoline and distillate supplies, and economic problems in emerging markets contributed to the lowest finish since August 21 for WTI at $67.77 on September 6. Brent was $76.55. With Hurricane Florence weakening, higher OPEC output and record supplies worldwide, on September 13, WTI fell 2.5% from $70.37, the highest since July 20, while Brent crude fell 2% to $78.17 from the highest since May.

WTI rose nearly 3% October 1 to finish at $75.30, the highest since November 2014, while Brent reached $84.98, the most since October 2014, with the agreement to replace NAFTA and lower Iranian production given as reasons. WTI finished the third quarter down 1.2% but rose 3.5% in its last week, while Brent was up 4.1% for the quarter and 5% for the week. With OPEC production up, on October 4, WTI fell by the largest percentage in a day since August but still ended higher for the fourth week in a row, at $74.90. Brent was $84.72 after falling 2%. WTI finished at $71.34, down 4% for the week ending October 12, because of higher output and concerns about an economic slowdown. Brent was $80.34. With the fourth increase in U.S. crude supplies, and despite lower production due to Hurricane Michael, on October 18 WTI closed at $68.65, the lowest since September 13, after falling 4% over 2 days. Brent fell to $79.29, lowest since September 21. WTI fell 2.4% to $67.59 in the week ending October 26, the third down week, and Brent fell 2.7% to $77.62, due to higher production and worries about the world economy. The U.S. became the leading world oil producer, exceeding 11 million barrels a day for the first time ever. This along with the highest OPEC production since 2016 led to WTI dropping 2.5% on November 1 to $63.69, its lowest finish since April, after falling 10.8% in October. Brent fell 2.9% to $72.79, the lowest since August 21 and lower than the 200-day average for the first time since September 2017, after an 8.8% fall in October. Both benchmarks fell the most for a month since July 2016.

Possible reductions in oil production, weak growth worldwide and the Trump administration policy of making exceptions to sanctions against Iran,  for some buyers of Iranian oil all contributed to oil's sixth weekly loss. WTI dropped 6.2% for the week  ending November 16 despite falling to $55.69 on November 13, the lowest close since November 16, 2017. Brent reached $66.76 on November 16, down 4.9%, after falling to $65.47 on November 13.

Low demand and high U.S. inventories contributed to a 6.6% decline for WTI to $53.43, the lowest since October 26, 2017, on November 20. Brent fell 6.4% to $62.53, the lowest since February. At Thanksgiving, gas was $2.62, down more than 20 cents since the start of October. Oil fell the most for any month in ten years. WTI finished at $50.93, up 1% for the week but down 22% for the month, while Brent was $58.71, down 12% for the year. Higher production in the U.S., Russia and some OPEC countries meant too much supply. Losses would have been higher except for speculation about OPEC cuts.

For the week ending December 21, WTI fell 11.4% to $45.59, the lowest since July 2017, and Brent fell 10.7% to $53.82, the lowest since September 2017. Higher U.S. interest rates, more active U.S. oil rigs, higher U.S. crude production and lower expected worldwide demand did not cancel out proposed production cuts by OPEC nations, including definite plans by Saudi Arabia. The same week, gas prices reached $2.37, the lowest in December in two years.

WTI ended 2018 at $45.41 a barrel, off 10.8% the month, 38% for the fourth quarter, and 24.8% for 2018. Brent finished at $53.80 off over 8% for the month, 35% for the quarter, and 19.5% for the year. U.S. crude supplies were down while gasoline supplies were higher.

2019
Gasoline started 2019 at $2.23.

WTI jumped 5 percent to $52.58 early on January 9, and Brent crude reached $61.58, with an announcement of expected production cuts by Saudi Arabia, though higher U.S. gasoline stocks kept oil from going even higher. Over eight days, oil was up 17 percent. Oil finished January up 18.5 percent (the best ever with records going back as far as 1984) with WTI at $53.79 one day after its highest finish since November, and Brent up 15 percent for the month to $61.89; both gains were the most for a month since April 2016. U.S. crude supplies were lower than expected and sanctions on Venezuela also contributed, as well as interest rate policy which sent stocks higher and the dollar lower.

On the first week in February, WTI fell 4.6 percent, the most since December. Brent crude fell 1 percent. Reasons included an increase in U.S. oil rigs and efforts to get around Venezuela sanctions, as well as concerns over actions by OPEC nations. But WTI rose 5 percent the second week to $55.59, with Brent crude ending the week at $66.25, both the highest since November 19, with lower OPEC output and progress in trade talks between the United States and China.

WTI rose 6.4 percent in February while Brent crude went up 6.7 percent. On March 1, WTI fell 2.5 percent to end the week at $55.80 while Brent crude fell 1.9 percent to $65.07. This was true even though OPEC output reached its lowest level in four years. U.S. economic reports indicated slower growth.

On April 2, WTI closed at $62.58, its highest level since November 5, and Brent closed at $69.37, its highest since November 12. Brent ended the first week of April up 4.1 percent with its first close above $70 since November, and WTI was up for the fifth week, the longest streak since November 2017, finishing 4.9 percent higher at $63.08. Reasons included sanctions on Iran and Venezuela. U.S. inventories were down, but even a higher number of oil rigs did not cancel out the other factors. In the second week of April, WTI had its sixth gain for the week, while Brent had its third week with an increase. Both fell slightly April 15, WTI to $63.40 and Brent to $71.18, after a report Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov wondered if his country should continue participating in OPEC's lower production goals. U.S. crude production was "in record territory" and expected to go higher.

The third week of April, though short because of the Good Friday holiday, ended with WTI at $64 for its seventh gain for the first time since February 2014. Brent rose for the fourth week, ending at $71.97. This happened even though U.S. crude stocks fell. On April 22, WTI rose to $66.30, with the highest settlement since October resulting from the Trump administration ending waivers for Iranian oil exports, even though U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that other countries would make up the difference. Though WTI fell due to higher U.S. crude supplies, Brent reached the highest close since October on April 24 before falling to $74.35 the next day. Gasoline reached $2.84 nationally and $4.70 in parts of California, finally reaching $2.91 on May 4 after rising 67 cents during 2019, the most since 2011 during the same period.

WTI fell for the third week, to $61.66 with Brent falling to $70.62 after Trump's tariffs on imports from China increased, despite lower U.S. crude inventories.

On May 23 when oil fell the most in a day since December (also falling below the 200-day moving average), WTI finished at $57.21, lowest since March 12, in a week when WTI lost nearly 7 percent; Brent finished the week at $68.69 for a nearly 5 percent loss. The declines for the week were the most all year. The trade war with China caused concerns, though possible actions by Trump helped slightly on May 24. Gas was $2.83, 14 cents lower than the previous Memorial Day.

Although oil went up 2 percent June 13 after attacks on tankers, for the week oil was down as a result of forecasts for lower worldwide demand, with WTI finishing at $52.51 and Brent at $62.01. The next week WTI rose almost 9 percent for the week, the most since December 2016, to $57.43, the highest finish for the month. Brent was up 5 percent to $65.20. Reasons for the jump included expectations of the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates and Iran shooting down a drone. Gas was $2.68, but expected to go higher, especially in the mid-Atlantic states, after a Philadelphia refinery fire.

Oil ended higher for the third of four weeks on July 12, WTI at $60.21 and Brent at $66.72 because of problems in the Middle East, lower U.S. inventories and Hurricane Barry. Both WTI and Brent reached their highest numbers since May. Other factors included OPEC nations continuing lower production into 2020, and manufacturing slowing in much of the world.

The next week oil fell 7.6 percent, the most since May, WTI ending the week at $55.63 and Brent down 6 percent to $62.50, due to high world supplies and less damage from Barry than feared. U.S. crude inventories went down for the sixth straight week, the most since the beginning of 2018, and decreased production caused by Barry ended, so WTI ended July 24 at $55.88 and Brent at $63.18.

WTI fell 7.9 percent on August 1, the most in one day in four years, to $53.95, the lowest since June 19. The next day WTI finished the week down, in response to Trump's plans for more tariffs. Brent fell 7 percent on August 1 and also ended the week lower.

U.S. oil supplies were down for the first time in three weeks and WTI fell slightly on August 21 to $55.68, while Brent went over $60 for the first time in a week. Gasoline supplies went up after being expected to go down. With China responding to Trump tariffs by adding tariffs of its own to American products, WTI ended the week down just over 1 percent, to $54.17. Gas was $2.59 after falling for five weeks straight. Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said "[W]e suffer from a lack of clear direction.” Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at the Oil Price Information Service, said, "The threat of a presidential tweet that could dampen world demand is real".

Oil went up August 27 with less concern about the China trade war, less chance Iran could export oil, expectations of lower U.S. supplies, and many producers following OPEC guidelines. WTI was up 2.4 percent to $54.93 and Brent rose 1.4 percent to $59.51.

After three weeks of decreases in U.S. oil rigs and in U.S. crude supplies, WTI rose 2.6 percent to $56.32 on the first week of September, while Brent rose 3.9 percent to $61.54.

On September 14, the 2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack caused the loss of 5 percent of the world's oil supply, and WTI jumped 14.7 percent, the most in one day since 2008, to $62.90, the highest since June. Brent rose by 14.6 percent, the most ever in one day, to $69.02. WTI rose 5.9 percent for the week, the most since June, to $58.09. Brent was up 6.7 percent, the most since January, to $64.28.

Saudi Arabia restored production to where it was before the attacks. WTI finished the quarter at $55.23, down 5.2 percent, and Brent was $60.23, up 3.1 percent for the month but down 5.5 for the quarter. Gas was $2.64, down several cents for the week.

After Trump announced a trade deal with China on October 11, oil fell 2 percent after reports that China wanted more talks before signing phase one of the deal. WTI had jumped 3.6 percent at the end of the week to the highest in two weeks before falling to $53.59. Brent rose 3.7 percent and then fell to $59.35. Slow growth in China and the fifth week of higher U.S. inventories led to a 1.7 percent loss for the week by WTI, ending the week at $53.78. Brent fell 1.8 percent to $59.42.

On October 25 WTI finished at $56.66, the highest level since Sept. 24, after going up 5.2 percent. Brent finished at $62.02, its highest level since Sept. 26, after going up 4.4 percent. Reasons included the lowest number of active U.S. oil rigs since April 2017 and a decline in U.S. oil inventories. Then WTI fell as low as $54.61 and Brent fell to $60.66 with U.S. crude inventories expected to rise and a Russian official claiming it was too early to talk about OPEC production cuts.

Oil reached its highest level in two months on November 21, with WTI at $58.58 and Brent at $63.98. Lower global supplies, partly the result of OPEC actions, were reasons, though high U.S. shale oil production and lower demand meant the trend might not continue.

Brent rose 1.4 percent on the week ending December 20 to $66.14. This was the sixth rise in seven weeks, and the third up week for WTI, which ended at $60.44. Reasons included OPEC plans for more cuts and positive expectations about the world economy and U.S. relations with China.

With U.S. crude inventories down more than predicted, WTI reached $61.68 on December 26, the highest since September, and Brent was at $67.92, also the most in over three months.


Simon Bwalya

Simon Bwalya (born 25 February 1985) is a Zambian international footballer who plays for Nkana, as a midfielder.

Career
Born in Lusaka, Bwalya has played for Lusaka Dynamos, Power Dynamos and Nkana.

He earned 5 caps for Zambia between 2009 and 2010.


Alfred Booth

Alfred Booth (24 February 1893 – 19 December 1965) was a British Congregational lay preacher and politician.

Booth served with the Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I.  In 1933, he was elected to Bolton Borough Council, and he was Mayor of Bolton in 1941–42.  He was also vice-president of the Cremation Society, and chair of the Bolton National Savings Committee.

Booth was elected as the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for  Bolton East in 1950, but lost the seat in 1951, and failed to retake it in 1955.


Hanover Farm House

The Hanover Farm House is a historic home located at Beallsville, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. This brick house consists of a main block and kitchen wing dating to 1801–1804, and a -story modern kitchen wing added in 1954.

The Hanover Farm House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.


Northern Star (song)

"Northern Star" is a song by British singer-songwriter, Melanie C. It is the title track from her debut solo album of the same name and it was released as the second single in the winter of 1999. It was written by Melanie C and Rick Nowels. The song was produced by Marius De Vries and received positive reception from music critics. The single charted at number four on the UK Singles Chart, becoming her third top-five single. It reached the top 20 in Finland, Italy and Sweden. In the United Kingdom, the single sold over 200,000 copies,

Composition
"Northern Star" is a mid-tempo pop song with elements of electronica and ambient music. According to the sheet music published by Musicnotes.com by Hal Leonard Corporation, "Northern Star" is composed in the key of A major, and is written in the time signature of common time. It is set in a moderate tempo of 101 beats per minute, with Chisholm's voice spanning from B5 to E3. The song has a basic sequence of Dm–Am–B–C as its chord progression.

Music video
The music video for "Northern Star" was shot in Brighton, England on 8–9 September 1999. It starts off looking into a starry sky at night gradually moving down, looking out to sea towards a large star, with Melanie walking down a rocky coast surrounded by a desert. She then walks in between two train tracks and as the chorus begins, two trains drive at high speed in opposite directions, later there is a brief scene in a cave with miners. Then Melanie walks through a somewhat Arctic-like area which blends into an urban setting which instantly changes into a sandy beach. During the instrumental she is seen walking through a forest and crossing over a river during daytime, later back in an urban building set. The video ends with her back on the coast at night.

Formats and track listings
UK CD1/Australian CD
 "Northern Star"  – 4:10
 "Follow Me" – 4:47
 "Northern Star"  – 5:31
 "Northern Star"

UK CD2
 "Northern Star"  – 4:10
 "Something's Gonna Happen" – 3:59
 "Northern Star"  – 2:53

UK Cassette/iTunes EP
 "Northern Star"  – 4:10
 "Follow Me" – 4:47
 "Northern Star"  – 5:31

Official versions
 "Northern Star" (album version) – 4:41
 "Northern Star" (single version) – 4:10
 "Northern Star" (acoustic version) – 2:53
 "Northern Star" (full version) – 5:31

Live performances
Melanie C performed the song on the following concert tours:
 From Liverpool to Leicester Square
 Northern Star Tour
 Reason Tour
 The Barfly Mini-Tour
 Beautiful Intentions Tour
 This Time Canadian Tour
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Lorenzo Javier Jorge

Lorenzo Javier Jorge (born 2 July 1984 in Tacoronte, Spain), also known as Loren Georges and Jorge Loren, is a Spanish professional kickboxer and K-1 veteran. Loren was the Super Cruiserweight Champion of the Superkombat Fighting Championship. He is also the 2014 Superkombat World Grand Prix tournament champion and fought for the It's Showtime 95MAX world title, losing to Danyo Ilunga by decision after 5 rounds. He has also fought in Enfusion.

As of 1 April 2019, he is ranked the #5 middleweight in the world by Combat Press.

Career
He had his first contact with martial arts as a child. His father was black belt and karate teacher and taught him first steps, also his brother followed him into martial arts.

After injuring his left arm in a fight against Mirko Cro Cop, Loren tried to return to winning ways against Ondřej Hutník for the WKA European title. The fight was scheduled for five three minutes rounds in Prague. Loren lost the fight after five rounds by unanimous decision.

He was scheduled to fight Luis Morais on April 13, 2013 in the K-1 World Qualification - K-1 World MAX Elimination super fight but was pulled out because of K-1 financial problems.

On August 3, 2013 he fought Rustam Guseinov for Katana Fighting World Crusierweight Title. After three rounds, of Loren's dominance in the ring, judges declared that Guseinov is winner by split decision witch resulted in public outcry. The fight was then declared as no contest, but later an independent review committee was set up to re-judge the decision. The committee, composed of Ernesto Hoost, Andre Mannaart and other high level of the sport, declared Loren as fight winner and he became Katana Fighting world cruiserweight champion.

He lost to Igor Bugaenko by unanimous decision the SuperKombat World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination in Ploiesti, Romania on November 9, 2013 in a SuperKombat Cruiserweight title eliminator.

Jorge fought Damian Garcia at Enfusion Live 20 on July 12, 2014.

Titles
2015 World Kickboxing Network Diamond Super Cruiserweight Title
2015 Superkombat Cruiserweight Championship -95 kg/209 lb
2015 WFL -95 kg Tournament Championship Runner Up
2015 K-1 Event Grand Prix 2015 Tournament Champion -96 kg
2014 Superkombat Special Prize
2014 Superkombat Fighter of the Year nomination
2014 Superkombat World Grand Prix 2014 Tournament Champion
 2013 Katana Fighting World Crusierweight Title
 2013 WCSF European K1 Champion -95 kg
 2013 Troyes Trophy Heavyweight - 8 Men Tournament champion
 2010 W.A.K.O Pro World Champion in Low Kick 94.1 kg
 2010 W.P.M.F European Heavyweight Champion
 2008 W.A.K.O Pro World Champion
 I.S.K.A. European Champion -82 kg
 3 times Spanish Professional Champion
 Spanish Semi-Professional Champion
 Spanish Amateur Champion

Kickboxing record


Churandy Martina

Churandy Martina (born 3 July 1984) is a Dutch sprinter from Curaçao, currently representing the Netherlands. Previously, he represented the Netherlands Antilles until its dissolution in 2010. His personal best time over 100 metres is 9.91 seconds, a Dutch record, achieved in a 2012 London Olympic Games semi-final. In addition, he holds the 200 metres national record with a time of 19.81 seconds, achieved at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Career
Born in Willemstad, Curaçao, Martina began his international career at the youth level, reaching the 100 metres semifinals of the 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Moving up to the junior level, he ran at the World Junior Championships in Athletics in 2000 and 2002, although he was less successful at that level. His first gold came in the 100 m at the 2002 South American Games in Belém, Brazil. He improved his personal best to 10.29 seconds in 2003, and represented the Netherlands Antilles at the 2003 CAC Championships (setting a personal best in the heats), and also competed at the 2003 Pan American Games (reaching the semis). He made his first appearance on the world stage at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, although he was eliminated in the heats of the 100 metres.

He made his first Olympic appearance as one of three competitors representing the Netherlands Antilles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He bore their flag in the opening ceremony. The 2004 season also saw much improvement in his times as he knocked 0.16 off his previous year's personal record with a 10.13-second run in Santo Domingo. Martina won the 100 m bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and also anchored the Netherlands Antilles team to a national record time in the 4×100 metres relay to win a silver medal. He led the team to the final at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics and improved the national record further to 38.45 seconds for sixth place. He competed in the individual 100 m but was knocked out in the second round.

The following year he ran a Games record to win the 100 m gold medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC Games). He also led the relay team to victory for his second gold medal of the tournament. He improved his personal best to 10.04 seconds that year with a run in El Paso, Texas. He had success at continental level in July 2007 when he won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in the 100 metres, having already run a Games record-equalling time in the qualifiers. He finished fifth in the finals of both the 100 m and 200 m at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan. He ended the year with a sixth-place finish in the 100 m at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final.

2008 Summer Olympics
He bore the national flag for the second consecutive time at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the second round of heats he set a new national record in the 100 m, running below ten seconds for the first time in his career with a time of 9.99 s. In the semi finals he finished third in his race behind Asafa Powell and Richard Thompson, but improved the national record to 9.94 s. He qualified for the final in which he came close to the medals, finishing in fourth place behind Usain Bolt, Thompson and Walter Dix. Whilst he left the final without a medal, he had cause for celebration as he broke the national record for a third time, finishing in 9.93 s.

On 20 August 2008, he originally placed second in the 200 m at the Olympics, finishing behind Usain Bolt with a time of 19.82 s. This would have been both a national record and the second-ever Olympic medal for the Netherlands Antilles after Jan Boersma's silver in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. However he was disqualified an hour after the race for a lane violation. American Wallace Spearmon, who had initially placed third, was disqualified moments after the race for having stepped on his inside lane line during the race. The American coaches appealed the decision and upon viewing footage of Spearmon's offence they noticed that Martina had committed the same infraction. They dropped their appeal for Spearmon in favour of a successful protest against Martina. As a result of the disqualifications, Shawn Crawford and Walter Dix, both of the United States, were promoted to silver and bronze respectively.

However, on 24 August, the Netherlands Antilles filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to reinstate Martina's medal, arguing that the American protest came after the 30-minute deadline for protests and appeals set by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), and also that they had their own video footage (not the official Olympic video footage) showing that Martina never left his lane. On 6 March 2009, the CAS rejected the appeal against Martina's disqualification. Shawn Crawford, who had been awarded the Olympic silver medal, reportedly gave his medal to Martina on 28 August 2008.

At the start of the 2009 outdoor season, Martina set a world-leading time of 9.97 seconds in the 100 m at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games; the fourth time he had finished with a sub-ten-second time. He could not build upon his Olympic success at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and only reached the quarter-finals of the men's 100 m. He was sixth at the 2010 IAAF World Athletics Final—the competition's final edition. He defended his regional title at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, holding off a challenge from Daniel Bailey to win in 10.07 seconds—just one hundredth off his championship record.

After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, Martina has represented the Netherlands in 2011 World Championships and 2012 European Championships, where he won gold in 200 metres and 4x100 metre relay.

2012 Summer Olympics

Martina competed at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, again in his three disciplines, the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metre relay. Only narrowly making it through to the 100 metre semi-final, Martina improved his personal best in the semi-final to 9.91. This race was also the fastest ever semi-final run, with Justin Gatlin running 9.82. In the final, Martina placed sixth behind Usain Bolt, posting 9.94. Martina then competed in the 200 m, where he finished in fifth, again behind Bolt, in 20 seconds flat. In the relay, the Netherlands finished sixth in a time of 38.39. However, after the Olympics, Martina broke the 200 m national record in Lausanne, lowering the time to 19.85, ending his reasonably successful season.

In 2016, Martina won the European Championships 100 metres before a home crowd.  The following day, he crossed the line in first place in the 200 metres, but was denied the sprint double because he crossed inside of his lane line again, giving the win to Bruno Hortelano.

International competitions

1Did not finish in the final
2Disqualified in the final

Personal bests

All information from IAAF Profile
Note: Martina's fastest 100 metres time is 9.76 seconds with 6.1 m/s wind. However, the wind assisted run, set in El Paso, Texas on 13 May 2006, exceeds the IAAF's legal limit of 2.0 m/s and cannot qualify as a record.


Lechner A-390

For the 1992 Olympics, 'Lechner A-390 was an Olympic Class. It was only raced at the Games that year.

Description
Lechner was modified their Division II to bring the centreboard and mast track further aft. The rig supplier, Neil Pryde, was decided 3 years before the Olympics.

The supplied equipment stayed with the sailor for the entire regatta as it was expected that each board needed special tuning to the daggerboard system.


Elanora, Queensland

Elanora is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.

Elanora is located between Tallebudgera Creek and Currumbin Creek,  west-north-west of the coastal border town of Coolangatta and  south-southeast of Brisbane, the state capital. Its local government area is the City of Gold Coast.

In the  Elanora had a population of 12,145.

Geography

Elanora is bounded by Tallebudgera Creek to the northwest, Pacific Motorway to the northeast and east, and Guineas Creek and Simpsons Roads to the southeast. It contains Elanora State High School, Elanora Primary School and a small neighbourhood shopping centre on Nineteenth Avenue, and The Pines, a larger shopping centre on Guineas Creek Road. Elanora also has a large public library. Under the Queensland Government proposal to extend the Gold Coast railway line, a station at Elanora, near The Pines Shopping Centre has been proposed.

History
Elanora, an Aboriginal word for "home by the sea", was originally named as a platform on the South Coast Rail Line in 1922.

Elanora Branch Library opened in 2007.

At the 2006 Census, Elanora had a population of 11,681.

At the 2011 Census, Elanora had a population of 11,645.

In the  Elanora had a population of 12,145.

Politics
Elanora is held under the Federal Seat; Division of McPherson. The incumbent member for parliament is Liberal Party member Karen Andrews. In the State Elections the suburb is represented by Liberal Party member Jann Stuckey. In the Local Government, Gold Coast City Council, Elanora is divided into two electorates: Division 13 and Division 14. Division 13 is represented by Cr Daphne McDonald (Deputy Mayor) and Division 14 is represented by Cr Chris Robbins.

Community facilities
Gold Coast City Council operates Elanora Branch Library in The Pines Shopping Centre, Guineas Creek Road.

Demographics
In the , Elanora recorded a population of 11,645 people, 51.9% female and 48.1% male. The median age of the Elanora population was 41 years, 4 years above the national median of 37. 76.6% of people living in Elanora were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 5%, South Africa 1%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.5%.  91.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% German, 0.5% Japanese, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Serbian.


1980 Congoleum Classic – Doubles

Gene Mayer and Sandy Mayer were the defending champions and were one of sixteen teams in the second round.

There was no result for the tournament due to rain. Only the first round of matches were completed.

Seeds

Draw

Final

Top Half

Bottom Half


Ginaw Bilog

Ginaw Bilog was a Filipino poet who was recognized as a National Living Treasure by the Philippine government.

Born on January 3, 1953, Bilog was a Hanunuo Mangyan who was a native of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. He was known for his efforts in preserving the mangyan poetry tradition of ambahan.

Then-President Fidel V. Ramos, conferred the National Living Treasure Award to Ginaw Bilog on December 17, 1993 in recognition of his people's preservation efforts of the ambahan poetry which is recorded on bamboo.

He died in June 3, 2003 at age 50 due to a lingering illness.


William Small (Assemblyman)

William Small (October 5, 1824 –) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography
Small was born in Perthshire, Scotland. On November 27, 1856, he married Margaret Marshall. They would have a son. He was a member of the Assembly in 1880. Other positions he held include Assessor of Lisbon, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. He was a Republican.


The Great Australian Party

The Great Australian Party is a political party in Australia. The party was formally registered by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 7 April 2019 and is associated with former senator Rod Culleton who had been elected in the 2016 Australian federal election as a senator for Western Australia, but subsequently found to have been ineligible and was disqualified.

Policies and philosophy
Policies of the party include the removal of personal income tax, nationalisation of the Commonwealth Bank and abolishment of the Family Court of Australia.

The Party also proposes to implement trials by jury only in criminal matters, naming of young criminals who are serial offenders and the restoration of the "true" Constitution of Australia. This is despite numerous recent Court decisions confirming the validity of the Australian Constitution.

Party Leader Culleton has on numerous occasions declared the Australian Constitution is invalid and thus so are Australian Courts. However in 2018 in complete contradiction whilst representing himself in recent Bankruptcy proceedings being heard in the Federal Court of Australia, Culleton commenced his opening address by confirming the authority of the Federal Court of Australia by stating: "This Honourable Court has the power delegated to it by the Parliament of the Commonwealth under S 39B(1A) (b) and (c) Judiciary Act 1903 and by S 34AB (c) Acts Interpretation Act 1901..."

The Party further proposes a policy that criminal offenders would have sale of their property used as a possible deterrent. This policy contradicts the actions of Party candidate for the Senate in Western Australia, Wayne Glew's previous attempts to prevent the seizure and sale of his own residential property due to outstanding rates and levies owed by him to the City of Greater Geraldton. Glew had refused to pay Council rates and levies since as early as 2005. This lead Glew to mount repeated failed applications in the Magistrates' Court and High Court in Western Australia. Glew's residential property was subsequently seized and transferred to the City of Greater Geraldton.

History
Culleton continued to refer to himself as a "senator-in-exile" and sought to appeal his disqualification to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, a theoretical appeal path that had been used only once, in 1912, and for all practical purposes was abolished by the Australia Act of 1986.

In 2018, Culleton initiated the process to establish a new political party, The Great Australian Party, to stand candidates for the Senate at the 2019 Australian federal election. The AEC registered the party on 7 April 2019. The party fielded two Senate candidates in each of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia but did not gain a seat in parliament. The Party's national first preference vote in the Senate was 0.23% (34,199 votes), ranging from 1.16% (12,698 votes) in South Australia to 0.14% (5,194 votes) in Victoria, while in Culleton's home state of Western Australia it received 0.22% (3,196 votes), less than two hundredths of the votes required for election.

Controversy
Culleton has been refusing to co-operate on numerous occasions by refusing to hand over documents or attend public examinations. Creditors were advised there was no prospect of recovering any of their money.

On 24 April 2019, the AEC referred Culleton's Senate nomination form to the Australian Federal Police "to examine if a false declaration has been made under provisions of the Criminal Code Act 1995, relating to his status as an undischarged bankrupt and the prima facie disqualification of such persons to be chosen or to sit as a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives under section 44(iii) of the Constitution".  The AEC stated that, while it did not have power to reject a fully completed nomination form or to make its own assessment of a candidate's eligibility, it had been aware from a High Court judgment that Culleton had been a declared bankrupt and, upon checking the National Personal Insolvency Index, had found that he was currently listed as an undischarged bankrupt.

On 2 May 2019, the AEC confirmed that Culleton's Party controversially may be eligible for public funding just for appearing on the ballot paper. This is despite a bankrupt being "incapable of being chosen" as a member of parliament. The AEC also stated they did not have the power to decide if a candidate is ineligible.

The Party's other Senate candidate in Western Australia was Wayne Glew, a former police officer who is a "self-proclaimed expert of the constitution". Glew has been a claimant, defendant or appellant in at least 16 Court proceedings in which he has argued against the validity of the Australian Constitution. Glew has not been successful in a single proceeding to date.
This resulted in Glew being declared a vexatious litigant by the Supreme Court of Western Australia and being prevented from initiating any further Court proceedings in Western Australia.

On 23 December 2011 Glew was convicted in the Geraldton Magistrates' Court of one offence of assaulting a public officer and one offence of obstructing an officer in the execution of his duty.

Glew provided legal advice to Heather Glendinning, who killed herself and her two daughters in a murder–suicide in 2011. He subsequently told The West Australian that she had been murdered, and that "I spent 17 years in the police and you can make anything look like anything". In 2012, Glew was ordered to pay $2 million in damages to an investor in his fuel vaporiser system. The Supreme Court found that his invention "offered no benefit over existing fuel systems" and that he had engaged in "deceptive and misleading conduct".

On 8 May 2019 a group of intoxicated Great Australian Party supporters campaigning outside a polling booth in Cockburn, WA verbally abused a 70 year old woman and her husband. One of the group of approximately eight Great Australian Party supporters, wearing a high-visibility vest displaying a Great Australian Party logo, was observed being drunk and aggressive and taunting voters to fight him. Police were required to attend to intervene. In a later statement Culleton denied the supporters were registered with the Party. This contradicts the reported statements of bystanders, voters and members of other parties who had observed Great Australian Party supporters spruiking AEC approved materials and wearing high-visibility vests displaying Great Australian Party logos.


Lotten Sjödén

Lotten Sjödén (born 7 December 1994) is a Swedish biathlete. She was part of the Swedish Junior National Team for the 2013/2014 season.

She won a silver medal in the youth women relay at the 2012 Biathlon Junior World Championships in Kontiolahti, Finland.

She competed in the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria, ending both sprint and pursuit competitions in 4th place.


Black Path Game

The Black Path Game (also known by various other names, such as Brick) is a two-player board game described and analysed in Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays. It was invented by Larry Black in 1960.

It has also been reported that a game known as "Black" or "Black's Game" was invented in 1960 by William L. Black. This "William L. Black" (possibly known as "Larry") was at that time an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, investigating Hex and Bridg-it, two games based on the challenge to create a connected “chain” of counters that link opposite sides of a game board. The creative outcome of Black’s research was a new topological game that his friends (perhaps unimaginatively) called Black.  The game was introduced to the public by Martin Gardner in his October 1963 "Mathematical Games column" in Scientific American.

Rules
The Black Path Game is played on a board ruled into squares. Any square that is not empty is filled with one of the following configurations:

These tiles are the three ways to join the sides of the square in pairs.  The first two are
the tiles of the Truchet tiling.
One edge on the boundary of the board is designated to be the start of the path.  The players alternate filling the square just after the end of the current path with one of the three configurations above, extending the path.  The path may return to a previously filled square and follow the yet-unused segment on that square.  The player who first causes the path to
run back into the edge of the board loses the game.

Strategy
The first player has a winning strategy on any rectangular board with at least one side-length even.  Imagine the board covered with dominoes.  The first player should always play so that the end of the path falls on the middle of one of the dominoes.
If both sides of the board are odd, the second player can instead win by using a domino tiling including every square but the one containing the first player's first move.


Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games

Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the Tennis Court of Jakabaring Sport City, Palembang, Indonesia from 19 to 25 August 2018.

Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women, as well as a mixed doubles competition.

Schedule

Medalists

Medal table

Participating nations
A total of 159 athletes from 23 nations competed in tennis at the 2018 Asian Games:


Yellow-breasted warbling antbird

The yellow-breasted warbling antbird (Hypocnemis subflava) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of Hypocnemis cantator, but based on vocal differences and to a lesser degree differences in plumages it has been recommended treating them as separate species. As presently defined, the yellow-breasted warbling antbird includes a single subspecies, collinsi.

The yellow-breasted warbling antbird was described by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1873 and given its current binomial name Hypocnemis subflava.

The yellow-breasted warbling antbird is found at lower levels in humid forest, especially in association with bamboo, in south-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and south-western Brazil (Acre). It is locally sympatric with the Peruvian warbling antbird. Its conservation status has not been assessed by BirdLife International, but as it generally is fairly common, it is unlikely to be threatened.


Modern Outsider

Modern Outsider is a management company and independent record label founded by husband and wife team, Chip and Erin Adams, in October of 2010 in Austin, Texas. Collectively, they have well over two decades of experience in various facets of the music industry, from radio promotion at Dangerbird Records, Capitol Records, The Syndicate and Cornerstone (agency) where they also handled digital marketing; they were in charge of editorial at the tastemaking site, TheTripwire.com. Their mission is simple: discover and release great music while building a tight-knit community for their artists.

In January 2016 the label was featured in Austin Monthly.

Modern Outsider was named the Record Label of the Year in 2016 by the Austin Chronicle.

Roster
 The Black and White Years
 Black Pistol Fire
 Brass Bed
 The Bright Light Social Hour
 The Calm Blue Sea
 The Crookes
 Curtis Roush
 Dana Falconberry
 Gliss (band)
Hard Proof
 Mirror Travel
 Moving Panoramas
 Pomegranates (band)
 Quiet Company
 Soft Swells
 Tristen Gaspadarek
 Ume
 Walker Lukens


Burnakovskaya (Nizhny Novgorod Metro)

Burnakovskaya () is a station on the Sormovsko–Meshcherskaya line of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro, in the Moskovsky district of Nizhny Novgorod, opened in 1993.

Background
Burnakovskaya opened on 20 December 1993. Until September 2002 with the opening of Burevestnik, it was the western terminus of the Sormovskaya line. Its name comes from the crossing of Burnakovsky and Kuibysheva Street with Sormovskiy Highway.

It has octagonal columns lined with white marble, and walls painted red, the bottom being lined with curved red roof tiles. The floor is paved with dark granite, crossed with strips of white marble.


Malcolm Caldwell

James Alexander Malcolm Caldwell (27 September 1931 – 23 December 1978) was a British academic and a prolific Marxist writer. He was a consistent critic of American foreign policy, a campaigner for Asian communist and socialist movements, and a supporter of the Khmer Rouge. Caldwell was murdered, under mysterious circumstances, a few hours after meeting Pol Pot in Cambodia.

Early life and career
Malcolm Caldwell was born in Stirling, Scotland, the son of an architect. The family moved to Kirkcudbright where his father, Archibald Thomson Caldwell was appointed the County Architect for Kirkcudbrightshire; a post he held from 1950 until his early death in 1957. Malcolm was educated at Kirkcudbright Academy where he was Dux in 1949.   He obtained degrees from University of Nottingham and University of Edinburgh. He completed two years' national service in the British army, becoming a sergeant in the Army Education Corps. In 1959 he joined the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London as a Research Fellow. Although he met with conservative opposition within the School, he remained on its faculty throughout his life. As well as being an academic, he was an energetic and committed radical political activist. He was dedicated to criticising Western foreign policy and capitalist economics, paying particular attention to American policy. He was a founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary Asia, a journal concerned with revolutionary movements in Asia. In 1978 Caldwell was one of the Labour Party candidates in St Mary's ward in local elections in Sidcup, Bexley.

Murder in Cambodia
Caldwell was one of the staunchest defenders of the Pol Pot regime. He frequently attempted to downplay reports of mass executions by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and was widely criticized by many authorities for doing so.

In December 1978 Caldwell was a member, along with Elizabeth Becker and Richard Dudman, of the only group of Western journalists and writers invited to visit Cambodia since the Khmer Rouge had taken power in April 1975. The three visitors were given a highly structured tour of the country. "We traveled in a bubble," wrote Becker. "No one was allowed to speak to me freely." On 22 December, Caldwell had a private audience with Pol Pot, the leader of Cambodia. After the meeting, he came back to the guest house in Phnom Penh where the three were staying in a mood described as "euphoric". At about 11:00 p.m. that night Becker was awakened by the sound of gunfire. She stepped out of her bedroom and saw a heavily armed Cambodian man who pointed a pistol at her. She ran back into her room and heard people moving and more gunshots. An hour later a Cambodian came to her bedroom door and told her that Caldwell was dead. She and Dudman went to his room. He had been shot in the chest and the body of a Cambodian man was also in the room, possibly the same man who had pointed the pistol at Becker.

The motives for Caldwell's murder remain unexplained. Andrew Anthony, writing in The Guardian, notes: "Certainly there must have been some kind of in-house involvement, as the guests were guarded. But who instructed the guards, and why they did so, remains a subject of speculation." Journalist Wilfred Burchett and some of Caldwell's family members believe that Caldwell was killed on the orders of Pol Pot, possibly following a disagreement between the two during their meeting. Alternatively, four of the guards at the guest house were arrested and two of them "confessed" after torture at the Khmer Rouge's S-21 prison that the killers were subversives attempting to undermine the Khmer Rouge regime and that Caldwell was killed "to prevent the Party from gathering friends in the world". Three days after Caldwell was killed, the Vietnamese invaded Cambodia and soon put an end to the Khmer Rouge government. According to Becker: "Malcolm Caldwell's death was caused by the madness of the regime he openly admired."

Works

(1979) Lee Kuan Yew: The Man, His Mayoralty and His Mafia.


Tinton, South Dakota

Tinton is a ghost town in the Black Hills of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. It started out as a gold mining camp and later began to produce tin.

History
The area was first settled in 1876 by Edgar St. John, who lived in the town until his death in 1928. That same year, tin was discovered in the area in placer deposits. In 1879, large gold deposits were found in Negro Hill, just south of the present-day town site. This discovery caused the first boom of the area. In 1884, tin was discovered within pegmatite rock, furthering the development of the area and converting the operation from gold to tin. A mining company known as the Tinton Company had built Tinton by 1904. The town had a post office, bank, mill, two-room schoolhouse, hotel, Black Hills Tin Company store and office, assembly hall, weekly newspaper, and six houses for miners and their families. At least 14 more houses were added over the years. It was once proposed that a railroad be built to the town from Iron Creek in Spearfish Canyon, but this was never accomplished.  of tin had been mined from the Rough and Ready Mine alone by 1911.

From there, production began to decline, but continued in short bursts of activity until the 1950s. Other mining operations in the area were also very successful. In the 1930s, a sawmill was built due to the declining success of the town's mining operations. During World War II, the mine began producing feldspar and lithium. These gradual changes in operation to less valuable resources contributed to the decline of Tinton. Over several years, other companies took ownership of the town, including The American Tin Plate Company, The Boston Tin Company, The Black Hills Tin Mining Company, and The Tinton Reduction Company. The town was abandoned after a fire destroyed the mill in the 1950s. While many structures are still standing, several have collapsed, and there is no glass in the windows. Today, the town is managed by the mining company Tinton Enterprises. The mines are now back in operation, providing tantalum.

Geography
Tinton is located at the back of Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills in Lawrence County, South Dakota. Main Street runs down the Wyoming-South Dakota state line, but the town is most widely accepted to be inside Lawrence County. It is about 6 miles west of Iron Creek. The town is set up on a hill and overlooks the valleys to the east and west, which are full of mines. Several other ghost towns are located nearby.

Notable residents
 "Potato Creek" Johnny Perrett, a notable Black Hills pioneer

External links
 YouTube video of Tinton in 2010


Arno W. King

Arno W. King (August 2, 1855–July 21, 1918), of Ellsworth, Maine, was a Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from June 28, 1907 to July 21, 1918.

Born in Lamoine, Maine, King graduated from Colby College in 1883, and from Boston University School of Law the same year. He was appointed an Associate Justice on June 28, 1907, and served until his death.


Horn Brigade

The Horn Brigade, also known as the Dutch Brigade, or the “Iron Brigade of the Army of the Cumberland,” was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Cumberland during the American Civil War. The brigade fought in the battles of  Shiloh,  Stones River,  Liberty Gap,  Chickamauga,  Missionary Ridge,  Atlanta,  Franklin and  Nashville.

Nicknames

The brigade gained the sobriquet “Horn Brigade” while under the command of August Willich, a former Prussian Army officer who favored using bugle calls to signal movements.  It was also known as the Dutch Brigade because of the ethnic makeup of the brigade (mainly the 32nd Indiana) and the brigade commander.  Later, it also became known as the “Iron Brigade of the Army of the Cumberland” following its actions on September 20, 1863, when it drove back an entire Confederate division during the Battle of Chickamauga.

History

The brigade that would later become known as the Horn Brigade originally consisted of the  15th Ohio,  49th Ohio,  32nd Indiana,  39th Indiana and Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery. These units were later joined by the  89th Illinois,  25th Illinois,  35th Illinois, 68th Indiana,  8th Kansas,  15th Wisconsin, and  51st Indiana.

The brigade was known by the following designations:
Johnson's Brigade, McCook's Command, to November 1861. 6th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, to December 1861. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 6th Brigade, 2nd Division, I Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Right Wing,  XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division,  XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division,  IV Corps, to August 1865.

The brigade was further distinguished by a tactic invented by August Willich known as “advance firing,” in which the regiments were organized into four ranks (rather than two), with one rank moving forward, firing, and reloading as it was replaced with the rank farthest to the rear. This tactic was used by the 49th Ohio to great effect at the Battle of Liberty Gap during the Tullahoma Campaign and again by the brigade at the Battle of Chickamauga.

At the Battle of Missionary Ridge, the brigade led the charge against the Confederate lines against orders, and was among the first to reach the top of the ridge.

Commanders

 Richard W. Johnson
 William H. Gibson
 August Willich
 Charles T. Hotchkiss
 Abel D. Streight


Achimota

Achimota () , is a town in the Accra Metropolitan District, a district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.  Achimota means "speak no name" in the Ga language. In pre-colonial Ghana, its forbidden forest was a "silent" refuge for runaway slaves.

Education
Achimota is known for the eponymous Achimota School. Achimota is also known for the St. John's Grammar School. Achimota is located on the Accra highway just after Tesano and has well laid buildings, bars and a good nightlife.

Healthcare
Achimota Hospital, located near the Achimota Golf Course, is the primary healthcare institution in Achimota.

Transport
Achimota is served by a station on the Ghana Railways.


Eagles Wing Scout

The Eagles Wing Scout is an American powered parachute that was designed and produced by Eagles Wing Corporation of Normandy, Tennessee. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.

The aircraft was introduced in 1999 and production ended when the company went out of business in 2005.

Design and development
The Scout was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of . The aircraft has a standard empty weight of . It features a  parachute-style wing, single-place accommodation, tricycle landing gear and a single  Zenoah G-50 engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft carriage is built from a combination of bolted aluminium and 4130 steel tubing. Inflight steering is accomplished via foot pedals that actuate the canopy brakes, creating roll and yaw. On the ground the aircraft has lever-controlled nosewheel steering. The main landing gear incorporates spring rod suspension.

The aircraft has an empty weight of  and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of  the payload for pilot and baggage is .

Specifications (Scout)


Ms. Perfect

Ms. Perfect () is South Korean television series starring Ko So-young, Yoon Sang-hyun, Cho Yeo-jeong and Sung Joon. It premiered on February 27, 2017 on KBS2 every Monday and Tuesday at 22:00 (KST).

Synopsis
Story of Shim Jae-bok, a middle-aged married woman who gets involved in the mysterious death of Jung Na-mi. Mystery starts unfolding in the life of Jae-bok and she rediscovers love in another person.

Cast

Main
 Ko So-young as Shim Jae-bok
 Yoon Sang-hyun as Goo Jung-hee
 Cho Yeo-jeong as Lee Eun-hee / Moon Eun-kyung
 Kim Soo-min as Lee Eun-hee (young)
 Sung Joon as Kang Bong-goo

People around Shim Jae-bok
 Kim Jung-nan as Na Hye-ran
 Jung Soo-young as Kim Won-jae

People around Goo Jung-hee
 Im Se-mi as Jung Na-mi
 Kim Kyu-chul as Jo Young-bae
 Lee Yong-yi as Goo Jung-hee's mother

People around Lee Eun-hee
 Nam Gi-ae as Choi Duk-boon / Moon Hyung-sun

People around Kang Bong-goo
 In Gyo-jin as Hong Sam-gyu

Others
 Jeon Se-hyun as Heo Moon-sook
 Park Joon-myun as Yang Soon-bong
 Heo Eun-jung as Son Yoo-kyung
 Choi Kwon-soo as Goo Jin-wook
 Lee Ji-won as Chae Ri
 Kim Bo-min as Goo Hye-wook
 Lee Jae-wook as Doctor
 N (Cha Hak-yeon) as Brian Lee
 Shin Jae-won as Brian Lee (young)
 Uhm Ji-man as Detective
 Kang Doo as Boss Ha
 Lee Min-sung as Jack
 Park Woong-bi as Jessy
 Jeon Heon-tae as Manager

Production
 First script reading took place on January 10, 2017 at the KBS Annex Building in Yeouido, Seoul.
 This is Ko So-young's comeback after 10 years.
 This drama serves as a reunion for both Yoon Sang-hyun and Im Se-mi who first worked together in the drama Shopping King Louis.

Ratings
In this table,  represent the lowest ratings and  represent the highest ratings.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

International broadcast
  Vietnam: HTV2

Awards and nominations


Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online

is a Japanese light novel series written by Keiichi Sigsawa and illustrated by Kouhaku Kuroboshi.  The series is a spin-off of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online series.  A manga adaptation by Tadadi Tamori launched in 2015, and an anime television series adaptation by studio 3Hz aired between April and June 2018.  Both the light novels and the manga adaptation are published in North America by Yen Press, while the anime is licensed by Aniplex of America.

Plot

Due to the incident that occurred in VR MMORPG Sword Art Online—where 10,000 players were trapped in the game on launch day—the popularity of VR games has plummeted due to fear of similar incidents. The NerveGear, SAO's VR device, was recalled and destroyed, but with the launch of its successor, the AmuSphere, combined with release of the license-free development support package the "Seed", the popularity of VR games saw a sudden resurgence.

The story follows Karen Kohiruimaki, a university student with a complex about her abnormal height.  She begins playing a VR game called Gun Gale Online after it gives her the short, cute avatar that she has always wanted.

Media

Print

Dengeki Bunko announced on September 18, 2014, that Keiichi Sigsawa would be writing a light novel based on Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online light novel series.  The series is supervised by Kawahara and illustrated by Kouhaku Kuroboshi, and ASCII Media Works published the first novel under the Dengeki imprint on December 10, 2014. During their panel at Anime NYC on November 18, 2017, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series.

Tadadi Tamori launched a manga adaptation in ASCII Media Works seinen manga magazine Dengeki Maoh on October 27, 2015. During their panel at Sakura-Con on April 15, 2017, Yen Press announced that they had licensed the series in North America.

Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced at the Dengeki Bunko Fall Festival 2017 event on October 1, 2017. The series is directed by Masayuki Sakoi, written by Yōsuke Kuroda, produced by Egg Firm and animated by studio 3Hz, with character designs by Yoshio Kosakai. The opening theme song is  by Eir Aoi and the ending theme song is "To see the future" by Tomori Kusunoki.

The series aired in Japan between April 8 and June 30, 2018, on Tokyo MX, BS11, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, MBS and TV Aichi.  The series was released on 6 home video sets with 2 episodes each, for a total of 12 episodes.  Aniplex of America has licensed the series and simulcast the series on Crunchyroll and Hulu. Anime Limited announced that they had acquired the series for release in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Madman Entertainment acquired the series for release in Australia and New Zealand, and simulcasted the series on AnimeLab.

To promote the anime, Tokyo Marui made a limited edition FN P90 submachine gun with a pink finish as part of a collaboration with Keiichi Sigsawa and Kōji Akimoto, the latter who worked on the air gun's color. The pink P90 was raffled to the public through a raffle in a collaboration with Pizza Hut Japan, in which two of them were awarded to contestants.

Reception
During the first half of 2015, the series was the 11th best-selling light novel series, with its first and second volumes ranking at 8th and 17th place, respectively.  The 4th volume also managed to be the 25th best-selling novel during the first half of 2016.  As of May 2018, the series had 1 million copies in print.

Notes


Louis Hardiquest

Louis Hardiquest (15 December 1910 – 20 January 1991) was a Belgian cyclist. He finished in 8th place in the 1934 Paris–Roubaix and in 2nd place in the 1938 Paris–Roubaix.


Scutiger glandulatus

Scutiger glandulatus is a species of frog in the family Megophryidae. It is endemic to China. It is recorded in western Sichuan and northwestern Yunnan, including in Gonggashan National Nature Reserve and Daochengyading National Nature Reserve.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and rivers.


Save the Brahmaputra River

Save the Brahmaputra River is the first joint Indo-British environmental project focusing on creating awareness about the ecological challenges faced by one of the world's mightiest rivers. This cross-continental campaign was officially launched on 31 July 2009 at Guwahati Press Club in presence of environmentalists, scholars and campaigners from both United Kingdom and India. Within a year of its launch, the campaign received extensive international coverage and support for its proactive works in saving the river from environmental threats.

Genesis of the Indo-British Campaign
Popular British poet, novelist, blogger and environmentalist Tess Joyce during her visit to Brahmaputra valley in Assam for working in a techno-environmental project observed utter lack of environmental awareness and concern for the wellness of Brahmaputra river by the riverine people who settled down on both the banks of the river in the entire valley. She discussed this serious issue with famous environmental engineer, popular short-story writer, novelist, actor and poet Arnab Jan Deka, and he agreed to launch the campaign Save the Brahmaputra River under the NGO headed by himself Assam Foundation-India, wherein later on Principal Bhabananda Deka Foundation joined as partner charity. They both framed the primary objectives of the campaign project, and received generous support from the general body members of the Foundation.

Agenda set out for the campaign were-- (1) Creation of awareness for prevention of waste disposal and/or dumping in the River Brahmaputra; (2) Prevention of tree-felling on the banks of Brahmaputra and creation of alternative agricultural practices so as not to affect Brahmaputra in a negative way; (3) To find scientific, eco-friendly ways to prevent flood and erosion by Brahmaputra and to improve current flood taming measures for improving the living conditions of affected riverine people; (4) To raise awareness of the threats faced by declining species that live in or around the River Brahmaputra, and to find ways of ameliorating these threats; and (5) To create awareness of the potential dangers of national and international dams already constructed or awaiting constructions or planning permissions in and around Brahmaputra River, in Assam, rest of India, Tibet and China.
At the formal public meet held at Guwahati Press Club on 31 July 2009 under the presidentship of a top Indian environmental scientist and India's top literary award Saraswati Samman winning novelist Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora, which was attended by many distinguished scholars, environmentalists, technocrats, actors, writers and journalists, Tess Joyce formally announced the launching of the Indo-British international campaign to save the river Brahmaputra. Arnab Jan Deka has been elected to head this campaign as its International Chairman, while Tess Joyce was elected as its International Coordinator. It was decided to establish the international office of the Indo-British campaign in London, while its registered corporate office remained in Guwahati, India. At the same meet, they also formally launched a bilingual book in English-Assamese A Stanza of Sunlight on the Banks of Brahmaputra whose entire sale proceeds will go to the said charity. Tess Joyce wrote about her experiences of launching this campaign and its resultant effect on the environment at several publications.

Media support to the Campaign

This Indo-British international campaign received wide media coverage internationally. Several leading newspapers including Asahi Shimbun, Deccan Herald, Assam Tribune, The Times of India and others published exclusive reports and by-lined articles on this unique environmental campaign.
 Yukifumi Takeuchi, the famous international journalist of highly circulated top Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun traveled from Tokyo to Guwahati to personally interview International Chairman of 'Save the Brahmaputra River' campaign Arnab Jan Deka and to personally observe their activities, and reported back his findings in his newspaper. His landing in Brahmaputra valley in Assam created a tremendous media buzz leading to publication of a front-page headline news in the top English language daily of Northeast India The Assam Tribune. This campaign was also later on referred extensively in other write-ups on related topics.

The Campaign activities
This international campaign has been involved in several multinational events for attracting wider international support to the issue of environmental challenges to Brahmaputra river. Both, the International Chairman Arnab Jan Deka and International Coordinator Tess Joyce, had been highlighting at various forums the various environmental threats encountered by the mighty river. They also exposed the plan of China to divert the course of Brahmaputra river by building 9 massive Dams over it in Tibet for the very first time in Assam. They also managed to earn support of major environmentalists and groups to this cause. Various affirmative actions undertaken under this Indo=British campaign are elaborated herein below.

Book release on Brahmaputra by British & Assamese writers

A book of poetry on the aesthetics of the Brahmaputra river jointly authored by Arnab Jan Deka and Tess Joyce titled A Stanza of Sunlight on the Banks of Brahmaputra was officially launched at the inaugural programme of the campaign in Guwahati Press Club on 31 July 2009. Both the authors declared at the programme that all the authors’ royalty from the sale proceeds of the book shall be donated to the ‘Save the Brahmaputra River’ campaign of Assam Foundation-India. The book launch became major media event, and received extensive media coverage from leading newspapers and television channels in India like The Times of India, Deccan Herald, The Hindu, The Assam Tribune, NE TV, DY 365, Doordarshan etc. and was also highlighted in several major environmental websites.

At London Green Fair, Diwali Parade & Book Fairs

International Coordinator of the campaign Tess Joyce together with the UK Coordinator Jenny participated at the prestigious London Urban Green Fair held in South London on 20 September 2009 along with other British Coordinators and supporters of the campaign. They set up a special desk at the Green Fair, and distributed fliers regarding the threats to the fragile eco-system of Brahmaputra River. They also sold some copies of the book A Stanza of Sunlight on the Banks of Brahmaputra to book lovers and environmental crusaders. The campaign received overwhelming response from all environmentally concerned people visiting the fair. International visitors from different corners received first-hand information and supporting materials concerning the eco-challenges of the Brahmaputra river and pledged their support to the campaign. The Urban Green Fair authorities also offered their support to the cause propagated by Assam Foundation-India, and kept the channels open for future such joint campaign, and also offered their facilities for such programmes.

International Coordinator Tess Joyce also took part in the iconic London Diwali Parade on 23 October 2009. As part of campaign, a paper-made mascot of Brahmaputra River dolphin was built up in a workshop in London by Tess and her supporting staff. Diwali is a Hindu religious festival of light, which is celebrated all over the world including at the White House in Washington DC, and also by British Parliament. London Diwali Parade has become an eagerly waited yearly event in the festival calendar for the Londoners and other international visitors. Save the Brahmaputra River campaign had become the main highlight of the London Diwali Parade in 2009. It managed to draw attention of the co-paraders as well as other festival revelers and bystanders. Fliers and books were distributed among all those interested about the campaign regarding eco-challenges faced by Brahmaputra River.

AFI Chairman and CEO of the campaign together with other members took active part in the official campaign about the environmental issues related to Brahmaputra river at the North East India Book Fair held in Guwahati during 1 to 10 December 2009. They circulated informative brochures and also managed to sell large number of the book on Brahmaputra. Since the visitors to the Fair were largely educated people and enthusiastic students, there were large numbers of attentive listeners to the campaign managers of Assam Foundation-India.

AFI also participated at Assam Government sponsored Guwahati Book Fair held at Maniram Dewan International Trade Centre, held from 4 to 10 April 2010. Its stall in the Fair managed to draw huge crowds, and lots of books on Brahmaputra and other issues promoted by the Foundation had been sold out. Assam Government extended generous support to the Campaign in setting up its stall within the permanent pavilion at the International Trade Centre by waiving all the expenses related to it. All logistic support was offered free of cost by the Assam Government officials. The Fair was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Assam in presence of many celebrities and prominent litterateurs and opinion makers. and they positively responded to the Save the Brahmaputra River campaign launched by Assam Foundation-India.

At International Conferences, Symposium & Workshops

The Chairman and CEO of the campaign received invites and took active part at several International Water Conferences and Symposium held in 2013, 2014 and 2015, where various issues related to Brahmaputra river had been deliberated by world's leading river scientists and technocrats from Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom, India and Nepal. These river experts, besides the Representatives of World Bank, Unicef and Asian Development Bank, also personally interacted with the Chairman and CEO of the Indo-British Campaign. Invitations had been extended to the Chairman by several Universities and other organisations from different countries for sustained future collaborations in research and exchange of information and training at multi-national level.

World Bank sponsored an International Workshop on Brahmaputra Morphology in Guwahati in November, 2013, wherein the Chairman and CEO of the Indo-British campaign participated as an invited delegate, and exchanged knowledge with international experts and other specialists relating to behavioural pattern of the mighty river and also discussed about various scientific and engineering techniques to be adopted for mitigating flood and erosion related devastation causes by the river. Some workable benchmarks had been achieved at this International Workshop, on which World Bank is currently supporting an ambitious independent project in collaboration with stake-holding states.

Book Launch & Endowment Lecture on Brahmaputra

Famous river scientist and hydraulics expert Dr Constantin Aurel Stere traveled from the Netherlands to India to officially launch a book Brahmaputra and Beyond authored by International Chairman of 'Save the Brahmaputra River' campaign Arnab Jan Deka, which was published by Assam Foundation-India together with Universal Books, and also to deliver the first 'Principal Bhabananda Deka & Nalini Prava Deka Endowment Lecture'. Dr Stere, who was a Professor of hydraulics engineering in Technical University of Civil Engineering in Romania and University of West Indies, Barbados, and the International Team Leader in various projects of UNESCO, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and Spanish-Dutch-British Consortium relating to river and coastal engineering in more than 30 countries, attended both the programmes held together at Guwahati Press Club on 28 February 2015, in presence of the author and many other distinguished scholars and media. News reports published subsequently in different media stated that Dr Stere "spoke highly about the extraordinary talent and vision of writer and engineer Arnab Jan Deka in carrying forward the technology and art together in sublime linking essence of Brahmaputra and projecting it to an interested world."

Outcome of the Campaign
In a write-up published in 'The Assam Tribune', it is stated that the Save the Brahmaputra River campaign-related "collaborations have initiated many newly developed technologies and methodologies in the sphere of Brahmaputra research, like predicting and testing flood and erosion through various mathematical models and simulations, as well as ecological problems like global warming, greenhouse effect, garbage dumping and other burning issues." Some other writings also individually praised the efforts of the leading campaigners linked to this Indo-British campaign. In such a write-up, the International Chairman's individual works have been summed up stating that he "delved deep into the spiritual and intellectual heritage along the Brahmaputra valley, and also highlighted its environmental fragility."


Kōroen Station

is a railway station in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

Lines
Hanshin Electric Railway
Main Line

Layout

Adjacent stations

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