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27338729_0_5 | 27338729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%20Capodanno%20Boulevard | Father Capodanno Boulevard | Father Capodanno Boulevard. Major intersections
Major intersections include:
Lily Pond Avenue (northern end)
Sand Lane
Seaview Avenue
Slater Boulevard
Hunter Avenue
Midland Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Greeley Avenue |
27338826_0_0 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa.
Lambrigg is an historical property close to Tharwa in the Australian Capital Territory which is listed by the ACT Heritage Council as a place of historical significance. It was the residence of William James Farrer who made a major contribution to the wheat industry by developing a strain of wheat that was resistant to wheat rust. Lambrigg was the site where Farrer conducted his work on genetic selection for his wheat varieties. |
27338826_1_0 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
William James Farrer was born in 1845 in Westmorland England. His parents, who were farmers, were Thomas Farrer and Sarah Brunskill. He was academically very advanced and won scholarships and medals which took him eventually to Cambridge University where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1868. Soon after he contracted tuberculosis and, for health reasons, migrated to Australia in 1870 at the age of 25. |
27338826_1_1 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
Not long after he arrived, he became a tutor at Duntroon in Canberra. He intended to buy a sheep station but because of financial problems he was unable to do this. He qualified as a surveyor in 1875 and for the next eleven years worked with the New South Wales Department of Lands. |
27338826_1_2 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
In 1882 he married Nina De Salis at St Philip’s Anglican Church in Sydney. Nina was the daughter of Leopold De Salis and Charlotte Macdonald. She was born in 1848 and when she met William she was living on one of her father’s properties near Canberra called Cuppacumbalong. As a wedding present, Nina’s father, Leopold, gave her some land close to Cuppacumbalong. William Farrer called the property Lambrigg which was the name of the English village where his ancestors lived. |
27338826_1_3 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
The Farrers did not live at Lambrigg after their marriage but remained at Cuppacumbalong. Lambrigg, which was only a short ride from Cuppacumbalong, was established as a domestic farm by William Farrer. Charlotte De Salis, his niece, describes how he erected a large orchard at the southern end of the property, a vineyard that ran next to it along the Murrumbidgee River and a large dam. He also planted a rose garden and some weeping willows near the river. There were also horses and sheep, cattle, goats, pigs, turkeys and fowls which came under Nina’s special care. At about this time Farrer began to plant his wheat for experimental purposes. |
27338826_1_4 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
The first building at Lambrigg was a homestead erected mainly for the farm worker and his family to live in. This was a six-room house built of pise (mud). One room and a bedroom was reserved for William should he need to stay overnight. This building has been demolished and only the footings remain. However, there is a photo taken by the De Salis family in about 1900 which shows the homestead. (see photo below). |
27338826_1_5 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
The building of the main Lambrigg Homestead did not commence until after 1890 and was completed by 1894. Farrer decided that the setting of the house was to be facing the river and the north with the view from the front balcony being the winding Murrumbidgee and the surrounding blue hills. His laboratory for his wheat experiments which still stands today was built in 1898. It is a three roomed building made of pise with flagstone floors. It contains a small bedroom which was for Farrer’s laboratory assistant. A photo of this building was taken by the De Salis family shortly after it was built (see at bottom of page). |
27338826_1_6 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
The financial depression that struck rural Australia in 1890 ruined the De Salis family and they lost all their properties and were forced to sell Cuppacumbalong in 1894. George and Henry De Salis, Nina's brothers, were working on the properties and were severely affected. Lambrigg had been gifted to Nina and therefore was not affected by the De Salis foreclosure. After the completion of Lambrigg in 1894 all the families moved there. At this time there was William and Nina, Leopold De Salis, George and Mary De Salis and their seven children and Henry and Charlotte De Salis and their five children lived there. A photo of the adult residents is shown below. |
27338826_1_7 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
William Farrer continued with his wheat research work using his own resources until 1898 when he was employed by the Department of Agriculture as a wheat experimentalist. He developed strains of wheat which were disease-resistant and substantially improved the wheat industry. He died at Lambrigg of heart disease in 1906 and was buried on the property (see photo of his grave after his burial at bottom of page). Nina continued living at Lambrigg until her death in 1929 and was buried next to William. In 1939 a memorial was erected in honour of the Farrers and both their graves were included in the memorial enclosure (see photo at bottom of page). |
27338826_1_8 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. William and Nina Farrer
After Nina's death the McMurtrie family bought Lambrigg Homestead and lived there until 1941. The Merrivale family obtained the house after them and lived there for eight years. |
27338826_2_0 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. Jo and Ruth Gullett
Henry Baynton 'Jo' Gullett was born in 1914. He was the son of Sir Henry Somer Gullett (1878-1940) and Elizabeth Penelope Frater. He spent most of his childhood in Melbourne and at the age of 18 in 1932 went to Oxford University where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree. When he returned to Melbourne three years later he was employed as a journalist. |
27338826_2_1 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. Jo and Ruth Gullett
In 1939 at the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the armed forces and served in the Middle East, Greece and New Guinea and was in a battalion that invaded Normandy on D Day. In 1943 he was awarded the Military Cross. An account of his war experiences is given in his book called "Not as a Duty Only". |
27338826_2_2 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. Jo and Ruth Gullett
In 1946 he married Ruth Mary Colman who was the daughter of Sir George Stanley Colman and Marion Dalrymple. At this time Jo was the Federal Member for Henty a seat which he had won the previous year. During his parliamentary career he was a member of the Standing Committee for Public Works and from 1950 to 1956 was the Government Whip. He resigned from Parliament in 1956 but in 1965 he was appointed as Ambassador to Greece for three years. |
27338826_2_3 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. Jo and Ruth Gullett
In 1949 Jo and Ruth bought Lambrigg. Both of them had a particular interest in gardening but when they came to Lambrigg there was very little of the Farrer's garden remaining because of neglect. However, there were still some almond trees, radiata pines, elms, poplars, a cedar, a hedge, some climbing roses, a flowering apricot and some daffodils The couple developed the garden over the next forty years and it is now one of the showpiece gardens in Canberra. Ruth was also interested in historic houses and was for some years President of the National Trust. She was awarded an MBE in 1982 for her services to the National Estate. |
27338826_3_0 | 27338826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg%2C%20Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa | Lambrigg, Tharwa. Lambrigg today
Today Lambrigg is still owned by the Gullett family. The property is in the Open Garden Scheme and is open to the public occasionally |
27338840_0_0 | 27338840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam%20Posts%20and%20Telecommunications%20Group | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group.
Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, commonly abbreviated as VNPT, is a telecommunications company, owned by the Vietnamese Government, and the national post office of Vietnam. According to a list of UNDP in 2007, it is the second-largest company in Vietnam, just after the Vietnam Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development. It owns Vinaphone, one of the three largest mobile network operators in Vietnam. |
27338840_0_1 | 27338840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam%20Posts%20and%20Telecommunications%20Group | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group.
The main business activities of VNPT include financial investment and capital trading in domestic and foreign markets; post, telecommunications, IT and backbone-based services in domestic and foreign markets, communications, and advertisements; exploration, consultation, design, installation and maintenance of telecommunications and IT works; manufacturing, production, import-export and supply of telecommunications and IT materials, and equipment; and office and real estates for release. |
27338840_0_2 | 27338840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam%20Posts%20and%20Telecommunications%20Group | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group. Subsidiaries
VNPT has a large number of subsidiaries, the most important of which are the following:
Regional Members
VNPT-Vinaphone
VNPT-Net
VNPT-Media
VNPT-IT
VNPT-Technology |
27338840_1_0 | 27338840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam%20Posts%20and%20Telecommunications%20Group | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group. Telecommunications companies of Vietnam
Government-owned companies of Vietnam
Logistics companies of Vietnam |
27338862_0_0 | 27338862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head%20of%20a%20Warrior | Head of a Warrior | Head of a Warrior.
The Head of a Warrior is a recurring theme in art. The heads vary a great deal across time and artistic style, but all present an intriguing look into both the soldier and the artist of the day. |
27338862_0_1 | 27338862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head%20of%20a%20Warrior | Head of a Warrior | Head of a Warrior. External links
Head of a Warrior by Pablo Picasso
A109 from the Second Temple of Hera at the Argive Heraion.
Greek severe Style from Joetourist. (Description)
Roman Head of a Warrior |
27338934_0_0 | 27338934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20ironclad%20Duque%20de%20Tetu%C3%A1n | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán.
The floating battery Duque de Tetuán was an ironclad warship, a low-freeboard vessel similar in design to a monitor, of the Spanish Navy, and was constructed during the Third Carlist War to provide coastal defense and fire support for troops ashore. Completed after the end of the conflict for which it was designed, the ship was assigned to the defense of Ferrol. It remained in this duty, though briefly decommissioned in 1897, until it was decommissioned and scrapped in 1900. |
27338934_0_1 | 27338934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20ironclad%20Duque%20de%20Tetu%C3%A1n | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán. Design
Designed and constructed by the Reales Astilleros de Esteiro at Ferrol to meet an Armada requirement for a floating battery capable of providing gunfire support to troops ashore during the Third Carlist War, Duque de Tetuán was of wooden construction, its hull plated with iron armor thick. Some of the armor plate used in the construction of Duque de Tetuán came from the earlier armoured frigate Tetuan, which had burned under suspicious circumstances during the Cantonist rebellion at Cartagena. |
27338934_0_2 | 27338934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20ironclad%20Duque%20de%20Tetu%C3%A1n | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán.
Armament consisted of a single cannon, and four rifled cannon. The construction of Duque de Tetuán took place at Cartagena, and the incomplete vessel was among the vessels captured by the rebel forces when they seized the city. |
27338934_0_3 | 27338934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20ironclad%20Duque%20de%20Tetu%C3%A1n | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán. Career
Despite the urgent need for such a vessel to provide fire support in the government's campaign against the Carlists, Duque de Tetuán was not completed in time to participate in the war. Of little use in any offensive role as a result of its design, it was considered "a failure as a ship of war", and was assigned to the defense of the Armada base at Ferrol. Duque de Tetuán served in this unglamorous role, seeing no action, for the duration of its career. |
27338934_0_4 | 27338934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20ironclad%20Duque%20de%20Tetu%C3%A1n | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán.
Considered a third-rate ship by the close of the 19th century, Duque de Tetuán was decommissioned and struck from the official strength of the Armada by 1897. However, in 1898, the outbreak of the Spanish–American War led to its being recommissioned, to once more defend Ferrol against attack, the ship being fitted with controls for the electric mines that had been laid to protect the base. |
27338934_0_5 | 27338934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20ironclad%20Duque%20de%20Tetu%C3%A1n | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán.
After the end of the war, Duque de Tetuán was again decommissioned, and was sold for scrap in 1900. |
27338934_1_0 | 27338934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%20ironclad%20Duque%20de%20Tetu%C3%A1n | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán | Spanish ironclad Duque de Tetuán. Gunboats of the Spanish Navy
Ships built in Spain
Spanish–American War gunboats of Spain
Ironclad warships of the Spanish Navy |
27338941_0_0 | 27338941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza%20Ebrahimi | Morteza Ebrahimi | Morteza Ebrahimi.
Morteza Ebrahimi (born March 6, 1982) is a retired Iranian footballer who played in the IPL. He currently works as a youth coach for Charlotte Soccer Academy. |
27338941_0_1 | 27338941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morteza%20Ebrahimi | Morteza Ebrahimi | Morteza Ebrahimi. Club career
He started his career with Esteghlal Rasht youth team in 1998. In 2005, he joined Esteghlal F.C. which became IPL Champions in the 2005–06 season. |
27338950_0_0 | 27338950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhynchospora%20capitellata | Rhynchospora capitellata | Rhynchospora capitellata.
Rhynchospora capitellata is a species of sedge known by the common names brownish beaksedge and brownish beaked-rush. It is native to eastern North America and a few spots in the western United States. It grows in wet habitat, such as swamps, springtime meadows, and moist areas in forests. It is a perennial herb producing clumps of stems 20 to 100 centimeters tall, each stem sheathed with several narrow, pointed leaves. The inflorescence is a cluster of brown spikelets each about 3 or 4 millimeters long. |
27338953_0_0 | 27338953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Molloy%20%28lawyer%29 | Anthony Molloy (lawyer) | Anthony Molloy (lawyer).
Anthony Patrick Molloy (born 3 March 1944) is a New Zealand lawyer, legal commentator and controversialist. |
27338953_0_1 | 27338953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Molloy%20%28lawyer%29 | Anthony Molloy (lawyer) | Anthony Molloy (lawyer). Early life
Molloy was educated by the Christian Brothers at St Peter's College, Auckland, by the Jesuit Fathers at Holy Name Seminary, Christchurch and at Auckland University, where he won the Hugh Campbell Scholarship in law. |
27338953_0_2 | 27338953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Molloy%20%28lawyer%29 | Anthony Molloy (lawyer) | Anthony Molloy (lawyer). Legal career
Molloy was admitted in the Supreme Court of New Zealand (as it was then called) as a Barrister and Solicitor in Auckland in 1967. He commenced practice as a Barrister sole in 1969. His practice has been largely in the areas of banking law, domestic and international income and capital taxation, goods and services tax, partnership law, property law, trusts and wills. He has been active in establishing, in the taxation area, the principles of administrative law and judicial review, appearing as counsel in several important cases before the superior courts of New Zealand. For many years Molloy was part-time lecturer at the University of Auckland Law School in the Law of Trusts, Wills and Succession and was, for ten years, assessor and moderator in those subjects for all the University Law Schools in New Zealand. He has published widely, most notably, Molloy on Income Tax (1976) and, with PRH Webb, The Law of Partnership in New Zealand (1998). In 1977, Molloy was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D) by Auckland University in recognition of his "contributions of special excellence to legal scholarship". In 1984, he was elevated to the rank of Queens Counsel. Molloy has also practised in Canon law as counsel appointed by the Catholic Bishop of Auckland in the Ecclesiastical Courts of the Catholic Church. Molloy is currently co-editor of Trusts and Trustees. |
27338953_0_3 | 27338953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Molloy%20%28lawyer%29 | Anthony Molloy (lawyer) | Anthony Molloy (lawyer). Winebox
In 1994, Molloy was appointed as taxation adviser to Counsel assisting the Winebox Inquiry. His appointment drew protests from some of the parties and in early 1995 the Commissioner Sir Ronald Davison terminated his appointment. Molloy later published a book (Thirty Pieces of Silver (1998)) on some of the issues relevant to that inquiry and, more broadly, the role in New Zealand, of the large legal firm, Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co. He has also published other comment on the Winebox Inquiry. |
27338953_0_4 | 27338953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Molloy%20%28lawyer%29 | Anthony Molloy (lawyer) | Anthony Molloy (lawyer). Judicial specialisation
Molloy has complained about New Zealand's "one judge fits all" approach to law, where the legal profession fails to insist counsel should not argue cases in areas where they have no competence, and parliament fails to insist judges sit on cases only where they have acknowledged expertise. He has been supported by some lawyers and criticised by others including New Zealand's Attorney-General who has suggested that Molloy surrender his QC warrant. |
27338953_0_5 | 27338953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Molloy%20%28lawyer%29 | Anthony Molloy (lawyer) | Anthony Molloy (lawyer). Wine grower
In 1980 Molloy and his wife Petra established the St Nesbit vinyard and winery at Karaka, 30 km south of Auckland, on a peninsula on the Manukau harbour. The original plantings were Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot. From these vines, St Nesbit produced an award-winning red wine. However, the vines were decimated by leaf roll virus in the early 1990s and had to be removed. The vineyard was then replanted with the five Bordeaux varieties (the three mentioned above with Petit Verdot and Malbec) using new clones, low-vigour rootstock and very high plant densities. The first vintage was released from the new vineyard in 2002. It was the first St Nesbit released in 10 years. St Nesbit continues to make only one wine, a vineyard-determined blend. |
27338953_0_6 | 27338953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Molloy%20%28lawyer%29 | Anthony Molloy (lawyer) | Anthony Molloy (lawyer).
Selected bibliography of works by Anthony Molloy
Molloy on income tax, Butterworths, Wellington, 1976.
Molloy on tax disputes, investigations and crimes, Fishmore Press, Auckland, 1988.
Principles of the law of partnership, Butterworths, Wellington, 1996 (with PRH Webb).
Thirty pieces of silver: a big New Zealand law firm and its concept of professional responsibility, viewed through its words, its works and its documents, Howling at the Moon productions, Auckland, 1998; |
27338956_0_0 | 27338956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAR%20004 | BAR 004 | BAR 004.
The BAR 004 was the car with which the British American Racing team competed in the Formula One season. It was driven by Jacques Villeneuve and Olivier Panis. The BAR 004 was the first BAR car to be fully designed by British American Racing after 3-year alliance with Reynard Motorsport. |
27338956_0_1 | 27338956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAR%20004 | BAR 004 | BAR 004.
During the season the car was unreliable having a dismal start which saw the team fail to score a single championship point during the first half of the season. Also Olivier Panis failed to finish the first seven races. The team scored their first points when they finished fourth and fifth at the 2002 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Eventually the team finished eighth in the Constructors' Championship with seven points. Panis then left the team at the end of the year to drive for Toyota Racing, being replaced for 2003 by Jenson Button, who spent the 2002 season driving for Renault. |
27338956_0_2 | 27338956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAR%20004 | BAR 004 | BAR 004.
BAR used 'Lucky Strike' logos, except at the British, French and United States Grands Prix. |
27338962_0_0 | 27338962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Ford | Gene Ford | Gene Ford.
Eugene Wyman Ford (April 16, 1881 – August 23, 1973) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season (1905) with the Detroit Tigers. For his career, he compiled a 0–1 record, with a 5.66 earned run average, and 20 strikeouts in 35 innings pitched. |
27338962_0_1 | 27338962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Ford | Gene Ford | Gene Ford.
His brother Russ Ford was another Major League Baseball pitcher. |
27338978_0_0 | 27338978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipeline%20Coastal%20Park | Pipeline Coastal Park | Pipeline Coastal Park.
The Pipeline Coastal Park is an area of coastal vegetation in Amanzimtoti, Durban, South Africa. It is an elongated strip of land bordering the Indian Ocean. Plants found here include the Mimusops caffra, Strelitzia nicolai and Brachylaena discolor. |
27338978_1_0 | 27338978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipeline%20Coastal%20Park | Pipeline Coastal Park | Pipeline Coastal Park. Protected areas of KwaZulu-Natal
Nature reserves in South Africa |
27338979_0_0 | 27338979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr%20Hotel | Barr Hotel | Barr Hotel.
The Barr Hotel is a historic hotel on the eastern side of downtown Lima, Ohio, United States. Built in 1914, the Neoclassical hotel occupies the northeastern corner of the intersection of High and Union Streets. |
27338979_0_1 | 27338979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr%20Hotel | Barr Hotel | Barr Hotel. Architecture
The primary portion of the hotel is a brick building, seven stories tall; it rests on a concrete foundation and is covered by a flat roof. Next to this portion is a connected building, four stories high and also built of brick. Large sash windows and Ionic-capped pilasters are among the most distinctive elements of the primary portion of the hotel. |
27338979_0_2 | 27338979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr%20Hotel | Barr Hotel | Barr Hotel. Historical context
During the early twentieth century, Lima experienced rapid growth as a result of its place as a hub for Standard Oil and as the home of the Lima Locomotive Works. Many large buildings were erected in the city's downtown, including the still-standing Hotel Argonne and the Ohio Theatre. The Barr Hotel is a typical building of this period. Officially opened in October 1916, the original proprietors of the hotel were the physician, Dr. Eugene Jacob Barr and his attorney son, Ortha Orrie Barr Sr., who was later elected to the Ohio House of Representatives between 1931 and 1935. In 1956, businessman, C. O. Porter assumed ownership of the hotel. |
27338979_0_3 | 27338979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr%20Hotel | Barr Hotel | Barr Hotel. Recognition
In 1986, the Barr Hotel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its significance in overall American history. As a little-altered example of Lima's golden years, the hotel was significant partially because of the unusually frequent destruction of historic buildings in Lima since the early twentieth century. |
27338979_0_4 | 27338979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barr%20Hotel | Barr Hotel | Barr Hotel. Contemporary use
The entire building was refurbished in 1994 and became an apartment complex with modern fixtures and state-of-the-art amenities. The building, now called The Barr Apartments, was bought in spring 2010 by real estate investors, Michael and Barbara O'Connor, co-owners of the company, O'Connor Investment Properties. Tenants in the building are profesionals working in the downtown Lima area as well as local university students. |
27338984_0_0 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron.
The 23rd Space Operations Squadron (23 SOPS) is a satellite control unit of the United States Space Force. It is part of Space Delta 6 and is located at New Boston Space Force Station, New Hampshire. Prior to July 2020, part of the 50th Network Operations Group, itself a part of the 50th Space Wing. |
27338984_1_0 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. 23rd Airways Detachment (1942–1943)
The 23rd Space Operations Squadron was originally activated on 25 July 1942 as the 23rd Airways Detachment. The squadron served in India and China during World War II, earning campaign streamers for India-Burma (1942–1945) and the China Defensive (1942–1945) before disbanding on 1 December 1943. |
27338984_1_1 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. Air Force Space Command (1991–2019)
On 1 November 1991, the Air Force reconstituted the 23rd Airways Detachment and designated it the 23rd Space Operations Squadron (23rd SOPS). Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) activated the unit at New Boston Air Force Station in New Hampshire. |
27338984_1_2 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. History
The squadron assumed responsibility for the operation of the New Hampshire Tracking Station, replacing a detachment of the 2nd Satellite Tracking Group. Satellite support operations there had begun on 1 April 1960, using van-mounted equipment. Simultaneous with van operations, the installation of equipment in permanent facilities began under the Weapons Systems 117L program. Van operations were gradually phased out, and by June 1964 the entire station was operating in permanent facilities. By the summer of 1964, the station had dual satellite tracking, telemetry and commanding capabilities. On 1 October 1987 the operations were transferred to AFSPC, and the station moved from a research and development environment into the operational Air Force. |
27338984_1_3 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. History
On 10 March 2004, the squadron was realigned under the 50th Network Operations Group, part of the 50th Space Wing. It began supporting three other SCN sites in October 2010, including Detachment 1 located at Thule Air Base in Greenland, and RAF Oakhanger in the United Kingdom. The third site, the Eastern Vehicle Checkout Facility (EVCF), is located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida (callsign BEACH) and ensures SCN capabilities and operation of satellites prior to and during initial launch. The squadron began supporting two Global Positioning System (GPS) ground antennas and monitor stations on 1 August 2011. One is located at Cape Canaveral and the other is located at Ascension Auxiliary Air Field on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. |
27338984_1_4 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. History
The squadron completed installation of an Automated Remote Tracking Station capability at the Eastern Vehicle Checkout Facility based at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 29 August 2013. The EVCF is responsible for launch-based compatibility testing and launch data collection, primarily on the Eastern Launch Range. |
27338984_1_5 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. US Space Force (2019–present)
The squadron was realigned to Space Delta 6 of the United States Space Force on 24 July 2020. |
27338984_1_6 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. Mission
The 23rd Space Operations Squadron (23rd SOPS) provides US Space Command with critical satellite command and control capability to more than 190 Department of Defense, national and civilian satellites performing intelligence, weather, navigation, early-warning and communications operations. |
27338984_1_7 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. Locations
The squadron provides assured access to space and cyberspace by operating and maintaining the Satellite Control Network's largest remote tracking station at New Boston Space Force Station in New Hampshire, as well as at three other Geographically Separate Units located at Thule Air Base in Greenland, Oakhanger in the United Kingdom, and the Eastern Vehicle Checkout Facility (EVCF) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. |
27338984_2_0 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. Operations
The squadron provides real-time capability to users performing on-orbit tracking, telemetry, commanding, and mission data retrieval services. Additionally, the squadron provides remote command and control capability through two Global Positioning System (GPS) control stations located at Cape Canaveral and Ascension Auxiliary Air Field in the South Atlantic Ocean. |
27338984_2_1 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. Operations
The squadron also operates and maintains a ground station of the Defense Satellite Communications System and additional equipment in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other mission partners. |
27338984_2_2 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. Operations
The 23rd SOPS operates and maintains New Boston SFS, an installation of which includes infrastructure worth more than $106 million. The squadron performs all station operations for the installation including security, civil engineering, communications, services, natural resources and safety. |
27338984_3_0 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. Lt Col David Hanson, 28 June 2011
Lt Col Sarah Jackson, ~2014
Lt Col Marty Easter, ~2016
Lt Col Kenneth Holmes, ~2018
Lt Col Daniel Highlander, 2 July 2019
Lt Col David Zesinger, 12 July 2021 |
27338984_4_0 | 27338984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20Space%20Operations%20Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron | 23rd Space Operations Squadron. External links
Official squadron fact sheet
Squadrons of the United States Space Force
Military units and formations in New Hampshire |
27339036_0_0 | 27339036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilian%20of%20Faenza | Emilian of Faenza | Emilian of Faenza.
Emilian of Faenza, Irish pilgrim and bishop, fl. 7th or 8th century. |
27339036_1_0 | 27339036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilian%20of%20Faenza | Emilian of Faenza | Emilian of Faenza. Biography
Emilian was an Irish bishop who died in Faenza, Italy, sometime in the 7th or 8th century. He was buried in the church of St. Clement in the town, his body been rediscovered in the 10th century, which led to its removal to what is now the parish church of St Emilian. |
27339036_1_1 | 27339036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilian%20of%20Faenza | Emilian of Faenza | Emilian of Faenza. Biography
He is attributed with miracles banishing demonic possession, which led to a cult in his name, attested in 1139. He is commemorated on Nov. 6. |
27339061_0_0 | 27339061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Z%C3%BCrcher | Erik Zürcher | Erik Zürcher.
Erik Zürcher (13 September 1928, in Utrecht – 7 February 2008, in Warmond) was a Dutch Sinologist. From 1962 to 1993, Zürcher was a professor of history of East Asia at the Leiden University. He was also Director of the Sinological Institute, between 1975 and 1990. His Chinese name was Xǔ Lǐhe (许理和). |
27339061_0_1 | 27339061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Z%C3%BCrcher | Erik Zürcher | Erik Zürcher. Biography
He studied Sinology, Buddhism, specializing in Chinese religions. In 1959, his PhD was over The Buddhist Conquest of China. In 1962 he became professor of history of East Asia, particularly the Chinese Buddhism, Chinese reactions to the Christianity and early relations between China and the outside world. |
27339061_0_2 | 27339061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Z%C3%BCrcher | Erik Zürcher | Erik Zürcher.
He was a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1975 and Associate of the Academie des Belles Lettres et des Incriptions of the Institut de France. He was also awarded the Medal of Honor for Art and Science in the Order of the House of Orange and made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. |
27339061_0_3 | 27339061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Z%C3%BCrcher | Erik Zürcher | Erik Zürcher.
His son Erik-Jan Zürcher (born 1953) is a professor of Turkish languages and cultures at the University of Leiden and former director of the International Institute of Social History. |
27339061_0_5 | 27339061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Z%C3%BCrcher | Erik Zürcher | Erik Zürcher.
(1976), , Syllabus "Boeddhisme", (Syllabus "Buddhism"), Leiden (Sinological Institute).
(1974), , Aardrijkskundig overzicht van China, (Geographical overview of China), Leiden (Sinological Institute).
(1971), , Chronologie van de Culturele Revolutie, (Chronology of the Cultural Revolution), Leiden (Documentation for the current China, Sinological Institute).
(1970), , Inleiding traditionele Chinese staat en maatschappij, (Introduction Traditional Chinese State and Society), Leiden (Documentation for the current China, Sinological Institute).
(1970), , Geschiedenis van het Chinese communisme. Overzicht en chronologie, (History of Chinese Communism. Overview and chronology), Leiden (Documentation for the current China, Sinological Institute).
(1970), , Geschiedenis-overzicht van China, (History Overview of China), Leiden (Documentation for the current China, Sinological Institute).
(1970), , De Chinese Volksrepubliek (1949- ). Kort chronologisch overzicht, (The Chinese People's Republic (1949 -). Short Chronological overview), Leiden (Documentation for the current China, Sinological Institute). |
27339061_0_6 | 27339061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Z%C3%BCrcher | Erik Zürcher | Erik Zürcher.
Blussé, Leonard and Harriet T. Zurndorfer, Conflict and Accommodation in Early Modern East Asia. Essays in Honour of Erik Zürcher, Leiden (Brill) 1993, , (Leidensia Sinica, vol. 29).
Liang, J.C.P. and R.P.E. Sybesma (eds.), From classical fú to "three inches high". Studies on Chinese in honor of Erik Zürcher, Leuven-Apeldoorn (Garant) 1993, .
Lloyd Haft, Words from the West. Western Texts in Chinese Literary Context. Essays to Honor Erik Zürcher on His Sixty-Fifth Birthday'', Leiden (Centre of Non-Western Studies) 1993, , (CNWS publications, vol. 16). |
27339077_0_0 | 27339077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%20Houtz | Lefty Houtz | Lefty Houtz.
Fred Fritz "Lefty" Houtz (September 4, 1875 – February 15, 1959) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1899 and also had a 12-year minor league career. Houtz stood at 5' 10" and weighed 170 lbs. |
27339077_0_1 | 27339077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%20Houtz | Lefty Houtz | Lefty Houtz. Career
Lefty Houtz was born in Connersville, Indiana. He started his professional baseball career in 1899 with the Texas League's Galveston Sand Crabs and made an immediate impact. In 78 games that year, he batted .395 and slugged .673 with 17 home runs. He led the league in triples, home runs, hits, total bases, and slugging percentage. |
27339077_0_2 | 27339077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%20Houtz | Lefty Houtz | Lefty Houtz.
Houtz was then acquired by the Cincinnati Reds, and he made his major league debut on July 23. Sporting Life later wrote of that day:
"All records were broken after acquisition of "Lefty" Houtz, who was hailed by the late Harry Weldon as the champion slugger of the Texas League. The afternoon that Houtz made his debut the stands were packed and overflow meetings were held along the lines." |
27339077_0_3 | 27339077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%20Houtz | Lefty Houtz | Lefty Houtz.
Houtz played five games for the Reds from July 23 to July 26. He went 4 for 17 at the plate with 4 walks, for a .381 on-base percentage. He finished out the season with St. Paul of the Western League. On October 7, Sporting Life reported that Houtz ("the Texas League wonder") had been released outright from Cincinnati. He then played for two teams in 1900 and batted just .220. |
27339077_0_4 | 27339077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%20Houtz | Lefty Houtz | Lefty Houtz.
In 1902, Houtz joined the Butte Miners of the Pacific Northwest League. He raised his batting average to .291, and Butte won the league championship. The following season, he moved to the Pacific National League's San Francisco Pirates and batted .286. He broke out again in 1904, with the Boise Fruit Pickers. Houtz was one of the PNL's top sluggers that season, batting .343 and pacing the circuit with 33 doubles and 18 triples while finishing second in total bases. |
27339077_0_5 | 27339077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%20Houtz | Lefty Houtz | Lefty Houtz.
In 1905, Houtz played in the Pacific Coast League, and his batting average fell to .243. He was ordered to report to spring training with the National League's St. Louis Cardinals in early 1906 but did not play for the Cardinals in a regular season game. His five games in 1899 would remain the only major league experience of his career. Houtz instead spent 1906 and 1907 playing for the Montgomery Senators of the Southern Association. In May 1906, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported that he was "hitting the ball hard", but his batting average that year was just .244. He then hit .258 in 1907. |
27339077_0_6 | 27339077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%20Houtz | Lefty Houtz | Lefty Houtz.
Houtz went to the Central League's Zanesville Infants in 1908 and then to the Ohio State League's Lima Cigarmakers in 1910. In 1911, he batted .323 and led the OSL in slugging percentage, triples, and total bases. It was the third time in his career that he led a league in triples. He retired from professional baseball after that season. |
27339077_0_7 | 27339077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty%20Houtz | Lefty Houtz | Lefty Houtz.
Houtz died in 1959 in St. Marys, Ohio. He was buried in New St. Joseph Cemetery. |
27339078_0_0 | 27339078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes%20amarum | Ribes amarum | Ribes amarum.
Ribes amarum is a species of currant known by the common name bitter gooseberry. It is endemic to California, where it is known from mountains, foothills, and canyons. Its habitat includes Chaparral. |
27339078_0_1 | 27339078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes%20amarum | Ribes amarum | Ribes amarum. Description
Ribes amarum is a shrub growing to one to two meters (40-80 inches) in height. Nodes along the stem each bear three spines up to a centimeter (0.4 inch) in length. The hairy, glandular leaves are 2 to 4 centimeters (0.8-1.6 inches) long and generally rounded in shape, divided into 3 to 5 rounded toothed lobes. |
27339078_0_2 | 27339078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribes%20amarum | Ribes amarum | Ribes amarum.
The inflorescence is a solitary flower or raceme of up to three flowers which hang from leaf axils. The showy flower has five pointed sepals in shades of purple-red which are reflexed upward. At the center is a tubular corolla of white or pink-tinged petals around five stamens and two styles. The fruit is a bristly berry up to 2 centimeters wide which is bright red, ripening purple. |
27339084_0_0 | 27339084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo%20Gragnani | Filippo Gragnani | Filippo Gragnani.
Filippo Gragnani (3 September 1768 – 28 July 1820) was an Italian guitarist and composer. |
27339084_0_1 | 27339084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo%20Gragnani | Filippo Gragnani | Filippo Gragnani.
Gragnani was born in Livorno, the son of Antonio Gragnani. Coming from a family of notable luthiers and musicians, he studied music in his home town with Giulio Maria Lucchesi, first studying the violin then later devoting himself to the guitar, becoming known as a virtuoso performer.
Gragnani first published works for guitar and chamber music in Milan around the beginning of the 19th century with the publishers Ricordi and Monzino. During these times he travelled to Germany and eventually settled in Paris by 1810. There he befriended and became a pupil of Ferdinando Carulli, to whom he dedicated three of his guitar duets and who in turn also dedicated some duets to Gragnani. |
27339084_0_2 | 27339084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo%20Gragnani | Filippo Gragnani | Filippo Gragnani.
Little is known about Gragnani after 1812. The "Registro dei Morti" (Register of Deaths) of the Church of St. Martino di Salviano in Livorno indicates he died on 28 July 1820. |
27339084_0_3 | 27339084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo%20Gragnani | Filippo Gragnani | Filippo Gragnani. Works
Some twenty compositions are known by Gragnani, of which fifteen have opus numbers.
Tre Sonate
Tre Duetti
Sinfonia
Sonata Sentimentale
Tre Divertimenti
Tre Duetti
Trois Duos, Op. 1
Trois Duos, Op. 2
Trois Duos, Op. 3
Trois Duos, Op. 4
Fantasia (solo guitar), Op. 5
Opus 6
Tre Sonatine e un Tema con Variazioni, Op. 6
Trois Duos, Op. 6
Trois Duos, Op. 7
Opus 8
Tre Dui (for violin and guitar), Op. 8
Quartetto for clarinet, violin, and two guitars, Op. 8
Sestetto (for flute, clarinet, violin, 2 guitars & cello in A major), Op. 9
Variazioni, Op. 10
Trois Exercices, Op. 11
Trio (for three guitars), Op. 12
Trio (for flute, violin and guitar), Op. 13
Trois Duos, Op. 14
Opus 15
Sonata Sentimentale (solo guitar), Op. 15
Divertimenti (solo guitar), Op. 15 |
27339085_0_0 | 27339085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Yovich | John Yovich | John Yovich.
Dr John Vincent Yovich (born 16 November 1959) is an Australian educator and veterinary doctor, and former Vice-Chancellor of Murdoch University, located in the suburb of Murdoch, Western Australia. |
27339085_0_1 | 27339085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Yovich | John Yovich | John Yovich. History
Professor Yovich earned a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from Murdoch University in 1981. He also received a Diploma in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery from the University of Guelph from 1982 to 1983. |
27339085_0_2 | 27339085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Yovich | John Yovich | John Yovich.
He went abroad and graduated with a Master of Science in 1986 and PhD in 1988 from Colorado State University. He also gained other professional qualifications from the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1987 and as a Registered Specialist in Veterinary Surgery and Equine Surgery. |
27339085_0_3 | 27339085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Yovich | John Yovich | John Yovich.
He was the Vice-Chancellor of Murdoch University from 2002 to 2011.
Yovich was the head of the veterinary school of Murdoch University prior to his vice chancellor's role. |
27339088_0_0 | 27339088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture%20Memos | Torture Memos | Torture Memos.
A set of legal memoranda known as the "Torture Memos" were drafted by John Yoo as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States and signed in August 2002 by Assistant Attorney General Jay S. Bybee, head of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice. They advised the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States Department of Defense, and the President on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques: mental and physical torment and coercion such as prolonged sleep deprivation, binding in stress positions, and waterboarding, and stated that such acts, widely regarded as torture, might be legally permissible under an expansive interpretation of presidential authority during the "War on Terror". |
27339088_0_1 | 27339088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture%20Memos | Torture Memos | Torture Memos.
Following accounts of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq, one of the memos was leaked to the press in June 2004. Jack Goldsmith, then head of the Office of Legal Counsel, had already withdrawn the Yoo memos and advised agencies not to rely on them. After Goldsmith was forced to resign because of his objections, Attorney General Ashcroft issued a one paragraph opinion re-authorizing the use of torture. Then in December 2004, another head of OLC reaffirmed the original legal opinions. |
27339088_0_2 | 27339088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture%20Memos | Torture Memos | Torture Memos.
In May 2005, the CIA requested new legal opinions about the interrogation techniques it was using. The OLC issued three memos that month, signed by Steven G. Bradbury, ruling on the legality of the authorized techniques if agents followed certain constraints. In addition to these memos issued by the OLC to executive agencies, internal memos were written related to the use of torture in interrogation of detainees; for instance, in 2002 and 2003, Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, signed several memos authorizing "Special Interrogation Plans" for specific detainees held at Guantanamo Bay in an attempt to gain more information from them. |
27339088_0_3 | 27339088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture%20Memos | Torture Memos | Torture Memos.
All of these memoranda have been the focus of considerable controversy over executive power, government practices, and the treatment of detainees during the Bush administration. The orders were rescinded by President Barack Obama on January 22, 2009, shortly after he took office. |
27339088_0_4 | 27339088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture%20Memos | Torture Memos | Torture Memos. The "Torture Memos"
The term "torture memos" was originally used to refer to three documents prepared by the Office of Legal Counsel at the United States Department of Justice and signed in August 2002: "Standards of Conduct for Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. sections 2340–2340A" and "Interrogation of al Qaeda" (both drafted by Jay Bybee), and an untitled letter from John Yoo to Alberto Gonzales. |
27339088_0_5 | 27339088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture%20Memos | Torture Memos | Torture Memos.
Since the initial revelation of these documents, other communications related to the use of torture to coerce or intimidate detainees during the Bush administration have been divulged. These include a December 2, 2002, internal Department of Defense memo signed by Donald Rumsfeld, then Secretary of Defense, authorizing 17 techniques in a "Special Interrogation Plan" to be used against the detainee Mohammed al-Qahtani; a March 13, 2003, legal opinion written by John Yoo of the Office of Legal Counsel, DoJ, and issued to the General Counsel of Defense five days before the U.S. invasion of Iraq started, concluding that federal laws related to use of torture and other abuse did not apply to agents interrogating foreigners overseas; and other DoD internal memos authorizing techniques for specific military interrogations of certain individual detainees. |
27339088_0_6 | 27339088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture%20Memos | Torture Memos | Torture Memos.
In 2005, Alberto Gonzales testified before Congress that the CIA sought the 2002 opinion after having captured Abu Zubaydah in 2002, who was then believed to be a significant al-Qaeda figure who could provide important information to U.S. efforts to constrain and prevent terrorism. They were anxious to get as much information from Zubaydah as fast as possible. Questions by CIA officers over which tactics could be used on the detainee had spurred writing the torture memo, which is reflected in the language of the memo; "You have asked for this advice in the course of conducting interrogations of Abu Zubaydah." The memo's author, John Yoo, acknowledged the memo authorized the "enhanced interrogation techniques" used by the CIA in Zubaydah's interrogation. Yoo told an interviewer in 2007, "there was an urgency to decide so that valuable intelligence could be acquired from Abu Zubaydah, before further attacks could occur." |
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