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Joe Laws
Date of birth:
June 16, 1911
Place of birth:
Colfax, Iowa
Date of death:
August, 1979
Career information
Position(s):
Cornerback
College:
Iowa
Organizations
As player:
1934-1945
Green Bay Packers
Career highlights and awards
Honors:
Packers Hall of Fame
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
Joe Laws (June 16, 1911 - August 1979) was an American football player. He played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers, winning two World Championships, and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1972. Prior to joining the Packers, Laws attended the University of Iowa where he was a member of the Sigma Pi.
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Des Moines Register
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Wayland Becker | Hank Bruder | Frank Butler | Cal Clemens | Tiny Engebretsen | Lon Evans | Milt Gantenbein | Buckets Goldenberg | Lou Gordon | Arnie Herber | Clarke Hinkle | Don Hutson | Swede Johnston | Walt Kiesling | Joe Laws | Russ Letlow | Harry Mattos | John McNally | Paul Miller | Bob Monnett | Tony Paulekas | Al Rose | George Sauer | Bernie Scherer | Herm Schneidman | Ade Schwammel | Champ Seibold | Ernie Smith | George Svendsen
Head Coach Curly Lambeau
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Green Bay Packers 1939 NFL Champions
Frank Balasz | John Biolo | Jack Brennan | Charley Brock | Hank Bruder | Larry Buhler | Larry Craig | Tiny Engebretsen | Milt Gantenbein | Buckets Goldenberg | Tom Greenfield | Arnie Herber | Clarke Hinkle | Don Hutson | Cecil Isbell | Harry Jacunski | Eddie Jankowski | Paul Kell | Wally Kilbourne | Jimmy Lawrence | Joe Laws | Bill Lee | Russ Letlow | Al Moore | Carl Mulleneaux | Baby Ray | Herm Schneidman | Charlie Schultz | Ernie Smith | Frank Steen | Bud Svendsen | Tuffy Thompson | Frank Twedell | Andy Uram | Dick Weisgerber | Gust Zarnas | Dick Zoll
Head Coach Curly Lambeau
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Green Bay Packers 1944 NFL Champions
Paul Berezney | Dick Bilda | Charley Brock | Lou Brock | Mike Bucchianeri | Tony Canadeo | Irv Comp | Larry Craig | Tiny Croft | Paul Duhart | Bob Flowers | Ted Fritsch | Buckets Goldenberg | Don Hutson | Harry Jacunski | Bob Kahler | Bob Kercher | Bill Kuusisto | Joe Laws | Joel Mason | Roy McKay | Forrest McPherson | Don Perkins | Baby Ray | Ade Schwammel | Glen Sorenson | Ben Starret | Pete Tinsley | Chuck Tollefson | Alex Urban | Ray Wehba
Head Coach Curly Lambeau
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Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inductees
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Categories: 1911 births | 1979 deaths | People from Iowa | American football cornerbacks | Green Bay Packers players | Iowa Hawkeyes football players | Defensive back, pre-1930 birth stubs
Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit family, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release date(s)
Release 68: May 1, 1985
Release 69: September 20, 1985
Solid Gold: July 6, 1988
Genre(s)
Interactive fiction
Mode(s)
Single player
Media
3½” or 5¼” disk
System requirements
No special requirements
Input methods
Keyboard
Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published by Infocom in 1985. It was intended to be an easier game to solve than the typical Infocom release, and provide a good introduction to interactive fiction for inexperienced players. It was one of five top-selling titles to be re-released in Solid Gold versions including in-game hints. Craig Shaw Gardner novelized Wishbringer in the Infocom Book line.
Contents
1Plot
1.1Wishes
2Feelies
3Notes
4External links
Plot
The player’s character is a postal clerk in the small fishing village of Festeron. The cranky postmaster, Mr. Crisp, orders the player to deliver an important envelope to the proprietor of Ye Olde Magick Shoppe. The proprietor in question, a kindly old lady, then asks the player to rescue her cat from a sorceress known only as The Evil One. Stepping out of the store, the player finds that quaint Festeron has mysteriously been transformed into a more sinister town called Witchville. Every aspect of Festeron has been changed to something ominous: for instance, what was once a poodle is now a frightening hellhound.
Fortunately, the player soon finds the Wishbringer, a magical stone that can grant seven wishes if a suitable object is used in conjunction. (To see the future, for example, the player must be wearing glasses and holding the stone.)
Wishes
The seven wishes that can be granted by the stone are for advice, darkness, flight, foresight, freedom, luck, and rain. Each wish can only be used once per game, and requires that the player possess some related object. (These objects and their relations to the wishes are described in the feelies, as a form of copy protection.)
A few Infocom games featured puzzles with multiple solutions (for example, the “Echo Room” from Zork I). However, Wishbringer featured several such puzzles, many of which could be solved either in a straightforward (that is, non-magical) manner or by using one of the stone’s wishes. The game can be completely solved without using any wishes.
Feelies
Included in the Wishbringer package are several items, which Infocom called feelies:
A book, The Legend of Wishbringer, that explains how the magic stone came to be (in the Solid Gold release, an in-game object included in the player’s starting inventory instead of the packaging)
The envelope and letter to be delivered to Ye Olde Magick Shoppe
In aiming the game at a younger audience, Infocom diffused the game’s sense of danger with many humorous elements, such as Mr. Crisp’s impatience at the beginning (“Take the stupid envelope and scram, chowderbrain!”) and the “Boot Patrol” that enforces the curfew in the town, consisting of disembodied gigantic army boots. Other whimsical touches include a small mailbox that lovingly follows the player around and a fridge found in a grue’s lair, where the internal light goes out when the door is opened. Infocom gave Wishbringer a difficulty rating of “Introductory”.
The fictional town of Festeron is, according to the game’s documentation, in Antharia, a region connected to the Zork series of games; Wishbringer can be thus seen as loosely connected to the Zork series.
External links
Wishbringer at MobyGames
Wishbringer info in Adventure Classic Gaming
Wishbringer information and overview
Wishbringer information from the Infocom Gallery with photos of the entire contents of the game (manual, feelies, etc.)
Wishbringer information from Infocom-if.org
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The Zork universe and related topics
Zork Anthology
Zork I •Zork II •Zork III •Beyond Zork •Zork Zero
Enchanter trilogy
Enchanter •Sorcerer •Spellbreaker
Other games
Wishbringer •The Lost Treasures of Infocom •Return to Zork •Zork Nemesis •Classic Text Adventure Masterpieces of Infocom •Zork: Grand Inquisitor •Zork: The Undiscovered Underground •Legends of Zork
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The provinces of Zimbabwe are divided into 59 districts and 1,200 municipalities. The districts are listed below, by province:
Map of the districts of Zimbabwe showing provinces with red borders
Contents
1Bulawayo (city)
2Harare (city)
3Manicaland Province
4Mashonaland Central Province
5Mashonaland East Province
6Mashonaland West Province
7Masvingo Province
8Matabeleland North Province
9Matabeleland South Province
10Midlands Province
11See also
12External links
Bulawayo (city)
Bulawayo district
Bulawayo
Harare (city)
Harare district
Harare
Manicaland Province
Districts of Manicaland
Buhera
Chimanimani
Chipinge
Makoni
Mutare
Mutasa
Nyanga
Mashonaland Central Province
Districts of Mashonaland Central
Bindura
Guruve
Mazowe
Mbire
Mukumbura
Muzarabani
Rushinga
Rushinga
Mashonaland East Province
Districts of Mashonaland East
Chikomba
Goromonzi
Hwedza
Marondera
Mudzi
Murehwa
Mutoko
Seke
Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe
Mashonaland West Province
Districts of Mashonaland West
Chegutu
Hurungwe
Kadoma
Kariba
Makonde
Zvimba
Masvingo Province
Districts of Masvingo
Bikita
Chiredzi
Chivi
Gutu
Masvingo
Mwenezi
Zaka
Matabeleland North Province
Districts of Matabeleland North
Binga
Bubi
Hwange
Lupane
Nkayi
Tsholotsho
Umguza
Matabeleland South Province
Districts of Matabeleland South
Beitbridge
Bulilimamangwe
Gwanda
Insiza
Matobo
Umzingwane
Midlands Province
Districts of Midlands
Chirumhanzu
Gokwe North
Gokwe South
Gweru
Kwekwe
Mberengwa
Shurugwi
Zvishavane
See also
Provinces of Zimbabwe
Municipalities of Zimbabwe
External links
Statoids on Districts of Zimbabwe
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Subdivisions of Zimbabwe
Provinces
Bulawayo · Harare · Manicaland · Mashonaland Central · Mashonaland East · Mashonaland West · Masvingo · Matabeleland North · Matabeleland South · Midlands
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Rattlesnake Gutter is a scenic boulder filled chasm, 3/4 mile long and 1/8 mile wide, located in Leverett, Massachusetts. The origins of the gutter are uncertain, but theories include:
A subglacial meltwater channel
A tear at the site of an old geologic fault.
A spillway for a temporary proglacial lake.
An important ecological habitat, the property is under conservation stewarship. The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail passes near the gutter.
Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake_Gutter”
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Kshana Kshanam (Telugu: ???? ?????) is a 1991 Telugu movie directed by Ram Gopal Varma. The movie fared well at the box office.
The film, mainly comprising a road trip, is the story of a middle class girl (played by Sridevi Kapoor) and a low class thief (played by Daggubati Venkatesh) brought together under strange circumstances. The movie revolves around the pair chased by an eccentric villain, Paresh Rawal and the police.
Certain portions of this film was shot at Nallamala Forests, Andhra Pradesh, India. Sridevi’s extraordinary performance of an innocent girl stuck in a tight spot won her many accolades and awards. She also sang a song (King la Kanipistunnadu) for this movie.
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Wells Andrews Hutchins (October 8, 1818 – January 25, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Hartford, Ohio, Hutchins was a first cousin to future congressman John Hutchins. He attended the public schools and then taught school. He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1841. He commenced practice in Warren, Ohio.
In 1842, Hutchins moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, where served as member of the State house of representatives in 1852 and 1853. He was the city solicitor from 1857-61. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress. During the early part of the Civil War, he was the United States provost marshal for the state of Ohio in 1862.
Hutchins was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1864 for reelection to the Thirty-ninth Congress and again in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.
Hutchins resumed the practice of law in Portsmouth and died there January 25, 1895. He was interred in Greenlawn Cemetery.
References
Wells A. Hutchins at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-04-29
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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William Farquhar Barry (August 18, 1818 – July 18, 1879) was a career officer in the United States Army, serving as an artillery commander during the Mexican-American War and Civil War.
Contents
1Birth and early years
2Military career
3See also
4References
5External links
Birth and early years
Born in New York City, Barry graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1838, 17th in his class of 45 cadets. He was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Artillery, transferring to the 2nd U.S. Artillery a few weeks later. He was stationed near the Canadian border, then later took part in the Mexican-American, Seminole, and the Kansas-Missouri Border Wars.
Military career
He was the co-author of Instruction for Field Artillery (1860), along with William H. French and Henry J. Hunt.
Promoted to major of artillery shortly after the start of hostilities between the Union and the Confederacy, Barry served as Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell’s chief of artillery during the First Battle of Bull Run, where his position was overrun after mistaking advancing Confederates for retreating Union forces. Barry was promoted to brigadier general on August 20, 1861. He came up with the concept that became the U.S. Horse Artillery Brigade in the Army of the Potomac.
As chief of artillery under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, Barry organized ordnance for the Army of the Potomac and, during the Peninsula Campaign, later took part in the battles of Yorktown, Mechanicsville, Gaines’ Mill, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill.
After later supervising forts and ordnance surrounding Washington, D.C., Barry became chief of artillery under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, serving with him in Tennessee, the March to the Sea, and the Carolinas Campaign. As part of the omnibus promotions granted near the end of the war, on March 13, 1865, Barry was promoted to brevet major general in the Regular Army for his service in the Atlanta Campaign.
On December 11, 1865, Barry was appointed colonel in the 2nd U.S. Artillery, and was in command of the northern frontier during the Fenian raids of 1866. He served there until September 1867, and then commanded the artillery school of practice at Fort Monroe until March 1877, when he was appointed to the command at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. During the labor riots of 1877 he rendered valuable service at Camden Station.
Barry died at Fort McHenry and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York.
See also
United States Army portal
American Civil War portal
List of American Civil War generals
References
Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8047-3641-1.
Linedecker, Clifford L., ed., Civil War, A-Z: The Complete Handbook of America’s Bloodiest Conflict, New York: Ballantine Books, 2002, ISBN 0-89141-878-4
External links
Union Generals - General William Farquhar Barry, USA
Pictures of William Farquhar Barry
William Farquhar Barry at Find a Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-12
William Farquhar Barry biography at Defense Technical Information Center
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NAME
Barry, William Farquhar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Union Army general
DATE OF BIRTH
August 18, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH
New York City
DATE OF DEATH
July 18, 1879
PLACE OF DEATH
Baltimore, Maryland
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Coachford (Irish: Áth an Chóiste) is a village west of Cork City, in County Cork, Ireland. It is located on the north side of the River Lee. Coachford got its name from Áth an Chóiste (Ford of the Coaches) as there used to be a narrow ford across a stream (which is now part of the River Lee). The Lee was flooded for a hydroelectric power plant and farmland including many houses were flooded by the newly formed lake.
Coachford
Coachford is located around a crossroads where the R618 and R619 regional roads intersect. Mallow is 20 miles (32 km) north of the village, Macroom is 9 miles (14 km) west, Cork city is 15 miles (24 km) east and Bandon is 20 miles (32 km) south. The village has three foodstores, a Post Office, a Doctor’s Surgery, a Pharmacy, a Veterinary Surgery, a hardware store, a co-operative, a hairdresser, a service station, two fast food diners, adult dvd & game console rental,a child care centre, a playschool, a primary school, a secondary school and four Public Houses.
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1Places of interest
2Sport
3Education
4Transport
5See also
6References
7External links
Places of interest
Near Rooves Bridge is a monument to Captain Tadhg Kennefick of the Irish Republican Army, who was killed during the Irish Civil War by the Free State Army. On his way home to his mother’ funeral, he was stopped at a Free State checkpoint headed by a General Dalton. Thirty Free State soldiers tied him to the back of a truck near Peake(Great Spot) and dragged him a distance of four miles (6 km) to the bridge where he was shot by soldiers and his body dumped in a ditch. Local people who witnessed this recovered his body. A monument now stands on the site where his body was recovered. Close to Coachford is Mullanhassig Waterfall it is about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Coachford just off the Macroom road. Close to the schools is a medieval church surrounded by a cemetery of centuries old graves. Just about 1-mile (1.6 km) south of Coachford on the road to Bandon is Rooves Bridge. This bridge was constructed over the River Lee in the 1950s to replace the old Rooves bridge which was submerged due to the building of the Hydro electric dam at Inniscarra about 6 miles (9.7 km) down river. Rooves bridge is the longest bridge spanning the River Lee. Also close to Coachford (6 km)is Crooks Castle which is in the townland of Rockgrove. Carrig na Muc Castle is also only a few miles away overlooking the Dripsey river. This castle was owned by Cormac Mór McCarthy who also built Blarney Castle. The name Carrig na Muc (meaning ‘Rock of the Pigs’) came from medival times where pigs were slaughtered on a special rock before being prepared for banquets.
Sport
The village is the home of Aghabullogue GAA. Aghabullogue are the club who forever in the annals of the Gaelic Athletic Association will be remembered for capturing Cork’s first hurling All-Ireland title in 1890 when they defeated Castlebridge of Wexford in the final. Other sporting clubs in the area are, Coachford soccer club whose home ground is at The Glebe, and two local horse and dog hunts. Olive Loughnane who won a silver medal in the Women’s 20 km walk in the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August 2009 is a resident of Coachford. Other sports such as Badminton, Shooting and Karate are also catered for. There are many fishing competitions held on the River Lee, which flows near the village.
Education
The village and its environs are served by a primary (Coachford National School) and post primary school (Coachford College). The College has a catchment area spreading towards Macroom and Ballincollig, Bandon and Kanturk, taking a large rural area near Cork City. There are roughly 600 students. An extension was completed in 2002 and provides the college with a sports hall. In 2007 Leaving Certificate class, 3 gold medals were won for best results in Ireland.
Transport
Coachford was formerly connected by railway to Cork city with a narrow gauge railway, opened in 1888 by the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway. The line was closed in 1934 by the GSR. Coachford railway station opened on 19 March 1888, but finally closed on 31 December 1934.
See also
List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
^“Áth an Chóiste”. Placenames Database of Ireland. Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. 2008. http://www.logainm.ie/?text=Coachford&placeID=11521. Retrieved 2008-10-02.
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Parker Drilling
Type
Public
Founded
1934
Headquarters
1401 Enclave Pkwy. # 600 Houston TX 77077-2054
Key people
Robert L. Parker, Jr. (CEO)
Industry
Petroleum
Products
Rigs
Employees
3,040 (as of May 18, 2006)
Website
www.parkerdrilling.com
Parker Drilling (abbreviated PKD; NYSE: PKD) is an American offshore oil rig owner, which provides drilling services on land and offshore including drilling rigs, project management and rental tools to the energy industry.
Parker Drilling Company is a Houston-based global energy company specializing in offshore drilling and workover services in the Gulf of Mexico and international land and offshore drilling. The company also operates Quail Tools, a provider of premium rental tools for oil and gas drilling.
Company History: Parker Drilling Company is a leading provider of contract drilling and drilling-related services—including land, transition zone, and offshore drilling— major oil companies, independent oil and gas producers, and government-run oil companies. It has operated in 49 countries, primarily in the transition zones of the Gulf of Mexico, Nigeria, Venezuela, the Caspian Sea of Kazakhstan, and the offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and in numerous on-land oil and gas producing regions throughout the world. Parker maintains a fleet of 75 international land rigs, 15 U.S. deep gas land rigs, 34 barge rigs, seven platform rigs, seven offshore jackup rigs, and specialized rental tools that it leases to other drilling companies. Parker Drilling Company has become the dominant operator in the heli-rig market, operating 80 percent of all rigs transportable by helicopter to otherwise inaccessible desert, jungle, and mountain locations. It is also a specialist in deep well, arctic, and geothermal drilling.
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^ Who’s who: companies considered for the Chronicle 100 | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Parker Drilling Company provides drilling services on land and offshore including drilling rigs, project management and rental tools to the energy industry. Parker’s has worked in every region of the world.
Parker’s land fleet of 28 rigs operates in 9 countries. The company’s offshore fleet of 17 rigs consists of barge rigs in the Caspian Sea, Mexico and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Through project management, Parker operates rigs owned by third parties and provides additional services such as engineering, logistics, health, safety, and environmental programs, human resources, quality programs, preventive maintenance and alliance management.
Parker subsidiary Quail Tools is a leading provider of specialized rental equipment for drilling and workover operations, with six U.S. locations on the Gulf coast, in Texas and the Rocky Mountains.
From: http://www.parkerdrilling.com
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This page was last modified on 16 August 2009 at 02:43.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
