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Also, the deepest points in connecting ridges are not always survey points with spot elevations, where heights have to be estimated from contour lines. For example, maps often provide heights for the place where a route passes over a ridge rather than for the lowest point of that pass. |
Finally, many height indications on these maps are from quite old measurements, while glacier and firn melt has decreased the height of both peaks and key cols, sometimes quite dramatically. For example, in 1930, glacier-capped Cima Tosa was the highest mountain of the Brenta Dolomites at 3,173 m, but now is around 3,140 m high and some 10 m lower than its rocky neighbor Cima Brenta (3,151 m). Most maps and guides still report Cima Tosa's old height. On the other hand, in the 1930s, when the current Italian 1:25.000 topographic map of the region was created, the "Passo del Vannino", northwest of the Ofenhorn, was covered by the "Lebendun" glacier and was measured to be 2,754 m, while the much more recent Swisstopo map shows it to be bare and 2,717 m high. This is the key col for Corno di Ban (3,028 m), which, thanks to the retreat of the glacier, now appears on the list with a prominence of 311 m. |
Given the inaccuracies, the list includes (unranked) summits with estimated prominences down to 7 meter below the cut-off (293 m), many of which may very well have a real prominence exceeding 300 m. |
The lists contain 1599 mountains higher than 2000 m. The summits are distributed over 7 countries as follows: |
175 of the summits are on international borders. A number of mountains (e.g. Rocciamelone (IT), Aiguille de Tré la Tête (IT), Monte Rosa (CH), Piz Bernina (CH), and Hochgall (IT)) straddle borders as well, but have their summit on one side. In the list, only the exact location of the culminating point of the mountain is considered. |
The 1092 mountains over 2500 m are found in 44 different administrative regions (cantons, departments, provinces, states). The administrative regions with the most mountains over 2500 m are Tyrol (161), Graubünden (148), Valais (103), South Tyrol (91), Sondrio (73), Aosta Valley (69), Savoy (67), Hautes-Alpes (66), Salzburg (57), Belluno (56) and Trentino (50). |
The table below shows the distribution of mountains by height and prominence. Totals do not include the 54 unranked summits with 293-299 m prominence. Cima Brenta is treated as having a prominence of 1500m for consistency with lists of ultras. |
The table is continued here. |
= = = Newmarket Urban District = = = |
Newmarket Urban District was an urban district in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, England, based on the town of Newmarket, from 1894 to 1974. |
The district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and merged with Mildenhall Rural District to form a new Forest Heath district. |
= = = Western Australian College of Teaching = = = |
Western Australian College of Teaching commonly referred to as WACOT is a defunct teachers registration board set up in Western Australia by the Gallop Labor Government by the then education minister Alan Carpenter in 2004. Carpenter introduced the "Western Australian College of Teaching Act 2004" which was passed by Parliament in June 2004. The purpose of the College was to enhance the status of the teaching profession and teachers and to administer the registration of teachers in Western Australia. |
The act requires a board of 19 members, nine to be appointed by the minister and ten to be elected by members. When WACOT was established in 2004 the minister appointed all 19 members with ten being temporary appointments until an election could be held, at some point in time after March 2006. |
The foundation chair of WACOT was Brian Lindberg, who later faced criticism for his decision to deregister teachers who had refused to pay their registration fee, despite acknowledging there was a teacher shortage at the time. |
In October 2006 the election of the board by members was declared void by the electoral commission after the discovery that the rules that governed the election were illegal. The WACOT board then rewrote the election rules and submitted them to Parliament, who found them unsatisfactory, resulting in an even longer election delay. In September 2007, about 1,600 teachers faced deregistration for refusing to pay membership fees. Many teachers were boycotting WACOT for their inability to hold an election or effectively represent teachers. The election was eventually held in December 2007 with the ten board members elected. |
By 2008, about 2,000 teachers were facing deregistration despite a teacher shortage for non-payment of their fees. the board of WACOT had held an extraordinary meeting and had agreed to deregister non-paying members. Complaints levelled at WACOT included lengthy delays in processing registrations, sending out multiple demands for payment despite payment having been made, teachers having no involvement in the board, the board failing to hold elections, poor value for the fees being paid and a poor level of service offered by the college. |
The executive director of WACOT, Dr Suzanne Parry, said "the majority of teachers whose registration had been cancelled should be able to be reinstated within a day of supplying their paperwork" and that "many teachers were confused about the difference between annual membership renewal and re-registration" to justify why schools would be left without teachers. |
WACOT was eventually dissolved in 2012 by Peter Collier following a litany of failures, and replaced with the Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia. Collier had remarked that the implementation of the TRBWA had been made necessary by the "high level of dissatisfaction among teachers in relation to the manner in which the registration process was being managed". |
= = = Eulima confusa = = = |
Eulima confusa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus "Eulima". |
This marine species occurs in the following locations: |
= = = Verkhneyarkeyevo = = = |
Verkhneyarkeyevo (, ) is a rural locality (a "selo") and the administrative center of Ilishevsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Population: |
= = = Kaltasy, Kaltasinsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan = = = |
Kaltasy (, ) is a rural locality (a "selo") and the administrative center of Kaltasinsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. Population: |
= = = Habiba Djahnine = = = |
Habiba Djahnine is an Algerian film producer of particularly documentary films, curator of international film festivals, writer, essayist and feminist. |
Djahnine was born in 1968 in Tizi Ouzou. In the nineties she was one of the prominent feminists in her country. Her sister was a feminist activist as well and until 1995 president of Thighri N'tmettouth ("Women in Protest"); she was killed by Muslim fundamentalists on February 15, 1995, during the Algerian Civil War (1991–2002). |
The civil war divided the feminists into supporters of the Algerian army, and on the other hand those who opposed the cruelty of the central power. In the second decade of the 21st Century she replied on this era that she is not an activist anymore, however she still considers herself a feminist. Meanwhile, she holds a critical stand to the development of the feminist movement in former days, which she tries to catch in her films frequently. |
After the civil war many feminists changed their focus to culture. As Djahnine did, who was co-founder of Association Kaïna Cinéma, and in 2007 of Cinéma et Mémoire Association. Next to that she published the volume of poetry "Outre-Mort" ("Beyond Death"), wrote humoristic articles for French, and Algerian magazines and wrote a number of short stories. |
Since 2003 Djahnine is consultant and curator of several international film festivals, like Rencontres Cinématographiques de Béjaïa where fifty to sixty new films are presented annually. It hosts space for the film industry for debate, networking and the exchange of knowledge. Next to this festival, she organized other initiatives like "Arab Shorts" for the German Goethe-Institut. |
In 2006 Djahnine returned to Algeria, where she looked back to the death of her sister and the political situation of that moment. One question that was occupying her was ""Why was dialogue impossible?"" This question was an important theme in her documentary "Lettre à ma soeur" ("Letter to my sister") that she issued one year later and, like her other productions, was issued outside of Algeria as well. In "Lettre à ma soeur" she tries to refute violence to be a solution to social disputes. Her documentaries reveal factual facets of Algeria, its history and the consequences of it on its society. |
With her own atelier, "Béjaïa Doc", she offers film education to young Algerians with attention to all facets of the profession, like film history, production, distribution and film scripting. All students must complete a film on the life in their own community. |
In 2012 she was honored with a Prince Claus Award for her part in reviving Algerian cinema and for ""creating sensitive, challenging and insightful documentaries on contemporary realities.'" |
A limited selection of her films is the following: |
= = = The Moth (1980 film) = = = |
The Moth () is a 1980 Polish drama film written and directed by Tomasz Zygadło. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival where Roman Wilhelmi won the award for Best Actor. |
= = = Heaven Is Waiting = = = |
Heaven Is Waiting is the second studio album by English gothic rock band The Danse Society. It was released in December 1983, jointly by record labels Arista and Danse Society's own label, Society. |
"Heaven Is Waiting" reached No. 39 in the UK Albums Chart, the highest chart placing of any of their albums. |
"Heaven Is Waiting" has been poorly received by professional critics. "Trouser Press" called the album "further plodding nonsense". AllMusic wrote, "Heavy on gloomy atmosphere [...] but short on memorable songs, "Heaven Is Waiting" failed to deliver on the promise Danse Society displayed early in their career", though commenting that the album "isn't without interest." |
= = = The Moth (1934 film) = = = |
The Moth is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer about an irresponsible, disinherited heiress called Diane who heads for New Orleans and crosses paths with a jewel thief who is a notorious criminal known as The Moth. |
= = = Karaidel = = = |
Karaidel (, ) is a rural locality (a "selo") and the administrative center of Karaidelsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the Ufa River. Population: |
= = = Kakinada Port = = = |
Kakinada Port is located at Kakinada off the east coast of India. It is south of Visakhapatnam Port. |
Kakinada Port is a large complex comprising Kakinada Anchorage Port, Kakinada Deep Water Port, Kakinada Fishing Harbour and Ship-Breaking Unit. Kakinada Anchorage Port has a century-long tradition. |
Kakinada Deep Water Port is an all-weather deep water port, and the channel has a depth of . The port can handle vessels up to 50,000 DWT. The port handled 10.81 million tonnes of cargo in 2010–2011. The AP Govt developed Kakinada beach in 2013 and it has 100 acres of land covered from port to uppada area. |
Kakinada Port railway station was opened in 2011. |
= = = Tomasz Zygadło = = = |
Tomasz Zygadło (23 December 1947 – 17 September 2011) was a Polish film director. He directed 26 films between 1967 and 1997. His 1980 film "The Moth" was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. |
= = = Franz Rybicki = = = |
Franz Rybicki (born 12 August 1924) was an association football player and manager from Austria. |
He played for Rapid Vienna, First Vienna and Kapfenberger SV. |
He coached FC Stadlau, Ethnikos Piraeus, DFC, IJ.V.V. Stormvogels, BVV, AGOVV |
= = = Elisabeth Couperus-Baud = = = |
Elisabeth Wilhelmina Johanna (Betty) Couperus-Baud (Batavia, 30 October 1867 – The Hague, 18 March 1960), was a Dutch translator. She was the wife of the Dutch writer Louis Couperus (1863–1923). |
Couperus-Baud was the daughter of Jan Carel Willem Ricus Theodore Baud (1838–1883), an assistant resident at Meester Cornelis (Dutch East Indies) and his cousin Johanna Wilhelmina Petronella Steenstra Toussaint (1844–1927). In 1890 she published, in the Dutch magazine "Nederland", a short story called "Een galavoorstelling". She married in 1891 her cousin, Louis Couperus, son of John Ricus Couperus (1816–1902) and jkvr. Catharina Geertruida Reynst (1829–1893). Louis Couperus wrote about Elisabeth Couperus-Baud in his novel "De zwaluwen neergestreken": "We are cousins and played together as children. We still own photographs of ourselves together, when we were young." In 1893 Louis Couperus received a letter from Oscar Wilde, in which he was complemented with his novel "Noodlot"; this book was translated into English by Clara Bell. |
As a result of the correspondence Elisabeth Couperus-Baud was asked to translate Wilde's book "The Picture of Dorian Gray". After her marriage to Louis Couperus, Couperus-Baud was active as a critic of her husband's work and made readable copies of his handwritings. |
In time Couperus-Baud made numerous translations; she translated French, German, English, Spanish and Italian manuscripts. To her publisher, L.J. Veen, she wrote: everything you want ("Comme vous voulez"). In 1899 she wrote the first of what had to become a series of travel letters in the Dutch magazine "Hollandia", however only one letter was published. From 1915 onwards, when she and her husband had returned from their stay abroad, Couperus-Baud edited manuscripts and changed them into plays that could be performed on stage. |
After the death of Louis Couperus the "Louis Couperus Genootschap" was founded in 1928 (in Hilversum). Chairman of the foundation was writer Henri van Booven, while Elisabeth Couperus-Baud was appointed chairman of honor. After the death of her husband she took his place as a member of the board of directors of the Dutch magazine "Groot Nederland". She died as a poor widow in a pension in The Hague, owned by Mrs. Stracker and Mrs. Teillers and her ashes were buried at the cemetery Oud Eik en Duinen in The Hague. |
From October 2001 – April 2002 an exhibition about Elisabeth Couperus-Baud was held in and organized by the Louis Couperus Museum. Special attention was paid to Couperus-Bauds marriage with a suspected gay husband and her way of dealing with this. In 2007 a novel, written by Sophie Zijlstra, called "Mevrouw Couperus", was published. Dutch writer Gerard Reve wrote about her: "She had to endure quite a lot" (in a lecture he held called "Het geheim van Louis Couperus" (The secret of Louis Couperus)) and Frédéric Bastet, biographer of Couperus, said: "Zij kwam veel tekort" (she could not live life to the fullest). |
= = = Karmaskaly, Karmaskalinsky District, Republic of Bashkortostan = = = |
Karmaskaly (; ) is a rural locality (a "selo") and the administrative center of Karmaskalinsky District in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 8,540. |
= = = Woxall, Pennsylvania = = = |
Woxall or sometimes Woxhall is a census-designated place (CDP) in Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. It is located on the east side of the Perkiomen Creek, which flows south into the Schuylkill River. The population was 1,318 at the 2010 census. It is served by the Harleysville post office with the zip code of 19438. |