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Rolland Derenfro "Bay" Lawrence (born March 24, 1951) is a former professional American football cornerback who played his entire NFL career for the Atlanta Falcons from 1973 to 1980. He was selected to his one and only Pro Bowl in 1977. Lawrence played college football for the Tabor Bluejays in Hillsboro, Kansas. |
Lawrence still holds the Falcons record for most interceptions in a career with 39. |
= = = Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip = = = |
Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip is the debut album from The Whigs. It was originally released independently and re-released by ATO Records after they signed the group. |
= = = Sinnemahoning Creek = = = |
Sinnemahoning Creek is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Cameron and Clinton counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States. |
Sinnemahoning Creek (meaning "stony lick" in the Lenape language) is formed by the confluence of the Bennett and Driftwood branches at the borough of Driftwood. |
The tributary First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek joins downstream of Driftwood. Sinnemahoning Creek continues to join the West Branch Susquehanna River at the village of Keating. |
= = = 351st Missile Wing = = = |
The 351st Missile Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit, which was last based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Assigned to Strategic Air Command for most of its existence, the wing supported LGM-30F Minuteman II ICBMs. It was inactivated in 1995. |
During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 351st Bombardment Group was a VIII Bomber Command B-17 Flying Fortress unit in England. Assigned to RAF Polebrook in early 1943, the group's 504th Bomb Squadron made 54 consecutive missions on June 1943 to January 1944 without losses. Two members of the 351st Bombardment Group, 2d Lt Walter E. Truemper and S/Sgt Archibald Mathies, were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on a mission to Leipzig, Germany, 20 February 1944. |
The 351st was also the unit to which Captain Clark Gable was assigned. Gable flew five combat missions, including one to Germany, as an observer-gunner in B-17 Flying Fortresses between 4 May and 23 September 1943, earning the Air Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross for his efforts. |
The 351st Bombardment Group was activated 1 October 1942 at Salt Lake City AB, Utah. The group established at Geiger Field in Washington in November 1942 where the Group was assembled for initial training, and the Second phase of training was conducted at Biggs Field, Texas, between December 1942 and March 1943. The unit then moved to Pueblo AAB, Colorado for preparation for overseas movement. The ground unit left Pueblo for New York on 12 April 1943. The aircraft began movement on 1 April 1943. In April–May 1943, the unit moved to RAF Polebrook England to serve in combat with Eighth Air Force. It was assigned to the 94th Combat Wing, also at Polebrook. The group tail code was a "Triangle J". |
The 351st's first completed combat mission took place on 14 May 1943, when 18 B-17's targeted a German Luftwaffe airfield at Kortrijk, Belgium. As the war progressed, the 351st operated primarily against strategic objectives in Germany, striking such targets as ball-bearing plants at Schweinfurt, communications at Mayen, marshalling yards at Koblenz, a locomotive and tank factory at Hanover, industries at Berlin, bridges at Cologne, an armaments factory at Mannheim, and oil refineries at Hamburg. |
The group also struck harbor facilities, submarine installations, airfields, V-weapon sites, and power plants in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway. |
The 351st Received a Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) for performance on 9 October 1943, when an aircraft factory in Germany was accurately bombed in spite of heavy flak and pressing enemy interceptors. It received another DUC for its part in the successful attack of 11 January 1944, on aircraft factories in central Germany. The group participated in the intensive air campaign against the German aircraft industry during "Big Week", 20–25 February 1944. |
In addition to its strategic missions, the group often operated in support of ground forces and attacked interdictory targets. Bombed in support of the Battle of Normandy in June 1944 and the Saint-Lô breakthrough in July. The group hit enemy positions to cover the airborne attack on the Netherlands in September 1944 and subsequently struck front-line positions, communications, and airfields to help stop the German counteroffensive in the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 – January 1945. The 351st later flew missions in support of Operation Varsity, the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945. |
The 351st conducted routine 8th Air Force missions from RAF Polebrook until the end of the war. The unit completed 311 combat missions from Polebrook. The 351st lost 175 B-17's and their crews. The gunners in the Group fired off 2,776,028 rounds of ammunition and were credited with destroying 303 enemy aircraft. |
The Group was redeployed to the US in May and June 1945. The first aircraft left on 21 May 1945. The ground unit sailed for the US on 25 June 1945, aboard the Queen Elizabeth. The ship docked in the US in July 1945, but the group was not inactivated until 28 August 1945. |
During the early years of the Cold War, the 351st Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) was reactivated for a short period between 1947 and 1949 as part of the reserves. |
Later during the Cold War, the United States Air Force and Strategic Air Command established the 351st Strategic Missile Wing, which stood alert with Minuteman I and later, Minuteman II ICBMs starting in 1963 at Whiteman AFB, Missouri. The wing was bestowed the lineage, honors and history of the USAAF 351st Bomb Group of World War II upon activation. |
The 351st supervised missile training operations and coordinated construction of SM-30B (later, LGM-30B) Minuteman I missile facilities from 1 February 1963, to 29 June 1964. The first missile arrived 14 January 1964 and was placed its silo two days later. The 508th SMS became combat ready on 5 June and the 509th on 10 June 1964. The last flight of the fifteen missiles was accepted 29 June 1964, making the 510th operational. The wing then had 150 fully operational missiles. Two-officer missile combat crews were deployed to each of the LCCs for 24-hour shifts. Meanwhile, the 340th Bombardment Wing phased down for inactivation and 351st Strategic Missile Wing gradually assumed host-wing responsibilities at Whiteman AFB, between 1 July and 1 September 1963. Later, the Wing converted to LGM-30F Minuteman II missiles between 7 May 1966, and 3 October 1967. |
The wing won the Colonel Lee R. Williams Memorial Missile Trophy for Calendar Years 1965, 1967 and 1973, as well as the SAC missile combat competition and Blanchard Trophy in 1967, 1971, 1977, 1981,1989, and 1993. It was named SAC's "Best Minuteman Wing" in 1972. |
On 1 September 1991, the wing was redesignated as the 351st Missile Wing and implemented the objective wing organization. It was relieved from SAC in advance od SAC's disestablishment and reassigned to Eighth Air Force in the new Air Combat Command on 1 June 1992. It was again reassigned on 1 July 1993 to the Air Force Space Command and assigned to the new Twentieth Air Force. The same day, it relinquished "host wing" responsibilities for Whiteman AFB, transferring that role to Air Combat Command's 509th Bomb Wing, operating the B-2 Spirit strategic bomber. |
The 351st Missile Wing and its three squadrons of Minuteman II ICBMs were inactivated on 31 July 1995 as a result of planned phaseout of the Minuteman II. |
LGM-30F Minuteman III Missile Alert Facilities (MAF) (each controlling 10 missiles) are located as follows: |
= = = Murlough Bay = = = |
Murlough Bay () in County Antrim, Northern Ireland is a bay on the north coast of Northern Ireland between Fair Head and Torr Head. It is known for its outstanding beauty and remote location, with close views of Rathlin Island and views across the ocean to the Mull of Kintyre, Islay, Jura and various other Scottish islands. |
The local geology is typical of the Antrim topography with basalt overlaying sandstone and limestone. The area has many kilns used in the production of lime. |
Although he is now buried in Dublin, Murlough Bay was the burial place of choice of Roger Casement, a former British Government Diplomat, knighted by King George V in 1911 and Irish Nationalist revolutionary leader who was executed by the Government of the United Kingdom for treason in August 1916 during World War One. While waiting execution in Pentonville prison he sent a letter to his cousin Gertrude Bannister in which he wrote "Take my body back with you and let it lie in the old churchyard in Murlough Bay." Roger Casement was a frequent visitor to Ballycastle, he stayed with relatives there and found a close affinity to the beauty and wildness of the location. The plinth is what remains of a more recent cross which was erected on the site to commemorate Sir Roger Casement. |
Each August there is a small memorial held in his honour at Murlough by Republican Sinn Féin. |
= = = Brim Fell = = = |
Brim Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It stands to the west of Coniston village in the southern part of the District. |
The Coniston (or Furness) Fells form the watershed between Coniston Water and the Duddon valley to the west. The range begins in the north at Wrynose Pass and runs south for around 10 miles before petering out at Broughton in Furness on the Duddon Estuary. Alfred Wainwright in his influential "Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells" took only the northern half of the range as Lakeland proper, consigning the lower fells to the south to a supplementary work "The Outlying Fells of Lakeland". Brim Fell occupies a position in the northern section and therefore qualifies as one of the 214 Wainwrights. Later guidebook writers have chosen to include the whole range in their main volumes. |
The higher northern part of the Coniston range can be likened to an inverted 'Y' with Brim Fell at the connecting point of the three arms. To the north are Swirl How, Great Carrs and Grey Friar, south east is the short spur terminating at The Old Man of Coniston and to the south west the range continues over Dow Crag to the lower hills beyond. |
Brim Fell is unusual in having no footing on the valley floor on either side of the ridge. On the east its boundary streams converge at 800 ft and the flanks of Coniston Old Man and Wetherlam continue to the lake. Above the Duddon, Brim Fell is nipped off by Dow Crag and Grey Friar at an even greater altitude. The area of the fell is therefore small, but full of interest. |
The western slopes are relatively smooth and fall to Tarn Head Beck. This runs parallel to the ridge and is the main feeder of Seathwaite Tarn, a reservoir in a side valley of the Duddon system. This was originally a much smaller waterbody, but was dammed early in the 20th century to provide drinking water for the Barrow-in-Furness area. The dam is almost 400 yards long and is concrete cored with slate buttresses, the resulting depth of the tarn being around 80 ft. Water is not abstracted directly from the tarn, but flows some distance downriver to an off-take weir. On the slopes of Brim Fell, above the head of the reservoir, are the remains of Seathwaite Tarn Mine. This was worked for copper in the mid-19th century, and also appears as a location in the novel "The Plague Dogs" by Richard Adams. |
The ridge north from Brim Fell narrows to the depression at Levers Hawse (2,250 ft) before climbing again over the rougher ground of Great How Crags to the summit of Swirl How. To the south, trending south east across a broad plateau is The Old Man of Coniston, the reascent being negligible. Halfway between Brim Fell and 'The Old Man' a further ridge branches off due west, dropping steeply to Goat's Hawse (2,130 ft), before swinging south around Goat's Water to Dow Crag. |
In contrast to the western slopes and ridge-top grass promenade, the Coniston face is all crag. A short high level spur juts out from the summit, ending in the shattered cliffs of Raven Tor. To either side of this promontory is a corrie tarn, Low Water to the south and Levers Water to the north. Low Water is the smaller, its depth increased by a stone faced dam built by the nearby slate quarries. The outflow drops via a fine waterfall to join Levers Water Beck a mile down stream. Levers Water was also dammed in times past for industrial use (in this case the Coniston Coppermines), but now provides domestic supply for Coniston village. The stone faced dam has increased its depth to some 125 ft. Running parallel to the ridge below Low Water is an unusual lateral valley, named "Boulder Valley" on Ordnance Survey maps due to the number of large erratics on its floor. |
The summit is formed from the bedded andesitic tuff and andesite of the Duddon Hall Formation. Working northwards up the ridge the rhyolitic tuffs and lapilli tuffs of the Long Top Member are revealed. Rhyolitic tuffs also make up the Paddy End Member in the Coppermines Valley. |
The valley of Levers Water Beck below Brim Fell holds part of the Coniston Coppermines, a huge complex of shafts and tunnels extending over a square mile. The mine was at its most productive in the 1850s, declining in output until closure in 1915. Since then there have been occasional attempts at reopening, principally in 1954, but tourism has gradually taken over as the main activity in the valley. The mines exploited a number of veins, the copper-bearing mineral chalcopyrite being the main ore, although some nickel, cobalt and lead were also extracted. The Paddy End section of the mine on the lower slopes of Brim Fell was the most productive, with levels passing beneath the bed of Levers Water. Simons Nick, a large (and dangerous) multi-shaft opening above the dam is the most obvious remaining feature. |
The summit of Brim Fell bears a fine slate cairn on grass, with a second big cairn to the north east. The views are extensive although the long whale-backed ridge tends to limit the foreground. |
Direct ascents are perhaps unusual, most walkers traversing from "The Old Man" to Swirl How, but perfectly possible. The easiest access is from Coniston, climbing via Levers Water to Levers Hawse. Pathless ascents of Raven Tor can also be made from either side for a wilder finish. The Walna Scar Road (Byway open to all traffic) gives access to Goat's Hawse from either side of the ridge and this is the easiest route from the Duddon. Note that a right of way shown on Ordnance Survey maps descending west from Levers Hawse to Seathwaite Tarn does not exist as a path on the ground. |
= = = Dungiven GAC = = = |
St Canice's GAC Dungiven () is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is part of Derry GAA. It currently caters for Gaelic football and Ladies' Gaelic football. The hurling club in the town is Kevin Lynch's. |
The club's biggest success was when they won the 1997 Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. They have also won the Derry Senior Football Championship on seven occasions, and the Derry GAA Senior Hurling Championship nine times. |
Dungiven GAC was a combined football and hurling club until 1981. Following the death of Kevin Lynch (an Irish National Liberation Army volunteer from Dungiven) on hunger strike the hurling team changed its name as a mark of respect and became a separate club. |
The club is named after Saint Canice, who was born in 516AD in Cianachta Glenn Geimin, which is now the barony of Keenaght, which includes Dungiven. Although the club, St Canice's, was founded in 1943 there is firm evidence that Gaelic games were played in Dungiven over a century before that. The first record of Gaelic football played by a Dungiven team was a match on 9 April 1922 against Creggan (from Faughanvale Parish). The Dungiven team of that time played under the name of John Mitchel's GFC and they clinched the North Derry League that year. |
After a few years there was a dormant period, but during the mid-1930s there was a resurgence of local interest in Gaelic football. The local curate, Father Colm McGoldrick, who in 1936 was made chairman of the refounded North Derry Board, encouraged the Dungiven players to regroup. Consequently, a meeting was called in May 1936, in McKenna's store (Groogans Lower Main Street) to set up a club. A committee was elected: chairman – Fr McGoldrick, secretary – Gerry McCloskey and treasurer – P. Conway. |
Bob Hasson kindly donated £5.00 cash to buy jerseys. A set of green and gold quarters jerseys were bought. Matches were played on a field belonging to Joe O'Neill which was situated on the Garvagh Road about one mile from the town. In 1936 two major games were played in this field, a County Final between Loup and Park and a County match between Derry and Fermanagh. St Canice's Hall was used for social events of the club, ceilidhs etc. |
On 27 May 1937 St Canice's defeated O'Connor's Limavady, at Claudy Green to win the Kerlin Cup. Dungiven 3–3, Limavady 1–8, the winning point was scored by the captain Frank McCloskey from a '50'. The club acquired Farrens field to play matches, i.e. where Mitchel Park is now situated. This pitch was more convenient to the town. |
Father McGoldrick was transferred to Ballinascreen in 1938 and Gerry McCloskey took over as Club chairman, a position he also held in 1939. In 1939 Dungiven won the North Derry Championship, beating Limavady at Drumsurn 1-04 to 0–02. On this occasion Leo Leonard in goals was the star of the game, pulling off several spectacular saves. Dungiven had reached their first ever County Final, the opposition being provided by Magherafelt. Ballinascreen won by 3–07 to 1–02. |
In September 1939, with war and the subsequent upheaval worldwide, football locally was forced to take a back seat. Many goods became rationed, petrol in particular became very scarce. Added to this, there was a large presence of troops stationed in and around Dungiven. The local upheaval resulted in tremendous pressure on the club, and in 1939 they were forced to fold. |
However, the period of inactivity was short-lived; in late 1943 a small group of young enthusiasts set about revitalising the club. A meeting was held in the primary school and Master Aiden Hegarty was elected as chairman, secretary – Charlie Hasson and treasurer – Robbie Hasson. Dan McCloskey provided a set of jerseys – black and white vertical stripes. George McCloskey was the manager. A few friendlies were played. |
St Canice's GAC re-affiliated to the North Derry League in 1944. In 1945 they won the North Derry Championship beating Magilligan. However they were beaten in the County Final by Newbridge. |
In 1947 St Canice's won their first Derry Senior Football Championship. After beating Drum in the North Derry Final, by a score line 0-03 to no score, they went on to beat Lavey 2-08 to 2–03 on 15 September 1947 in the County Final. |
In 1948 they won the North Derry Championship again by beating Limavady 3-08 to 0–04. In the County Final they lost to Newbridge 1-06 to 0–07. |
In 1949 for the fourth time in five years Dungiven won the North Derry Championship, beating Faughanvale by 1–10 to 1–04 at Banagher. However they were beaten by the South Derry Champions Magherafelt in the County Championship Semi-final by 4–08 to 1–04. |
In 1950 Joe Beatty was elected chairman; this was to be the first of a record breaking 21 consecutive years in the chair. Joe came to Dungiven in 1928 and hailed from County Fermanagh. |
1951 was a memorable year for the St Canice's Club which won its second County Senior Championship at the expense of Bellaghy 1-09 to 4–03. The same year it won the North Derry League and Championship and also won the Dr Kerlin and Neal Carlin Cups. |
In 1952 Dungiven were again crowned North Derry Champions after they defeated Magilligan in the Final, but lost the County Semi-final to Desertmartin 2-05 to 0–03. The club was not to contest a County Final for the remainder of the decade, but remained strong in North Derry football. |
On 1 August 1953 negotiations commenced and a price of £800 was agreed with Harry Deeny to buy the field (Pat Kane's) which is the present O'Cahan's Park. The pitch was opened on Sunday 29 June 1957. |
1955 and 1956 were years perhaps more memorable for Minor football. The Minor team won the North Derry Championships in both seasons. They lost the County Minor Semi-final in 1955 to an excellent Bellaghy team and won the 1956 Final at the expense of Kilrea/Swatragh 0-04 to 2–05. |
In the 1960 County Final Dungiven led by 2–01 to 0–02 at half time and had Bellaghy reeling but finished up losing 2–01 to 1–05. |
In 1963 after a disagreement with the North Derry board, the club withdrew from all North Derry Competitions. The Senior team still played in the Championship. Underage football suffered and many players went to play with neighbouring clubs. This brought to an end the great run of underage success. |
In 1965 Dungiven came back to North Derry football at underage level but the Senior team continued to play in South Derry competitions. At County level Derry Minor Team created a piece of history by winning an All Ireland for the first time ever. Anthony Burke from St Canice's was a member of this team. |
In 1966 Dungiven reached the County Minor Final after defeating Ballerin in the North Derry Final, only to be disqualified on a technicality. The Seniors played Newbridge in the County Final but were beat 2–10 to 0–03. |
In 1967 Dungiven was relegated; however the following year they won promotion again. The arrival of John Somers as a top class goal-keeper was to prove very significant. He was later chosen at county, interprovincial and All-Star level. |
Although never reaching the ultimate goal of winning the County Championship in the 1970s, St Canice's reached the final in 1976. The club had not fared well earlier in the decade, reduced to taking part in the Intermediate Championship in 1972. However, in the 1972 and 1973 seasons St Canice's were undefeated in their League games. |
In 1976 Ballerin beat St Canice's in the County Championship at Magherafelt 0–9 to 0–3. |
Underage level in St Canice's had many successes in the late '70s in 1977 they won two county titles, one at Under 14 which was against a highly fancied Ballinderry at Swatragh, and the other at Under 16 level against Newbridge. |
In 1978 Dungiven reached the Under 16 Final for the second successive year, playing Magherafelt at Swatragh. St Canice's won 1–05 to 0–04. The Reserves won their first title in that year, defeating Ballinderry by a single point. |
In 1979 Dungiven won their third Under 16 Championship title in a row by beating Ballinderry 5-05 to 2–01, and bridged a 23-year gap by beating Bellaghy 1-06 to 0–07 to win the Minor Championship. |
In 1980 Dungiven Seniors drew with Lavey in the Semi-final of the Championship. However, in the replay at Ballinscreen, Lavey won by seven points 1–11 to 1–04. The Minors won the County Championship by defeating Magherafelt 1–7 to 0–5 at Newbridge. The Reserve team won the County Championship both in 1980 and in 1981. Lavey beat St Canice's in the 1981 Senior Championship this time in the preliminary round. |
In 1982 Dungiven Seniors played in the County Championship Final against Ballinderry, it ended in a draw 1–07 to 1–07. The replay probably remembered best for the extremely physical nature of play ended with both teams level 3 points a piece. Extra time was played and Ballinderry won on a score line off 0–7 to 0–5. The aftermath to the 1982 County Final was to be costly to both Clubs. The Derry County Board decided that both clubs must be disciplined for 'gross misconduct on the field' and the punishment meted out to Dungiven was a six-month suspension. This measure was to have harsh repercussions as it meant that St Canice's were unable to complete their league programme, and this resulted in the Senior team being relegated from the Premier League. Ballinderry were stripped of the Championship, but were reinstated as champions in 2006. Two Underage County Titles came to Dungiven in 1982. The Under 14s beat Glen convincingly 3-06 to 1–01 in the Final. At Under 16 level Dungiven beat a highly fancied Lavey team at Swatragh by 2–3 to 0–4. |
However, in 1983 St Canice's Seniors bounced back. The battle for league honours developed into a three-horse race between Glenullin, Ballinderry and Dungiven and it was obvious from the early stages that every point was vital. Indeed, so keen was the competition that the placings were not decided until the very last game when Dungiven defeated Glenullin to clinch the title. In the Championship semi-final Dungiven left it very late to snatch the equaliser as the teams drew Dungiven 1–07, Bellaghy 0–10. In the replay at Swatragh, Dungiven outplayed the Blues in all departments to win by a three-point margin, 0–08 to 0–05. St Canice's were back in their second successive County Final, this time facing the Rossas, Magherafelt at Ballinscreen and in an amazing Final snatched the title from Magherafelt's grasp in the dying minutes of the game. At last a 32-year gap had been bridged and Dungiven had won their third Senior Championship. In 1983 St Canice's also won the reserve Championship defeating Ballinderry by 2–08 to 0–08 at Ballinscreen – a unique double. This was the Reserves' fourth success in six years. The Under 16s played Ballinderry at Ballinscreen in the County Final, winning by 3–04 to 3–03. |
In 1984 St Canice's won their fourth Senior Championship. In the Centenary County Final St Canice's defeated Castledawson at Greenlough. |
= = = Seiji Takaku = = = |
Seiji Takaku is Professor of Psychology and Institutional Research and Assessment Coordinator at Soka University of America (SUA). He was previously Assistant Professor of Psychology at Minnesota State University, Mankato from 2000 - 2002. He received his B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles, his M.A. from California State University, Long Beach, and his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University. |
Takaku's research interests include Apology and forgiveness, Cross-cultural studies on interpersonal & intergroup conflict resolutions, and Motivation theories in psychology and Weiner's theory of attribution in particular. |
His significant publications (>10 citations on google scholar) include: |
= = = Little Gull Island = = = |
Little Gull Island is a small island in Long Island Sound, located approximately northeast of Great Gull Island. Both islands are located in the Town of Southold, in Suffolk County, New York, and lie roughly midway between Plum Island and Fishers Island. Little Gull Island is approximately southwest of Fishers Island and the channel of water between them is the main entrance to Long Island Sound, known as "The Race". |
The Little Gull Island Lighthouse occupies much of the rocky island, which is only about in size. |