Infobox Military Unit unit name 560th Volksgrenadier Division image caption dates 1944 1945 country Nazi Germany allegiance Heer 1935 1945 Heer command structure notable commanders Erich Hofmann br Rudolf Bader nickname equipment disbanded 1945 The 560th Volksgrenadier Division was a volksgrenadier division of the Heer 1935 1945 Heer German Army during the Second World War , active from 1944 to 1945. The division was formed in September 1944 in Norway, by redesignating the 560th Grenadier Division , under the command of Erich Hofmann . It contained the 1128th, 1129rd and 1130th Grenadier Regiments, and the 1560th Artillery Regiment. ref name Axis History Factbook Axis History Factbook ref After redeploying to Denmark and then to the Western Front World War II Western Front , the division fought in the Battle of the Bulge under the command of Rudolf Bader before retreating through Germany and being trapped in the Ruhr pocket , where it was destroyed in April 1945. ref name Axis History Factbook Notes reflist 2 References cite web url http www.axishistory.com index.php?id 852 title 560. Volksgrenadier Division date 16 July 2008 work Axis History Factbook accessdate 2009 01 08 Infantry Divisions of the Wehrmacht Category Military units and formations established in 1944 Category Volksgrenadier Division 5 560 ... more details
New 6th Army was a Chinese combat command involved in the Burma Campaign of World War II , and later, the Chinese Civil War . They operated in the Shan State s and the Karen State of eastern Burma . The New 6th Army s General and Supreme Commander was Liao Yaoxiang . New 6th Army was among the top five nationalist crack units The other four included New 1st Army , Reorganized 11th Division army sized, formerly known as the 18th Army and later reverted to its original designation , Reorganized 74th Division army sized, formerly known as the 74th Army , and the 5th Army. Notable facts On April 23 1942, the 6th Army was involved in skirmishes with Japanese forces, and were forced to retreat from Taunggyi , toward the Yunnan Province. Two days later, they returned and beat back the Japanese, recapturing the location in the process. On March 31, 1945, the British 36th Division and units of the Chinese 6th Army, captured Kyaukme , which is northwest of Mandalay . A fortnight before, the 6th army gained control of Hswipaw , 80 kilometres southwest of Lashio . Mobile medical support for the command was provided by a unit assigned by Britain one notable member of the unit was the Burma Surgeon &mdash Gordon Seagrave . The command worked with the USAFCT U.S. Army Forces, China Theater in redeploying over 2200 animals including horses and mules by aerial transport from Burma into Chan i . The effort was executed in January 1945. In April of the same year those animals were airlifted from Chan i to Chih chiang . References http history.amedd.army.mil booksdocs wwii vetservicewwii chapter10.htm Chapter X Functional Organization in the Asiatic Pacific Theaters http history.amedd.army.mil booksdocs wwii vetservicewwii chapter15.htm Chapter XV Transportation of Animals http www.burmastar.org.uk overview.htm Burma Star Association includes timelines for many of the notable events during the Burma Campaign. http dartmed.dartmouth.edu spring04 html dateline burma.shtml Dartmouth Medic ... more details
About managing the value of assets information on recovering the proceeds of corruption stored in foreign jurisdictions International Asset Recovery Asset Recovery, also called investment recovery or resource recovery, is the process of maximizing the value of unused or end of life assets through effective reuse or divestment. Both large and small organizations practice asset recovery at some level with the end goal of obtaining the greatest possible return from the asset . While sometimes referred to in the context of a company that is being liquidated, Asset Recovery is also used to describe the process of liquidating excess inventory of healthy companies, refurbished items and equipment returned at the end of a lease. The asset recovery process has three main parts idle asset identification, redeployment, and divestment. Asset recovery can also refer to the task of recovery of assets that have been wrongfully taken either stolen, fraudulently misappropriated or otherwise disposed of to remove them from their rightful owner. Idle Asset Identification One of the most important parts of the asset recovery process is idle asset identification. Assets that are not put to productive use end up costing money. It is important that these assets be classified as idle by investment recovery personnel. Later, a decision can be made whether to redeploy or divest the asset. Surplus Assets could be in any form, including fixed equipment, mobile equipment, buildings, and land. Idle or Surplus assets can also be identified as either Capital Assets or non capital surplus. Asset recovery can also refer to the task of recovery of assets that have been wrongfully taken either stolen, fraudulently misappropriated or otherwise disposed of to remove them from their rightful owner. Internal Redeployment Redeploying an idle asset to another part of an organization is often the most productive use for the asset. Asset redeployment also saves the organization money by eliminating the need t ... more details
Infobox artist bgcolour 6495ED name Ross Bleckner image RossBlecknerMay09.jpg caption Bleckner in May 2009 birthname birthdate birth date and age 1949 5 12 birthplace New York City deathdate deathplace nationality United States American field Painting training New York University br California Institute of the Arts movement works patrons influenced by influenced awards Ross Bleckner born May 12, 1949 is an United States American artist . Life and work I always absolutely thought there was a difference between being a young artist and an important young artist, said Mr. Bleckner, who grew up in Hewlett, NY Hewlett, L.I. , graduated in 1971 from New York University and earned an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in 1973. ref Shaw, Dan. http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9F0CE1DF1639F93AA1575BC0A965958260 Bachelor of Arts , The New York Times , August 29, 1993. ref For the last 20 years, his art has been largely an investigation of change, loss, and memory, often addressing the subject of AIDS. Mr. Bleckner uses symbolic imagery rather than direct representation, and his work is visually elusive, with forms that constantly change focus. ref Harrison, Helen, An Artist s Investigation of Loss and Memory, The New York Times, January 2, 2005 ref While much of Bleckner s work can be divided into distinct groups or series with motifs repeated from painting to painting, he is also in the habit of redeploying and combining old motifs. ref Schwabsky, Barry, Memories of light Ross Bleckner, Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York , Art in America , December, 1995 ref Works by the artist are held in collections around the world including http www.moma.org collection browse results.php?unparsed search 3&previousSelectedArtists &artistFilterInitial B&allWorks true&allDepartments true&allDecades true&selectedArtists 5B 5D 597&template id 6 Museum of Modern Art , NY, http www.moca.org museum pc artwork detail.php?acsnum 91.70&keywords ross 20bleckner&x 0&y 0& M ... more details
dablink This article is about the WAR file format of Sun Microsystems. For the KDE WAR file format, please see KDE WAR file format . Infobox file format name Web ARchive extension tt .war tt mime owner Sun Microsystems creatorcode genre containerfor JavaServer Pages JSP , Java Servlet containedby extendedfrom extendedto In computing , a WAR file or W eb application AR chive ref http java.sun.com developer technicalArticles Servlets servletapi ref is a JAR file format JAR file used to distribute a collection of JavaServer Pages , Java Servlet servlets , Java programming language Java class file format class es, XML files, tag libraries and static Web pages HTML and related files that together constitute a Web application . Content and structure A WAR file may be digital signature digitally signed in the same way as a JAR file in order to assert that the code is trusted. There are special files and directories within a WAR file. The WEB INF directory in the WAR file contains a file named web.xml which defines the structure of the web application. If the web application is only serving JSP files, the web.xml file is not strictly necessary. If the web application uses servlets, then the servlet container uses web.xml to ascertain to which Java Servlet servlet a Uniform Resource Locator URL request is to be routed. web.xml is also used to define context variables which can be referenced within the servlets and it is used to define environmental dependencies which the deployer is expected to set up. An example of this is a dependency on a mail session used to send email. The servlet container is responsible for providing this service. One disadvantage of web deployment using WAR files in very dynamic environments is that minor changes cannot be made during runtime. Any change whatsoever requires regenerating and redeploying the entire WAR file. Most Java Platform, Enterprise Edition JEE web container s allow web applications to be deployed as a directory instead of a sing ... more details
Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image File HMS Wild Goose IWM FL 9714.jpg 300px Ship caption HMS Wild Goose in April 1943 Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country nowrap United Kingdom Ship flag shipboxflag United Kingdom naval Ship name HMS Wild Goose U45 Ship owner Ship namesake Ship ordered 13 April 1940 Ship builder Yarrow Shipbuilders Ship yard number 1762 Ship laid down 28 January 1942 Ship launched 14 October 1942 Ship acquired Ship commissioned 11 March 1943 Ship decommissioned 1955 Ship in service Ship out of service Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Atlantic 1943 44 br Biscay 1943 br Normandy 1944 br Arctic 1944 BR English Channel 1945 Ship motto Alert to evil Ship fate Scrapped 26 February 1956 Ship status Ship notes Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class sclass Black Swan sloop Ship displacement Ship length Ship beam Ship draught Ship draft Ship propulsion Ship speed Ship range Ship complement Ship sensors Ship EW Ship armament Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes HMS Wild Goose U45 was a Black Swan class sloop Black Swan class sloop of war sloop of the Royal Navy . She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous six in one trip in 1943 in which six U boat s were sunk in one patrol . She was built at Yarrow shipyards in Scotstoun , Glasgow . She was ship naming and launching launched on 14 October 1942. On 22 May 1943 she was deployed on her first mission along with HMS Wren U28 Wren , HMS Woodpecker U08 Woodpecker , HMS Cygnet U38 Cygnet , HMS Starling U66 Starling and HMS Kite U87 Kite on anti submarine operations supporting the outward passage of Atlantic Convoy ONS8. On 18 December 1943 she was taken in hand for repair in Liverpool, redeploying at the end of January 1944. On 31 January 1944 she sank German submarine U 592 U 592 with HMS Starling U66 Starling and HMS Magpie U82 Magpie and later joined the HMS Woodpecker U08 Woodpecker and HMS ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox Writer for more information see Template Infobox Writer doc name Anne Blonstein image imagesize caption pseudonym birthname birthdate 1958 birthplace deathdate deathplace occupation Poet, Translator nationality United Kingdom British ethnicity citizenship period genre subject movement notableworks spouse partner children relatives influences influenced awards signature website portaldisp Anne Blonstein born 1958 is a British poet and translation translator . She now lives in Basel , Switzerland , where she works as a freelance translator and editor. ref name argotist cite web url http www.argotistonline.co.uk Blonstein 20interview.htm title Anne Blonstein interviewed by Jack Alun publisher The Argotist Online accessdate 2008 08 11 ref She is the author of five full length collections, the blue pearl , worked on screen, memory s morning, the butterflies and the burnings and correspondence with nobody . Blonstein is known for her poetic sequences that work with notarikon originally a rabbinic and kabbalistic method used to interpret the Hebrew Scriptures. She is redeploying and elaborating it as a contemporary poetic procedure, engaging with diverse languages and texts, both ancient and modern. Early life The greatgranddaughter of Jewish immigrants to Britain at the turn of the 20th century, Anne Blonstein was born and raised in the Home Counties first Hertfordshire, then moving with her family to Surrey when she was 11. ref name argotist Before leaving Britain in 1983, she spent six years in Cambridge, where she took a degree in Natural Sciences followed by a PhD in genetics and plant breeding. ref name argotist Career Blonstein lives in Basel, Switzerland, where she earns a living as a freelance translator and editor. blockquote Blonstein s terse, unusual images are the outcome of an English language that, mated to the other idioms she lives with German, French, and Hebrew shapes the transnational world of a language nomad. In her m ... more details
The Baltimore Riot of 1968 began two days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee , on April 4, 1968. Rioting broke out in 125 cities across the United States, and spread to the city of Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, April 6. The Governor of Maryland , Spiro T. Agnew , called out thousands of United States National Guard National Guard troops and 500 Maryland State Police to quell the disturbance. When it was determined that the state forces could not control the riot, Agnew requested Federal troops from President Lyndon B. Johnson . The riot lasted until April 14. The riot resulted in more than 5,500 arrests, including 3,488 for curfew violations, 955 for burglary, 665 for looting, 391 for assault, and 5 for arson. ref name Scheips, Paul J. 1992. p.332 Scheips, Paul J. The role of Federal Military Foces in Domestic Disorders, 1945 1992. United States Army Center of Military History . p.332 ref There were seven deaths directly attributed to the rioting, six from fire and one by gunshot. In addition, an active Army soldier died in a traffic accident while redeploying from the city. Arsonists set more than 1,200 fires during the disturbance. Damage was estimated at over 12 million in 1968 dollars. Military response With the spread of civil disturbances across the nation, Maryland National Guard troops were called up for state duty on April 5, 1968, in anticipation of disturbances in Baltimore or the suburban portions of Maryland bordering Washington, DC. When rioting broke out in Baltimore on April 6, nearly the entire Maryland National Guard , both Army and Air, were called up to deal with the unrest. The notable exceptions were the state s air defense units which manned surface to air missile sites around the state , those units already on duty in the Washington, DC area, and a unit positioned in Cambridge, Maryland the site of race riots in 1963 and 1967 . The Adjutant General of Maryland, Major General George M. Gelston, commande ... more details
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